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Guarding the face: ex-boxer Haye launches mask to fight COVID-19 23 Jul 2020 - 05:49 pm
Former boxing heavyweight world champion David Haye poses for a photograph following the launch of his premium range of high-tech face masks, ahead of the British Government's law on wearing face masks in shops coming into effect on Friday 24th July, amid
Belgium tightens COVID measures as infections spike 23 Jul 2020 - 03:48 pm
People sit on a terrace as restaurants and bars reopen after weeks of lockdown restrictions amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Brussels, Belgium, June 8, 2020. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File Photo
Paris sewage reveals Covid still not flushed away 23 Jul 2020 - 03:19 pm
A water quality scientist, conducts tests on a water sample at the Eau de Paris research and analysis laboratories in Ivry-sur-Seine, near Paris, France, July 22, 2020. / REUTERS/Benoit Tessier
French hospital tests new breathalyser machine to detect Covid-19 23 Jul 2020 - 02:35 pm
Christian George, Director of Research at the National Centre of Scientific Research, helps a patient suffering from coronavirus disease (COVID-19) to use the COVID-19 'Breathalyzer' test machine at the La Croix-Rousse Hospital in Lyon, France, July 22, 2
Russian lawmakers approve legal status for cryptocurrencies, but ban use as payment 22 Jul 2020 - 10:11 pm
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Female leaders doing 'better job' in virus crisis, says Lagarde 22 Jul 2020 - 09:16 pm
(FILES) This file photo taken on January 23, 2020 shows Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank (ECB), addressing a news conference following the meeting of the governing council of the ECB in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany. / AFP /
UK to open citizenship path to Hong Kongers from January 22 Jul 2020 - 08:57 pm
Pedestrians walk across a main road in Hong Kong on July 20, 2020. / AFP / ANTHONY WALLACE
Ukraine's leader reveals details of talks with hostage-taker 22 Jul 2020 - 05:38 pm
A picture shows bullets holes in the windscreen of a seized bus after police freed all hostages from a bus and arrested the armed man who held them for over 12 hours in the city of Lutsk, some 400 kilometres (250 miles) from the capital Kiev, on July 21,
Greek firefighters battle forest blaze near seaside village 22 Jul 2020 - 05:12 pm
A firefighting plane makes a water drop as a wildfire burns near the village of Kechries, Greece, July 22, 2020. REUTERS/Vassilis Triandafyllou
UK's Prince Philip hands over patronage of the Rifles after 67 years 22 Jul 2020 - 03:47 pm
Britain's Prince Philip speaks to Assistant Colonel Commandant, Major General Tom Copinger-Symes during the transfer of the Colonel-in-Chief of the Rifles at Windsor Castle in Britain July 22, 2020. The Duke of Edinburgh will step down from his role as Co
France says virus spread 'increasing' with summer holidays 21 Jul 2020 - 11:36 pm
A traveller as her temperature checked at the security gate, prior to board a TGV high-speed train at the Gare de Lyon train station in Paris, on July 21, 2020, as part of sanitary measures taken to curb the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, caused by the
New Genoa bridge to open in August, two years after fatal collapse 21 Jul 2020 - 07:31 pm
A general view shows the Genoa bridge as engineers perform static testing operations ahead of its inauguration in Genoa, Italy, July 19, 2020. REUTERS/Massimo Pinca/File Photo
Pandemic sees Nobel banquet cancelled for first time since 1956 - DN 21 Jul 2020 - 07:15 pm
Nobel Foundation CEO Lars Heikensten pose for a picture at the foundation's headquarters in Stockholm, Sweden September 28, 2018. REUTERS/Esha Vaish/File Photo
Sweden says Covid immunity can last half a year after infection 21 Jul 2020 - 06:04 pm
State epidemiologist Anders Tegnell of the Public Health Agency of Sweden speaks during a news conference on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) situation, in Stockholm, Sweden July 21, 2020. TT News Agency/Eric Simander
Huge send-off for English and Irish hero Jack Charlton 21 Jul 2020 - 05:51 pm
Floral tributes and messages of condolence are pictured as the funeral cortege of British football legend Jack Charlton arrives at the West Road Crematorium, in Newcastle om July 21, 2020. Jack Charlton who was born in Ashington, died on 10th July aged 85
Austria reintroducing face mask requirement in supermarkets, banks 21 Jul 2020 - 04:31 pm
Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz attends a news conference, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Vienna, Austria, July 21, 2020. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner
Armed man takes 'around 20' hostages on bus in Ukraine 21 Jul 2020 - 02:55 pm
A view shows a passenger bus, which was seized by an unidentified person in the city of Lutsk, Ukraine July 21, 2020. REUTERS/Mykola Martyniuk
Greta Thunberg donates million-euro rights prize to green groups 21 Jul 2020 - 11:51 am
(FILES) In this file photo taken on March 6, 2020 Swedish environmentalist Greta Thunberg speaks during a