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Spanish doctors strike as coronavirus cases rise, government mulls new restrictions 13 Oct 2020 - 05:30 pm
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Pelosi rejects Trump COVID-19 aid offer, dimming hopes of quick deal 13 Oct 2020 - 05:17 pm
FILE PHOTO: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi introduces legislation to create 25th Amendment commission during news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington
Myanmar centenarian shrugs off coronavirus, worries about grandchildren 13 Oct 2020 - 04:53 pm
Daw Thein Khin, a 100-year-old woman survivor of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) poses for a photo at her home, amid the outbreak of the disease, in Yangon, Myanmar, October 13, 2020. REUTERS/Shwe Paw Mya Tin
Russia reports record high daily coronavirus cases and deaths 13 Oct 2020 - 04:50 pm
A woman wearing a face mask to protect against the coronavirus disease walks along a bridge in front of a tower of the Kremlin and the Russian Foreign Ministry building on the background in central Moscow on October 13, 2020. / AFP / Yuri KADOBNOV
France trials no-swab COVID test with results in 40 minutes 13 Oct 2020 - 04:45 pm
A biologist shows a EasyCOV rapid salivary test which displays yellow reagent positive at the Covid-19 disease, in Paris, France, October 12, 2020. Picture taken October 12, 2020. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier
Belarus opposition leader threatens nationwide strike 13 Oct 2020 - 04:37 pm
Law enforcement officers block opposition supporters, mostly pensioners, during a rally to reject the presidential election results in Minsk, Belarus October 12, 2020. REUTERS/Stringer
Nigeria protesters demand police reforms for sixth day 13 Oct 2020 - 03:39 pm
Demonstrator march at the Lekki toll Plaza to protest against abuses by the Special Anti-Robbery Squad in Lagos, on October 12, 2020.  AFP / PIUS UTOMI EKPEI
Singapore reports no new local virus cases for first time since February 13 Oct 2020 - 03:24 pm
People wearing protective face masks walk past self check-in machines, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at the Changi Airport in Singapore October 12, 2020. REUTERS/Edgar Su
UK defends new virus restrictions; critics say it's too late 13 Oct 2020 - 03:15 pm
A pedestrian wearing a face mask as a precaution against the transmission of the novel coronavirus walks past a boarded up shop front which is to let in central London on October 13, 2020.  AFP / JUSTIN TALLIS
Norway to provide COVID-19 vaccine free of charge to Norwegians 13 Oct 2020 - 03:09 pm
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Indonesia to create firm to build up electric vehicle battery industry 13 Oct 2020 - 02:30 pm
A worker poses with a handful of nickel ore at the nickel mining factory of PT Vale Tbk, near Sorowako, Indonesia, January 8, 2014. REUTERS/Yusuf Ahmad/File Photo/File Photo
Indian activists oppose plans to make Goa a coal transport hub 13 Oct 2020 - 02:22 pm
FILE PHOTO: Tourists relax at a cafe on Baga beach in the western Indian state of Goa March 16, 2008. REUTERS/Punit Paranjpe (INDIA)/File Photo
COVID-19 again? Reinfection cases raise concerns over immunity 13 Oct 2020 - 01:59 pm
A woman wearing a face mask stands next to the Colosseum as Italy adopts new restrictions aimed at curbing a surge in the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infections, in Rome, Italy October 13, 2020. Reuters/Guglielmo Mangiapane
Assad declares Syria wildfires national catastophe 13 Oct 2020 - 01:50 pm
A picture taken on October 11, 2020, shows a church in the middle of a scorched hillside due to forest fires in the countryside of the Syrian western city of Tartus.  AFP / LOUAI BESHARA
Judge probing Beirut blast receives FBI's investigation 13 Oct 2020 - 01:45 pm
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UK moves closer to infect healthy people with Covid to aid vaccine efforts 13 Oct 2020 - 01:34 pm
Buildings in Liverpool, including the Liver Building, are pictured across the River Mersey, from Birkenhead, north west England on October 13, 2020.  AFP / Paul ELLIS
Italy toughens restrictions to try to curb COVID-19 surge 13 Oct 2020 - 01:06 pm
People wearing face masks are seen next to the Arch of Constantine as Italy adopts new restrictions aimed at curbing a surge in the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infections, in Rome, Italy October 13, 2020. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane
Polish PM in quarantine after contact with COVID-19 13 Oct 2020 - 12:48 pm
Poland's Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki speaks during a news conference as the country grapples with a sharp spike in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases, in Warsaw, Poland October 8, 2020. Slawomir Kaminski/Agencja Gazeta/via REUTERS