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Trump votes in Florida before rallies in three states, Biden heads to Pennsylvania 24 Oct 2020 - 06:31 pm
US President Donald Trump wearing a face mask leaves after voting in the 2020 presidential election at the Palm Beach County Library in West Palm Beach, U.S., October 24, 2020. (REUTERS/Tom Brenner)
Guinean president wins a 3rd term, electoral commission says 24 Oct 2020 - 03:50 pm
FILE PHOTO: Guinea's President Alpha Conde laughs as he addresses a conference in Berlin, Germany November 19, 2019. John MacDougall/Pool via REUTERS
Pelosi, Mnuchin trade blame as pre-election stimulus hopes dim 24 Oct 2020 - 02:52 pm
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi speaks about the need for additional coronavirus relief during her weekly news conference with Capitol Hill reporters in Washington, U.S., October 22, 2020. REUTERS/Hannah McKay
EU farm bill 'fuels ecological destruction,' Thunberg says 24 Oct 2020 - 02:41 pm
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EU border agency 'involved in illegal asylum pushbacks' 24 Oct 2020 - 01:42 pm
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Iconic UK arts institutions get £75m virus funding 24 Oct 2020 - 01:02 pm
Britain's Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Oliver Dowden arrives at Downing Street, in London, Britain October 21, 2020. REUTERS/Toby Melville
US sets single-day record for COVID-19 cases during new surge 24 Oct 2020 - 12:45 pm
FILE PHOTO: A lone customer seeks assistance at an American Airlines check-in counter at Washington's Reagan National airport as the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic continues, in Washington, U.S. April 29, 2020. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
North Korea says China dust could spread COVID-19, warns people to stay inside 24 Oct 2020 - 12:32 pm
A weather caster of North Korea's state-run television KRT appears on screen in Pyongyang, North Korea October 21, 2020, in this still image taken from video. KRT/Reuters TV via REUTERS NORTH KOREA
Europe, WHO sound alarm over resurgent virus crisis 24 Oct 2020 - 11:54 am
Medical staff work and tend to patients in the hospital CHR Citadelle in Liege, on October 23, 2020. Belgium OUT / AFP / BELGA / BRUNO FAHY
Afghan road bomb kills nine civilians: officials 24 Oct 2020 - 11:51 am
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Polish President Duda infected with coronavirus, feels good: Minister 24 Oct 2020 - 11:28 am
(FILES) In this file photo taken on June 28, 2020, Polish President Andrzej Duda arrives at a polling station to take part in a voting during Poland's Presidental election in Krakow, Poland. Poland's President Andrzej Duda has tested positive for coronavi
J&J preparing to resume U.S. trial of COVID-19 vaccine candidate 23 Oct 2020 - 11:33 pm
A Johnson & Johnson building is shown in Irvine, California, U.S., January 24, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
AstraZeneca, Oxford allowed to resume COVID-19 vaccine trial in U.S.: WSJ 23 Oct 2020 - 09:36 pm
A test tube labelled vaccine is seen in front of AstraZeneca logo in this illustration taken, September 9, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo/File Photo
Ottawa buys 76 mn doses of first made-in-Canada Covid-19 vaccine 23 Oct 2020 - 08:59 pm
In this file photo taken on May 20, 2020, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrives on Parliament Hill to attend a sitting of the Special Committee on the Covid-19 Pandemic in Ottawa, Canada. Trudeau announced a deal on October 23, 2020, to procure 7
Local businesses, councils promise free school meals after Rashford campaign 23 Oct 2020 - 08:27 pm
Alex Stephens, the owner The Farm Fresh Market, poses for a picture at his farm shop that has offered free lunches to children who need it over half term, after reacting to footballer Marcus Rashford's online post, as the spread of coronavirus diseases (C
Italy's COVID cases hit new record, Campania region set for lockdown 23 Oct 2020 - 07:29 pm
A person wearing a face mask walks at a shopping mall ahead of weekend closure of shopping centres, a measure imposed by the Lombardy region to curb the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infections, in Milan, Italy, October 23, 2020. REUTERS/Flavio Lo Scalzo
WHO says it will have advice on Remdesivir in 3-4 weeks 23 Oct 2020 - 07:12 pm
An ampule of Gilead Sciences COVID-19 antiviral remdesivir is pictured during a news conference at the University Hospital Eppendorf (UKE) in Hamburg, Germany, April 8, 2020, as the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues. Ulrich Perrey/Pool vi
WHO's Tedros says countries on "dangerous track" in pandemic 23 Oct 2020 - 07:05 pm
World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus attends a news conference organized by Geneva Association of United Nations Correspondents (ACANU) amid the COVID-19 outbreak, caused by the novel coronavirus, at the WHO headquar