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Barcelona back under lockdown as virus cases surge 18 Jul 2020 - 07:43 pm
A municipal worker cleans a bench at Catalonia square in Barcelona on July 18, 2020. Four million residents of Barcelona have been urged to stay at home as virus cases rise, while EU leaders were set to meet again in Brussels, seeking to rescue Europe's e
MotoGP resumes in Spain under tight controls 18 Jul 2020 - 07:07 pm
Petronas Yamaha SRT's French rider Fabio Quartararo competes during the MotoGP qualifying session of the Spanish Grand Prix at the Jerez racetrack in Jerez de la Frontera on July 18, 2020. / AFP / JAVIER SORIANO
France watching Spain virus clusters closely, says PM 18 Jul 2020 - 04:36 pm
French Prime Minister Jean Castex, wearing a face mask, speaks after attending a city council and resigning from his mayor's office, in Prades, southwestern France, on July 18, 2020.  / AFP / GEORGES GOBET
Fire damages cathedral in French city of Nantes 18 Jul 2020 - 12:03 pm
A French Police officer gestures as firefighters are at work to put out a fire at the Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul cathedral in Nantes, western France, on July 18, 2020. AFP / Sebastien Salom-Gomis
Firemen battle blaze at Nantes cathedral in western France 18 Jul 2020 - 10:58 am
French firefighters battle a blaze at the Cathedral of Saint Pierre and Saint Paul in Nantes, France, July 18, 2020. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe
Britain eyes normal life by Christmas, but preparing for second COVID-19 wave 17 Jul 2020 - 08:02 pm
An advertising board for the Evening Standard newspaper carries the hadline 'work from home advice axed' in London on July 17, 2020. AFP / Tolga AKMEN
Symptom tracker app reveals six distinct types of COVID-19 infection 17 Jul 2020 - 06:41 pm
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Prince Andrew's daughter Beatrice weds in private ceremony 17 Jul 2020 - 04:24 pm
FILE PHOTO: Britain's Princess Beatrice and property tycoon Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi attend the wedding ceremony of Jean-Christophe Napoleon Bonaparte and Olympia von Arco-Zinneberg at the Saint-Louis des Invalides Cathedral in Paris, France, October 19, 201
End of the jumbo: British Airways retires 747 early due to coronavirus crisis 17 Jul 2020 - 04:00 pm
FILE PHOTO: A British Airways Boeing 747-400 flies into Heathrow Airport in west London May 12, 2011. British Airways cabin crew will meet on Thursday to consider an offer to end an 18-month dispute which has cost the airline more than 150 million pounds
Swiss warn over faulty protective masks bought during COVID-19 rush 17 Jul 2020 - 01:59 pm
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UK boosts healthcare funding to ward off winter COVID-19 wave 17 Jul 2020 - 01:17 pm
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson (L), wearing a face mask or covering due to the COVID-19 pandemic, talks with a paramedic inside the back of an ambulance during his visit to the headquarters of the London Ambulance Service NHS Trust in central Lond
UK Black Lives Matter sculpture removed 16 Jul 2020 - 10:57 pm
Jen Reid poses next to a sculpture by Marc Quinn portraying her, titled 'A Surge of Power (Jen Reid) 2020', in London, Britain July 14, 2020, in this image obtained from social media. Picture taken July 14, 2020. Courtesy of Marc Quinn Studio/via REUTERS
Black masks, white roses as Spain honours its COVID-19 victims 16 Jul 2020 - 07:43 pm
Attendees sit around a cauldron during a state ceremony to honour the 28,400 victims of the coronavirus crisis as well as those public servants who have been fighting on the front line against the pandemic in Spain, on July 16, 2020, at the Royal Palace i
Russian hackers are linked to sweeping bid to steal vaccine data 16 Jul 2020 - 07:15 pm
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Dutch king opens disease exhibition delayed by pandemic 16 Jul 2020 - 06:07 pm
Dutch King Willem-Alexander (2ndL) visits the exhibition
France imposes indoor public mask-wearing 16 Jul 2020 - 05:16 pm
French Prime Minister Jean Castex wears a protective facemask as he attends the French Government declaration, followed by a debate, at the French Senate, in Paris, on July 16, 2020. / AFP / Bertrand GUAY
Greta Thunberg demands 'crisis' response to climate change 16 Jul 2020 - 04:08 pm
FILE PHOTO: Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg addresses the environment committee at the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium, March 4, 2020. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File Photo
YouTube not liable for user copyright breaches, EU court adviser says 16 Jul 2020 - 04:01 pm
FILE PHOTO: A silhouette of a mobile user is seen next to a screen projection of Youtube logo in this picture illustration taken March 28, 2018. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/File Photo