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Paris marathon cancelled as COVID-19 cases pick up in France 12 Aug 2020 - 03:18 pm
In this file photo taken on April 9, 2017 A detail of the Luxor Obelisk at the Place de la Concorde is seen as runners compete in the 41st Paris Marathon at the Champs-Elysees in Paris. The Paris marathon, scheduled for November 15, has been canceled due
Serious injuries after train derails in Scotland, first minister says 12 Aug 2020 - 02:48 pm
First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon visits West Calder High School in West Calder, Scotland amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Britain August 10, 2020. Andy Buchanan/Pool via REUTERS
Brussels makes face masks compulsory in all public spaces as COVID-19 cases spike 12 Aug 2020 - 10:38 am
People wearing masks walk at a street as the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) cases have reached to 73,401 on August 09, 2020, in Brussels, Belgium. Dursun Aydemir - Anadolu
UK reports highest daily total COVID cases since June 21 at 1,148 11 Aug 2020 - 09:01 pm
Members of the public walk through the centre of Preston, north west England on August 8, 2020, as local lockdown restrictions are reimposed due to a spike in cases of the novel coronavirus in the city. / AFP / OLI SCARFF
Coronavirus spread may get harder to control: French PM 11 Aug 2020 - 08:23 pm
French Prime Minister Jean Castex (L) speaks a doctor during a visit at CHU hospital in Montpellier, southern France, on August 11, 2020. / AFP / POOL / Pascal GUYOT
Spain again grapples with Europe's worst virus infection rate 11 Aug 2020 - 07:17 pm
People wearing face masks walk down a shopping street in the Las Delicias neighbourhood of Zaragoza in northeastern Spain on August 10, 2020. Spain has added 19,405 new coronavirus cases in the past week, but the health ministry says the country is not en
Rolls-Royce finds cracks in small number of Trent XWB engines 11 Aug 2020 - 04:25 pm
Rolls Royce engine of the first Fiji Airways A350 XWB airliner is seen at the aircraft builder's headquarters of Airbus in Colomiers near Toulouse, France, November 15, 2019. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau/File Photo
Russia registers first Coronavirus vaccine in the world 11 Aug 2020 - 02:13 pm
This handout picture taken on August 6, 2020 and provided by the Russian Direct Investment Fund shows the vaccine against the coronavirus disease, developed by the Gamaleya Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology.
Russia approves first COVID-19 vaccine, Putin says 11 Aug 2020 - 11:40 am
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Isolate yourself or face prison, Finland tells new arrivals 11 Aug 2020 - 12:08 am
FILE PHOTO: Finland's Members of Parliament, Katri Kulmuni (L) and Sanna Marin participate in the A-studio talk show in Helsinki, Finland December 3, 2019. Lehtikuva/Roni Rekomaa/via REUTERS
Belarus police fire rubber bullets, tear gas on protesters 10 Aug 2020 - 11:29 pm
Opposition supporters protest after polls closed in Belarus' presidential election, in Minsk on August 9, 2020. / AFP / Siarhei LESKIEC
Industry body calls Russian Covid-19 vaccine a Pandora’s box 10 Aug 2020 - 10:59 pm
FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: A scientist prepares samples during the research and development of a vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at a laboratory of BIOCAD biotechnology company in Saint Petersburg, Russia June 11, 2020. REUTERS/Anton Vagan
Greece to require negative coronavirus test for entry from Sweden, Spain, Belgium 10 Aug 2020 - 05:49 pm
Tourists take pictures during a dolphin watching tour from a boat in the Amvrakikos gulf, in Preveza,northwestern Greece, on August 6, 2020. / AFP / Angelos Tzortzinis
Fire destroys Spanish holiday park popular with Britons 10 Aug 2020 - 05:39 pm
A general view shows a burnt holiday park in Mollina near Malaga on August 10, 2020. A wind-fuelled fire ripped through a holiday park in Spain that is home to a large number of British pensioners, destroying dozens of homes and injuring two people, offic
20,000 paper birds help fund COVID-19 units at Belgium hospital 10 Aug 2020 - 05:23 pm
Belgian designer and artist Charles Kaisin poses next to an art installation made of 20,325 origamis called
Face masks now required outdoors at crowded Paris locations 10 Aug 2020 - 04:45 pm
People wearing protective masks walk near the Louvre Museum as France reinforces mask-wearing as part of efforts to curb a resurgence of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) across the country, in Paris, France August 6, 2020. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes/File P
Belarusian president Lukashenko re-elected by landslide 10 Aug 2020 - 10:05 am
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko holds a ballot and a passport before casting his vote at a polling station during the presidential election in Minsk, Belarus August 9, 2020. Sergei Gapon/Pool via REUTERS
Baby among seven killed as thunderstorms flood Greek island homes 09 Aug 2020 - 11:10 pm
People clean in a destroyed street following a storm at the village of Politika, on Evia island, northeast of Athens, on August 9, 2020. Five people including a baby died and two more were missing as torrential rains and floods swept the Greek island of E

Africa

Sudanese local resident of Tuti Island walk across an agricultural field where the White Nile and Blue Nile merge to form the River Nile in the capital Khartoum on April 17, 2026. (Photo by Khaled Desouki / AFP) The tiny, defiant Nile island caught in the heart of Sudan's war
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Representational file photo Over 46 million Ethiopians register for upcoming general election
Senegal football supporters walk with their personal belongings after being released from Al Arjat 2 prison in Sale on April 18, 2026.(Photo by Abdel Majid BZIOUAT / AFP) Morocco frees Senegal fans after sentences served

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File photo for representational purposes only. US crude oil inventories rise, gasoline and distillate stocks decline last week
(Files) US President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, DC on August 26, 2025. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP) Trump extends ceasefire, says giving Iran time to negotiate
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