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Belarus cranks up 1st nuclear plant; Lithuania is fearful 03 Nov 2020 - 03:51 pm
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Philippine island left without power after deadly typhoon: Red Cross 03 Nov 2020 - 03:27 pm
This handout photo taken and received from the Philippine Coast Guard on November 2, 2020 shows an aerial view of damaged buildings on the island province of Catanduanes, in the aftermath of Typhoon Goni. / AFP
Swedish PM warns pandemic situation "very serious" as new local restrictions announced 03 Nov 2020 - 03:16 pm
Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven gives a press conference about the situation of the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic, at the government headquarters in Stockholm, Sweden, on November 3, 2020. / AFP / Jonathan NACKSTRAND
In locked-down Belgium, books are 'essential' 03 Nov 2020 - 02:59 pm
This photograph taken on November 2, 2020, shows books displayed at the Librairie des Abbesses bookstore in the Montmartre district in Paris on November 2, 2020, during the launch of
Tourist boat sinks near Turkish coast; 1 Russian dead 03 Nov 2020 - 02:49 pm
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Britain's new polar ship, "Boaty McBoatface", heads for open seas 03 Nov 2020 - 02:44 pm
People watch as the RSS Sir David Attenborough leaves Liverpool to begin sea trials in New Brighton, Britain, November 3, 2020. REUTERS/Phil Noble
UK to pilot new COVID-19 mass testing approach in Liverpool 03 Nov 2020 - 02:18 pm
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US Election Day begins as polls open in New York, New Jersey, Virginia 03 Nov 2020 - 02:10 pm
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France considers new Paris curfew as lockdown rules are flouted 03 Nov 2020 - 02:08 pm
French Secretary of State and Government's spokesperson Gabriel Attal answers to media after an information meeting chaired by the French Prime minister with political party chiefs on October 27, 2020, in Paris, ahead of the probable announcement of tough
Germany readies exhibition halls, mobile teams for COVID-19 vaccination 03 Nov 2020 - 01:56 pm
Customers wait in line after the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) lockdown has been eased around the country and companies open some of its stores, in Munich, Germany, May 12, 2020. REUTERS/Andreas Gebert/File Photo
Anxious Americans brace for Election Day with faces masked, stores boarded up 03 Nov 2020 - 01:17 pm
Tom Tillotson drops voters ballots into the ballot box at the Hale House at the historic Balsams Resort during midnight voting as part of the first ballots cast in the United States Presidential Election in Dixville Notch, New Hampshire on November 3, 202
"Extremely dangerous" Hurricane Eta poised to slam into Nicaragua 03 Nov 2020 - 01:02 pm
A man protects his beach house as Hurricane Eta approaches in Bilwi, Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua, on November 2, 2020. Eta rapidly intensified to a Category 4 hurricane on Monday as it bore down on the Caribbean coast of Nicaragua and Honduras, threatening
Philippines: 20 dead, thousands of homes damaged in typhoon 03 Nov 2020 - 12:16 pm
This aerial photo taken on November 2, 2020, shows houses buried by boulders and lahar washed from the slopes of nearby Mayon Volcano in Guinobatan town, Albay province, south of Manila, after super Typhoon Goni made landfall in the Philippines on Novembe
Gunman at large after Vienna shooting rampage leaves four dead Austria-attack 03 Nov 2020 - 12:10 pm
Policemen guard the area on November 3, 2020 close to a crime scene in Vienna after a shooting. A huge manhunt was under way Tuesday, November 3, 2020 after gunmen opened fire on November 2, 2020 at multiple locations across central Vienna, killing at lea
Sri Lankan navy, villagers rescue more than 100 stranded whales 03 Nov 2020 - 12:02 pm
Sri Lankan Navy soldiers try to push back a stranded pilot whale into the deep water in Panadura on November 3, 2020. AFP / Lakruwan WANNIARACHCHI
Turkish rescuers pull girl from rubble 4 days after quake 03 Nov 2020 - 11:04 am
Rescuers carry 4-year-old Ayla Gezgin out from a collapsed building as operations take place on a site after an earthquake struck the Aegean Sea, in the coastal province of Izmir, Turkey, November 3, 2020. REUTERS/Kemal Aslan
Khamenei says Iran's US policy not affected by who wins election 03 Nov 2020 - 09:58 am
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei delivers a virtual speech in Tehran, Iran November 3, 2020. Official Khamenei Website/Handout via REUTERS
'We are in shock': Austrian capital reels after gunman kills at least two 03 Nov 2020 - 08:28 am
Police officers search in an area after exchanges of gunfire in Vienna, Austria November 3, 2020. REUTERS/Radovan Stoklasa