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Uber wins London licence after appeal 28 Sep 2020 - 02:22 pm
A woman poses holding a smartphone showing the App for ride-sharing cab service Uber in London.  AFP / Daniel LEAL-OLIVAS
Uber wins appeal for new operating licence in London 28 Sep 2020 - 12:50 pm
In this file photo taken on October 28, 2016 a man poses holding a smartphone showing the App for ride-sharing cab service Uber in London. Uber, September 28, wins appeal for new operating licence in London. / AFP / DANIEL SORABJI
Prince Charles highlights Covid-19 impact on youngsters 27 Sep 2020 - 11:32 pm
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Attenborough gives shark tooth to 7-year-old Prince George 27 Sep 2020 - 01:16 pm
A handout photo released by Britain's Prince William and Cathrine, Duchess of Cambridge, Prince George (seated), Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis with David Attenborough after Prince William and David Attenborough attended an outdoor screening of the u
UK wants university students to be able to return home for Christmas 27 Sep 2020 - 11:45 am
Britain's Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Secretary Oliver Dowden walks outside Downing Street in London, Britain September 23, 2020. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls
Thousands protest COVID-19 restrictions in central London 26 Sep 2020 - 05:31 pm
British 'conspiracy theorist' David Icke, speaks at a gathering of protesters in Trafalgar Square in London on September 26, 2020, at a 'We Do Not Consent!' mass rally against vaccination and government restrictions designed to fight the spread of the nov
Madrid at 'serious risk' without tougher COVID-19 rules, health minister warns 26 Sep 2020 - 02:12 pm
An employee wearing a face mask waits for customers behind a plastic curtain in a food shop at the Vallecas neighbourhood, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID 19) outbreak in Madrid, Spain, September 25, 2020. Reuters/Sergio Perez
Ukraine plane crash death toll rises to 26, with 1 survivor 26 Sep 2020 - 01:54 pm
Military and experts work on the place of the Antonov-26 transport aircraft crash at Chuhuiv military air base around 30 kilometers southeast of Kharkiv on September 26, 2020.  AFP / SERGEY BOBOK
Less razzmatazz, but Nobel Prizes go ahead amid pandemic 26 Sep 2020 - 11:18 am
File photo: A bronze bust of Alfred Nobel is pictured before the Nobel Prize ceremony at Stockholm Concert Hall, in Stockholm, Sweden December 10, 2019. TT News Agency/Claudio Bresciani via Reuters
Van Morrison takes fans back to magic time in coronavirus-shrouded London 26 Sep 2020 - 11:03 am
File photo: Northern Irish musician Van Morrison performs in Sondika, near Bilbao, northern Spain, June 2, 2017. Reuters/Vincent West/File Photo
Local lockdowns imposed in several cities as UK cases rise 25 Sep 2020 - 08:38 pm
A pedestrian wears a facemask due to the novel coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic on London Bridge in central London on September 25, 2020. Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, this week announced a host of new restrictions, including early closing times fo
Czech Republic to tighten restrictions on public gatherings: Health minister 25 Sep 2020 - 05:30 pm
People wearing face masks walk across the medieval Charles Bridge as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in Prague, Czech Republic, September 25, 2020. REUTERS/David W Cerny
Italy launches fund to help virus-hit hospitality industry 25 Sep 2020 - 03:13 pm
Five-star Grand Hotel Plaza remains closed due to a lack of tourists visiting Rome since the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Rome, Italy, July 7, 2020. REUTERS/Remo Casilli/File Photo
World's youth rallies against climate change 25 Sep 2020 - 02:50 pm
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg takes part in a Fridays For Future protest in front of the Swedish Parliament (Riksdagen) in Stockholm on September 25, 2020. / AFP / JONATHAN NACKSTRAND
UK police officer shot dead at custody centre in south London 25 Sep 2020 - 01:48 pm
A forensic team is pictured at the Croydon Custody Centre in south london on September 25, 2020, following the shooting of a British police officer by a 23-year-old man being detained at the centre. A British police officer was shot dead in the early hour
Some northern hemisphere countries struggling to source more flu vaccines -WHO 25 Sep 2020 - 01:19 pm
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Moscow mayor urges more home-working as Russia's new COVID cases hit 3-month high 25 Sep 2020 - 12:59 pm
A woman wearing a face mask to protect against the coronavirus disease walks on Red Square in downtown Moscow on September 24, 2020. / AFP / Yuri KADOBNOV
Facebook suspends fake Russian accounts, warns of US election hack-and-leak threat 24 Sep 2020 - 10:05 pm
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