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Britain's new polar ship, the Sir David Attenborough, set for sea trials 21 Oct 2020 - 04:30 pm
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Brazil's Bolsonaro says his government will not buy China's Sinovac vaccine 21 Oct 2020 - 03:42 pm
Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro looks on during the COVID-19 Clinical Study Result Announcement Ceremony at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, October 19, 2020. REUTERS/Adriano Machado/File Photo
Naples teachers bring socially distanced school to streets and balconies 21 Oct 2020 - 03:26 pm
A boy wears a protective mask as Naples school teacher Pamela Buda holds her lessons to her social distancing students on public steps, after the region of Campania closed schools due to a spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Naples, Italy, Oct
Spanish grandma, 99, gets back to computer games after beating COVID-19 21 Oct 2020 - 03:07 pm
Florentina Martin, a 99-year-old woman who survived coronavirus disease (COVID-19), plays a digital puzzle with her great-grandson Pedro Valle at her home in Pinto, near Madrid, Spain, October 20, 2020. Picture taken October 20, 2020. Reuters/Sergio Perez
UK PM Johnson says London has been 'bankrupted' by its mayor 21 Oct 2020 - 03:00 pm
FILE PHOTO: Mayor of London Sadiq Khan participates in a rally in London, Britain March 3, 2020. Reuters/Toby Melville/File Photo
Barcelona hospitals brace as second wave of COVID admissions builds 21 Oct 2020 - 02:45 pm
A healthcare worker takes a swap from a patient to run a COVID-19 Rapid Test at the CAP Manso primary care centre in Barcelona on October 21, 2020. AFP / LLUIS GENE
Exhibits damaged at major Berlin museums, unclear by whom 21 Oct 2020 - 02:11 pm
The Alte Nationalgalerie is pictured in Berlin on October 21, 2020. According to media reports, dozens of works of art were damaged by unknown persons on Berlin's Museum Island on the Unification Day. As reported by Deutschlandfunk (DLF) and
Italian rail operator and Snam to study hydrogen for trains 21 Oct 2020 - 01:09 pm
File photo: A worker cleans a window of the Frecciarossa's train at the Termini railway station in Rome, Italy, November 6, 2018. Reuters/Alessandro Bianchi/File Photo
Nigeria protesters break curfew amid gunfire, chaos in Lagos 21 Oct 2020 - 01:02 pm
Protesters march at Alausa, the Lagos State Secretariat, in Lagos on October 20, 2020, after the Governor of Lagos State, Sanwo Olu, declared 24-hour curfew in Nigeria's economic hub Lagos as violence flared in widespread protests that have rocked cities
Thailand welcomes first tourists since March 21 Oct 2020 - 12:25 pm
This handout photo taken on October 20, 2020 and released on October 21 by the Airports of Thailand company shows members of a group of 39 Chinese visitors with special tourist visas going through arrival measures to halt the spread of the COVID-19 corona
Philippines allowing foreign travel to resume 21 Oct 2020 - 11:07 am
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Asia's biggest film fest opens as a shadow of its usual self 21 Oct 2020 - 10:40 am
Signs of the Busan International Film Festival are seen at an entrance of the Busan Cinema Center in Busan on October 21, 2020. Asia's biggest annual film festival started in South Korea October 21 at a fraction of its usual scale, but some movie fans wil
Fortunes of China's internet tycoons soar amid pandemic 21 Oct 2020 - 10:21 am
This file photo taken on January 9, 2018 shows Alibaba's chairman Jack Ma attending the first meeting of the French-Chinese business council in Beijing. China's wealthiest people became a record 1.5 trillion USD richer in 2020 despite the economic blow de
Cathay Pacific to cut workforce by nearly a quarter 21 Oct 2020 - 10:14 am
A sign of Cathay Pacific is seen at its headquarters Cathay City in Hong Kong, China October 21, 2020. REUTERS/Lam Yik
Translation tools, air purifiers: face masks go high-tech 21 Oct 2020 - 10:05 am
This picture taken on September 29, 2020 shows Donut Robotics chief executive Taisuke Ono showing the interior of the smart mask
Kuwait PM: We will continue efforts to end Gulf crisis 21 Oct 2020 - 09:31 am
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Spain mulls curfew to fight virus surge 21 Oct 2020 - 12:26 am
Madrid Emergency Service (SUMMA) UVI-8 unit's medical resident Mireya Nadal wearing full protective gear prepares to treat a patient in his home amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Madrid, Spain, October 19, 2020. Picture taken October 19,
Obama to hold 'drive-in' rally for Biden in Philadelphia 21 Oct 2020 - 12:17 am
(COMBO) This combination of file pictures created on October 20, 2020 shows
former US President Barack Obama(L) at an innovative communications conference organised by Les Napoleons network group, where he appears as a guest of honour, in Paris, and Demo