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English school return spurred Covid in children, but cases fell in adults: Study 14 Oct 2021 - 12:12 pm
Students attend a lesson at Weaverham High School, as the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) lockdown begins to ease, in Cheshire, Britain, March 9, 2021. Reuters/Jason Cairnduff/File Photo
Hungary will receive technology to produce Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine -foreign minister 14 Oct 2021 - 12:03 pm
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Danish man suspected of killing five in bow-and-arrow attack in Norway 14 Oct 2021 - 10:07 am
An arrow left in a wall is seen after several people were killed and others were injured by a man using a bow and arrows to carry out attacks, in Kongsberg, Norway, October 13, 2021. Terje Bendiksby/NTB/via REUTERS
WHO says approval process for Russia's Sputnik V vaccine 'still on hold' 13 Oct 2021 - 09:40 pm
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Moldova to enact state of emergency due to natural gas shortage 13 Oct 2021 - 08:27 pm
FILE PHOTO: Flames from a gas burner are reflected on a cooker in a private home in Bad Honnef near Bonn, Germany, October 11, 2021. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay/File Photo
WHO says it may be 'last chance' to find COVID origins 13 Oct 2021 - 07:16 pm
FILE PHOTO: Security personnel keep watch outside Wuhan Institute of Virology during the visit by the World Health Organization (WHO) team tasked with investigating the origins of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Wuhan, Hubei province, China Februar
'Virtually painless' needle-free injections developed in Netherlands 13 Oct 2021 - 03:29 pm
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Putin says Russia ready to discuss additional action on gas market 13 Oct 2021 - 02:36 pm
Russia's President Vladimir Putin addresses newly-elected members of the lower house of parliament, the State Duma, in Moscow, Russia October 12, 2021. Sputnik/Sergei Bobylyov
Volkswagen CEO warns shift to electric vehicles could cost 30,000 jobs: Sources 13 Oct 2021 - 02:22 pm
A worker wears a protective mask at the Volkswagen assembly line after VW re-starts Europe's largest car factory after coronavirus shutdown in Wolfsburg, Germany, April 27, 2020, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues. Swen Pfoertne
Christmas isn't cancelled despite choked port, Britain says 13 Oct 2021 - 12:27 pm
A view of the Port of Felixstowe, as containers are seen aboard the container ship Ever Greet, in Felixstowe, Britain, January 28, 2021. Reuters/Peter Cziborra//File Photo
Climate change: England must 'adapt or die,' agency warns 13 Oct 2021 - 09:19 am
People take part in the 'Global march for climate justice' while environment ministers meet ahead of Glasgow's COP26 meeting, in Milan, Italy, October 2, 2021. Reuters/Guglielmo Mangiapane/File Photo
Data suggests mRNA booster dose generates stronger antibody response after J&J shot - Axios 13 Oct 2021 - 09:15 am
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EU to unveil measures to ease British goods flow to N. Ireland 13 Oct 2021 - 08:05 am
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Russia to test COVID-19 vaccine in form of nasal spray 12 Oct 2021 - 10:04 pm
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Russia hits new record for COVID-19 deaths, resists lockdown 12 Oct 2021 - 09:18 pm
A view shows a street in central Belgorod, Russia August 10, 2021. Picture taken August 10, 2021. REUTERS/Polina Nikolskaya
Hundreds evacuated as red-hot lava threatens homes in Spain's La Palma 12 Oct 2021 - 07:47 pm
Residents carry belongins as they prepare to evacuate the area in prevention of the arrival of lava from the Cumbre Vieja volcano in La Laguna, on the Canary Island of La Palma, Spain, October 12, 2021. REUTERS/Sergio Perez
CureVac to drop COVID-19 vaccine candidate, focus on next-gen shot 12 Oct 2021 - 03:17 pm
A volunteer receives a dose of CureVac vaccine or a placebo during a study by the German biotech firm CureVac as part of a testing for a new vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Brussels, Belgium March 2, 2021. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File P
Lockdown ends for 3,000 La Palma residents as volcano cloud passes 12 Oct 2021 - 01:59 pm
The Cumbre Vieja volcano spews lava and smoke as it continues to erupt on the Canary Island of La Palma, as seen from Tacande, Spain, October 12, 2021. REUTERS/Sergio Perez