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World's deepest diving pool opens in Poland 22 Nov 2020 - 02:36 pm
A diver is seen in the deepest pool in the world with 45.5-metre (150-foot) located in Mszczonow about 50 km from Warsaw, November 21, 2020. AFP / Wojtek Radwanski
Virus has put 'enormous strain' on UK economy: minister 22 Nov 2020 - 02:31 pm
Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak looks on during BBC TV's The Andrew Marr Show in London, Britain November 22, 2020. Picture taken through glass. Jeff Overs/BBC/Handout via REUTERS
Dutch cull 190,000 chickens after bird flu outbreaks 22 Nov 2020 - 01:25 pm
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France to start easing lockdown rules in three steps: Govt spokesman 22 Nov 2020 - 12:22 pm
French President Emmanuel Macron speaks to volunteers during the 2020 Phoneton, an annual fundraising operation organised by the Hayastan All-Armenian Fund's French affiliate (Fonds Armenien de France) for the development of Armenia and Artsakh, on Novemb
WHO COVID envoy fears third wave, calls Europe response 'incomplete' 22 Nov 2020 - 10:58 am
UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy for Ebola David Nabarro addresses the media on World Health Organization (WHO)'s health emergency preparedness and response capacities in Geneva, Switzerland, July 31, 2015. Reuters/Pierre Albouy
Moderna to charge $25-$37 for COVID-19 vaccine - CEO tells paper 22 Nov 2020 - 10:10 am
This picture taken on November 18, 2020 shows a syringe and a bottle reading
Italy reports 34,767 new coronavirus cases, 692 deaths 21 Nov 2020 - 07:19 pm
Outside a Covid testing facility set up at the Rosenbach Civic Center in the Oltrisarco district of Bolzano, South Tyrol, Northern Italy. AFP / PIERRE TEYSSOT
After malaria and covid, British man survives cobra bite in India 21 Nov 2020 - 06:14 pm
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Close-run Brexit talks underline political dilemma for UK 21 Nov 2020 - 03:31 pm
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson arrives to attend a news conference at the European Union leaders summit dominated by Brexit, in Brussels, Belgium October 17, 2019. Reuters/Toby Melville/File Photo
Polish PM urges no travel over Christmas 21 Nov 2020 - 01:55 pm
FILE PHOTO: Poland's Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki arrives for the fourth day of the European Council meeting in Brussels, Belgium, July 20, 2020. Stephanie Lecocq/Pool via REUTERS
AstraZeneca starts new COVID-19 prevention trials of antibody cocktail 21 Nov 2020 - 12:07 pm
FILE PHOTO: AstraZeneca's logo is reflected in a drop on a syringe needle in this illustration taken November 9, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
Pfizer/BioNTech seek first vaccine approval in US 21 Nov 2020 - 11:56 am
Biontech's logo is seen through a 3D-printed Pfizer logo in this illustration taken November 10, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
Covid-19 reinfection unlikely for at least 6 months, study finds 21 Nov 2020 - 09:43 am
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Covid tests will stay in short supply, Roche CEO predicts 21 Nov 2020 - 09:11 am
A staff member holds a rapid COVID-19 antigenic test made by Swiss drugmaker Roche, at the smear center of the University Hospital Zurich (USZ), as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Zurich, Switzerland November 19, 2020. Reute
Portugal approves extension of COVID-19 emergency, fresh measures under discussion 20 Nov 2020 - 08:37 pm
A tram is pictured on the empty street during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in downtown Lisbon, Portugal October 31, 2020. REUTERS/Rafael Marchante/File Photo
Dutch government unveils coronavirus vaccination plans 20 Nov 2020 - 08:32 pm
Dutch Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport Hugo de Jonge speaks during a cabinet meeting on the Covid-19 vaccination strategy in The Hague, on November 20, 2020, amid the Covid-19 pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus. - Netherlands OUT / AFP / ANP /
UK's Queen Elizabeth and husband Philip celebrate 73rd wedding anniversary 20 Nov 2020 - 06:20 pm
Britain's Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh look at their homemade wedding anniversary card, given to them by their great grandchildren Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis, ahead of their 73rd wedding anniversary, in the
Weekend of mass virus testing in Italy's South Tyrol 20 Nov 2020 - 04:47 pm
People line up on November 20, 2020 outside a Covid testing facility set up at the Rosenbach Civic Center in the Oltrisarco district of Bolzano, South Tyrol, Northern Italy, waiting to undergo a free rapid antigen nasopharyngeal swab test for COVID-19, wi