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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
French passengers sue Costa Cruises over virus ship ordeal 09 Aug 2020 - 10:40 pm
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Donors pledge 253 mln euros in emergency aid for Lebanon after blast 09 Aug 2020 - 09:29 pm
French President Emmanuel Macron attends a donor teleconference with other world leaders concerning the situation in Lebanon following the Beirut blast, in Fort de Bregancon in Bormes-les-Mimosas, France August 9, 2020. Christophe Simon/Pool via REUTERS
BBC says sorry for using racist term in news report 09 Aug 2020 - 07:59 pm
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Britain's COVID-19 daily infections rise to highest level since June 09 Aug 2020 - 06:48 pm
In a promotion funded by Calderdale Council, Phil Mearns rides his ad bike displaying advice on how to slow the spread of the coronavirus through the streets of Halifax in northern England on August 9, 2020, as local lockdown restrictions are reimposed du