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UK failed 'disastrously' in Covid-19 crisis, PM Johnson's ex-chief adviser says 26 May 2021 - 12:09 pm
Dominic Cummings, former special advisor for Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, arrives at the Portcullis House, in London, Britain, May 26, 2021. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls
Portugal speeds up vaccination in Lisbon to tackle rising cases 25 May 2021 - 11:36 pm
FILE PHOTO: People wait in a COVID-19 vaccination centre in Seixal, Portugal, March 22, 2021. REUTERS/Pedro Nunes/File Photo
Belarusian airlines banned from UK airspace unless authorised 25 May 2021 - 09:49 pm
FILE PHOTO: Britain's Secretary of State for Transport Grant Shapps arrives for a cabinet meeting, the first since mid-March because of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, at Downing Street in London, Britain, July 21, 2020. REUTERS/Simon...MORE
Consensus reached for year-end WHO talks on pandemic treaty - South Africa 25 May 2021 - 09:10 pm
A logo is pictured outside a building of the World Health Organization (WHO) during an executive board meeting on update on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Geneva, Switzerland, April 6, 2021. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo
WHO expert say new research mission to China would be helpful 25 May 2021 - 08:15 pm
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Russia fines Google, Facebook for failing to delete banned content 25 May 2021 - 08:07 pm
FILE PHOTO: A 3D model of the Facebook logo is seen in front of a Russian flag in this photo illustration taken in Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina, May 22, 2015. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/File Photo
Airlines re-route to avoid Belarus, opposition says journalist tortured 25 May 2021 - 06:09 pm
People hold paper planes during a protest against the detention of Belarusian blogger, Roman Protasevich, in Warsaw, Poland, May 24, 2021. Dawid Zuchowicz/Agencja Gazeta/via Reuters
UK accused of reintroducing virus restrictions on the sly 25 May 2021 - 04:30 pm
Staff members stand next to a car at a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) mobile testing unit at Oasis Beach Swimming Pool in Bedford, Britain May 25, 2021. Reuters/Paul Childs
Russia investigates oil spill off Black Sea coast 25 May 2021 - 12:35 pm
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Austria bans tourist visits from Britain over India-originated Covid-19 variant 25 May 2021 - 11:07 am
Coffee and a pastry are seen on a table inside Cafe Mozart, as the country eases its coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions, in Vienna, Austria, May 19, 2021. Reuters/Lisi Niesner
Finland's Finnair stops using Belarus airspace 25 May 2021 - 09:15 am
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Malta has achieved herd immunity with COVID shots, says minister 25 May 2021 - 12:26 am
FILE PHOTO: People sit at an outdoor restaurant as restaurants and markets reopened for business after coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccinations reached 60% of the adult population, in Valletta, Malta May 10, 2021. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi/File Photo
Russia gives Google 24 hours to delete banned content 24 May 2021 - 07:28 pm
FILE PHOTO: The Google logo is pictured atop an office building in Irvine, California, U.S. August 7, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
WHO sets new targets for vaccinating world's poorest to end 'scandalous inequity' 24 May 2021 - 02:25 pm
FILE PHOTO: A pack of AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccines is seen as the country receives its first batch of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines under COVAX scheme, at the international airtport of Accra, Ghana February 24, 2021. REUTERS/Francis Kokoroko/File
EU considers shunning Belarusian airspace over forced landing 24 May 2021 - 02:07 pm
A Ryanair aircraft, which was carrying Belarusian opposition blogger and activist Roman Protasevich and diverted to Belarus, where authorities detained him, lands at Vilnius Airport in Vilnius, Lithuania May 23, 2021. Reuters/Andrius Sytas
UK Black Lives Matters activist critically ill after shooting 24 May 2021 - 01:56 pm
Forensic officers work at the area after Sasha Johnson, a BLM activist, was shot in an early morning attack near her home in Peckham, London, Britain, May 24, 2021. REUTERS/Hannah McKay
Vilnius university says its student travelling with Protasevich also detained, demands release 24 May 2021 - 11:26 am
A Ryanair aircraft, which was carrying Belarusian opposition blogger and activist Roman Protasevich and diverted to Belarus, where authorities detained him, lands at Vilnius Airport in Vilnius, Lithuania May 23, 2021. Reuters/Andrius Sytas
'Peter Rabbit 2' helps Cineworld draw crowds after lockdown in UK 24 May 2021 - 10:28 am
File photo: People walk past a Cineworld in Leicester's Square, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in London, Britain, October 4, 2020. Reuters/Henry Nicholls/File Photo