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Winter weather hits parts of Europe, from Poland to Turkey 18 Jan 2021 - 03:27 pm
Children run on the beach during a snowfall in Sopot, Poland January 15, 2021. REUTERS/Radu Sigheti
Norway to ease some COVID-19 restrictions, keep others 18 Jan 2021 - 03:05 pm
FILE PHOTO: A man wearing a protective mask carries shopping bags as he walks on the streets of Oslo following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Oslo, Norway March 13, 2020. NTB Scanpix/Hakon Mosvold Larsen via REUTERS .
Germany plans more tests, sequencing to deal with new coronavirus strains 18 Jan 2021 - 02:01 pm
Vaccine center workers stand near cabins being used to inoculate people against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on the opening day of a vaccination center at the Messe Berlin trade fair grounds in Berlin, Germany January 18, 2021. Sean Gallup/Pool via
UK is vaccinating 140 people per minute on average, minister says 18 Jan 2021 - 11:21 am
Minister for COVID Vaccine Deployment Nadhim Zahawi speaks at the House of Commons in London, Britain January 11, 2021. UK Parliament/Jessica Taylor/Handout via REUTERS
Portugal's health system on brink of collapse as COVID-19 cases surge 17 Jan 2021 - 10:26 pm
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Thousands protest in Amsterdam against Dutch coronavirus lockdown 17 Jan 2021 - 09:29 pm
FILE PHOTO: An empty street is seen during lockdown as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in Amsterdam, Netherlands December 15 2020, REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw/File Photo/File Photo
Russian police detain Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny on arrival at airport 17 Jan 2021 - 09:20 pm
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny and his wife Yulia Navalnaya walk out of a plane after arriving at Sheremetyevo airport in Moscow, Russia January 17, 2021. REUTERS/Polina Ivanova
Navalny plans to return to Russia after recovery in Germany 17 Jan 2021 - 03:28 pm
Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny is seen in a still image from video in Germany, in this undated image obtained from social media January 13, 2021.
Britons lament 'UK variant' label as coronavirus strain spreads around the world 17 Jan 2021 - 03:20 pm
Firefighters from the Marins-Pompiers of Marseille (Marseille Naval Fire Battalion) take samples in Marseille sewage water to detect the concentration of coronavirus traces and the presence of the new UK variant of the virus in Marseille, France, January
Bayer aims to help CureVac with COVID-19 vaccine output, says CEO 17 Jan 2021 - 03:06 pm
Werner Baumann, CEO of Bayer AG, addresses the German drugmaker's annual results news conference in Leverkusen, Germany, February 27, 2020. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay/File Photo
Russian freight ship sinks off Turkey's Black Sea coast - governor 17 Jan 2021 - 01:48 pm
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Austria extends third COVID-19 lockdown to Feb 8 17 Jan 2021 - 01:28 pm
Austria's Chancellor Sebastian Kurz arrives for a news conference, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Vienna, Austria January 17, 2021. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner
German minister says Covid curbs should be eased for vaccinated people 17 Jan 2021 - 01:09 pm
German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas listens to his counterpart Djordje Radulovic of Montenegro during their meeting in Berlin, Germany, January 15, 2021. Kay Nietfeld/Pool via Reuters
UK hopes to be able to consider lockdown easing in March - minister 17 Jan 2021 - 12:41 pm
Britain's Foreign Affairs Secretary Dominic Raab arrives at BBC Broadcasting House in London, Britain December 13, 2020. Reuters/Simon Dawson/File Photo
Swiss to get Moderna vaccine in tranches until mid-year - Blick 17 Jan 2021 - 11:21 am
A vial of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine is seen at a local clinic as the spread of the coronavirus disease continues in Aschaffenburg, Germany, January 15, 2021. Reuters/Kai Pfaffenbach/File Photo
Italy suspends flights from Brazil in response to new coronavirus variant 16 Jan 2021 - 08:29 pm
A restaurant frustrated with being shut by the government due to coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions defies the rules and opens to the public as part of a nationwide protest against the ongoing curbs, in Venice, Italy, January 15, 2021. REUTERS/Ma
Denmark logs 256 cases of more contagious coronavirus variant 16 Jan 2021 - 08:09 pm
A person uses laboratory equipment as researchers at Aalborg University screen and analyse all the positive Danish coronavirus disease (COVID-19) samples for the new English virus variant
Berlin hands transcripts to Moscow for probe into Navalny poisoning 16 Jan 2021 - 06:34 pm
FILE PHOTO: Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny takes part in a rally to mark the 5th anniversary of opposition politician Boris Nemtsov's murder and to protest against proposed amendments to the country's constitution, in Moscow, Russia February

Africa

Image used for representation only. S.African sentenced in 'world's largest' rhino trafficking case
File photo Kenya launches 11.4-bln-USD agricultural plan to create 2.4 mln jobs
(Files) Professor Jean-Jacques Muyembe, director general of the National Institute for Biomedical Research (INRB), is seen at his office in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, on May 20, 2026. (Photo by Hardy Bope / AFP) 'We have always won': Ebola pioneer still on front line at 84
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Americas

Peninsula US Federal Reserve holds rates steady, raises inflation expectations
U.S. President Donald Trump takes questions from the media at a press conference during the G7 Leaders' Summit on June 17, 2026 in Evian-les-Bains, France. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP) Trump says U.S., Iran to sign memorandum on Thursday or Friday
Spectators watch during the FBI disrupted potential attack on White House UFC event: director
(Files) A US Air Force B-52 Stratofortress bomber takes off from RAF Fairford in south-west England on March 15, 2026. (Photo by Henry Nicholls / AFP) Eight dead in fiery US bomber crash in California: military

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