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Johnson is ‘hopeful’ UK can avoid another pandemic lockdown 29 Mar 2021 - 09:35 pm
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson holds a news conference on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in London, Britain March 29, 2021. Hollie Adams/Pool via REUTERS
Spain's rising COVID-19 rate gathers pace 29 Mar 2021 - 09:31 pm
Tourists dine outdoors, as Madrid's more relaxed COVID-19 policies attract European tourists who are escaping lockdowns due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Madrid, Spain, March 27, 2021. REUTERS/Javier Barbancho
Mourners start drawing almost 150,000 hearts in London to remember COVID victims 29 Mar 2021 - 07:17 pm
Volunteers and relatives of bereaved paint hearts along a wall beside St Thomas' hospital as a memorial to all those who have died so far in the UK from COVID-19, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease pandemic in London, Britain, March 29, 2021. REUT
Merkel under pressure to spell out plan to beat virus surge 29 Mar 2021 - 02:45 pm
File photo: German Chancellor Angela Merkel looks on at the country's parliament, the Bundestag, in Berlin, Germany, March 25, 2021. Reuters/Hannibal Hanschke/File Photo
WHO report says animals likely source of COVID 29 Mar 2021 - 12:54 pm
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Ship 'partially refloated,' but still stuck in Suez Canal 29 Mar 2021 - 11:39 am
A view shows the container ship Ever Given, one of the world's largest container ships, after it was partially refloated, in Suez Canal, Egypt March 29, 2021. Suez Canal Authority/Handout via Reuters
'Happy Monday' - English lockdown measures ease but Johnson urges caution 29 Mar 2021 - 10:51 am
People socially distance while walking across London Bridge as coronavirus disease (COVID-19) lockdown restrictions begin to ease, allowing groups of 6 to meet up outside starting from March 29, in London, Britain, March 28, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Coombs/Fil
Merkel presses German states to get tough with COVID curbs 28 Mar 2021 - 11:42 pm
German Chancellor Angela Merkel gives a statement after video conference of EU leaders at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, March 25, 2021. Michael Kappeler/Pool via REUTERS
Venezuela calls Facebook suspension of Maduro 'digital totalitarianism' 28 Mar 2021 - 08:32 pm
FILE PHOTO: Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro speaks during a ceremony in Caracas, Venezuela January 22, 2021. REUTERS/Manaure Quintero/File Photo
Putin felt minor side effects from COVID-19 vaccine - Ifax 28 Mar 2021 - 08:27 pm
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a session of the supervisory council of
Sweden says will not meet vaccine target due to delay in deliveries - SVT 28 Mar 2021 - 08:21 pm
FILE PHOTO: A health worker vaccinates an elderly person with Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine at a temporary vaccination clinic in a church in Sollentuna, north of Stockholm, Sweden March 2, 2021. Fredrik Sandberg/TT News Agency/via REUTERS
Jailed Kremlin critic Navalny asks for painkiller injections - public commission 28 Mar 2021 - 07:46 pm
FILE PHOTO: Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny attends a hearing to consider an appeal against an earlier court decision to change his suspended sentence to a real prison term, in Moscow, Russia February 20, 2021. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov/File Photo
Paris doctors warn of catastrophic overload of virus cases 28 Mar 2021 - 03:48 pm
People enjoy a sunny and warm weather on the Promenade des Anglais during the third lockdown imposed to slow the rate of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) contagion, in Nice, France, March 27, 2021. Reuters/ Eric Gaillard
Some hauliers arriving in England to face COVID-19 tests 28 Mar 2021 - 02:45 pm
A military officer checks documents as a lorry driver waits to enter the Port of Dover in preparation for crossing the channel to France, following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Dover, Britain December 31, 2020. REUTERS/Toby Melville/Fil
British royal Kate launches book of portraits to remember pandemic 28 Mar 2021 - 12:09 pm
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Germany must suppress virus now or risk losing control, Merkel aide says 28 Mar 2021 - 11:59 am
People wearing protective masks as they are crossing a bridge in front of the head quarter of the European Central Bank (ECB,R) during sunset as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in Frankfurt, Germany, March 27, 2021. REUTERS/Kai
Belarus detains opposition media editors as anti-government protests resume 27 Mar 2021 - 04:03 pm
FILE PHOTO: Belarusian opposition supporters attend a rally to protest against the results of a presidential election and urge President Alexander Lukashenko to step down in Minsk, Belarus November 2, 2020. REUTERS
Spain to require arrivals by land from France to present negative COVID test 27 Mar 2021 - 01:54 pm
FILE PHOTO: People wearing protective masks walk past bar customers after bars reopened in Spain's Basque Country, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Bilbao, Spain, February 19, 2021. REUTERS/Vincent West

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A visitor has their temperature checked by a health worker before entering Kyeshero Hospital, as part of Ebola prevention measures in Goma on May 18, 2026. (Photo by Jospin Mwisha / AFP) WHO chief says 'deeply concerned' by 'scale and speed' of DR Congo Ebola outbreak
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A worker refuels a car at a filling station in Dhaka on March 9, 2026. (Photo by Munir Uz Zaman / AFP) Transport protests hit Kenya over rising fuel prices

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Representational Photo File US stocks dip as markets fret over inflation
Fire fighters use a bulldozer to combat the Sandy Fire as it burns on a hill at a residential area in Simi Valley, California (Photo by Apu Gomes / AFP) Brush fire near Los Angeles forces thousands to evacuate
US President Donald Trump attends a healthcare affordability event in the South Court Auditorium of The White House in Washington, DC, on May 18, 2026. (Photo by Kent Nishimura / AFP) Tuesday's planned military attack on Iran paused: US President
Representational Photo File US extends sanctions waiver on Russian at-sea oil by 30 days

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