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Pakistani doctor urges people to volunteer for COVID-19 vaccine trial 30 Sep 2020 - 08:32 pm
A general view of the Shifa International Hospital in Islamabad, Pakistan September 29, 2020. Picture taken September 29, 2020. REUTERS/Salahuddin NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES
As COVID-19 resurges, Johnson pleads with UK: obey the rules 30 Sep 2020 - 07:59 pm
A woman wearing a face mask and a shield walks on the street, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in London, Britain, September 29, 2020. REUTERS/Peter Cziborra
Schools, cinemas to reopen in India despite spike in virus cases 30 Sep 2020 - 07:49 pm
Workers wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) sanitize and clean the seats of Star theatre ahead of its reopening, amidst the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Kolkata, India, September 29, 2020. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri
Record Dutch COVID-19 cases prompt U-turn on face masks 30 Sep 2020 - 07:41 pm
People, some wearing face masks, walk on a shopping street in Amsterdam, on September 29, 2020. / AFP / ANP / Koen van Weel
Ontario facing 'remarkably high surge' of COVID-19 cases -modeling 30 Sep 2020 - 07:18 pm
FILE PHOTO: People wait in line at the Women's College coronavirus disease (COVID-19) testing facility in TORONTO, Ontario, Canada September 18, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Osorio/File Photo
Flooding devastates farms in parts of Sudan: UN 30 Sep 2020 - 06:17 pm
FILE PHOTO: A truck is seen in the waters of the Blue Nile floods within the Al-Ikmayr area of Omdurman in Khartoum, Sudan August 27, 2020. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah
Indian monsoon rains above average for second year in a row 30 Sep 2020 - 04:49 pm
A woman covers herself with a plastic sheet as she walks during heavy rains in New Delhi, India, July 21, 2020. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi/File Photo
Obama items hit the auction circuit with dress, basketball jersey 30 Sep 2020 - 04:06 pm
U.S. President Barack Obama, first lady Michelle Obama and their daughters Malia (L), Sasha (2nd L) greet children dressed as elves at the Christmas in Washington Celebration at the National Building Museum in Washington, DC, U.S. December 12, 2010. REUTE
Pandemic pushes forward new generation of African cyclists 30 Sep 2020 - 03:51 pm
Cyprine Odada (C), organiser for the Nairobi chapter of Critical Mass, a global alliance of cycling organisations that campaigns for better road safety, gestures among cyclists as they commemorate a friend who was killed while cycling in Nairobi, Kenya Se
Quiet please: French jet's sonic boom shakes Paris, disrupts tennis 30 Sep 2020 - 03:39 pm
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Russia completes clinical trials of second potential COVID-19 vaccine: RIA 30 Sep 2020 - 02:25 pm
Small toy figures are seen in front of a Covid-19 Vaccine logo in this illustration taken, September 9, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
Oxford to study anti-inflammatory drug Humira as potential COVID-19 treatment 30 Sep 2020 - 01:01 pm
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World's first patient cured of HIV dies after cancer returns 30 Sep 2020 - 12:23 pm
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Kuwait's new Amir takes oath, calls for unity 30 Sep 2020 - 12:03 pm
Kuwait Emir H H Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad al-Sabah holds a paper as he takes the oath of office at the parliament, in Kuwait City, Kuwait September 30, 2020. REUTERS/Stephanie McGehee
ArcelorMittal commits to becoming carbon neutral by 2050 30 Sep 2020 - 12:00 pm
Coils of steel are seen at the ArcelorMittal Factory in Florange, Eastern France, October 18, 2013. REUTERS/Vincent Kessler/File Photo
Britain's Morrisons creates 1,000 jobs to process Amazon orders 30 Sep 2020 - 11:49 am
Shopping trolleys are parked at a Morrisons supermarket in south London, Britain, August 19, 2016. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls/File Photo
Merkel: Germany can avoid second coronavirus lockdown 30 Sep 2020 - 11:40 am
German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends a session of the German lower house of parliament Bundestag, in Berlin, Germany, September 30, 2020. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke
Biden faces down raging Trump, telling him to 'shut up' 30 Sep 2020 - 08:13 am
US President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden look out to the audience at end of the first presidential debate at the Health Education Campus of Case Western Reserve University on September 29, 2020 in Cleveland, Ohio. Win McName