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Madrid runners hit streets as Europe’s virus outbreak eases 02 May 2020 - 04:48 pm
A man gives a thumbs-up as he runs in Seville on May 2, 2020, during the hours allowed by the government to go out and exercise, for the first time since the beginning of a national lockdown to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 disease. AFP / CRISTINA QU
Meet Wilfred Johnson, newborn son of British PM and fiancée 02 May 2020 - 04:31 pm
(FILES) In this file photo taken on September 28, 2019 Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson (R) walks with his partner Carrie Symonds as they arrive at The Midland, near the Manchester Central convention complex in Manchester, northwest England . AFP /
France extends health emergency until July 24 02 May 2020 - 03:42 pm
A woman wearing a protective facemask walks in the Aligre street as she does her grocery shopping during the food market, on May 2, 2020, in Paris, during the 47th day of a strict lockdown in France aimed at curbing the spread of the COVID-19 (the novel c
First giant panda born in Netherlands 02 May 2020 - 02:39 pm
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Spain’s streets come to life as deaths top 25,000 02 May 2020 - 12:59 pm
A woman walks as she holds a cat during the hours in which individual exercise is allowed outdoors, for the first time since the lockdown was announced, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Barcelona, Spain, May 2, 2020. REUTERS/Nacho Doce
Virus infections in Europe climb over 1.5 million 02 May 2020 - 12:38 pm
People wearing protective face masks push their bicycles during the lockdown, ahead of Italy's gradual lifting of restrictions which begins from May 4, due to the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Florence, Italy, May 1, 2020. REUTERS/Jenni
Russia's daily coronavirus case tally hits new high 02 May 2020 - 11:30 am
A municipal worker wearing a protective suit disinfects an office building in Moscow, on May 1, 2020 during a partial lockdown amid the COVID-19 outbreak caused by the novel coronavirus. / AFP / Vasily MAXIMOV
Germany Reports Fewest New Coronavirus Cases in Four Days 02 May 2020 - 10:54 am
People ride bikes at nearly empty Brandenburg Gate and its surroundings in Berlin, Germany on May 01, 2020. Abdulhamid Ho?ba? - Anadolu
Misery of Italy's migrants grows not from virus but lockdown 02 May 2020 - 10:47 am
This aerial photograph taken on May 1, 2020 shows the empty streets and the Colosseum in Rome during the country's lockdown aimed at curbing the spread of the COVID-19. / AFP / Filippo MONTEFORTE
WHO says virus 'natural in origin' 02 May 2020 - 09:55 am
A sculpture in the likeness of a coronavirus particle is seen outside a property that borders a road leading to St. Michaels, Maryland, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in the U.S., April 27, 2020. REUTERS/Katharine Jackson
Spain confirms pandemic slowdown with 281 new deaths 01 May 2020 - 03:17 pm
Health workers wearing protective face masks react after last patients were discharged from a temporary hospital set up at IFEMA fairgrounds, before it's closure, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Madrid, Spain May 1, 2020. REUTERS/Sergi
Germany’s new coronavirus cases dip, holding below 2,000 level 01 May 2020 - 12:39 pm
BERLIN, GERMANY - APRIL 30: Cars are seen in a street near Alexanderplatz Square in Berlin, Germany on April 20, 2020. Germany has started to loosen restrictions to stem the spread of coronavirus in the country. ( Abdulhamid Ho?ba? - Anadolu Agency )
Russia reports record daily rise in coronavirus cases after PM's infection 01 May 2020 - 11:46 am
MOSCOW, RUSSIA - APRIL 30: Georgievsky Pereulok remains empty in Moscow, Russia on April 30, 2020. The total number of cases stands at 106,498 and fatalities have reached 1,073. (Sefa Karacan - Anadolu Agency )
Swiss soldiers pick up smartphones to fight COVID-19 01 May 2020 - 11:38 am
Swiss soldiers wearing protective face masks sit in a classroom as they install the contact tracking application created by the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), using Bluetooth and a design called Decentralised Privacy-Preserving Pro
Pfizer aims for 10-20 mln doses of coronavirus vaccine by end-2020 depending on trials 30 Apr 2020 - 05:17 pm
(FILES)The pharmaceutical company Pfizer headquarters is seen on 42nd Street in New York in this October 20, 200 file photo. AFP / Timothy A. CLARY
Antiviral remdesivir showed 'no significant benefit' in virus patients 30 Apr 2020 - 01:12 pm
A lab technician inspects filled vials of investigational coronavirus disease (COVID-19) treatment drug remdesivir at a Gilead Sciences facility in La Verne, California, U.S. March 11, 2020. Picture taken March 11, 2020. Gilead Sciences Inc/Handout via RE
Kremlin: Work still needed before high-level talks on Ukraine crisis 30 Apr 2020 - 01:02 pm
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Germany raids sites linked to Hezbollah, extends ban 30 Apr 2020 - 12:56 pm
A police officer stands in front of the Al-Irschad Mosque during a raid on April 30, 2020 in Berlin, as dozens of police and special forces stormed mosques and associations linked to Hezbollah in Bremen, Berlin, Dortmund and Muenster in the early hours of

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