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Canary Islands hotel locked down over coronavirus 25 Feb 2020 - 05:22 pm
General view taken on February 25, 2020 of the H10 Costa Adeje Palace Hotel in La Caleta, where hundreds of people were confined to their rooms after an Italian tourist was hospitalised with a suspected case of coronavirus.  AFP / Desiree Martin
Croatia reports first confirmed coronavirus case in Balkans 25 Feb 2020 - 03:28 pm
A worker from Italy's Senate wearing protective gloves holds a thermometer to check people arriving at the Piazza Madama Senate building in this still image taken from video in Rome, Italy, February 25, 2020. Senato TV/Handout via REUTERS
With once-radical Podemos tamed, Spain's new coalition is happy - for now 24 Feb 2020 - 07:09 pm
Pedro Sanchez is congratulated by Spanish far-left Unidas Podemos coalition leader Pablo Iglesias after winning vote to elect a premier at the Spanish Congress in Madrid on January 7, 2020. AFP / Pierre-Philippe Marcou
Car drives into German carnival parade, several injured 24 Feb 2020 - 06:04 pm
People react at the scene after a car ploughed into a carnival parade injuring several people in Volkmarsen, Germany February 24, 2020. Elmar Schulten/Waldeckische Landeszeitung via Reuters.
US: Free speech no excuse for crimes of WikiLeaks' Assange 24 Feb 2020 - 06:04 pm
File photo: Supporters of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange demonstrate in front of presidential palace regarding his Ecuadorian citizenship in Quito, Ecuador, October 31, 2018. Reuters / Daniel Tapia
Greek island protesters vow to stop new migrant camps 24 Feb 2020 - 06:04 pm
Migrants make their way at a makeshift camp surrounding the Moria migrant camp on the island of Lesbos, Greece, February 18, 2020.  Reuters/Alkis Konstantinidis
Italy records fourth death from coronavirus; stock market slides 24 Feb 2020 - 11:36 am
Military officers wearing face masks stand outside Duomo cathedral, closed by authorities due to a coronavirus outbreak, in Milan, Italy February 24, 2020. Reuters/Flavio Lo Scalzo
Trains between Italy and Austria resume after passengers test negative for coronavirus 24 Feb 2020 - 11:34 am
 A train is seen at the Brennero-Brenner train station in Italy, February 23, 2020. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger
Sandstorm forces closure of airports on Spain's Canary Islands 23 Feb 2020 - 07:32 pm
Children run along the beach as people look over the sea into the haze created by a sand storm known locally as
Italy battles surging coronavirus outbreak as cases rise over 100 23 Feb 2020 - 06:15 pm
A man wearing a face mask stands outside the San Siro stadium after the Inter Milan v Sampdoria Serie A match was cancelled due to an outbreak of the coronavirus in Lombardy and Veneto, in Milan, Italy, February 23, 2020. Reuters/Daniele Mascolo
Italy coronavirus cases rise to more than 100 - regional chief 23 Feb 2020 - 01:34 pm
Residents wearing respiratory mask wait to be given access to shop in a supermarket in small groups of forty people on February 23, 2020 in the small Italian town of Casalpusterlengo, under the shadow of a new coronavirus outbreak, as Italy took drastic c
France prepares in case of coronavirus epidemic - Health Minister 23 Feb 2020 - 12:24 pm
 French Health Minister Olivier Veran (C) takes part in a meeting on the Coronavirus Covid-19 outbreak at the Health Ministry on February 18, 2020, in Paris. / AFP / Ludovic MARIN
Prince Harry and his wife will stop using "Sussex Royal" brand 23 Feb 2020 - 11:57 am
File photo: Britain's Prince Harry and his wife Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, leave Canada House in London, Britain January 7, 2020. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo
Fear, isolation cloaks town at centre of Italy's coronavirus outbreak 23 Feb 2020 - 11:01 am
A woman is taken into an ambulance amid a coronavirus outbreak in northern Italy, in Casalpusterlengo, February 22, 2020. REUTERS/Flavio Lo Scalzo
New Kosovo PM ready to revoke tariffs for Serbian goods 23 Feb 2020 - 08:33 am
Kosovo's Prime Minister Albin Kurti looks on in front of the members of the Kosovo Security Forces (KSF) as he attends a ceremony in Pristina on February 17, 2020, to mark the 12th anniversary of Kosovo's declaration of independence. / AFP / Armend NIMANI
Londoners rally for Assange ahead of extradition hearing 22 Feb 2020 - 05:51 pm
Songwriter and singer Roger Waters and a group of supporters of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange stage a demonstration in support of him, ahead of the preliminary hearing, in front of High Commission of Australia (Australia House) on February 22, 2020 in
France begins shutting down oldest nuclear plant 22 Feb 2020 - 03:40 pm
A banner is seen on a fence at France's oldest Electricite de France (EDF) nuclear power plant near the eastern French village of Fessenheim, France February 20, 2020. The banner reads:
Back to blue: UK passports revert to old colour from next month 22 Feb 2020 - 02:29 pm
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