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Covid-19 intubation may be less risky than feared: study 06 Oct 2020 - 03:26 pm
(FILES) In this file photo taken on April 27, 2020 Medical workers tend to a patient infected with COVID-19 at the intensive care unit of the Lariboisiere Hospital of the AP-HP (Assistance Publique - Hopitaux de Paris) in Paris. AFP / JOEL SAGET
Europe starts real-time review of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine 06 Oct 2020 - 03:20 pm
A sign is pictured outside Pfizer Headquarters in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., July 22, 2020. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/File Photo
Italy prepares to make masks outdoors mandatory 06 Oct 2020 - 02:48 pm
A man rides a bike, 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 (COVID-19) infections, in Rome, Italy October 6, 2020. REUTERS/Remo Casilli
Moscow restricts transport for students and elderly as COVID-19 cases jump 06 Oct 2020 - 02:29 pm
An interior view shows the Krylatskoye indoor ice skating arena following the decision of local authorities to turn it into a temporary hospital amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Moscow, Russia October 5, 2020. Sergei Vedyashkin/Moscow N
PM Johnson vows to reshape Britain out of coronavirus crisis 06 Oct 2020 - 02:09 pm
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves Downing Street to deliver his Conservative Party Conference virtual keynote speech, in London, Britain, October 6, 2020. REUTERS/Toby Melville
Black hole discoveries win 2020 Nobel Prize for Physics 06 Oct 2020 - 01:12 pm
Nobel Committee members Patrik Ernfors (L) and Gunilla Karlsson Hedestam sit in front of a screen displaying the winners of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (L-R) American Harvey Alter, Briton Michael Houghton and American Charles Rice durin
Britain rations remdesivir as COVID-19 hospitalisations rise 06 Oct 2020 - 12:42 pm
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Navalny makes first video appearance since coma, says health much improved 06 Oct 2020 - 11:31 am
Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny speaks during an interview with prominent Russian YouTube blogger Yury Dud, in Berlin, Germany, in this still image taken from a handout video released October 6, 2020. YouTube - vDud/Handout/Reuters TV
UK’s Rishi Sunak hits back at suggestion eat out scheme spread virus 06 Oct 2020 - 11:01 am
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak visit the headquarters of Octopus Energy, in London, Britain October 5, 2020. Leon Neal/Pool via Reuters
Ireland resists lockdown call, tighten COVID-19 curbs instead 05 Oct 2020 - 11:52 pm
A shopkeeper wearing a protective face mask closes one of her shop doors as the National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET) announced recommendations that the government implement the highest level of COVID-19 restrictions to Level 5, amid the coronavir
More bodies found as French villages dig out from flooding 05 Oct 2020 - 07:36 pm
A picture taken on October 5, 2020 shows an aerial view of Breil-sur-Roya, a French village close to the Italian border, where houses were buried in mud and turned-over cars were stuck in the riverbed following heavy rains and floods. / AFP / Valery HACHE
UK PM Johnson plays down technical failure of COVID-19 testing data system 05 Oct 2020 - 07:24 pm
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson attends a remote press conference to update the nation on the COVID-19 pandemic, inside 10 Downing Street in central London on September 30, 2020, the 100th coronavirus briefing since the pandemic hit the UK. / AFP /
Ireland faces resistance to "nuclear" Covid-19 lockdown recommendation 05 Oct 2020 - 04:58 pm
Workers make repairs to the roof of a residential terraced house, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Dublin, Ireland October 1, 2020. (REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne)
Paris cafes to shut as Europe confronts second virus wave 05 Oct 2020 - 04:34 pm
A woman wearing a protective face mask walks past the cafe and restaurant Les Deux Magots in Paris, during the announcement of new Covid restrictions by Paris authorities as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak continues in France, October 5, 2020.
Huge questions for UK govt after spike in virus cases 05 Oct 2020 - 04:25 pm
Passers-by shelter under umbrellas outside a Picturehouse cinema in west London on October 4, 2020. Cineworld, which own the Picturehouse chain of cinemas, is set to close its 128 UK sites in the coming weeks. / AFP / JUSTIN TALLIS
Sea creatures die in far eastern Russia 'ecological disaster' 05 Oct 2020 - 03:24 pm
A satellite image taken on September 27, 2020 shows the coastline of the Kamchatka peninsula. A Russian official said on October 5 that the sea off the remote Kamchatka peninsula may have been contaminated with toxic chemicals as Greenpeace warned of an
Moscow schools start unplanned holidays as COVID-19 cases rise 05 Oct 2020 - 02:39 pm
A woman wearing a face mask to protect against the coronavirus disease stands at a bus stop in central Moscow on October 5, 2020. / AFP / Yuri KADOBNOV
Britain’s Octopus Energy to create 1,000 jobs, new tech hub 05 Oct 2020 - 01:21 pm
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson visits the headquarters of Octopus Energy on October 5, 2020 in London. The visit coincides with the company's plan to create 1,000 new technology jobs across sites in England. / AFP / POOL / Leon Neal

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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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