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Uncounted among coronavirus victims, deaths sweep through Italy's nursing homes 18 Mar 2020 - 07:14 pm
Medical workers in protective suits push an isolation stretcher in front of the Columbus Clinic, where patients suffering from coronavirus disease (COVID-19) were moved from Spallanzani Hospital, in Rome, Italy March 16, 2020. Reuters/Remo Casilli
Brussels calling: Can the EU be run by videolink? 18 Mar 2020 - 03:29 pm
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Chairman of Santander's Portuguese unit dies from coronavirus-report 18 Mar 2020 - 02:35 pm
A logo of Santander is seen on a branch in the Andalusian capital of Seville, southern Spain January 27, 2016. REUTERS/ Marcelo del Pozo/File Photo
Italy says coronavirus lockdown may need to be extended 18 Mar 2020 - 01:49 pm
A view shows clearer waters by gondolas in Venice's Grand Canal near the Rialto Bridge (Rear L) on March 17, 2020 as a result of the stoppage of motorboat traffic, following the country's lockdown within the new coronavirus crisis. / AFP / ANDREA PATTARO
UK grocers ration goods, bulk up online to deal with virus 18 Mar 2020 - 01:38 pm
People walk past a sign warning customers of product shortages outside a Sainsbury's Local supermarket in central Birmingham, Britain, March 15, 2020 . REUTERS/Andrew Boyers
Panic buying forces British supermarkets to impose limits 18 Mar 2020 - 12:49 pm
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Britons should stop all non-essential travel globally - foreign minister 17 Mar 2020 - 04:29 pm
People wearing protective face masks in Covent Garden, London as the number of coronavirus cases grow around the world. London, Britain, March 17, 2020. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez
German CDU leadership contender Merz has coronavirus - spokesman 17 Mar 2020 - 04:29 pm
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WHO confirms two coronavirus cases among its staff 17 Mar 2020 - 01:48 pm
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Greece to shut shops, quarantine all arrivals from abroad 17 Mar 2020 - 12:32 pm
ATHENS - Greece, MARCH 17: A cleaner sweeps with a protective mask as a preventive measure against coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in front of the central building of University of Athens in Greece on March 17, 2020. ( Andreas Papakonstantinou - Anadolu A
France sees recession, announces 45 bn euros in virus business aid 17 Mar 2020 - 10:33 am
A petrol station in the Pigalle area after all non-essential public places including restaurants and cafes have been shut as a precaution to contain the spread of the COVID-19, caused by the novel coronavirus. AFP / JOEL SAGET
Europe locks down as global virus panic spreads 17 Mar 2020 - 10:01 am
Only a few people are pictured in Piccadilly Circus on Sunday afternoon in central London on March 15, 2020. AFP / Tolga Akmen
At 80, Russian great grandmother fired up by passion for ice hockey 16 Mar 2020 - 02:54 pm
Valentina Fyodorova, 80, the captain of a senior women's hockey team, attends a training session in the village of Bereznik in Arkhangelsk region, Russia March 5, 2020. Reuters/Evgenia Novozhenina
Hungary to shut borders, preparing fiscal, monetary response to coronavirus 16 Mar 2020 - 02:29 pm
People take pictures on the Hungary-Slovakia border bridge in Esztergom Hungary, March 14, 2020. Slovakia closed the border for non Slovak pasport holders as a preventive measure against the coronavirus (COVID-19). REUTERS/Krisztina Than
Switzerland ups measures amid 841 new coronavirus cases 16 Mar 2020 - 12:53 pm
A man walks in a ski slope under a closed ski lift on Mars 15, 2020, after the Swiss government announced preventive measures against the spread of the COVID-19, (new coronavirus) in the Swiss resort of Les Crosets, next to the French border. / AFP / Fab
French telecoms pledge bandwidth 'discipline' in possible hit to Netflix 16 Mar 2020 - 12:39 pm
TOPSHOT - A picture taken on March 14, 2020 near the eiffel tower in Paris shows a board informing of the monument's closure as a precaution against the coronavirus. / AFP / Thomas SAMSON
Italy's Conte warns of 'riskiest weeks', urges EU unity 16 Mar 2020 - 12:01 pm
Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte speaks during a news conference due to coronavirus spread, in Rome, Italy March 11, 2020. REUTERS/Remo Casilli
Italy hit by 368 new coronavirus deaths, hospitals in crisis 16 Mar 2020 - 10:18 am
People walk at Rabin square as the municipality building is lit in the colours of the Italian flag in solidarity with the coronavirus situation, in Tel Aviv, Israel March 15, 2020 REUTERS/ Corinna Kern

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People watch a live broadcast of the return of the Artemis II crew members to Earth at the San Diego Air and Space Museum on April 10, 2026. (Photo by Apu Gomes / AFP) 'Howl at the Moon': NASA's bid to boost space enthusiasm
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This handout photo released by NASA shows NASA's Orion spacecraft as it lands in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California, on April 10, 2026. (Photo by Bill INGALLS / NASA / AFP) 'A perfect mission': Artemis II astronauts return to Earth

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