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Taiwan marks 200 days without domestic COVID-19 infection 29 Oct 2020 - 10:46 am
Passengers wearing masks practice social distancing to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), as they wait to board a flight at Taipei’s Taoyuan International Airport, in Taiwan, October 23, 2020. REUTERS/Ben Blanchard
Australian scientists find huge new healthy coral reef off northern coast 29 Oct 2020 - 10:03 am
New Black Coral species Umbellapathes litocrada is seen in this handout photo from 2015 obtained by Reuters on October 28, 2020. NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration/Handout via REUTERS
'Anonymous' no longer: former Trump administration official reveals identity 29 Oct 2020 - 12:16 am
(FILES) In this file photo taken on November 18, 2019 copies of
Covid-19 vaccine won’t be available until January, Fauci says 29 Oct 2020 - 12:09 am
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India trials of Russian Sputnik-V vaccine may end as early as March - Dr Reddy's 28 Oct 2020 - 11:02 pm
FILE PHOTO: A nurse prepares Russia's
Canada FM warns against easing emergency Covid-19 spending too soon 28 Oct 2020 - 10:57 pm
FILE PHOTO: Canada's Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland attends a news conference on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada March 19, 2020. REUTERS/Blair Gable/File Photo
Philadelphia sets city-wide curfew amid violent protests 28 Oct 2020 - 10:49 pm
PHILADELPHIA, PA - OCTOBER 27: Police with shields form a line in front of demonstrators gathering in protest near the location where Walter Wallace, Jr. was killed by two police officers on October 27, 2020 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Mark Makela/AFP
Zeta strengthens on course to hit New Orleans with wind, floods 28 Oct 2020 - 09:41 pm
View of fallen power lines after the passage of Hurricane Zeta, in Puerto Morelos, Quintana Roo state, Mexico, on October 27, 2020. Zeta was downgraded to a tropical storm on Tuesday after making a landfall on Monday night as a category 1 hurricane near t
Drones to enforce virus rules at Madrid cemeteries 28 Oct 2020 - 08:51 pm
Ambulances are parked at the 12 de Octubre hospital in Madrid, amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, on October 28, 2020. / AFP / OSCAR DEL POZO
Trump campaigning non-stop as Biden holds firm in Delaware 28 Oct 2020 - 08:42 pm
(FILES)(COMBO) This combination of file pictures created on September 29, 2020 shows Democratic Presidential candidate and former US Vice President Joe Biden (L) and US President Donald Trump speaking during the first presidential debate at the Case Weste
Swiss take 'middle path' in curbs to slow COVID without crippling economy 28 Oct 2020 - 08:11 pm
A general view shows the weekly market, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in the oldtown of Solothurn, October 24, 2020. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann
Merkel imposes toughest German restrictions since lockdown 28 Oct 2020 - 08:01 pm
The moon is seen beside the Reichstag, the building which houses the Bundestag (lower house of parliament), from the Chancellery in Berlin before a news conference on new coronavirus restrictions following consultations with the premiers of Germany's 16 f
Facebook, Twitter, Google CEOs to defend key law before U.S. Senate panel 28 Oct 2020 - 03:58 pm
(COMBO)(L-R) This combination of file photos created on October 1, 2020 shows Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai during a session at the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, on January 22, 2020, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg at Georgetown Univer
Belgian chocolatier crowned best pastry chef in the world 28 Oct 2020 - 03:43 pm
Belgian chocolatier Pierre Marcolini poses in his kitchen workshop after being crowned best pastry chef in the world by his peers at international competition, in Brussels, Belgium October 27, 2020. Picture taken October 27, 2020. REUTERS/Johanna Geron
Heathrow says Paris now Europe's busiest airport 28 Oct 2020 - 03:28 pm
FILES) In this file photo taken on July 10, 2020 passengers wearing a face mask or covering due to the COVID-19 pandemic, arrive at Heathrow airport, west London. AFP / DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS
Number of COVID patients hospitalized in Hungary reaches new high 28 Oct 2020 - 03:08 pm
A healthcare worker works at a COVID-19 testing site as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in Budapest, Hungary, October 27, 2020. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo/File Photo
Canada's Trudeau predicts 'tough winter,' deaths top 10,000 28 Oct 2020 - 02:37 pm
FILE PHOTO: Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau removes his face mask before speaking at the 3M's plant in Brockville, Ontario, Canada August 21, 2020. REUTERS/Lars Hagberg/File Photo
U.S. signs deal with Lilly for supply of potential COVID-19 antibody drug 28 Oct 2020 - 02:37 pm
The logo of Lilly is seen on a wall of the Lilly France company unit, part of the Eli Lilly and Co drugmaker group, in Fegersheim near Strasbourg, France, February 1, 2018. REUTERS/Vincent Kessler/File Photo