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Walmart joins Microsoft bid for TikTok as TikTok CEO quits 27 Aug 2020 - 07:45 pm
In this file photo a Walmart logo is seen outside a store in Washington, DC, on August 18, 2020. US retail giant Walmart said on August 27, 2020 it had teamed with Microsoft in a bid to buy short-form video app TikTok. / AFP / NICHOLAS KAMM
UK to impose quarantine on arrivals from Switzerland, Jamaica 27 Aug 2020 - 07:41 pm
FILE PHOTO: Travellers pass a sign for Gatwick Airport in southern Britain, December 17, 2015. REUTERS/Neil Hall/File Photo/File Photo
EU pays 336 mln euros to secure AstraZeneca's potential COVID-19 vaccine 27 Aug 2020 - 07:05 pm
A man walks past a sign at an AstraZeneca site in Macclesfield, central England May 19, 2014. REUTERS/Phil Noble/File Photo
Swedish public health agency says can ease COVID rules for some public events 27 Aug 2020 - 03:55 pm
State epidemiologist Anders Tegnell of the Public Health Agency of Sweden speaks during a news conference updating on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) situation, in Stockholm, Sweden August 27, 2020. TT News Agency/Janerik Henriksson via REUTERS
SoftBank, Toyota venture unveils van with enhanced airflow as COVID-19 measure 27 Aug 2020 - 03:28 pm
A converted Hiace van is displayed by Monet, a mobility joint venture from SoftBank Corp and Toyota Motor Corp, in Tokyo, Japan August 27, 2020. REUTERS/Sam Nussey
Finnish town offers prizes to turn residents green 27 Aug 2020 - 03:21 pm
Ville Uusitalo, assistant professor at Lahti university of technology, uses the
Laura, now a Category 2 hurricane, still extremely dangerous 27 Aug 2020 - 02:35 pm
A car near Vermilion Bay is seen partially submerged in waters brought by Hurricane Laura approaching Abbeville, Louisiana, U.S., August 26, 2020. REUTERS/Kathleen Flynn REFILE - CORRECTING INFORMATION
Wearing of face masks to be broadened further in Paris: French PM 27 Aug 2020 - 01:58 pm
French Prime Minister Jean Castex addresses a press conference on the situation of the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) in France, at the Hotel de Matignon in Paris on August 27, 2020. / AFP / POOL / CHRISTOPHE ARCHAMBAULT
New Zealand court to announce sentence for mosque shooter 27 Aug 2020 - 12:33 am
TOPSHOT - Australian white supremacist Brenton Tarrant attends his first day in court in Christchurch on August 24, 2020. / AFP / POOL / JOHN KIRK-ANDERSON
'Black holes': India's coronavirus apps raise privacy fears 26 Aug 2020 - 11:38 pm
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Brazil asks China for proof chicken wings had coronavirus 26 Aug 2020 - 11:29 pm
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US doctors group calls for transparency in COVID-19 vaccine development 26 Aug 2020 - 11:19 pm
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California wildfire home losses leap as evacuees return to torched houses 26 Aug 2020 - 10:45 pm
An SWIR satellite image shows LNU Lightning Complex wildfire burning in Sonoma County near Healdsburg, California, U.S., August 20, 2020. Picture taken August 20, 2020. Satellite image ?2020 Maxar Technologies/Handout via REUTERS
Pandemic stresses massive Hurricane Laura evacuations in Texas, Louisiana 26 Aug 2020 - 10:34 pm
SABINE PASS, TX - AUGUST 26: A general view of a street sign in a field ahead of Hurricane Laura on August 26, 2020 in Sabine Pass, Texas. Hurricane Laura, currently a Category 4 storm, is expected to make landfall along the Gulf Coast late Wednesday and
Lebanon could 'lose control' of coronavirus outbreak - PM 26 Aug 2020 - 10:15 pm
A woman wearing a face mask walks past an
Fed official warns of 'uncertain' US recovery 26 Aug 2020 - 09:27 pm
FILE PHOTO: A sign is shown in the window of a retail store in San Francisco, California May 13, 2013. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith
North, South Korea brace for strong typhoon, flights halted 26 Aug 2020 - 09:13 pm
High waves batter the coastline in Seogwipo on the southern island of Jeju on August 25, 2020, as Typhoon Bavi approaches South Korea. Local reports said Typhoon Bavi was predicted to pass along the western coast of South Korea and make landfall in North
J&J adds Chile and Peru to Latin America COVID-19 vaccine trials 26 Aug 2020 - 07:56 pm
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