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Belarus strongman orders army to defend territorial integrity 22 Aug 2020 - 02:00 pm
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko chairs a meeting with members of the Security Council in Minsk, Belarus August 18, 2020. Andrei Stasevich/BelTA/Handout
Plane carrying comatose Russian dissident lands in Germany 22 Aug 2020 - 09:54 am
An ambulance aircraft evacuating Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny for medical treatment in German hospital is seen on the tarmac of the Tegel airport in Berlin, Germany August 22, 2020. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch
Indonesia signs agreement with Sinovac for Covid-19 vaccine 22 Aug 2020 - 09:50 am
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Firestorms kindled by lightning displace tens of thousands in California 21 Aug 2020 - 08:05 pm
Cal Fire firefighter Anthony Quiroz douses water on a flame as he defends a home during the CZU Lightning Complex Fire in Boulder Creek, California, U.S. August 21, 2020. REUTERS/Stephen Lam
Spain daily coronavirus infections rise to 3,650 21 Aug 2020 - 07:16 pm
People queue to get tested for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Hospitalet del Llobregat, near Barcelona, Spain, August 21, 2020. REUTERS/Albert Gea
Mexico to get at least 2,000 doses of Russia's Sputnik vaccine to test 21 Aug 2020 - 06:01 pm
A relative of a patient suspected of having the novel coronavirus, waits at the COVID-19 triage area of the General Hospital in Mexico City on August 20, 2020. / AFP / ALFREDO ESTRELLA
Arcturus CEO says in talks with a dozen countries for COVID-19 vaccine supply deals 21 Aug 2020 - 05:34 pm
A scientist at RNA medicines company Arcturus Therapeutics research a vaccine for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) at a laboratory in San Diego, California, U.S., March 17, 2020. REUTERS/Bing Guan/File Photo
Water levels at China's Three Gorges near maximum after flooding rains 21 Aug 2020 - 04:59 pm
This aerial photo taken on August 19, 2020 shows a flooded area in China's southwestern Chongqing. Floods in mountainous southwest China have washed away roads and forced tens of thousands from their homes, with authorities warning on August 19 the giant
Seoul surge appears to spread around South Korea 21 Aug 2020 - 04:45 pm
A woman wearing a mask to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) walks in a shopping district in Seoul, South Korea, August 20, 2020. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji
Russian health officials say industrial chemical found on hair, hands of Kremlin critic Navalny 21 Aug 2020 - 04:23 pm
Alexander Murakhovsky, chief doctor of a hospital, where Alexei receives medical treatment, speaks with the media in Omsk, Russia August 21, 2020. REUTERS/Alexey Malgavko
Swiss coronavirus cases highest in four months 21 Aug 2020 - 04:08 pm
An elderly man wearing a protective face mask walks in a street in Lausanne on August 18, 2020, amid the COVID-19 outbreak, caused by the novel coronavirus. / AFP / Fabrice COFFRINI
Denmark signs up for EU's AstraZeneca vaccine deal 21 Aug 2020 - 04:02 pm
The company logo for pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca is displayed on a screen on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., April 8, 2019. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
Lebanon enforces new partial lockdown in effort to curb COVID-19 21 Aug 2020 - 03:30 pm
A man wearing a face mask walks past a fortified Blom Bank ATM machine, as Lebanon imposed a partial lockdown for two weeks starting on Friday in an effort to counter the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Beirut, Lebanon August 21, 2020. RE
Sea level rise quickens as Greenland ice sheet sheds record amount 21 Aug 2020 - 02:47 pm
This file photo taken on August 17, 2019 shows an iceberg calving with a mass of ice breaking away from the Apusiajik glacier, near Kulusuk (aslo spelled Qulusuk), a settlement in the Sermersooq municipality located on the island of the same name on the s
Philippines reports 4,786 more coronavirus infections, 59 deaths 21 Aug 2020 - 02:25 pm
Filipinos wait to get tested for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at a government facility in Caloocan, Metro Manila, Philippines, August 18, 2020. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez
Hong Kong leader announces mass COVID-19 testing to begin Sept 1 21 Aug 2020 - 01:45 pm
Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam, wearing a protective mask, speaks during a news conference on the global outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Hong Kong, China August 21, 2020. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu
Doctors strike in Nairobi over pay, lack of COVID protection 21 Aug 2020 - 01:42 pm
A protester holds a placard during a demonstration against suspected corruption in the response of the Kenyan government to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Nairobi, Kenya, August 21, 2020. REUTERS/Baz Ratner
Thailand to allow long-stay tourists in island of Phuket from October 21 Aug 2020 - 01:40 pm
A medical personnel performs a nose swab test on a local resident of a community in Bangkok, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Thailand, April 28, 2020. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha/File Photo