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Spain caps year-end parties at 10 people, restricts domestic travel 02 Dec 2020 - 10:25 pm
A man walks past a part of one kilometre-long Christmas illuminations with the colours of the Spanish flag, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Madrid, Spain, November 26, 2020. REUTERS/Sergio Perez
Putin orders Russia to begin large-scale COVID-19 vaccinations next week 02 Dec 2020 - 08:27 pm
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a ceremony to launch a new pharmaceutical substance large-scale production department at the Bratskkhimsintez plant of Russian drugmaker Pharmasyntez, via video link at Novo-Ogaryovo state residence, outside Moscow
Boris Johnson won't jump queue for virus vaccination: aide 02 Dec 2020 - 08:03 pm
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, wearing a hair net and face covering, poses for a photograph with a vial as he views the last minute quality testing of the 'fill and finish' stage of the manufacturing process of COVID-19 vaccines, Wales, Britain N
UN: Warmer world in 2020 busted weather records, hurt people 02 Dec 2020 - 04:16 pm
FILE PHOTO: A firefighter walks past burning trees during a battle against bushfires around the town of Nowra in the Australian state of New South Wales on December 31, 2019.  AFP / SAEED KHAN
BioNTech-Pfizer vaccine will be sent by plane or ferry to UK: Exec 02 Dec 2020 - 04:08 pm
A dose of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination of BioNTech and Pfizer is pictured in this undated handout photo, as Britain became the first western country to approve a COVID-19 vaccine, in Mainz, Germany. BioNTech SE 2020, all rights reserved/
Hungarian Santas ditch the chimney for the internet 02 Dec 2020 - 03:51 pm
Janos Nemes, dressed as Santa Claus, waves as he interacts with children by video in a photo studio, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Budapest, Hungary, December 1, 2020. Picture taken December 1, 2020. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo
Two wounded in stabbing, fire in Dutch supermarket: police 02 Dec 2020 - 03:33 pm
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Austrian schools, shops to reopen, as lockdown eases, ski opening looms 02 Dec 2020 - 03:24 pm
A healthcare worker wearing protective equipment is seen in a container as he waits for participants in rapid antigen testing at a mass testing station, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Vienna, Austria November 30, 2020. R
Norway PM: Celebrate Christmas and New Year, but 10 guests only 02 Dec 2020 - 03:20 pm
File photo: Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg waits for Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya in Vilnius, Lithuania September 8, 2020. Reuters/Ints Kalnins/File Photo
WHO recommends masks indoors if ventilation poor 02 Dec 2020 - 02:32 pm
In this photo taken on November 24, 2020, a man wearing face mask as a preventive measure against the Covid-19 coronavirus rides a scooter next to the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market in Wuhan, in China’s central Hubei province. AFP / Hector Retamal
Ukrainian student launches initiative to turn fallen tree leaves into paper 02 Dec 2020 - 02:03 pm
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UK regulator says it did not cut any corners to approve Pfizer vaccine 02 Dec 2020 - 01:34 pm
In this file photo taken on November 17, 2020 (FILES) This file photo illustration picture shows vials with Covid-19 Vaccine stickers attached, with the logo of US pharmaceutical company Pfizer, on November 17, 2020. Britain on December 2, 2020 became the
UK watchdog studies "range anxiety" in electric vehicle charging 02 Dec 2020 - 10:56 am
File photo: An electric car is seen at a charging point at Halfords in Rugby, Britain, November 19, 2020. REUTERS/Molly Darlington/File Photo
UK approves Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, first in the world 02 Dec 2020 - 10:15 am
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England faces regional COVID-19 restrictions despite lawmaker rebellion 02 Dec 2020 - 12:21 am
Pedestrians stand near a COVID-19 information board in Hull, in north-east England on November 30, 2020. Hull will return to the England's highest coronavirus category, Tier 3, when England exits its second lockdown an re-enters a tiered system of toughen
Dutch mask-wearing rule becomes law 01 Dec 2020 - 09:21 pm
Shoppers walk with bags in the center of Rotterdam, on November 29, 2020. Shopkeepers in the city center, Alexandrium and Zuidplein have to close their doors at 5 pm, just like on November 28, 2020 because it is not possible to keep enough distance due to
Car hits pedestrians in Germany; 2 killed, 15 injured 01 Dec 2020 - 05:18 pm
File Photo: Tourist in front of Trier's most famous monument, the Porta Nigra, or Black Gate.  AFP / John MACDOUGALL
Bosnia's 'Oxygen Man' brings cheer, and supplies, to COVID-19 patients 01 Dec 2020 - 04:07 pm
Miralem Sabic carries oxygen bottles from his private van to an improvised coronavirus disease (COVID-19) hospital in Konjic, Bosnia and Herzegovina, November 27, 2020. Picture taken November 27, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic