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Lebanese PM urges efforts to make French initiative succeed 21 Sep 2020 - 11:21 am
A handout picture provided by the Lebanese photo agency Dalati and Nohra on September 17, 2020 shows Lebanon's prime minister-designate Mustapha Adib giving a press conference at the presidential palace in Baabda, east of Beirut. AFP PHOTO / HO / DALATI A
Up to 70 whales stranded in southern Australia 21 Sep 2020 - 10:26 am
Stranded pilot whales are seen in Macquarie Heads, Tasmania, Australia September 21, 2020, in this picture obtained from social media. RYAN BLOOMFIELD/via REUTERS
At least 10 dead in residential building collapse in India 21 Sep 2020 - 10:14 am
Rescue workers search for survivors in the rubble of a collapsed three-storey residential building in Bhiwandi on September 21, 2020. Ten people were killed and up to 25 were feared trapped after a three-storey residential building collapsed before dawn o
Tropical Storm Beta churns slowly toward Texas and Louisiana 21 Sep 2020 - 10:02 am
Waves swell as Hurricane Teddy approaches Bermuda at Devonshire Bay September 20, 2020. REUTERS/Nicola Muirhead
India's Taj Mahal gets first visitors even as coronavirus infections climb 21 Sep 2020 - 09:51 am
A notice is tied to a railing inside the premises of Taj Mahal after authorities reopened the monument for visitors, amidst the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Agra, India, September 21, 2020. REUTERS/Alasdair Pal
UK at critical point in COVID pandemic, top medical adviser says 21 Sep 2020 - 12:13 am
People watch a street performer in Leicester Square, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in London, Britain, September 20, 2020. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls
Lebanon hosts concert for Beirut blast victims at ravaged palace 20 Sep 2020 - 08:51 pm
Musicians and choir singers prepare to perform at a concert for the victims of August's deadly Beirut blast in the gardens of the damaged 19th-century Sursock Palace in Achrafieh in the Lebanese capital on September 20, 2020. / AFP / ANWAR AMRO
China's ByteDance gets Trump nod to avoid TikTok shutdown 20 Sep 2020 - 08:20 pm
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London's music goes underground to beat lockdown blues 20 Sep 2020 - 07:55 pm
Musicians perform a staged funeral for the
Relatives of 12 Hong Kong people arrested by China demand access for own lawyers 20 Sep 2020 - 07:37 pm
FILE PHOTO: Family members of twelve Hong Kong activists, detained as they reportedly sailed to Taiwan for political asylum, hold a news conference to seek help in Hong Kong, China September 12, 2020. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu
Thousands march in Berlin in support of refugees in Greece 20 Sep 2020 - 06:14 pm
Protesters attend a demonstration demanding the evacuation of Greek overcrowded migrant camps and against the creation of a new camp on the Aegean island of Lesbos, in Berlin, Germany September 20, 2020. REUTERS/Christian Mang
US judge blocks Commerce Department order to remove WeChat from app stores 20 Sep 2020 - 05:09 pm
FILE PHOTO: The messenger app WeChat is seen among U.S. flags in this illustration picture taken Aug. 7, 2020. Reuters/Florence Lo/Illustration/File Photo
Tens of thousands protest in Belarus capital 20 Sep 2020 - 05:02 pm
Opposition supporters carry a historical white-red-white flag of Belarus as they take part in a rally to demand the resignation of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko more than a month after the disputed presidential election, in Minsk, Belarus Sept
Strict mask, visor rules make Philippine commuters sweat 20 Sep 2020 - 05:00 pm
In this photo taken on September 19, 2020, people wearing face shields queue up at a public market in Manila. Many face the new normal in the Philippines, where it is now compulsory to wear both face masks and plastic shields in indoor public spaces and o
UK violinist Hope serenades Czechs from floating stage on river Vltava 20 Sep 2020 - 04:52 pm
People watch a classical concert on a floating stage on Vltava river as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in Prague, Czech Republic, September 19, 2020. REUTERS/David W Cerny
UAE's Habtoor Group plans to open office in Israel 20 Sep 2020 - 04:10 pm
FILE PHOTO: Khalaf Ahmed al-Habtoor, chairman of Al Habtoor Group. REUTERS/Ashraf Mohammad
Madrid braces for partial lockdown as virus surges 20 Sep 2020 - 04:02 pm
People walk at Puente de Vallecas neighbourhood, amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-20) in Madrid, Spain, September 20, 2020. REUTERS/Javier Barbancho
Finnish cruise ship evacuated after running aground in Baltic sea 20 Sep 2020 - 03:37 pm
Viking Line's cruiseferry MS Amorella is seen in a stable situation at Jarso archipelago in Foglo, Aland Islands, after it ran aground and was manoeuvred to the Foglo shore after the incident, September 20, 2020. Lehtikuva/Niclas Nordlund via REUTERS