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Sweden’s face mask debate heats up amid Covid resurgence warning 18 Aug 2020 - 10:22 pm
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Ireland ramps up COVID-19 restrictions again as cases surge 18 Aug 2020 - 09:12 pm
Ireland's Prime Minister Micheal Martin leaves a meeting at the EU summit, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Brussels, Belgium early July 21, 2020. REUTERS/Johanna Geron/File Photo
France reports over 2,000 new coronavirus infections 18 Aug 2020 - 08:47 pm
Visitors wearing protective face masks queue to enter the Louvre Pyramid in Paris, as France reinforces mask-wearing as part of efforts to curb a resurgence of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) across the country, France, August 13, 2020. REUTERS/Charles
Poland's health minister resigns after virus response criticised 18 Aug 2020 - 07:12 pm
Poland's Health Minister Lukasz Szumowski reacts during a news conference where he announced his resignation in Warsaw, Poland August 18, 2020. Dawid Zuchowicz/Agencja Gazeta via REUTERS.
Brazil greenlights human trials for J&J's potential COVID-19 vaccine 18 Aug 2020 - 05:39 pm
The company logo for Johnson & Johnson is displayed on a screen to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the company's listing at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., September 17, 2019. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
Angela Merkel warns pandemic threat leaves no room to ease restrictions 18 Aug 2020 - 04:42 pm
German Chancellor Angela Merkel takes off her face mask as she arrives for a family photo in front of the Staendehaus former parliament building prior to a North Rhine-Westphalian cabinet meeting on August 18, 2020 in Duesseldorf, western Germany. / AFP /
Queues form at Italian COVID-19 test centres as holidaymakers return 18 Aug 2020 - 04:04 pm
Healthcare workers register people at a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) drive in test centre at Rome's San Giovanni hospital in Rome, Italy, August 18, 2020. REUTERS/Remo Casilli
France to make mask mandatory in work places: Union 18 Aug 2020 - 02:49 pm
Pedestrians wear face masks as they walk in a congested street market of Lourges, southern France on August 18, 2020. / AFP / Christophe SIMON
Britain encourages at-risk groups to sign up for COVID-19 vaccine trials 17 Aug 2020 - 07:29 pm
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Greenland ice melting past 'tipping point': study 17 Aug 2020 - 07:19 pm
A fishing vessel sails in the ice fjord near Ilulissat, Greenland September 12, 2017. Picture taken September 12, 2017. REUTERS/Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen/File Photo
New French COVID-19 infections sharply down, hospitalisations edge higher 17 Aug 2020 - 07:13 pm
A man wearing a protective mask rides an escalator at the financial and business district of La Defense as France reinforces mask-wearing in public places as part of efforts to curb a resurgence of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) across the country, ne
Spain reports 1,833 new coronavirus infections, below last week's record highs 17 Aug 2020 - 06:52 pm
A healthcare worker holds a sample at a temporary testing centre for the novel coronavirus in Madrid on August 17, 2020.  / AFP / OSCAR DEL POZO
Ukraine recalls its ambassador to Belarus 17 Aug 2020 - 05:32 pm
People attend an opposition demonstration to protest against presidential election results in Minsk, Belarus August 17, 2020. REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko
UK govt scrambles as exam fiasco enrages students, parents 17 Aug 2020 - 04:40 pm
Students hold placards as they protest outside of the constituency office for Gavin Williamson, Conservative MP for South Staffordshire and Britain's current Education Secretary, in Codsall near Wolverhampton, central England on August 17, 2020 .AFP / Pau
UK sees 'post-lockdown mini-boom' in housing: study 17 Aug 2020 - 03:13 pm
Pedestrians, some wearing a face mask or covering due to the COVID-19 pandemic, walk along a quite shopping street in London on August 12, 2020. AFP / Tolga Akmen
UK 'does not accept' results of Belarus election: foreign secretary 17 Aug 2020 - 11:22 am
People holding Belarussian flags take part in a demostration in support of protests against the results of the Belarusian presidential election, on August 16, 2020 in Prague, Czech Republic. / AFP / Michal Cizek
Hundreds protest in Madrid against virus restrictions 16 Aug 2020 - 11:04 pm
People take part in a protest against the use of protective masks during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Madrid, Spain August 16, 2020. REUTERS/Juan Medina
Irish health chiefs to consider if more COVID-19 restrictions needed 16 Aug 2020 - 10:41 pm
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