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Protestor sets himself on fire outside Swiss parliament 20 Jul 2020 - 07:38 pm
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Third Brazil minister has COVID-19, touts unproven drug cocktail 20 Jul 2020 - 07:13 pm
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China blows up dam in eastern province to ease flood risk 20 Jul 2020 - 06:49 pm
This photo taken on July 15, 2020 shows China's paramilitary police officers placing sandbags on a levee in the rain near the Yangtze River in Tongling in China's eastern Anhui province. The vast Yangtze drainage area has been lashed by torrential rains s
Indigenous people especially at risk from COVID-19, warns WHO 20 Jul 2020 - 06:18 pm
World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus leaves a news conference organized by Geneva Association of United Nations Correspondents (ACANU) amid the COVID-19 outbreak, caused by the novel coronavirus, at the WHO headquart
Greta Thunberg plans to donate 1 million-euro prize to green causes 20 Jul 2020 - 05:20 pm
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg takes part in a protest outside the EU Council as EU environment ministers meet in Brussels, Belgium, March 5, 2020. REUTERS/Johanna Geron/File Photo
Chevron to buy Noble Energy for $5 billion 20 Jul 2020 - 04:34 pm
In this file photo a sign is posted in front of a Chevron gas station on February 2, 2018 in Corte Madera, California. Chevron said July 20, 2020 it had agreed to buy US exploration and production company Noble Energy for $5 billion, the biggest petroleum
Thai labour minister resigns, 6th to quit PM Prayuth's cabinet 20 Jul 2020 - 03:40 pm
FILE PHOTO: Thailand's Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha speaks to media members at the Government House in Bangkok, Thailand June 6, 2019. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha/File Photo
Moscow airline passengers to be express tested for COVID-19 20 Jul 2020 - 03:37 pm
FILE PHOTO: Planes of Aeroflot and Rossiya Airlines are seen parked at Sheremetyevo International Airport, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, outside Moscow, Russia April 8, 2020 REUTERS/Tatyana Makeyeva/File Photo
Cruise ships return to Danube with strict safety rules on board 20 Jul 2020 - 03:05 pm
A crew member prepares a table on the NickoVision river cruise boat following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Budapest, Hungary, July 16, 2020. Picture taken July 16, 2020. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo
Afghan all-girls robotics team designs low-cost ventilator to treat coronavirus patients 20 Jul 2020 - 02:49 pm
Members of an Afghan all-female robotics team work on an open-source and low-cost ventilator, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Herat Province, Afghanistan April 15, 2020. Picture taken April 15, 2020.REUTERS/Jalil Ahmad
'It makes sense': French shoppers take compulsory masks in their stride 20 Jul 2020 - 02:34 pm
A man wearing a protective face mask due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, walks next to a mandatory wearing mask sign in front of a shop in a pedestrian street in Lille on July 20, 2020, as masks become mandatory in all indoor public spaces. AFP / DE
Pakistan resumes polio immunization drive amid COVID-19 threat 20 Jul 2020 - 02:21 pm
A boy gets his finger marked, after he is administered polio vaccine drops, during an anti-polio campaign, in a low-income neighbourhood as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Karachi, Pakistan July 20, 2020. REUTERS/Akhtar Soom
Kanye West holds chaotic opening of 2020 presidential bid 20 Jul 2020 - 01:18 pm
Rapper Kanye West gets emotional as he holds his first rally in support of his presidential bid in North Charleston, South Carolina, U.S. July 19, 2020. REUTERS/Randall Hill
Cinemas in China begin to reopen after six-month coronavirus closure 20 Jul 2020 - 01:15 pm
A worker disinfects a cinema in Beijing on July 20, 2020. Hundreds of cinemas reopened in scores of Chinese cities on July 20 following a nearly six-month nationwide shutdown due to the coronavirus. AFP / GREG BAKER
Work begins on black boxes from Ukrainian jet downed by Iran 20 Jul 2020 - 12:14 pm
 A file photo taken on January 08, 2020 shows people and rescue teams are pictured amid the wreckage after a Ukrainian plane carrying 176 passengers crashed near Imam Khomeini airport in the Iranian capital Tehran early in the morning. AFP / ISNA / ISNA /
Britain secures 90 million possible COVID-19 vaccine doses from Pfizer/BioNTech, Valneva 20 Jul 2020 - 11:55 am
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Insults, slammed fists: EU virus summit goes into 4th day 20 Jul 2020 - 11:49 am
French President Emmanuel Macron, center, leaves the European Council building in the early morning during an EU summit in Brussels, on July 20, 2020. AFP / POOL / Olivier Matthys
New Zealand economy doing better than expected, finmin says 20 Jul 2020 - 08:40 am
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