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To fight virus' spread, Vienna turns to bike couriers 14 Oct 2020 - 09:52 pm
Marcus Hanould, 25 year's old bicycle courier of Veloce company, rides his bike to a residential building to deliver Covid-19 tests and bring them back to a lab in Vienna, Austria on October 13, 2020. / AFP / JOE KLAMAR
Curfew-breakers will be fined 135 euros: France's Macron 14 Oct 2020 - 09:34 pm
This picture shows a screen displaying French President Emmanuel Macron as he addresses the nation during a televised interview from the Elysee Palace concerning the situation of the novel coronavirus Covid-19 in France, in Paris on October 14, 2020.
France declares public health state of emergency over COVID-19 14 Oct 2020 - 08:57 pm
A researcher from the Sys2Diag laboratory, from the biotechnology company SkillCell, holds a saliva sample to perform a rapid screening for Covid-19, in Montpellier, southern France, on October 13, 2020. / AFP / Pascal GUYOT
Child hand sanitiser poisoning cases spike in Spain 14 Oct 2020 - 07:16 pm
FILE PHOTO: An employee works on the production of hydroalcoholic gel at the Christeyns company's factory in Vertou near Nantes, France, March 6, 2020. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe/File Photo
As virus surges anew, Milan hospitals under pressure again 14 Oct 2020 - 05:35 pm
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Merkel seeks tougher restrictions to fight coronavirus surge 14 Oct 2020 - 03:57 pm
German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends the weekly cabinet meeting in Berlin, Germany, October 14, 2020. Michael Kappeler/Pool via Reuters
UK's new travel testing plan will boost flying, minister says 14 Oct 2020 - 03:55 pm
File photo: Britain's Transport Secretary Grant Shapps in London, Britain, September 30, 2020. Reuters/Toby Melville/File Photo
Putin says Russia approves second COVID-19 vaccine 14 Oct 2020 - 03:35 pm
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Germany orders more flu vaccine to protect healthcare system 14 Oct 2020 - 03:11 pm
German Health Minister Jens Spahn receives an influenza injection from doctor Harald Bias at Charite hospital, during the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Berlin, Germany, October 14, 2020. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke/Pool
Belarus to export gasoline cargo via Russian port amid dispute with EU, sources say 14 Oct 2020 - 02:38 pm
FILE PHOTO: An oil tank train carries oil at the Ust-Luga oil products terminal in the settlement of Ust-luga April 9, 2014. REUTERS/Alexander Demianchuk
Russia hits new daily coronavirus record as Moscow schools go online 14 Oct 2020 - 02:17 pm
People wearing face masks to protect against the coronavirus disease stand on a pier as they wait for a pleasure boat in central Moscow on October 13, 2020. / AFP / Yuri KADOBNOV
N.Ireland to shut restaurants and suspend school in strictest UK lockdown 14 Oct 2020 - 12:57 pm
Social distancing markers as a preventive measure against the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are seen at a Dunnes Stores shop in Belfast, Northern Ireland, May 6, 2020. Picture taken May 6, 2020. REUTERS/Jason Cairnduff/File Photo
One American, two Russians blast off to International Space Station 14 Oct 2020 - 12:27 pm
The Soyuz MS-17 spacecraft carrying the crew formed of Kathleen Rubins of NASA, Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov of the Russian space agency Roscosmos blasts off to the International Space Station (ISS) from the launchpad at the Baikonur Cosmodrom
Germany tops 5,000 daily new COVID-19 infections 14 Oct 2020 - 11:17 am
German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends the weekly cabinet meeting in Berlin, Germany, October 14, 2020. Michael Kappeler/Pool via Reuters
World Bank approves $12B to finance virus vaccines, care 14 Oct 2020 - 11:02 am
In this file photo the street corner between the World Bank headquarters and the IMF building is seen in Washington, DC on October 1, 2020. The World Bank said Tuesday that it approved $12 billion for developing countries to finance the purchase and distr
WWII bomb goes off in Poland during defusal op 14 Oct 2020 - 12:42 am
In this video grab made from footage released by the Polish Navy on October 13, 2020 shows the underwater explosion during the operation to defuse a WWII five-tonne underwater bomb derelict (also known as an
Dutch return to 'partial lockdown' as COVID-19 cases soar 13 Oct 2020 - 09:32 pm
People wearing face masks walk on a shopping street in the center of Amsterdam on October 11, 2020. The Dutch government is expected to take new measures to halt the spread the Covid-19 disease caused by the novel coronavirus. - / AFP / ANP / Ramon van Fl
Ireland sees sharp rise in COVID-19 jobless claims if curbs tightened 13 Oct 2020 - 07:37 pm
Demonstrators hold a banner during a protest against the Irish government imposed restrictions put in place to help stem the rise in the number of novel coronavirus COVID-19 cases, outside Leinster House in Dublin on October 10, 2020.

Africa

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A worker prepares cows to be milked at a dairy farm in Mount Vernon, Washington. Photo credit: David Ryder/Bloomberg US jobless claims edge up to 214,000 as layoffs stay limited
File photo Trump orders US Navy to destroy boats laying mines in Hormuz
File photo for representational purposes only. US crude oil inventories rise, gasoline and distillate stocks decline last week
(Files) US President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, DC on August 26, 2025. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP) Trump extends ceasefire, says giving Iran time to negotiate

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Peninsula Drones from Iraq target two northern border posts in Kuwait: Defense Ministry
Vehicles drive along a highway in Kuwait City on April 22, 2026, amid a regional ceasefire. Photo by YASSER AL-ZAYYAT / AFP Kuwait reopens airspace starting this evening
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