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Indonesia to create firm to build up electric vehicle battery industry 13 Oct 2020 - 02:30 pm
A worker poses with a handful of nickel ore at the nickel mining factory of PT Vale Tbk, near Sorowako, Indonesia, January 8, 2014. REUTERS/Yusuf Ahmad/File Photo/File Photo
Indian activists oppose plans to make Goa a coal transport hub 13 Oct 2020 - 02:22 pm
FILE PHOTO: Tourists relax at a cafe on Baga beach in the western Indian state of Goa March 16, 2008. REUTERS/Punit Paranjpe (INDIA)/File Photo
COVID-19 again? Reinfection cases raise concerns over immunity 13 Oct 2020 - 01:59 pm
A woman wearing a face mask stands next to the Colosseum as Italy adopts new restrictions aimed at curbing a surge in the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infections, in Rome, Italy October 13, 2020. Reuters/Guglielmo Mangiapane
Assad declares Syria wildfires national catastophe 13 Oct 2020 - 01:50 pm
A picture taken on October 11, 2020, shows a church in the middle of a scorched hillside due to forest fires in the countryside of the Syrian western city of Tartus.  AFP / LOUAI BESHARA
Judge probing Beirut blast receives FBI's investigation 13 Oct 2020 - 01:45 pm
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UK moves closer to infect healthy people with Covid to aid vaccine efforts 13 Oct 2020 - 01:34 pm
Buildings in Liverpool, including the Liver Building, are pictured across the River Mersey, from Birkenhead, north west England on October 13, 2020.  AFP / Paul ELLIS
Italy toughens restrictions to try to curb COVID-19 surge 13 Oct 2020 - 01:06 pm
People wearing face masks are seen next to the Arch of Constantine as Italy adopts new restrictions aimed at curbing a surge in the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infections, in Rome, Italy October 13, 2020. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane
Polish PM in quarantine after contact with COVID-19 13 Oct 2020 - 12:48 pm
Poland's Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki speaks during a news conference as the country grapples with a sharp spike in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases, in Warsaw, Poland October 8, 2020. Slawomir Kaminski/Agencja Gazeta/via REUTERS
Philippine house ends leadership spat after Duterte budget plea 13 Oct 2020 - 11:12 am
President Rodrigo Duterte speaks after his arrival, from a visit in Israel and Jordan at Davao International airport in Davao City in southern Philippines, September 8, 2018. REUTERS/Lean Daval Jr./File Photo
Roche rolling out high-volume rapid Covid-19 test by year-end 13 Oct 2020 - 11:09 am
FILE PHOTO: The logo of Swiss drugmaker Roche is seen at its headquarters in Basel, Switzerland February 1, 2018. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann/File Photo
Mr 'immune' Trump back on campaign trail with a roar 13 Oct 2020 - 10:59 am
US President Donald Trump throws masks to supporters as he arrives to hold a Make America Great Again rally as he campaigns at Orlando Sanford International Airport in Sanford, Florida, October 12, 2020. AFP / SAUL LOEB
One dead as building collapses at Western Australia university: Media 13 Oct 2020 - 10:40 am
A collapsed building at Curtin University in Perth, Australia October 13, 2020 is seen in this screen grab obtained from a social media video. Wamn News/via REUTERS
UK unveils 3-level lockdown plan; Liverpool at highest risk 13 Oct 2020 - 10:30 am
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak and Chief Medical Officer for England, Chris Whitty listen to a question of Laura Kuenssberg (on screen) as the attend a virtual news conference on the ongoing situation with
Tanzanian firefighters battle blaze on slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro 13 Oct 2020 - 10:26 am
A satellite image shows smoke from a fire around the top of Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania October 12, 2020. NASA MODIS Satellite Image/Handout via REUTERS
One-third of Chinese city of 9 million swabbed for virus in two days 13 Oct 2020 - 09:10 am
This photo taken on October 12, 2020 shows residents lining up to be tested for the COVID-19 coronavirus, as part of a mass testing program following a new coronavirus outbreak in Qingdao, in China's eastern Shandong province. China OUT / AFP / STR
Trump tests negative for COVID-19, is not infectious: White House physician 13 Oct 2020 - 04:54 am
US President Donald Trump applauds as he disembarks from Air Force One for a campaign rally, his first since being treated for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at Orlando Sanford International Airport in Sanford, Florida, U.S., October 12, 2020. REUTER
Coronavirus expert Fauci says Trump campaign ad should be removed 13 Oct 2020 - 12:26 am
FILE PHOTO: Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, speaks during a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S. June 30, 2020. Al Drago/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
EU travellers could avoid quarantine under plans for COVID-19 testing regime -The Telegraph 13 Oct 2020 - 12:23 am
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