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Police say several injured amid Vienna gunfire, media report a synagogue attacked 02 Nov 2020 - 11:30 pm
Police blocks a street near Schwedenplatz square after a shooting in Vienna, Austria November 2, 2020. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger
Manchester ambulance service declares 'major incident' over volume of calls 02 Nov 2020 - 10:56 pm
FILE PHOTO: Paramedics and ambulances are seen outside the Excel Centre, London while it is being prepared to become the NHS Nightingale Hospital, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, London, Britain, April 1, 2020. REUTERS/Henry
T-cell study adds to debate over duration of COVID-19 immunity 02 Nov 2020 - 09:55 pm
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Italy to tighten COVID curbs, but holds back from lockdown 02 Nov 2020 - 08:12 pm
People hold a banner and Italian flags as they protest against the government's restrictive measures imposed to combat the rising number of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infections, in Campo De' Fiori, Rome, Italy October 31, 2020. REUTERS/Remo Casil
UK's Johnson defends lockdown to avoid "medical and moral disaster" 02 Nov 2020 - 07:32 pm
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during a virtual press conference inside 10 Downing Street in central London on October 31, 2020 to announce new lockdown restrictions in an effort to curb rising infections of the novel coronavirus. / AFP / P
Swiss city of Geneva locks down as COVID surges 02 Nov 2020 - 07:14 pm
A County of GENEVA staff member shows the geographical spread of clusters during an update briefing in the contact tracing unit, as Switzerland enters a second wave of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in GENEVA, Switzerland, October 29, 2020. REUT
Italy to tighten COVID curbs, but holds back from lockdown 02 Nov 2020 - 03:59 pm
Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte addresses members of the lower house of parliament during a session on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) situation, in Rome, Italy November 2, 2020. REUTERS/Remo Casilli
Whale tail sculpture saves Dutch metro train 02 Nov 2020 - 03:31 pm
An aerial photo taken in Spijkenisse, on November 2, 2020 shows a metro train that shot through a stop block at De Akkers metro station, without making any casualty. Netherlands OUT / AFP / ANP / Jeffrey Groeneweg
CureVac's COVID-19 vaccine triggers immune response in Phase I trial 02 Nov 2020 - 03:04 pm
An employee of German biopharmaceutical company CureVac, demonstrates research workflow on a vaccine for the coronavirus (COVID-19) disease at a laboratory in Tuebingen, Germany, March 12, 2020. REUTERS/Andreas Gebert/File Photo
Moldova’s presidential election heads toward runoff 02 Nov 2020 - 02:13 pm
Moldovan presidential candidate Maia Sandu holds a press conference a day after the presidential election in Chisinau on November 2, 2020. / AFP / Sergei GAPON
Germany launches 4-week partial shutdown to curb virus 02 Nov 2020 - 12:39 pm
A used protective mask is left in an pedestrian area as the spread of COVID-19 continues in Frankfurt, Germany, November 1, 2020, REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach
Britain's Prince William caught Covid in April: media 02 Nov 2020 - 11:34 am
File photo: Britain's Prince William wears a protective mask as he visits St. Bartholomew's Hospital in London, Britain October 20, 2020. Matt Dunham/Pool via Reuters
US whistleblower Edward Snowden seeks Russian passport for sake of future son 02 Nov 2020 - 10:47 am
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WHO chief Tedros to quarantine after contact gets COVID-19 02 Nov 2020 - 10:03 am
In this file photo taken on March 11, 2020 shows World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus attending a press briefing on COVID-19 at the WHO headquarters in Geneva. The World Health Organization chief said late November 1
Stockholm pauses home COVID-19 testing as system overwhelmed 02 Nov 2020 - 12:24 am
People walk at Westfield Mall of Scandinavia shopping center in Solna, outside Stockholm, Sweden on October 30, 2020, during the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic./ AFP / TT NEWS AGENCY / Amir NABIZADEH
Brexit talks go into another week as EU, UK push to salvage trade deal 01 Nov 2020 - 10:48 pm
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Europe's COVID-19 cases double in 5 weeks, total infections surpass 10 million 01 Nov 2020 - 09:43 pm
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Lockdown in England could be extended, UK minister warns 01 Nov 2020 - 04:02 pm
Pedestrians, some wearing masks because of the coronavirus pandemic, walk in the street in central London on November 1, 2020 as England prepares to enter into a second lockdown in an effort to stem soaring infections. / AFP / JUSTIN TALLIS