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Moscow schools start unplanned holidays as COVID-19 cases rise 05 Oct 2020 - 02:39 pm
A woman wearing a face mask to protect against the coronavirus disease stands at a bus stop in central Moscow on October 5, 2020. / AFP / Yuri KADOBNOV
Britain’s Octopus Energy to create 1,000 jobs, new tech hub 05 Oct 2020 - 01:21 pm
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson visits the headquarters of Octopus Energy on October 5, 2020 in London. The visit coincides with the company's plan to create 1,000 new technology jobs across sites in England. / AFP / POOL / Leon Neal
Scientists to Spanish politicians: 'You rule but don't know' 05 Oct 2020 - 01:19 pm
Commuters wearing protective face masks wait on a platform at Atocha train station during a partial lockdown amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Madrid, Spain October 5, 2020. Reuters/Sergio Perez
'A blessing in disguise': COVID gives boost to Portugal's bicycle makers 05 Oct 2020 - 01:04 pm
Workers are seen in RTE bicycles factory in Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal, September 25, 2020. Picture taken September 25, 2020. REUTERS/Pedro Nunes
3 win Nobel medicine award for hepatitis C virus discovery 05 Oct 2020 - 12:57 pm
Thomas Perlmann, Secretary of the Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet and of the Nobel Committee for Physiology or Medicine, announces Harvey J Alter, Michael Houghton and Charles M? Rice as the winners of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicin
Microsoft plans $1 billion data center venture in Greece 05 Oct 2020 - 12:11 pm
President of Microsoft Brad Smith speaks with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, with the ancient Acropolis hill in the background, during an event on the company's new investment in Greece, at the Acropolis Museum in Athens, Greece October 5, 2020
Alfred Nobel, creator of dynamite and high-minded prizes 05 Oct 2020 - 11:17 am
In this file photo taken on December 10, 2019 a visitor stands in front of a bust of the Nobel Prize founder, Alfred Nobel prior the Nobel awards ceremony at the Concert Hall in Stockholm, Sweden. Swedish inventor and scholar Alfred Nobel, who made a vast
EU's von der Leyen self-isolating after contact with COVID-19 case 05 Oct 2020 - 10:10 am
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen addresses the media on the second day of a European Union leaders summit at the Europa building in Brussels, Belgium October 2, 2020. John Thys/Pool via REUTERS
UK's vaccine task force head says vaccinating all of UK 'not going to happen' -FT 05 Oct 2020 - 12:33 am
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UK COVID cases jump to 22,961 after glitch causes backlog 05 Oct 2020 - 12:24 am
People walk across Millennium Bridge during rainy weather, in LONDON, Britain, October 4, 2020. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls
London transport regulator strips Ola's operating licence over public safety failings 05 Oct 2020 - 12:16 am
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UK's Prince William calls for action on climate in new documentary 04 Oct 2020 - 10:31 pm
FILE PHOTO: Britain's Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, speaks during a visit to the Garden House, part of the Light Project, which works on getting people safely off the streets throughout the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Peterborough, Br
Regal-owner Cineworld considering closing all US, UK screens 04 Oct 2020 - 07:22 pm
People walk past a Cineworld in Leicester's Square, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in London, Britain, October 4, 2020. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls
New Caledonia rejects full independence from France again 04 Oct 2020 - 03:52 pm
Kanak independence supporters wave flags of the Socialist Kanak National Liberation Front (FLNKS) after the referendum on independence on the French South Pacific territory of New Caledonia in Noumea on October 4, 2020. AFP / Theo Rouby
UK’s Johnson defends virus strategy as infections soar 04 Oct 2020 - 02:55 pm
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson wears a protective face covering as he arrives at the BBC in central London on October 4, 2020, to take part in the BBC political programme The Andrew Marr Show. AFP / JUSTIN TALLIS
India and S.Africa ask WTO to waive rules to aid COVID-19 drug production 04 Oct 2020 - 02:39 pm
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France steps up search efforts after floods 04 Oct 2020 - 02:32 pm
A handout photo made available on October 4, 2020 by the French Etat-Major des Armees shows people arriving at Nice airport after they were evacuated from areas hit by torrential rain and flash floods in the south of France. AFP PHOTO / ETAT-MAJOR DES ARM
Thousands protest anti-coronavirus restrictions in Germany over weekend 04 Oct 2020 - 02:03 pm
People take part in a protest against masks and virus restrictions during the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic (novel coronavirus) in Konstanz, southern Germany, on October 4, 2020. / AFP / Sébastien Bozon

Africa

Photo strictly for representational purposes. Source: freepik German tourist dies after bit by snake in Egypt: police
QNA / X Prime Minister of Libyan Government of National Unity, Greek Foreign Minister discuss strengthening relations
Peninsula Court martial over Nigeria coup plot to resume May 8
(FILES) Colonel Sadio Camara, Minister of Defense and Veterans of Mali, is seen at the meeting of Ministers of the Alliance of Sahel States (AES), Ouagadougou, (Photo by FANNY NOARO-KABRة / AFP) Mali says defense minister killed in attack on his residence in Bamako

Americas

US President Donald Trump speaks during a press briefing in the Brady Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, DC, shortly after a shooting incident at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on April 25, 2026. (Photo by Kent NISHIMURA / AFP) Trump holds talks on Iran with security team
File Photo 600 Google staff urge CEO to reject classified military AI contract
Relatives identify one of the victims after a bomb attack at El Tunel, on the Popayan-Cali road, in Cajibio, Cauca department, Colombia, on April 25, 2026. (Photo by Joaquin SARMIENTO / AFP) Colombia blasts kill 19, injure 38
FBI tactical agents leave a house associated with the suspected White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooter after making entry at the residence in Torrance, California, late on April 25, 2026. Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP Engineer and game developer: the US press gala shooting suspect

Gulf

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