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Russia evacuates thousands as munitions explode in fire 08 Oct 2020 - 12:07 am
Fire trucks are seen on the road as smoke rises from the site of a fire at an ammunition depot in Ryazan Region, Russia October 7, 2020. Russian Emergencies Ministry in Ryazan Region/Handout via REUTERS
France's new daily COVID-19 cases at all-time high, hospitalisations up 07 Oct 2020 - 10:12 pm
A health worker, wearing a protective suit and a face mask, works at a testing site for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Nantes, France, October 6, 2020. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe
Britain examining how to reduce travel quarantine period using tests 07 Oct 2020 - 07:45 pm
FILE PHOTO: People sit amongst socially-distanced seating signs at Heathrow Airport, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in London, Britain, May 10, 2020. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo
NATO chief calls for new strategy on cyber, China 07 Oct 2020 - 07:37 pm
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg holds a joint press conference with Turkish Foreign Minister after their meeting at the Foreign Ministry building in Ankara, on October 05, 2020. / AFP / Adem ALTAN
Italy makes face masks mandatory as coronavirus cases surge 07 Oct 2020 - 07:31 pm
Women wearing protective face masks walk as local authorities in the Italian capital Rome order face coverings to be worn at all times out of doors in an effort to counter rising coronavirus disease (COVID19) infections, in Rome, Italy. October 6, 2020. R
Belarus opposition leader on Russia's wanted list 07 Oct 2020 - 07:29 pm
Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya speaks to reporters after a meeting with Norbert Roettgen (not in picture), politician of Germany's conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party, on October 7, 2020 in Berlin. / AFP / John MACDOUG
Boris Johnson warns of new Covid-19 outbreaks in London and Midlands 07 Oct 2020 - 07:06 pm
FILE PHOTO: People sit at tables outside restaurants in Soho, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in London, Britain, September 20, 2020. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls/File Photo
EU buys more Remdesivir to treat 3,400 patients amid shortages 07 Oct 2020 - 02:59 pm
File photo: A lab technician shows the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) treatment drug
Spain unveils huge economic recovery plan amid pandemic 07 Oct 2020 - 02:42 pm
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez speaks during a news conference after a cabinet meeting, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, at the Moncloa Palace in Madrid, Spain, August 25, 2020. REUTERS/Juan Medina/File Photo
Charpentier and Doudna win 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry 07 Oct 2020 - 02:12 pm
French microbiologist Emmanuelle Charpentier (L) and professor Jennifer Doudna of the U.S. pose for the media during a visit to a painting exhibition by children about the genome, at the San Francisco park in Oviedo, SPAIN, October 21, 2015. REUTERS/Eloy
Czech COVID-19 cases rising at fastest rate in Europe 07 Oct 2020 - 12:26 pm
A man wearing a face mask walks on a crosswalk as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in Prague, Czech Republic, October 1, 2020. REUTERS/David W Cerny
New Tesco CEO happy with strategy and direction of business 07 Oct 2020 - 10:24 am
Tesco CEO Ken Murphy poses for a portrait outside a Tesco store in Britain, September 30, 2020. Picture taken September 30, 2020. Ben Stevens/Parsons Media/Handout
UK's COVID-19 testing system hit by Roche supply problems 07 Oct 2020 - 10:02 am
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Belgium tightens social contact rules as coronavirus cases surge 06 Oct 2020 - 11:41 pm
Belgium's Prime Minister Alexander De Croo, European Council President Charles Michel and Luxembourg's Prime Minister Xavier Bettel react at the start of the second face-to-face European Union summit since the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in B
Rich world could be close to normal by late 2021 if vaccine works - Bill Gates 06 Oct 2020 - 08:20 pm
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Floods in France, Italy swept bodies out of cemeteries 06 Oct 2020 - 05:18 pm
A picture shows sepulchres and a coffin in the partially washed away cemetery of Saint-Dalmas-de-Tende in south-east France, near the Italian border, on October 6, 2020 AFP / Fabien NOVIAL
COVID-19 vaccine may be ready by year-end: WHO's Tedros 06 Oct 2020 - 04:45 pm
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus wearing a protective face mask attending a WHO executive board holds a special session on the Covid-19 response at the health agency's headquarters in Geneva, on October 5, 2020. AFP PHOTO / WHO / CHRISTOPHE
GSK to widen COVID-19 antibody treatment trial after safety clearance 06 Oct 2020 - 03:46 pm
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Ghana's Foreign Affairs Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa speaks to the media during the official visit of India's External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar in Accra, on October 6, 2026. (Photo by Nipah Dennis / AFP) Ghana to apply to join BRICS, foreign minister says
Kenyan Cabinet Secretary of Health Aden Duale speaks at a press conference in Nairobi on October 6, 2026. Photo by SIMON MAINA / AFP Kenya reports first-ever Ebola death
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