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Belarus airline chief decries airspace restrictions by EU states 29 May 2021 - 01:49 pm
File photo: A Boeing 737-800 plane of Belarusian state carrier Belavia takes off at the Domodedovo Airport outside Moscow, Russia May 28, 2021. Reuters/Maxim Shemetov/File Photo
European regulators OK Pfizer vaccine for children 12-15 29 May 2021 - 09:24 am
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Croatia to buy 12 French Rafale fighters for $1.2 billion 28 May 2021 - 05:37 pm
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Italy to open up Covid shots to all adults from June 3 28 May 2021 - 05:07 pm
File photo: Italy's Prime Minister Mario Draghi speaks during a media conference at an EU summit in Porto, Portugal May 8, 2021. Francisco Seco/Pool via Reuters/File Photo
Germany offers $1.3 billion to Namibia to atone for genocide 28 May 2021 - 04:11 pm
German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas gives a news conference in Berlin, Germany May 28, 2021 after Germany recognised for the first time that it had committed genocide in Namibia during its colonial occupation and agreed to fund projects worth over a billio
Sweden scraps demand for negative COVID-test for travelers from the Nordics 28 May 2021 - 04:01 pm
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Nationwide strike planned in Belarus, opposition leader says 28 May 2021 - 03:44 pm
Belarusian opposition figure Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya meets Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte and Foreign Affairs Minister Sigrid Kaag to discuss forced landing of a Ryanair flight in Minsk and the arrest of a dissident Belarusian journalist on board, in Th
Shoot-out after policewoman stabbed in attack in western France 28 May 2021 - 03:33 pm
A French gendarme secures the area after an assailant stabbed and badly wounded a policewoman in La Chapelle-sur-Erdre, western France, May 28, 2021. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe
Britain approves J&J COVID-19 vaccine for use 28 May 2021 - 02:47 pm
A vial of the Johnson & Johnson's coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine is seen / REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
Hungary detects first cases of Indian COVID-19 variant 28 May 2021 - 01:42 pm
FILE PHOTO: Guests enjoy the sunny weather as they sit in front of a restaurant after the Hungarian government allowed to reopen outdoor terraces, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in Budapest, Hungary, April 24, 2021. REUTERS/
US urges WHO to carry out 2nd phase of virus origin study in China 27 May 2021 - 11:42 pm
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Coronavirus variant could push back England's reopening, PM Johnson warns 27 May 2021 - 09:19 pm
FILE PHOTO: The LONDON Eye, the Big Ben clock tower and the City of LONDON financial district are seen from the Broadway development site in central LONDON, Britain, August 23, 2017. Picture taken August 23, 2017. REUTERS/Hannah McKay/File Photo
No relation to reality: UK PM Johnson brushes off ex-aide's claims 27 May 2021 - 08:57 pm
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson . Glyn Kirk/Pool via REUTERS
Germany plans to offer adolescents COVID-19 vaccine from June 7 27 May 2021 - 08:47 pm
Pediatrician Anila Sternberg vaccinates a teenage girl with a dose of the Pfizer-BioNtech COVID-19 vaccine in her practice, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Bonn, Germany, May 21, 2021. REUTERS/Leon Kuegeler
EU eyes Belarus sanctions targeting sectors close to leader 27 May 2021 - 05:50 pm
Police check the ID of a woman taking part in a protest against the detention of Belarusian journalist and blogger, Roman Protasevich,  in Gdansk, Poland, May 26, 2021. REUTERS/Kamil Jasinski
Too early to say on final UK reopening step, India variant spreading- health minister 27 May 2021 - 01:32 pm
Britain's Prime Minister boris Johnson leaves Downing Street in London, Britain, May 26, 2021. REUTERS/Hannah McKay
UK health minister says ex-PM aide's Covid-19 lies claim are untrue 27 May 2021 - 01:24 pm
Britain's Health Secretary Matt Hancock leaves his house, in London, Britain May 27, 2021. Reuters/Toby Melville
Decline in Spanish COVID-19 infections slows 26 May 2021 - 09:39 pm
Unoccupied beach lounge chairs are seen on a half empty beach by the Mediterranean Sea, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Fuengirola, southern Spain, May 25, 2021. REUTERS/Jon Nazca