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Hungarian restaurant reinvents the wheel for social distancing 18 Oct 2020 - 02:53 pm
A chef prepares food as Michelin-starred restaurant Costes moves into the Budapest Eye ferris wheel during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Budapest, Hungary, October 17, 2020. Picture taken October 17, 2020. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo
French virus curfew produces eerie quiet on streets of Paris 18 Oct 2020 - 02:44 pm
People commute in a metro train, on October 17, 2020 in Paris, at the start of a nighttime curfew implemented to fight the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus. AFP / ABDULMONAM EASSA
Ireland to impose nationwide COVID-19 curbs on Monday: Minister 18 Oct 2020 - 02:40 pm
Houses are seen behind a sign for a closed main walkway as the National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET) announced recommendations that the government implement the highest level of COVID-19 restrictions to Level 5, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID
Trump blasts Michigan governor Whitmer; crowd chants 'lock her up' 18 Oct 2020 - 12:34 pm
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at Muskegon County Airport in Muskegon, Michigan U.S., October 17, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
Iran says UN arms embargo on Tehran has been lifted 18 Oct 2020 - 11:47 am
(FILES) A file photo taken on February 2, 2019, shows Iranians visiting a weaponry and military equipment exhibition in the capital Tehran, organised on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the Iranian revolution. AFP / Atta Kenare
Italy approves new stimulus package to help virus-hit economy 18 Oct 2020 - 11:28 am
People wearing protective masks walk across the Piazza del Duomo in Milan on October 17, 2020, amid the Covid-19 pandemic. AFP / MIGUEL MEDINA
Vietnam barracks hit by landslide; 22 personnel missing 18 Oct 2020 - 10:32 am
This picture taken on October 18, 2020 and released by the Vietnam News Agency on October 18, 2020 shows military personnel searching for missing soldiers at the site of a landslide in central Vietnam's Quang Tri province. / AFP / Vietnam News Agency / ST
China passes biosecurity law to prevent infectious diseases 18 Oct 2020 - 10:17 am
People wearing face masks as a preventive measure against the Covid-19 show a QR code
American Airlines plans to return Boeing 737 Max to service at year-end 18 Oct 2020 - 10:06 am
A line of American Airlines Boeing 737 MAX passenger planes are parked on the tarmac at Tulsa International Airport in Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S., March 23, 2020. REUTERS/Nick Oxford/File Photo
Lebanon's protest flame still flickers on anniversary of 'revolution' 17 Oct 2020 - 08:21 pm
Lebanese protesters stand beneath the
Italy to join France and UK with curbs as cases hit record 17 Oct 2020 - 06:58 pm
A nurse tends to an elderly woman suspected of being infected with Covid-19 at the emergency service of the Andre Gregoire hospital in Montreuil east of Paris on October 15, 2020. / AFP / Christophe ARCHAMBAULT
Turkey says Black Sea gas find bigger than first thought 17 Oct 2020 - 06:08 pm
FILE PHOTO: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan attends a news conference during a visit to Moscow, Russia, March 5, 2020. Pavel Golovkin/Pool via REUTERS
Trump heads to Michigan, Wisconsin in re-election campaign push 17 Oct 2020 - 03:58 pm
The White House as seen early in the morning prior to U.S. President Donald Trump departing on campaign travel to Michigan and Wisconsin in Washington, D.C., U.S., October 17, 2020. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno
Pro-Iran protesters torch Kurd party offices in Baghdad 17 Oct 2020 - 03:58 pm
Members of the Iraqi security forces stand guard as demonstrators, supporters of the Hashed al Shaabi, ransack the Kurdish Democratic Party's headquarters in the capital Baghdad on October 17, 2020. AFP / AHMAD AL-RUBAYE
Lebanon's biggest Christian party says won't back Hariri for PM 17 Oct 2020 - 03:50 pm
Former Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri speaks at the presidential palace in Baabda, Lebanon October 12, 2020. Dalati Nohra/Handout via REUTERS
Millions in England under new virus restrictions 17 Oct 2020 - 03:07 pm
A woman wearing a protective face covering passes parked taxi cabs as she crosses Oxford Street in London, on October 17, 2020, as Londoners face more stringent novel coronavirus COVID-19 restrictions as the number of cases rises. AFP / JUSTIN TALLIS
China passes amendments outlawing insulting national flag 17 Oct 2020 - 02:18 pm
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Is it covid-19 or a cold? There may be 'no right answer' on when to get tested 17 Oct 2020 - 02:12 pm
(FILES) In this file photo taken on August 19, 2020 a man walks past a free flu shot advertisement outside of a drugstore in New York. AFP / Bryan R. Smith