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Portuguese hospitals under pressure as COVID-19 cases reach record 16 Jan 2021 - 05:11 pm
FILE PHOTO: A general view of the cabinets' hallway where medical workers receive the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine at Santa Maria hospital in Lisbon, Portugal, December 28, 2020. REUTERS/Pedro Nunes
Centrist Laschet voted leader of Germany's Christian Democrats 16 Jan 2021 - 01:36 pm
North Rhine-Westphalia's State Premier and candidate for the leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Armin Laschet shows a luck coin offered to him by his father in Berlin, Germany January 16, 2021. Odd Andersen/Pool via Reuters
End of Merkel era begins as German CDU picks new party leader 16 Jan 2021 - 09:08 am
File photo: The three candidates for the chairmanship of Germany's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party, from left to right, Friedrich Merz, Armin Laschet and Norbert Roettgen, pose at the end of a debate at party headquarters in Berlin, Germany, Januar
WHO stops short of advising proof of COVID shots for travel 15 Jan 2021 - 08:04 pm
FILE PHOTO: A logo is pictured outside a building of the World Health Organization (WHO) during an executive board meeting on update on the coronavirus outbreak, in Geneva, Switzerland, February 6, 2020. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo/File Photo
Schools open, businesses closed as Portugal enters new lockdown 15 Jan 2021 - 06:31 pm
People walk by Rossio square on the first day of the second national lockdown due to coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Lisbon, Portugal, January 15, 2021. REUTERS/Pedro Nunes
Italy extends COVID curbs amid third wave risks 15 Jan 2021 - 05:59 pm
A man stands next to his dog with a closed pizzeria in the background, as the region enters the 'yellow zone' after the government relaxed some of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) curbs on weekdays following a strict lockdown over the holidays, at Piazz
Travel ban over Brazilian variant precautionary, UK transport minister says 15 Jan 2021 - 05:33 pm
Passengers from international flights arrive at Heathrow Airport, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), London, Britain, July 29, 2020. REUTERS/ Toby Melville
Pfizer temporarily reduces COVID vaccine deliveries to Europe 15 Jan 2021 - 03:39 pm
Vials with a sticker reading,
Russia to reopen schools as COVID-19 case tally passes 3.5 million 15 Jan 2021 - 02:58 pm
Specialists are seen at Chumakov Federal Scientific Center for Research and Development of Immune-and-Biological Products, which conducts development of Russia's third vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Moscow, Russia January 13, 2021.
Germany tops 2 million coronavirus cases 15 Jan 2021 - 12:23 pm
A zoomed image shows the skyline with its financial district as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues during an extended lockdown in Frankfurt, Germany, January 14, 2021. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach
After years in a drawer, Tintin painting sells for 3.2 million euros 14 Jan 2021 - 11:19 pm
Painting for the original cover of
UK bans arrivals from South America, Portugal on variant 14 Jan 2021 - 08:52 pm
FILE PHOTO: A traveller wearing a face mask walks at the Terminal 5 at Heathrow Airport, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in London, Britain, July 26, 2020. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls
Italy's former PM Berlusconi in hospital with heart problems: Doctor 14 Jan 2021 - 05:34 pm
Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi gestures as he is discharged from Milan's San Raffaele hospital, where he was being treated after testing positive for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and diagnosed with mild pneumonia, in Milan, Italy, S
Snowstorm 'catastrophe' caused $1.7 bln of damage, says Madrid mayor 14 Jan 2021 - 04:37 pm
A man uses a shovel to clean an icy street next to a fallen tree after heavy snowfall in Madrid, Spain, January 14, 2021. REUTERS/Sergio Perez
German public health official sees pandemic under control by year's end 14 Jan 2021 - 02:19 pm
Police guards a vaccination centre temporarily set up at the Erika-Hess ice stadium, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Berlin, Germany, January 14, 2021. Kay Nietfeld/Pool via Reuters
UK looking at ways to protect itself against Brazilian COVID-19 variant, says PM Johnson 13 Jan 2021 - 11:50 pm
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves Downing Street in London, Britain January 13, 2021. REUTERS/Hannah McKay
Second year of pandemic 'could even be tougher' - WHO's Ryan 13 Jan 2021 - 09:51 pm
Passersby wearing protective face masks walks at Shibuya crossing after the government declared the second state of emergency for the capital and some prefectures, amid coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Tokyo, Japan January 9, 2021. REUTERS/Isse
J&J likely to seek EU approval for COVID-19 vaccine in February - lawmaker 13 Jan 2021 - 08:06 pm
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