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Three men killed in north Lebanon shooting, security sources say 22 Aug 2020 - 02:45 pm
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Argentina joins Chinese coronavirus vaccine trial, maker says 22 Aug 2020 - 02:33 pm
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Global coronavirus death toll tops 800,000: AFP tally 22 Aug 2020 - 02:31 pm
People queue to undergo a PCR test at Coronel Palma primary health care center during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Mostoles, Spain, August 22, 2020. REUTERS/Sergio Perez
Trump’s Iran move at UN amplifies ‘America First’ snub of allies 22 Aug 2020 - 02:12 pm
U.S. President Donald Trump arrives to speak at the 2020 Council for National Policy meeting in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., August 21, 2020. REUTERS/Tom Brenner
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