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France to roll out airport testing this month: Minister 16 Oct 2020 - 03:29 pm
Health workers wearing protective gear wait for passengers to be tested for COVID-19 on arrival at Charles de Gaulle airport amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Roissy, near Paris, France July 31, 2020. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann/File Pho
Melting Alpine glaciers yield archaeologic troves, but clock ticking 16 Oct 2020 - 03:01 pm
 picture taken on October 8, 2020 in Sion shows the hand of Pierre Yves Nicod, curator at archaeological department of the history museum of Canton of Valais showing a shoe from 17th century found in a glacier in the Southern Swiss Canton of Valais. AFP /
Swiss COVID-19 infections hit another record 16 Oct 2020 - 02:37 pm
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Belgium minister in COVID isolation after Oct. 12 EU meeting 16 Oct 2020 - 01:50 pm
Minister for foreign affairs of Belgium Sophie Wilmes and Minister for foreign affairs of Sweden Ann Linde attend a European Foreign Affairs ministers council in Luxembourg October 12, 2020. Jean-Christophe Verhaegen/Pool via REUTERS
WHO defends data after concluding Gilead's remdesivir flopped COVID trial 16 Oct 2020 - 01:46 pm
FILE PHOTO: 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 Pe
Bad weather hampers Vietnam's search for victims of landslide 16 Oct 2020 - 01:44 pm
An aerial picture shows houses submerged in flood waters caused by heavy rains in Quang Dien district in central Vietnam's Hue province on October 15, 2020. / AFP / MANAN VATSYAYANA
Pfizer eyes emergency use approval for vaccine in November 16 Oct 2020 - 01:40 pm
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Britain puts Lancashire into highest COVID alert tier 16 Oct 2020 - 01:33 pm
A man wearing a facemask walks past a mural painted as part of the Cities of Hope festival in 2016 and highlighting the effects of mental health, in Ancoats, northern Manchester on October 16, 2020, as the number of cases of the novel coronavirus COVID-19
British Air fined $26 Million in UK probe over 2018 data attack 16 Oct 2020 - 01:12 pm
FILE PHOTO: British Airways aircraft are seen stationary on the tarmac of London's Heathrow Airport in west London, August 12, 2005. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo
Britain moves closer to COVID-19 vaccine trials that infect volunteers 16 Oct 2020 - 01:06 pm
FILE PHOTO: A woman holds a small bottle labeled with a
Sinovac coronavirus vaccine offered by Chinese city for emergency use costs $60 16 Oct 2020 - 01:02 pm
FILE PHOTO: A man works in the packaging facility of Chinese vaccine maker Sinovac Biotech, developing an experimental coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine, during a government-organized media tour in Beijing, China, September 24, 2020. REUTERS/Thomas P
Smog returns to Indian capital as agriculture fires start 16 Oct 2020 - 12:51 pm
People walk along Rajpath street during a smoggy morning in New Delhi on October 15, 2020. / AFP / Jewel SAMAD
Aussies eye end to lockdown as virus numbers tumble 16 Oct 2020 - 12:46 pm
People walk around Melbourne's Albert Park Lake on October 12, 2020, as they use their two hours daily exercise allowed during the stage four restrictions due to the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak. / AFP / William WEST
Last night out for French cities ahead of virus curfew 16 Oct 2020 - 12:39 pm
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Japan to release Fukushima's contaminated water into sea: reports 16 Oct 2020 - 12:17 pm
FILE PHOTO: The reactor units No.1 to 4 are seen over storage tanks for radioactive water at Tokyo Electric Power Co's (TEPCO) tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Okuma town, Fukushima prefecture, Japan February 18, 2019. REUTERS/Iss
PharmaMar plans phase III trial of cancer drug for COVID-19, shares jump 16 Oct 2020 - 12:09 pm
FILE PHOTO.People pass near a drawing of a person wearing a mask in a wall, due to the coronavirus outbreak, in central Barcelona, Spain, March 12, 2020. REUTERS/Albert Gea
New coronavirus infections rise to record highs in U.S. Midwest and beyond 15 Oct 2020 - 11:57 pm
An overhead view shows a field hospital known as an Alternate Care Facility set up at the state fair ground as cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases spike in the state near Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S., October 12, 2020. Picture taken October 12, 20
WHO warns Europe virus surge of 'great concern' 15 Oct 2020 - 10:35 pm
FILE PHOTO/Newspaper headline on display at Oxford Circus in London as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in London, Britain, March 18, 2020. REUTERS/John Sibley