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Poland's election result still uncertain, more results possible on Monday 13 Jul 2020 - 08:24 am
Polish President and presidential candidate of the Law and Justice (PiS) party Andrzej Duda talks to the media after the announcement of the first exit poll results on the second round of the presidential election, at the Presidential Palace in Warsaw, Po
French bus driver dies after attack over mask-wearing rules 13 Jul 2020 - 12:06 am
Veronique Monguillot (C), wife of bus driver Philippe Monguillot, declared brain dead after being attacked for refusing to let aboard a group of people who were not wearing face masks, holds a picture of her husband during a white march in Bayonne, southw
China raises flood alert to second highest level 12 Jul 2020 - 11:45 pm
This overview taken on July 8, 2020 shows streets and walkways that lead to a dock inundated by floodwaters from the swollen Yangtze River following seasonal rains in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province. / AFP / STR
Fire crews battle San Diego navy ship fire, 18 sailors injured 12 Jul 2020 - 11:13 pm
Smoke rises from a fire on board the U.S. Navy amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard at Naval Base San Diego, as seen from Coronado, California, U.S. July 12, 2020. REUTERS/Bing Guan
In first, Trump dons masks in visit to a military medical facility 12 Jul 2020 - 10:02 pm
US President Donald Trump wears a mask as he visits Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland' on July 11, 2020. / AFP / ALEX EDELMAN
Mandatory masks, Mickey at a distance as Walt Disney World reopens 12 Jul 2020 - 09:10 pm
Visitors drive past a sign welcoming them to Walt Disney World on the first day of reopening of the iconic Magic Kingdom theme park in Orlando, Florida, on July 11, 2020.AFP / Gregg Newton / Gregg Newton
Jordan king says virus 'under control' 12 Jul 2020 - 09:00 pm
A picture taken on April 27, 2020, shows the blue mosaic dome of the King Abdullah I Mosque in the Jordanian capital Amman, during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. / AFP / Khalil MAZRAAWI
Hungary bars travel from South America, Africa, most of Asia over virus 12 Jul 2020 - 08:09 pm
Careworkers of a nursing home enjoy as the MAV Symphony Orchestra plays classical music recordings on loudspeakers of a car going around the city to cheer up people under lockdown, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Budapest, Hungary, A
Thailand to begin its Covid-19 vaccine human trials in September 12 Jul 2020 - 07:50 pm
A woman wearing a face mask has her hair curled by a special equipment at a beauty salon in Bangkok on July 12, 2020. / AFP / Mladen ANTONOV
Philippines: China should comply with sea feud ruling 12 Jul 2020 - 07:28 pm
An aerial photo shows the alleged on-going land reclamation by China on mischief reef in the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea, May 11, 2015. Reuters / Ritchie B Tongo
More than 70 workers test positive for COVID-19 on an English farm 12 Jul 2020 - 07:27 pm
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Florida reports largest, single-day increase in Covid cases 12 Jul 2020 - 06:54 pm
Barbara Andreas feeds her 11-month-old son Waylan during the reopen Florida
Race to rescue turtles entangled in plastic on Bangladesh beach 12 Jul 2020 - 06:33 pm
A dead sea turtle is seen on a beach in Cox's Bazar on July 12, 2020. Bangladesh green activists said on July 12 hundreds of sea turtles have floated ashore and at least 20 were killed as tonnes of plastic wastes invaded the world's largest unbroken beach
500,000 Hong Kongers cast 'protest' vote against new security laws 12 Jul 2020 - 02:03 pm
Hundreds of thousands of Hong Kong citizens wait to vote during primary elections in Hong Kong on July 12, 2020. AFP / ISAAC LAWRENCE
Touchless: How the world's busiest airport envisions post-COVID travel 12 Jul 2020 - 12:49 pm
FILE PHOTO: An American Airlines airliner sits near a hanger at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, Texas April 4, 2012. REUTERS/Tim Sharp/File Photo
Poles vote in presidential election that highlights country's deep divisions 12 Jul 2020 - 12:24 pm
A man in traditional clothes arrives with his young to vote on July 12, 2020 in Zab near Zakopane, during the second round of Poland's presidential election. AFP / BARTOSZ SIEDLIK
As virus rages in US, Trump finally wears a mask 12 Jul 2020 - 11:50 am
US President Donald Trump wears a mask as he visits Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland' on July 11, 2020. / AFP / ALEX EDELMAN
Disney World reopens as coronavirus cases surge in Florida 11 Jul 2020 - 09:06 pm
A view of the Walt Disney World theme park entrance on July 11, 2020 in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. The theme park reopened despite a surge in new COVID-19 infections throughout Florida, including the central part of the state where Orlando is located. Oct