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Belarus police fire rubber bullets, tear gas on protesters 10 Aug 2020 - 11:29 pm
Opposition supporters protest after polls closed in Belarus' presidential election, in Minsk on August 9, 2020. / AFP / Siarhei LESKIEC
Industry body calls Russian Covid-19 vaccine a Pandora’s box 10 Aug 2020 - 10:59 pm
FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: A scientist prepares samples during the research and development of a vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at a laboratory of BIOCAD biotechnology company in Saint Petersburg, Russia June 11, 2020. REUTERS/Anton Vagan
Greece to require negative coronavirus test for entry from Sweden, Spain, Belgium 10 Aug 2020 - 05:49 pm
Tourists take pictures during a dolphin watching tour from a boat in the Amvrakikos gulf, in Preveza,northwestern Greece, on August 6, 2020. / AFP / Angelos Tzortzinis
Fire destroys Spanish holiday park popular with Britons 10 Aug 2020 - 05:39 pm
A general view shows a burnt holiday park in Mollina near Malaga on August 10, 2020. A wind-fuelled fire ripped through a holiday park in Spain that is home to a large number of British pensioners, destroying dozens of homes and injuring two people, offic
20,000 paper birds help fund COVID-19 units at Belgium hospital 10 Aug 2020 - 05:23 pm
Belgian designer and artist Charles Kaisin poses next to an art installation made of 20,325 origamis called
Face masks now required outdoors at crowded Paris locations 10 Aug 2020 - 04:45 pm
People wearing protective masks walk near the Louvre Museum as France reinforces mask-wearing as part of efforts to curb a resurgence of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) across the country, in Paris, France August 6, 2020. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes/File P
Belarusian president Lukashenko re-elected by landslide 10 Aug 2020 - 10:05 am
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko holds a ballot and a passport before casting his vote at a polling station during the presidential election in Minsk, Belarus August 9, 2020. Sergei Gapon/Pool via REUTERS
Baby among seven killed as thunderstorms flood Greek island homes 09 Aug 2020 - 11:10 pm
People clean in a destroyed street following a storm at the village of Politika, on Evia island, northeast of Athens, on August 9, 2020. Five people including a baby died and two more were missing as torrential rains and floods swept the Greek island of E
French passengers sue Costa Cruises over virus ship ordeal 09 Aug 2020 - 10:40 pm
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Donors pledge 253 mln euros in emergency aid for Lebanon after blast 09 Aug 2020 - 09:29 pm
French President Emmanuel Macron attends a donor teleconference with other world leaders concerning the situation in Lebanon following the Beirut blast, in Fort de Bregancon in Bormes-les-Mimosas, France August 9, 2020. Christophe Simon/Pool via REUTERS
BBC says sorry for using racist term in news report 09 Aug 2020 - 07:59 pm
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Britain's COVID-19 daily infections rise to highest level since June 09 Aug 2020 - 06:48 pm
In a promotion funded by Calderdale Council, Phil Mearns rides his ad bike displaying advice on how to slow the spread of the coronavirus through the streets of Halifax in northern England on August 9, 2020, as local lockdown restrictions are reimposed du
Italy resort lifts alert on melting glacier threat 09 Aug 2020 - 03:21 pm
A security officer looks through binoculars at the Planpincieux glacier in Courmayeur village, Val Ferret, northwestern Italy on August 8, 2020. Several dozen people have been evacuated in northwestern Italy as a huge chunk of a glacier in the Mont Blanc
Security tight as Belarus votes in tense poll 09 Aug 2020 - 01:52 pm
People queue outside the Belarusian embassy to cast their votes during the presidential election in Moscow, Russia August 9, 2020. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
Polls open in Belarus presidential vote 09 Aug 2020 - 09:24 am
A woman wearing a protective face mask stands inside a voting booth at a polling station during the presidential election in Minsk, Belarus August 9, 2020. REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko
Paris imposes face mask order for outdoor markets, River Seine strollers 08 Aug 2020 - 09:32 pm
Wearing a mask will be compulsory in parts of Paris and its wider region from August 10, 2020, to combat a rise in coronavirus infections in and around the French capital, the police said. (AFP / PHILIPPE LOPEZ / file photo)
Bulgaria anti-govt protesters restore Sofia blockades 08 Aug 2020 - 11:12 am
Bulgarian protesters take the streets during an anti-government protest against Prime minister Boyko Borisov and his government in Sofia, Bulgaria on August 7, 2020. Ihvan Radoykov - Anadolu
Belarus' leader faces toughest challenge yet in Sunday vote 08 Aug 2020 - 10:14 am
FILE PHOTO: Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko addresses the media after casting his vote during the parliamentary election in Minsk, Belarus November 17, 2019. REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko