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Britain’s Octopus Energy to create 1,000 jobs, new tech hub 05 Oct 2020 - 01:21 pm
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson visits the headquarters of Octopus Energy on October 5, 2020 in London. The visit coincides with the company's plan to create 1,000 new technology jobs across sites in England. / AFP / POOL / Leon Neal
Scientists to Spanish politicians: 'You rule but don't know' 05 Oct 2020 - 01:19 pm
Commuters wearing protective face masks wait on a platform at Atocha train station during a partial lockdown amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Madrid, Spain October 5, 2020. Reuters/Sergio Perez
Malaysia PM quarantines after having contact with minister who has COVID-19 05 Oct 2020 - 01:17 pm
Malaysia's Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin reacts during a session of the lower house of parliament, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia July 13, 2020. REUTERS/Lim Huey Teng/File Photo
'A blessing in disguise': COVID gives boost to Portugal's bicycle makers 05 Oct 2020 - 01:04 pm
Workers are seen in RTE bicycles factory in Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal, September 25, 2020. Picture taken September 25, 2020. REUTERS/Pedro Nunes
3 win Nobel medicine award for hepatitis C virus discovery 05 Oct 2020 - 12:57 pm
Thomas Perlmann, Secretary of the Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet and of the Nobel Committee for Physiology or Medicine, announces Harvey J Alter, Michael Houghton and Charles M? Rice as the winners of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicin
From bereaved parents to CEOs: Trump encounters spark Covid fears 05 Oct 2020 - 12:20 pm
US President Donald Trump holds an event to announce his nominee of U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit Judge Amy Coney Barrett to fill the Supreme Court seat left vacant by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died on September 18, at
Microsoft plans $1 billion data center venture in Greece 05 Oct 2020 - 12:11 pm
President of Microsoft Brad Smith speaks with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, with the ancient Acropolis hill in the background, during an event on the company's new investment in Greece, at the Acropolis Museum in Athens, Greece October 5, 2020
Alfred Nobel, creator of dynamite and high-minded prizes 05 Oct 2020 - 11:17 am
In this file photo taken on December 10, 2019 a visitor stands in front of a bust of the Nobel Prize founder, Alfred Nobel prior the Nobel awards ceremony at the Concert Hall in Stockholm, Sweden. Swedish inventor and scholar Alfred Nobel, who made a vast
Philippines' Duterte scores record high rating, despite virus crisis 05 Oct 2020 - 10:56 am
File photo of President Rodrigo Duterte. REUTERS/Erik De Castro/File Photo
White House refuses to reveal number of coronavirus cases among employees 05 Oct 2020 - 10:50 am
General view of the White House early in the morning after U.S. President Donald Trump was taken to hospital in the wake of his coronavirus disease (COVID-19) diagnosis, in Washington, D.C., U.S. October 3, 2020. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno
Singapore's last village proves nostalgic tourism hit in pandemic 05 Oct 2020 - 10:46 am
Local tourists tour Kampong Lorong Buangkok, the last remaining village in Singapore October 3, 2020. Picture taken October 3, 2020. REUTERS/Edgar Su
Trump greets supporters following new details of his illness 05 Oct 2020 - 10:35 am
A car with US President Trump drives past supporters in a motorcade outside of Walter Reed Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland on October 4, 2020. / AFP / ALEX EDELMAN
EU's von der Leyen self-isolating after contact with COVID-19 case 05 Oct 2020 - 10:10 am
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen addresses the media on the second day of a European Union leaders summit at the Europa building in Brussels, Belgium October 2, 2020. John Thys/Pool via REUTERS
New Zealand's Ardern lifts coronavirus restrictions in Auckland 05 Oct 2020 - 10:03 am
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern participates in a televised debate with National leader Judith Collins at TVNZ in Auckland, New Zealand, September 22, 2020. Fiona Goodall/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
O'Brien says Trump transfer of power "not something that's on the table" 05 Oct 2020 - 08:26 am
National Security adviser Robert O'Brien speaks during a press briefing at the White House in Washington, US, September 4, 2020. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo
Trump's medical status unclear as doctors say he could be discharged on Monday 05 Oct 2020 - 08:13 am
A supporter stands in between cardboard cutouts of First Lady Melania Trump and U.S. President Donald Trump, outside of the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, U.S. October 4, 2020. REUTERS/Cheriss May
Trump says 'learned a lot about Covid' by 'really going to school' 05 Oct 2020 - 12:53 am
US President Trump waves from the back of a car in a motorcade outside of Walter Reed Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland on Ocotber 4, 2020. / AFP / ALEX EDELMAN
California wildfires burn 4 million acres this year, double previous record 05 Oct 2020 - 12:46 am
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