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French bus driver dies after attack over mask-wearing rules 13 Jul 2020 - 12:06 am
Veronique Monguillot (C), wife of bus driver Philippe Monguillot, declared brain dead after being attacked for refusing to let aboard a group of people who were not wearing face masks, holds a picture of her husband during a white march in Bayonne, southw
Hungary bars travel from South America, Africa, most of Asia over virus 12 Jul 2020 - 08:09 pm
Careworkers of a nursing home enjoy as the MAV Symphony Orchestra plays classical music recordings on loudspeakers of a car going around the city to cheer up people under lockdown, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Budapest, Hungary, A
More than 70 workers test positive for COVID-19 on an English farm 12 Jul 2020 - 07:27 pm
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Poles vote in presidential election that highlights country's deep divisions 12 Jul 2020 - 12:24 pm
A man in traditional clothes arrives with his young to vote on July 12, 2020 in Zab near Zakopane, during the second round of Poland's presidential election. AFP / BARTOSZ SIEDLIK
Animal rights protesters dye fountains red in London's Trafalgar Square 11 Jul 2020 - 08:45 pm
Ducks swim in a fountain whose water was turned red after animal rights and environmental activists poured coloured dye into the clear water, on Trafalgar Square in London, Britain, July 11, 2020. REUTERS/Toby Melville
Greece to require negative Covid test for entry from Bulgaria 11 Jul 2020 - 07:43 pm
A public health worker collects a swab sample from a boy to test for the COVID-19, the novel coronavirus, at the Greek-Bulgarian border crossing in Promachonas on July 10, 2020. / AFP / Sakis MITROLIDIS
Nearly 300 wildfires in Siberia amid record warm weather 11 Jul 2020 - 03:45 pm
An aerial view shows smoke rising from a forest fire burning in Krasnoyarsk region, Russia, in this still image taken from undated handout video obtained by Reuters July 10, 2020. The Aerial Forest Protection Service/Handout via REUTERS
Johnson says England may need stricter face mask rules 10 Jul 2020 - 07:31 pm
Workers wearing face-masks arrive at Waterloo Station during the morning rush hour following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in London, Britain, July 6, 2020. REUTERS/Toby Melville
Russia defends anti-viral drug as COVID-19 death toll passes 11,000 10 Jul 2020 - 07:25 pm
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Rome zoo shows off two lion cubs born under lockdown 10 Jul 2020 - 04:32 pm
Newborn Asian lion cubs play together next to their mother, in their enclosure at the Bioparco zoo, in Rome, on July 10, 2020. / AFP / Tiziana FABI
WHO advance team on way to China to set up probe into virus origin 10 Jul 2020 - 02:19 pm
(FILES) This file photo taken on February 24, 2020 shows the logo of the World Health Organization (WHO) written in French and Chinese at the entrance of their headquarters in Geneva. / AFP / Fabrice COFFRINI
Macron gives blessing to recreate Notre-Dame's gothic spire 10 Jul 2020 - 01:44 am
Greenpeace activists hang, on a crane, a giant banner reading
WHO promises 'honest evaluation' of how world handled COVID-19 09 Jul 2020 - 08:14 pm
World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus attends a news conference organized by Geneva Association of United Nations Correspondents (ACANU) amid the COVID-19 outbreak, caused by the novel coronavirus, at the WHO headquar
Romania coronavirus patients discharge themselves from hospital 09 Jul 2020 - 07:09 pm
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Ten police injured in violent Belgrade protests 09 Jul 2020 - 01:08 pm
Ten police officers were injured during a second night of clashes in Belgrade with protesters angry over the government's handling of the coronavirus pandemic, a minister said Thursday.
France rules out 'total lockdown' in case of coronavirus surge 08 Jul 2020 - 09:46 pm
Workers paste portraits of healthcare workers on the facade of the Opera Bastille, at the initiative of the collective #ProtegeTonSoignant to pay tribute to caregivers in first ligne during the Covid-19 epidemic, next to a screen reading
One dead and four injured in London crane collapse 08 Jul 2020 - 08:54 pm
A collapsed crane is seen near a construction site in Bow, east London, Britain, July 8, 2020. REUTERS/Hannah McKay
Russian region near Mongolia testing rodents for plague 08 Jul 2020 - 07:59 pm
(FILES) In this file photo taken on May 25, 2016 a marmot is pictured at the Animal Park of Sainte-Croix in Rhodes, eastern France./ AFP / Jean Christophe VERHAEGEN