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Slovakia hits record one-day tally for COVID-19 cases and deaths 23 Oct 2020 - 03:04 pm
A healthcare worker collects a swab sample from a person at a COVID-19 testing site at the municipal office as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Oravsky Podzamok, Slovakia October 23, 2020. REUTERS/Radovan Stoklasa
CureVac posts positive pre-clinical data for COVID-19 vaccine 23 Oct 2020 - 02:58 pm
In this file photo taken on June 23, 2020 The logo of the biopharmaceutical company CureVac is seen in front of the company's headquarters in Tuebingen, southern Germany on June 23, 2020. / AFP / THOMAS KIENZLE
Technogym bets on home fitness boom as virus empties gyms 23 Oct 2020 - 02:11 pm
Nerio Alessandri - Technogym President and Founder, poses for a photo in Technogym Village, Cesena, Italy in 2020, as the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues. Courtesy of TECHNOGYM /Handout via REUTERS
Belgium tightens COVID-19 measures, hopes to avoid lockdown 23 Oct 2020 - 01:50 pm
A member of the medical personnel wearing a protective suit, protective mask and face shield is seen in the intensive care unit at the CHIREC Braine l?Alleud-Waterloo hospital, in Braine l'Alleud, Belgium, October 23, 2020
Czech PM tells health minister to quit after lockdown violation 23 Oct 2020 - 01:13 pm
Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis/FILE PHOTO/REUTERS
COVID-19 circulating more quickly than in spring- french epidemiologist 23 Oct 2020 - 12:38 pm
A street is seen in Montmartre few minutes before the nightly curfew due to restrictions against the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Paris, France, October 22, 2020. REUTERS/Charles Platiau
Czech health minister caught breaking virus rules 23 Oct 2020 - 12:01 pm
A medical staff member wearing a protective suit waits for people who will be tested for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in front of a recently opened sampling station inside of closed music club in Prague, Czech Republic, October 20, 2020. REUTERS/Dav
Putin says he helped Navalny leave Russia to be treated abroad 22 Oct 2020 - 09:05 pm
Russia's President Vladimir Putin speaks at a meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club via a video conference call at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow, Russia October 22, 2020. Sputnik/Alexei Druzhinin/Kremlin via REUTERS
Greece orders night curfew for worst-hit COVID-19 areas 22 Oct 2020 - 08:32 pm
People wearing protective face masks make their way in Monastiraki square, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Athens, Greece, October 22, 2020. REUTERS/Louiza Vradi
France extends curfew to more regions: PM Castex 22 Oct 2020 - 06:29 pm
French Prime Minister Jean Castex delivers a speech during a press conference, at the Hotel Matignon, in Paris, on October 22, 2020, announcing the changeover of several departments to
Britain authorises temporary use of flu vaccine to help meet demand 22 Oct 2020 - 06:10 pm
People wearing masks because the novel coronavirus pandemic walk in the high street in Leigh, Greater Manchester, northwest England on October 22, 2020 ahead of new coronavirus restrictions coming into force in the area. AFP / Oli SCARFF
Lyon railway station evacuated, one person arrested - French police 22 Oct 2020 - 05:30 pm
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Portugal imposes partial lockdown on three northern municipalities 22 Oct 2020 - 05:28 pm
Two women wearing face masks sit at Ribeira in downtown Porto on October 21, 2020. Portugal, which locked down comparatively early to avoid the worst excesses of the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic, has in recent weeks been battling a rising caselo
UK scientific advisor says coronavirus unlikely to be eradicated 22 Oct 2020 - 04:03 pm
People wearing face masks or coverings due to the COVID-19 pandemic, react as they exit an Underground station in London on October 20, 2020. AFP / JUSTIN TALLIS
European cities plead for more flu shots as winter looms, pandemic rages 22 Oct 2020 - 03:07 pm
FILE PHOTO: A healthcare worker of the free influenza vaccination programme vaccinates a citizen against the flu inside a tram, as the global spread of the the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Vienna, Austria, October 1, 2020. REUTERS/Lisi Nie
UK's Sunak stumps up more help for COVID-hit businesses 22 Oct 2020 - 03:01 pm
Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak hosts a roundtable meeting for business representatives at a branch of the Franco Manca chain pizza restaurant in London on October 22, 2020. AFP / POOL / Stefan Rousseau
Former Belgian PM in intensive care with COVID-19 22 Oct 2020 - 01:20 pm
In this file photo taken on October 01, 2020 shows newly appointed Foreign Affairs Minister Sophie Wilmes is seen during the handover ceremony at the ministry in Brussels. Belgian Foreign Minister Sophie Wilmes, who was caretaker prime minister during the
Drastic steps needed to tackle out-of-control pandemic, Spanish minister says 22 Oct 2020 - 12:39 pm
Spain's Health Minister Salvador Illa arrives to attend the first cabinet meeting at the Moncloa Palace in Madrid, Spain, January 14, 2020. REUTERS/Susana Vera/File Photo

Africa

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Colonel Sadio Camara, Minister of Defence and Veterans of Mali, was a central figure in Mali's military government [File: Fanny Noaro-Kabr/AFP] Mali defence minister killed, fresh fighting between army and rebels
ATHLETICS-GBR-MARATHON Ethiopia's Tigst Assefa reacts after crossing the line to win the women's race in a new women's only world record at the 2026 London Marathon in central London on April 26, 2026. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP) Assefa wins London Marathon in women's-only world record time
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Americas

Relatives identify one of the victims after a bomb attack at El Tunel, on the Popayan-Cali road, in Cajibio, Cauca department, Colombia, on April 25, 2026. (Photo by Joaquin SARMIENTO / AFP) Colombia blasts kill 19, injure 38
FBI tactical agents leave a house associated with the suspected White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooter after making entry at the residence in Torrance, California, late on April 25, 2026. Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP Engineer and game developer: the US press gala shooting suspect
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