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Protest over lack of social distance cancels Madrid opera 21 Sep 2020 - 07:23 pm
Spectators attend an opera performance which was called off after complaints over lack of social distancing, amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at Royal Theatre in Madrid, Spain, September 20, 2020, in this picture obtained from soci
Indian couple run street-side classes for poor students 21 Sep 2020 - 04:05 pm
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Airbus aims for hydrogen-powered plane by 2035 21 Sep 2020 - 03:49 pm
This file photo taken on January 23, 2018 shows the logo of European multinational aeronautics company Airbus during the 10th International Cybersecurity Forum in Lille, France. Airbus unveiled three hydrogen-powered aircraft concepts on September 21, 202
Lebanon ‘Going To Hell’ if no government is formed, Aoun warns 21 Sep 2020 - 03:35 pm
President Michel Aoun talking to the press at the presidential palace in Baabda, east of the capital, regarding ongoing consultations to form a new cabinet.  AFP / DALATI AND NOHRA
UK science advisers warn of darker COVID-19 days ahead 21 Sep 2020 - 03:31 pm
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Trump says will nominate Supreme Court replacement at end of week 21 Sep 2020 - 03:28 pm
US President Donald Trump gestures during a Make America Great Again campaign rally in Fayetteville, North Carolina, United States on September 19, 2020. Peter Zay - Anadolu
Navalny tells Russia to hand over clothes he was wearing when he fell into coma 21 Sep 2020 - 03:21 pm
Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny and his wife Yulia Navalnaya pose for a picture at Charite hospital in Berlin, Germany, in this undated image obtained from social media September 21, 2020.
Botswana says toxins in water killed hundreds of elephants 21 Sep 2020 - 03:20 pm
In this file photo taken on May 25, 2020 and provided on July 3, 2020 courtesy of the National Park Rescue charity shows the carcass of one of the many elephants which have died mysteriously in the Okavango Delta in Botswana. AFP PHOTO /NATIONAL PARK RESC
Potential Trump Supreme Court pick Barrett known for conservative religious views 21 Sep 2020 - 03:14 pm
FILE PHOTO: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit Judge Amy Coney Barrett, a law professor at Notre Dame University, poses in an undated photograph obtained from Notre Dame University September 19, 2020. Matt Cashore/Notre Dame University/Handout
Philippines' Duterte eases overseas travel ban on health workers 21 Sep 2020 - 02:57 pm
A healthcare worker takes blood sample from a passenger at a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) drive-thru testing center in Manila, Philippines, July 15, 2020. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez/File Photo
Lebanese PM urges efforts to make French initiative succeed 21 Sep 2020 - 11:21 am
A handout picture provided by the Lebanese photo agency Dalati and Nohra on September 17, 2020 shows Lebanon's prime minister-designate Mustapha Adib giving a press conference at the presidential palace in Baabda, east of Beirut. AFP PHOTO / HO / DALATI A
Up to 70 whales stranded in southern Australia 21 Sep 2020 - 10:26 am
Stranded pilot whales are seen in Macquarie Heads, Tasmania, Australia September 21, 2020, in this picture obtained from social media. RYAN BLOOMFIELD/via REUTERS
At least 10 dead in residential building collapse in India 21 Sep 2020 - 10:14 am
Rescue workers search for survivors in the rubble of a collapsed three-storey residential building in Bhiwandi on September 21, 2020. Ten people were killed and up to 25 were feared trapped after a three-storey residential building collapsed before dawn o
Tropical Storm Beta churns slowly toward Texas and Louisiana 21 Sep 2020 - 10:02 am
Waves swell as Hurricane Teddy approaches Bermuda at Devonshire Bay September 20, 2020. REUTERS/Nicola Muirhead
India's Taj Mahal gets first visitors even as coronavirus infections climb 21 Sep 2020 - 09:51 am
A notice is tied to a railing inside the premises of Taj Mahal after authorities reopened the monument for visitors, amidst the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Agra, India, September 21, 2020. REUTERS/Alasdair Pal
UK at critical point in COVID pandemic, top medical adviser says 21 Sep 2020 - 12:13 am
People watch a street performer in Leicester Square, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in London, Britain, September 20, 2020. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls
Lebanon hosts concert for Beirut blast victims at ravaged palace 20 Sep 2020 - 08:51 pm
Musicians and choir singers prepare to perform at a concert for the victims of August's deadly Beirut blast in the gardens of the damaged 19th-century Sursock Palace in Achrafieh in the Lebanese capital on September 20, 2020. / AFP / ANWAR AMRO
China's ByteDance gets Trump nod to avoid TikTok shutdown 20 Sep 2020 - 08:20 pm
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