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Nigeria to reopen airports for international flights from Aug. 29 17 Aug 2020 - 09:34 pm
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New York Governor Cuomo says gyms can open as soon as August 24 with restrictions 17 Aug 2020 - 09:00 pm
A tourist takes a selfie video underneath a billboard welcoming people back to NYC in Times Square on August 16, 2020 in New York. / AFP / Bryan R. Smith
Google slams Australia law forcing tech giants to pay for news 17 Aug 2020 - 08:27 pm
FILE PHOTO: A Google logo is shown at one of the company's office complexes in Irvine, California, United States, July 27, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
South Korea battles worst coronavirus outbreak in months, warns of crisis 17 Aug 2020 - 07:57 pm
Doctors, medical students and healthcare professionals wearing face masks and protective equipment as part of preventative measures against the COVID-19 coronavirus attend a rally to protest against a government proposal to increase its annual intake of m
Philippine minister tests positive for virus for second time 17 Aug 2020 - 07:35 pm
This handout photo taken on August 2, 2020 and received on August 17 from the Presidential Photo Division (PPD) shows Philippine Interior Minister Eduardo Ano (2nd L) attending an Inter-Agency Task Force on the Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) meet
Mexican president volunteers to try Russian coronavirus vaccine 17 Aug 2020 - 07:29 pm
Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador waves as he arrives to hold a news conference at the presidential hangar, with the presidential plane in the background, at Benito Juarez International Airport in Mexico City, Mexico July 27, 2020. REUTERS/He
Britain encourages at-risk groups to sign up for COVID-19 vaccine trials 17 Aug 2020 - 07:29 pm
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Greenland ice melting past 'tipping point': study 17 Aug 2020 - 07:19 pm
A fishing vessel sails in the ice fjord near Ilulissat, Greenland September 12, 2017. Picture taken September 12, 2017. REUTERS/Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen/File Photo
New French COVID-19 infections sharply down, hospitalisations edge higher 17 Aug 2020 - 07:13 pm
A man wearing a protective mask rides an escalator at the financial and business district of La Defense as France reinforces mask-wearing in public places as part of efforts to curb a resurgence of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) across the country, ne
Amazon blazes burn forest, farmland and threaten homes 17 Aug 2020 - 07:02 pm
A firefighter monitors a spot fire in an area of the Amazon rainforest, near Porto Velho, Rondonia State, Brazil August 16, 2020. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino
Spain reports 1,833 new coronavirus infections, below last week's record highs 17 Aug 2020 - 06:52 pm
A healthcare worker holds a sample at a temporary testing centre for the novel coronavirus in Madrid on August 17, 2020.  / AFP / OSCAR DEL POZO
Ukraine recalls its ambassador to Belarus 17 Aug 2020 - 05:32 pm
People attend an opposition demonstration to protest against presidential election results in Minsk, Belarus August 17, 2020. REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko
UK govt scrambles as exam fiasco enrages students, parents 17 Aug 2020 - 04:40 pm
Students hold placards as they protest outside of the constituency office for Gavin Williamson, Conservative MP for South Staffordshire and Britain's current Education Secretary, in Codsall near Wolverhampton, central England on August 17, 2020 .AFP / Pau
Chinese city to halt frozen seafood, meat imports on virus worry 17 Aug 2020 - 03:54 pm
Frozen seafood products made of imported shrimps are seen inside a sealed freezer at a supermarket following a new outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Beijing, China June 19, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins/File Photo
UK sees 'post-lockdown mini-boom' in housing: study 17 Aug 2020 - 03:13 pm
Pedestrians, some wearing a face mask or covering due to the COVID-19 pandemic, walk along a quite shopping street in London on August 12, 2020. AFP / Tolga Akmen
Thermometer in Death Valley, California shows highest global temperature in over 100 years 17 Aug 2020 - 02:52 pm
A sign warns of extreme heat as tourists enter Death Valley National Park in California June 29, 2013. REUTERS/Steve Marcus/File Photo
China grants country's first Covid-19 vaccine patent to CanSino: State media 17 Aug 2020 - 02:26 pm
A logo of China's vaccine specialist CanSino Biologics Inc is pictured on the company's headquarters in Tianjin, following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), China August 17, 2020. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
Southeast Asia detects mutated virus strain sweeping the world 17 Aug 2020 - 02:16 pm
A police officer checks a bicycle rider's quarantine pass at a checkpoint placed amid the reimposed strict lockdown to curb coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infections, in Manila, Philippines, August 17, 2020. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez