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UK health minister tests positive for coronavirus 11 Mar 2020 - 10:07 am
FILE PHOTO: Britain's Conservative MP Nadine Dorries attends the launch of former British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson's campaign for the Conservative Party leadership, in London, Britain, June 12, 2019. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls/File Photo
Russian meddling casts 'dark shadow' over MH17 trial: prosecutors 10 Mar 2020 - 09:41 pm
Prosecutors Thijs Berger, Ward Ferdinandusse and Dedy Woei-a-Tsoi attend the criminal trial against four suspects in the July 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, in Badhoevedorp, Netherlands, March 10, 2020. Reuters/Piroschka Van De Wouw
Colombian police used excessive force during protests: HRW report 10 Mar 2020 - 08:32 pm
A riot policeman kicks a tear gas canister during a protest against the government of Colombia's President Ivan Duque, in Bogota, on November 23, 2019. AFP / Juan Barreto
EU backs Italy's 'bold measures' to fight virus 10 Mar 2020 - 06:42 pm
European Council President Charles Michel attends a conference call with European leaders on Coronavirus, COVID-19, at the European Council, Brussels, Belgium March 10, 2020. Stephanie Leqocq via Reuters
Coronavirus can be mild, say patients, but fear of passing it on weighs heavy 10 Mar 2020 - 05:42 pm
A medical staff member treats a patient infected by the COVID-19 coronavirus at Red Cross Hospital in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province on March 10, 2020.  AFP / STR
Cyprus' largest hospital suspends admissions after heart surgeon diagnosed with coronavirus 10 Mar 2020 - 03:45 pm
A Cypriot medic checks the temperature of a man crossing the Ledra Palace checkpoint in Nicosia on March 4, 2020. AFP / Iakovos Hatzistavrou
Epidemic response group ups coronavirus vaccine funding to $23.7 mln 10 Mar 2020 - 03:19 pm
FILE PHOTO: A worker with sanitizing equipment disinfects an office following an outbreak of the coronavirus in the country, in Shanghai, China February 12, 2020. cnsphoto via REUTERS/File Photo
Dutch prosecutors accuse Russia of trying to 'thwart' MH17 investigation 10 Mar 2020 - 02:34 pm
District Court of The Hague Dutch press judge Yolande Wijnnobel (L) speaks past Dutch press judge Paul Rouwen about the first session of the international MH17 trial in Badhoevedorp, The Netherlands, on March 9, 2020. Netherlands Out / AFP / ANP / Remko D
Italy wakes up to deserted streets in unprecedented coronavirus lockdown 10 Mar 2020 - 12:10 pm
General view of the Rome's Spanish Steps, virtually deserted after a decree orders for the whole of Italy to be on lockdown in an unprecedented clampdown aimed at beating the coronavirus, in Rome, Italy, March 10, 2020. REUTERS/Remo Casilli
Serie A, all sport in Italy halted because of coronavirus crisis 10 Mar 2020 - 08:51 am
Photographers take pictures of the empty Juventus stadium before the Italian Serie A football match Juventus vs Inter Milan which will be played behind closed doors, in Turin on March 8, 2020. AFP / Vincenzo Pinto
Italians unravel new world of strict virus-control measures 09 Mar 2020 - 11:08 pm
Inter Milan and Juventus players compete in an empty stadium due to the novel coronavirus outbreak during the Italian Serie A football match Juventus vs Inter Milan, at the Juventus stadium in Turin on March 8, 2020. AFP / Vincenzo Pinto
Germany reports first two deaths from coronavirus 09 Mar 2020 - 09:14 pm
A Czech police officer, with a protective mask, checks the temperature of a driver during sanitary checks on drivers at the border crossing between Germany and Czech Republic, near the German village of Furth and the Czech village Nova Kubice in a measure
Ireland cancels St Patrick's Day parades over coronavirus 09 Mar 2020 - 09:14 pm
Participants on sheep are seen during the St Patrick’s Day parade in Dublin, Ireland, March 17, 2017. Reuters / Clodagh Kilcoyne
Royal farewell: UK's Harry and Meghan bow out from official roles 09 Mar 2020 - 06:34 pm
Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, and Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge attend the annual Commonwealth Service at Westminster Abbey in London, Britain, March 9, 2020. Phil Harris /Pool via Reuters
Germany says coronavirus cases top 1,000 09 Mar 2020 - 12:52 pm
German Health Minister Jens Spahn and Berlin's Health Senator Dilek Kalayci prepare for a meeting with the federal Health Minsters in Berlin on March 4, 2020, to discuss measures in connection with the novel coronavirus. / AFP / Tobias SCHWARZ
US Army restricts travel to Italy, South Korea over coronavirus 08 Mar 2020 - 04:15 pm
Tourists wearing protective masks visit Piazza di Spagna in Rome on March 8, 2020. AFP / Tiziana FABI
Italy orders lockdown of swathes of north to try to stop coronavirus 08 Mar 2020 - 09:21 am
Piazza Bra, virtually deserted as Italy battles a coronavirus outbreak, in Verona, Italy, March 7, 2020. REUTERS/Alberto Lingria
London Heathrow baggage handlers test positive for coronavirus 07 Mar 2020 - 07:13 pm
A man wears a surgical mask as he sits in Terminal 5 at Heathrow Airport in London, Britain March 6, 2020. REUTERS/Hannah McKay