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Students shut themselves in as Norway bow-and-arrow attacker struck 15 Oct 2021 - 01:15 pm
People lay down flowers and light candles to honour the dead, after a man killed five people in the city on Wednesday night, at Stortorvet in Kongsberg, Norway October 15, 2021. Terje Bendiksby/NTB/via REUTERS
Italy's mandatory COVID health pass for work sees untroubled launch 15 Oct 2021 - 11:42 am
A person has his Green Pass checked as the health pass becomes mandatory in the workplaces across Italy, at La Rinascente mall, in Rome, Italy, October 15, 2021. REUTERS/ Yara Nardi
Greece closes public services, restricts traffic as storm set to worsen 14 Oct 2021 - 11:01 pm
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Russia asks pension-age doctors to return as COVID-19 cases soar 14 Oct 2021 - 08:22 pm
A medical specialist wearing protective gear transports a person on a stretcher at a hospital for patients infected with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on the outskirts of Moscow, Russia July 2, 2021. REUTERS/Tatyana Makeyeva
Latvia cancels planned surgeries to clear beds for COVID-19 patients 14 Oct 2021 - 08:13 pm
A health care worker wears protective suit as she waits for patients to be tested for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) next to a mobile laboratory in Riga, Latvia March 16, 2020. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins
France's Macron scores penalty in charity soccer match 14 Oct 2021 - 08:00 pm
French President Emmanuel Macron celebrates a penalty goal as he participates in the Varietes Club gala football match marking the club's 50th anniversary, in Leo Lagrange stadium in Poissy, outside Paris, France October 14, 2021. Ian Langsdon/Pool via RE
Vienna Airport builds Austria's largest solar plant 14 Oct 2021 - 02:15 pm
Rows of solar panels at the Toms River Solar Farm which was built on an EPA Superfund site in Toms River, New Jersey, U.S., 26 May, 2021. Picture taken May 26, 2021. REUTERS/Dane Rhys
UK's Prince William says great minds should focus on saving Earth not space travel 14 Oct 2021 - 12:59 pm
Britain's Prince William, Duke of Cambridge visits to officially open The Balfour, Orkney Hospital in Kirkwall, Scotland, Britain May 25, 2021. Chris Jackson/Pool via REUTERS
Volcano lava forces more evacuations in Spain's La Palma 14 Oct 2021 - 12:16 pm
Lava flows down behind houses in Los Llanos as the Cumbre Vieja volcano continues to erupt on the Canary Island of La Palma, as seen from Tajuya, Spain, October 13, 2021. REUTERS/Sergio Perez
English school return spurred Covid in children, but cases fell in adults: Study 14 Oct 2021 - 12:12 pm
Students attend a lesson at Weaverham High School, as the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) lockdown begins to ease, in Cheshire, Britain, March 9, 2021. Reuters/Jason Cairnduff/File Photo
Hungary will receive technology to produce Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine -foreign minister 14 Oct 2021 - 12:03 pm
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Danish man suspected of killing five in bow-and-arrow attack in Norway 14 Oct 2021 - 10:07 am
An arrow left in a wall is seen after several people were killed and others were injured by a man using a bow and arrows to carry out attacks, in Kongsberg, Norway, October 13, 2021. Terje Bendiksby/NTB/via REUTERS
WHO says approval process for Russia's Sputnik V vaccine 'still on hold' 13 Oct 2021 - 09:40 pm
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Moldova to enact state of emergency due to natural gas shortage 13 Oct 2021 - 08:27 pm
FILE PHOTO: Flames from a gas burner are reflected on a cooker in a private home in Bad Honnef near Bonn, Germany, October 11, 2021. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay/File Photo
WHO says it may be 'last chance' to find COVID origins 13 Oct 2021 - 07:16 pm
FILE PHOTO: Security personnel keep watch outside Wuhan Institute of Virology during the visit by the World Health Organization (WHO) team tasked with investigating the origins of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Wuhan, Hubei province, China Februar
'Virtually painless' needle-free injections developed in Netherlands 13 Oct 2021 - 03:29 pm
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Putin says Russia ready to discuss additional action on gas market 13 Oct 2021 - 02:36 pm
Russia's President Vladimir Putin addresses newly-elected members of the lower house of parliament, the State Duma, in Moscow, Russia October 12, 2021. Sputnik/Sergei Bobylyov
Volkswagen CEO warns shift to electric vehicles could cost 30,000 jobs: Sources 13 Oct 2021 - 02:22 pm
A worker wears a protective mask at the Volkswagen assembly line after VW re-starts Europe's largest car factory after coronavirus shutdown in Wolfsburg, Germany, April 27, 2020, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues. Swen Pfoertne