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Glasgow artist launches plastic bag museum 01 Nov 2020 - 10:28 am
British artist Katrina Cobain, 24, poses for photographs with some of her collection of plastic bags from which she intends to start The Plastic Bag Museum in Glasgow on October 28, 2020.  AFP / ANDY BUCHANAN / TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY STUART GRAHAM
UK PM Johnson locks down England as UK COVID-19 cases pass 1 million 31 Oct 2020 - 10:20 pm
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during a virtual press conference inside 10 Downing Street in central London on October 31, 2020 to announce new lockdown restrictions in an effort to curb rising infections of the novel coronavirus. AFP / Alb
Orthodox priest seriously hurt in France shooting, attacker flees 31 Oct 2020 - 09:32 pm
A French soldier stands behind a cordon on October 31, 2020 in Lyon near the scene where an attacker armed with a sawn-off shotgun wounded an Orthodox priest in a shooting before fleeing, said a police source.AFP / Philippe DESMAZE
England set for new virus lockdown as Slovakia tests population 31 Oct 2020 - 07:49 pm
People walk past a poster by artist Hayden Kay, amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, in London, Britain, October 30, 2020. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls
Macron says he understands Muslim feelings on controversial cartoons 31 Oct 2020 - 04:33 pm
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Berlin's beleaguered new airport set for first flights 31 Oct 2020 - 03:23 pm
Climate activists hang banners reading 'opening despite climate crisis' (L) and 'BER : Block, Erase, Recycle' in front of the main Terminal of Berlin's airport
More than 150 evacuated from Russian coronavirus hospital after fire 31 Oct 2020 - 02:08 pm
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UK's Johnson considering new national lockdown for England 31 Oct 2020 - 01:41 pm
Shoppers walk past a sign displaying Covid-19 guidelines, in Bradford, west Yorkshire on October 31, 2020, as the number of cases of the novel coronavirus COVID-19 rises. AFP / Paul Ellis
England's 'Toothless Tiger' Stiles dies aged 78 30 Oct 2020 - 07:49 pm
May 17, 2000 Nobby Stiles sits in the stands at Wembley, as QXL launch the 'end of an era' auctions Action Images via Reuters/Richard Heathcote/File Photo
Italy posts daily record of over 31,000 new coronavirus cases 30 Oct 2020 - 07:44 pm
Members of medical staff wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) works in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) for the Covid-19 (the novel coromavirus) cases, in the San Filippo Neri hospital in Rome, on October 29, 2020. / AFP / Tiziana FABI
Italy econ minister says avoiding COVID lockdown is "absolute priority" 30 Oct 2020 - 06:05 pm
Italian Economy Minister Roberto Gualtieri speaks at a meeting in Berlin, Germany, September 11, 2020. Kay Nietfeld/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Belgian virus cases continue their rise; lockdown considered 30 Oct 2020 - 04:46 pm
A health worker standing in an intensive care unit treats a patient suffering from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at Montlegia CHC clinic in Liege, Belgium October 29, 2020. REUTERS/Yves Herman
Swiss ramp up contact-tracing in face of COVID surge 30 Oct 2020 - 04:43 pm
A County of Geneva staff member shows the geographical spread of clusters during an update briefing in the contact tracing unit, as Switzerland enters a second wave of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Geneva, Switzerland, October 29, 2020. REUT
Austria's COVID-19 infections leap as nation awaits new restrictions 30 Oct 2020 - 04:08 pm
Austria's Chancellor Sebastian Kurz attends a news conference, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Vienna, Austria October 29, 2020. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner
Greta Thunberg takes climate strike online again as Sweden's COVID-19 cases mount 30 Oct 2020 - 02:14 pm
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg takes part in the rally ''Europe Climate Strike'' in Brussels, Belgium, March 6, 2020. REUTERS/Johanna Geron/File Photo
Spain's Canary Islands impose negative COVID-19 test rule for tourists 30 Oct 2020 - 01:13 pm
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Moscow authorities promise mass vaccination against COVID-19 as Russian cases soar 30 Oct 2020 - 01:02 pm
Commuters wearing face masks to protect against the coronavirus disease enter and leave a metro train in Moscow on October 29, 2020. / AFP / Natalia KOLESNIKOVA
WHO: Europe now has more than 10 million COVID-19 cases 29 Oct 2020 - 11:50 pm
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