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Iran prepares to impose new coronavirus lockdowns as cases rise 26 Sep 2020 - 03:18 pm
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Madrid at 'serious risk' without tougher COVID-19 rules, health minister warns 26 Sep 2020 - 02:12 pm
An employee wearing a face mask waits for customers behind a plastic curtain in a food shop at the Vallecas neighbourhood, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID 19) outbreak in Madrid, Spain, September 25, 2020. Reuters/Sergio Perez
American sued in Thailand over negative Tripadvisor review 26 Sep 2020 - 02:01 pm
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Ukraine plane crash death toll rises to 26, with 1 survivor 26 Sep 2020 - 01:54 pm
Military and experts work on the place of the Antonov-26 transport aircraft crash at Chuhuiv military air base around 30 kilometers southeast of Kharkiv on September 26, 2020.  AFP / SERGEY BOBOK
Mustapha Adib steps down from mission to form new Lebanese government 26 Sep 2020 - 12:39 pm
Mustapha Adib, speaking at a press conference at the presidential palace in Baabda
Less razzmatazz, but Nobel Prizes go ahead amid pandemic 26 Sep 2020 - 11:18 am
File photo: A bronze bust of Alfred Nobel is pictured before the Nobel Prize ceremony at Stockholm Concert Hall, in Stockholm, Sweden December 10, 2019. TT News Agency/Claudio Bresciani via Reuters
Van Morrison takes fans back to magic time in coronavirus-shrouded London 26 Sep 2020 - 11:03 am
File photo: Northern Irish musician Van Morrison performs in Sondika, near Bilbao, northern Spain, June 2, 2017. Reuters/Vincent West/File Photo
Mexico has signed commitment to buy COVID-19 vaccines through COVAX: Foreign minister 25 Sep 2020 - 09:20 pm
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Local lockdowns imposed in several cities as UK cases rise 25 Sep 2020 - 08:38 pm
A pedestrian wears a facemask due to the novel coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic on London Bridge in central London on September 25, 2020. Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, this week announced a host of new restrictions, including early closing times fo
Czech Republic to tighten restrictions on public gatherings: Health minister 25 Sep 2020 - 05:30 pm
People wearing face masks walk across the medieval Charles Bridge as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in Prague, Czech Republic, September 25, 2020. REUTERS/David W Cerny
Eleven-year-old climate activist leads beach cleanup in Hong Kong 25 Sep 2020 - 05:06 pm
Climate activist Lance Lau, 11, picks up trash at San Tau Beach during a climate strike and a beach clean-up on Lantau island in Hong Kong, China September 25, 2020. REUTERS/Joyce Zhou
China says annual production capacity of virus vaccine to reach 610 million 25 Sep 2020 - 04:30 pm
A woman wearing a face mask as a preventive measure against the Covid-19 coronavirus talks on her phone next to the Yangtze River in Wuhan, in China’s central Hubei province on September 25, 2020. / AFP / Hector RETAMAL
Fire breaks out at Huawei office in southern China 25 Sep 2020 - 03:35 pm
A Huawei logo is seen during the Huawei Connect Conference in Shanghai on September 23, 2020. China OUT / AFP / STR AND STR
Italy launches fund to help virus-hit hospitality industry 25 Sep 2020 - 03:13 pm
Five-star Grand Hotel Plaza remains closed due to a lack of tourists visiting Rome since the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Rome, Italy, July 7, 2020. REUTERS/Remo Casilli/File Photo
World's youth rallies against climate change 25 Sep 2020 - 02:50 pm
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg takes part in a Fridays For Future protest in front of the Swedish Parliament (Riksdagen) in Stockholm on September 25, 2020. / AFP / JONATHAN NACKSTRAND
Farmers block rails and roads in India to protest new bills 25 Sep 2020 - 02:06 pm
Farmers on tractors shout slogans as they arrive to block the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border during a protest against farm bills passed by India's parliament, in Noida, India, September 25, 2020. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui
UK police officer shot dead at custody centre in south London 25 Sep 2020 - 01:48 pm
A forensic team is pictured at the Croydon Custody Centre in south london on September 25, 2020, following the shooting of a British police officer by a 23-year-old man being detained at the centre. A British police officer was shot dead in the early hour
North Korea regrets killing South Korean to control coronavirus 25 Sep 2020 - 01:35 pm
People watch a television news broadcast showing file footage of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, at a railway station in Seoul on September 25, 2020. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un apologised on September 25 over the killing of a South Korean at sea, ca