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Army helicopters to pluck people from flooded Karachi city 26 Aug 2020 - 07:32 pm
Motorists and pedestrians wade through a flooded street after heavy monsoon rains in the Pakistan's port city of Karachi on August 21, 2020. / AFP / Asif HASSAN
Berlin bans mass protest against virus curbs 26 Aug 2020 - 07:16 pm
FILE PHOTO: A demonstrator holds a German flag near the Reichstag during a protest against the government's restrictions imposed over the coronavirus outbreak, in Berlin, Germany, August 1, 2020. REUTERS/Christian Mang/File Photo
Russia starts trials of approved COVID-19 vaccine on 40,000 people 26 Aug 2020 - 06:34 pm
A woman wearing a face mask to protect against the coronavirus disease walks along a bridge near the Kremlin in Moscow on August 26, 2020. / AFP / Yuri KADOBNOV
World's biggest rooftop greenhouse opens in Montreal 26 Aug 2020 - 05:17 pm
Lufa Farms, a company just opened what it says is the world's largest commercial rooftop greenhouse is seen in an aerial photo of the greenhouse in Montreal, Quebec on July 22, 2020. Building on a new hanging garden trend, a greenhouse atop a Montreal war
65% of youth learned less since virus outbreak: Survey 26 Aug 2020 - 05:08 pm
Students at New York University (NYU) wait outside of a Covid-19 test tent outside of its business school on August 25, 2020 in New York City. Spencer Platt/AFP
Flash floods kill more than 70 in Afghanistan 26 Aug 2020 - 05:05 pm
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Macron returns to Beirut seeking reform 26 Aug 2020 - 04:49 pm
French President Emmanuel Macron receives Senegal President Macky Sall (not seen) at the Elysee Palace in Paris on August 26, 2020. Julien Mattia - Anadolu
Switzerland's World Economic Forum canceled in January, rescheduled for summer 26 Aug 2020 - 04:27 pm
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France wants to avoid nationwide lockdown due to epidemic: PM 26 Aug 2020 - 04:22 pm
French Prime Minister Jean Castex delivers a speech during the MEDEF union summer forum
Laura strengthens to major hurricane: U.S. NHC 26 Aug 2020 - 03:33 pm
A woman rolls a suitcase as she walks to board a bus for evacuation before the arrival of hurricane Laura in Lake Charles, Louisiana on August 25, 2020 amid the coronavirus pandemic. / AFP / Andrew CABALLERO-REYNOLDS
Kenosha police: 3 shot, 2 fatally, during Wisconsin protests 26 Aug 2020 - 02:43 pm
Law enforcement officers guard during a protest following the police shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man, in Kenosha, Wisconsin, U.S. August 25, 2020. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid TPX
Cambridge university aims for autumn trials of coronavirus vaccine after UK funding 26 Aug 2020 - 02:06 pm
An almost empty street is seen outside Cambridge University, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, Cambridge, Britain, April 1, 2020. REUTERS/Andrew Couldridge/File Photo
Second wave of coronavirus could hit France in November 26 Aug 2020 - 10:06 am
:A health worker, wearing a protective suit and a face mask, prepares to administer a nasal swab to a patient at a testing site for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) installed at the Bassin de la Villette in Paris, France, August 25, 2020. REUTERS/Gonzal
Maldives ex-president tests positive for coronavirus 26 Aug 2020 - 12:04 am
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France sees drop in new COVID-19 cases but more young adults infected 25 Aug 2020 - 10:29 pm
People wearing protective masks walk in a street in Nantes as France reinforces mask-wearing as part of efforts to curb a resurgence of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) across the country, France, August 24, 2020. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe
Weather aids firefighters battling California blazes 25 Aug 2020 - 10:13 pm
This NASA Earth Observatory image released on August 25, 2020 shows on August 21, 2020, what the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer on NASA’s Terra satellite captured in natural-color imagery of smoke plumes from wildfires in California and oth
Eldest son of Brazil leader tests positive for COVID-19 25 Aug 2020 - 10:09 pm
In this file photo taken on November 28, 2018, the president-elect of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro (L) and his son Flavio Bolsonaro (R), arrive for a press conference on the appointment of the ministers of Citizenship, Tourism and Regional Development at the he
Colombia could participate in more vaccine trials, health minister says 25 Aug 2020 - 10:02 pm
Colombian Minister of Health Fernando Ruiz speaks during the filming of the television program