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Animal rights protesters dye fountains red in London's Trafalgar Square 11 Jul 2020 - 08:45 pm
Ducks swim in a fountain whose water was turned red after animal rights and environmental activists poured coloured dye into the clear water, on Trafalgar Square in London, Britain, July 11, 2020. REUTERS/Toby Melville
Greece to require negative Covid test for entry from Bulgaria 11 Jul 2020 - 07:43 pm
A public health worker collects a swab sample from a boy to test for the COVID-19, the novel coronavirus, at the Greek-Bulgarian border crossing in Promachonas on July 10, 2020. / AFP / Sakis MITROLIDIS
India's Biocon secures approval to use drug on coronavirus patients 11 Jul 2020 - 07:27 pm
India's Biocon Ltd Chairman and Managing Director Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw speaks during the Forbes Global CEO Conference in Kuala Lumpur September 13, 2011. REUTERS/Bazuki Muhammad/File Photo
Philippine lawmakers deny TV giant ABS-CBN’s franchise bid 11 Jul 2020 - 06:45 pm
A journalist lights a candle outside the ABS-CBN headquarters, following Philippine congress' vote against the broadcast network's franchise renewal, in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines, July 10, 2020. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez
Nearly 300 wildfires in Siberia amid record warm weather 11 Jul 2020 - 03:45 pm
An aerial view shows smoke rising from a forest fire burning in Krasnoyarsk region, Russia, in this still image taken from undated handout video obtained by Reuters July 10, 2020. The Aerial Forest Protection Service/Handout via REUTERS
Bangladeshi coronavirus sufferers shun hospitals 11 Jul 2020 - 01:54 pm
This photograph taken on July 9, 2020 shows empty beds at a COVID-19 coronavirus ward in a hospital set up by Al Manahil Welfare Foundation Bangladesh in Chittagong. AFP / STR
Iran says cannot shut down economy despite worsening virus outbreak 11 Jul 2020 - 01:47 pm
Heavy traffic is seen following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Tehran, Iran, July 8, 2020. WANA (West Asia News Agency) Abdollah Heidari via REUTERS
Bill Gates calls for COVID-19 meds to go to people who need them, not 'highest bidder' 11 Jul 2020 - 01:01 pm
File photo of philanthropist Bill Gates 
Virus-free UK pilot, symbol of Vietnam's pandemic success, to return home 11 Jul 2020 - 12:32 pm
A vendor selling rice noodles waits for customers along a street at sunset in Hanoi on July 9, 2020. / AFP / Manan VATSYAYANA
'A free man': Trump commutes longtime adviser Roger Stone's prison sentence 11 Jul 2020 - 12:15 pm
Roger Stone, a longtime friend and adviser of U.S. President Donald Trump, reacts after Trump commuted his federal prison sentence, outside his home in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S. July 10, 2020. REUTERS/Joe Skipper
Singapore ruling party, stung by poll setback, faces succession questions 11 Jul 2020 - 11:01 am
Workers’ Party supporters celebrate the results of the general election in Singapore July 11, 2020. (REUTERS/Edgar Su)
Australia's Victoria state records another day of high coronavirus infections 11 Jul 2020 - 08:54 am
Police and medical workers stand outside an entrance to a public housing estate which is undergoing a forced lockdown in Melbourne on July 10, 2020, as the city records another 288 new cases in a fresh outbreak of the COVID-19 coronavirus.  AFP / William
Panama hospitals on verge of collapse as virus cases surge 11 Jul 2020 - 08:50 am
A patient infected with the novel coronavirus COVID-19 remains in the Intensive Care Unit at the Dr. Arnulfo Arias Madrid Hospital Complex, in Panama City on July 04, 2020. Panama is the country with the highest rate of COVID-19 cases in Central America a
Hagia Sophia to be open for all: Turkish president 10 Jul 2020 - 10:12 pm
Doors of Hagia Sophia to be fully open for everyone, including Turks and foreigners, Muslims and non-Muslims, says Turkish president. ( Emrah Yorulmaz - Anadolu Agency )
On eve of Disney World reopening, Florida posts another daily surge in COVID-19 cases 10 Jul 2020 - 10:03 pm
A couple waits in line to enter Downtown Disney in Anaheim, California on July 9, 2020, the first day the outdoor shopping and dining complex has been open to the public since it closed in mid-March amid the COVID-19 pandemic. (AFP / Robyn Beck)
Johnson says England may need stricter face mask rules 10 Jul 2020 - 07:31 pm
Workers wearing face-masks arrive at Waterloo Station during the morning rush hour following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in London, Britain, July 6, 2020. REUTERS/Toby Melville
Russia defends anti-viral drug as COVID-19 death toll passes 11,000 10 Jul 2020 - 07:25 pm
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Fauci says likely some degree of aerosol transmission of new coronavirus 10 Jul 2020 - 07:20 pm
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