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Some Russian hospitals face shortages of COVID-19 drugs 20 Nov 2020 - 11:11 am
A general view shows a pavilion of the Exhibition of Achievements of National Economy (VDNH), which was converted into a temporary hospital for people suffering from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Moscow, Russia November 17, 2020. Picture taken No
EU says could approve two coronavirus vaccines this year 20 Nov 2020 - 12:55 am
An illustration picture shows vials with Covid-19 Vaccine stickers attached, and syringes, with a flag of the European Union, on November 17, 2020. / AFP / JUSTIN TALLIS
Researchers say study on COVID-19 in Italy doesn't dispute virus origins 19 Nov 2020 - 09:17 pm
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Italy's PM Conte warns of lowkey Christmas as COVID cases pick up 19 Nov 2020 - 08:35 pm
FILE PHOTO: A shop assistant works in a Christmas shop, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Rome, Italy November 10, 2020. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane/File Photo
Belarus adds opposition Telegram channel founders to terror list 19 Nov 2020 - 05:36 pm
Exiled Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya is pictured during a meeting with the Swedish Foreign Minister in Stockholm, Sweden on November 17, 2020. Sweden OUT / AFP / TT NEWS AGENCY / Claudio BRESCIANI
Sweden finds coronavirus in mink industry workers 19 Nov 2020 - 05:11 pm
FILE PHOTO: Mink are seen at the farm of Henrik Nordgaard Hansen and Ann-Mona Kulsoe Larsen near Naestved, Denmark, November 6, 2020. Ritzau Scanpix/Mads Claus Rasmussen
Belarus nuclear plant resumes producing electricity 19 Nov 2020 - 04:06 pm
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Russia resumes COVID-19 vaccine trial after pause: Medical staff 19 Nov 2020 - 03:31 pm
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German virus case growth stable but numbers 'still too high' 19 Nov 2020 - 02:13 pm
Police use a water cannon to disperse protesters demonstrating against measures imposed by the German government to limit the spread of the novel coronavirus, on November 18, 2020 close to the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin. AFP / Odd ANDERSEN
Denmark says mutated coronavirus from mink farms most likely extinct 19 Nov 2020 - 02:06 pm
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Oxford Covid-19 trial will look at interim Phase III data after 53 infections: Investigator 19 Nov 2020 - 02:01 pm
File photo: Vials with a sticker reading,
Top court gives France three months to show climate action 19 Nov 2020 - 01:40 pm
(FILES) In this file photograph taken on September 21, 2019, Europe Ecologie Les Verts (EELV) Green Party deputy and Mayor of Grande-Synthe Damien Careme (C) and Europe Ecologie Les Verts (EELV) European MP Karima (in green with the giant ice cream) march
AstraZeneca COVID-19 shot candidate shows promise among elderly in trials 19 Nov 2020 - 10:11 am
A test tube labelled with the word Vaccine is seen in front of AstraZeneca logo in this illustration taken, September 9, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
BioNTech says vaccine approval possible in mid-Dec under ideal conditions 18 Nov 2020 - 10:03 pm
The headquarters of German company BioNTech is pictured in Mainz, western Germany, on November 12, 2020. The small German biotech firm BioNTech, started by a husband and wife team with Turkish roots, has never brought a vaccine to market before. But its e
Air France-KLM prepares COVID-19 vaccine airlift 18 Nov 2020 - 08:41 pm
Air France employees load a Boeing 777 cargo plane with Active Temperature Control containers carrying rabies vaccines at Charles de Gaulle airport in Roissy, near Paris as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak continues in France November 18, 2020.
No casualties after smoke rises from Moscow coronavirus hospital, say city officials 18 Nov 2020 - 07:52 pm
Medical specialists get into an ambulance outside a pavilion of the Exhibition of Achievements of National Economy (VDNH), which was converted into a temporary hospital for people suffering from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Moscow, Russia Novemb
Spain to move 200 migrants out of overwhelmed Canaries port 18 Nov 2020 - 05:10 pm
Sarah Bettache requests a Spanish National Police officer to help her find her brother Ahmed, a 19-year-old migrant from Morocco, in the port of Arguineguin, Gran Canaria, Spain November 16, 2020. REUTERS/Eduardo Robaina/La Marea
Greece to build new camps, cut migrant reception stays on islands 18 Nov 2020 - 04:07 pm
FILE PHOTO: Children stand next to the sea at the Kara Tepe camp for refugees and migrants on the island of Lesbos, Greece, October 14, 2020. REUTERS/Elias Marcou

Africa

A South African fan cheers for her team during the 2026 World Cup Group A football match in Guadalupe, Mexico, on June 24, 2026. (Photo by Julio Cesar Aguilar / AFP) South Africans celebrate in the streets after World Cup advance
Healthcare workers carry on a stretcher a patient suffering from the Ebola virus disease from an ambulance at the Ebola Treatment Center (ETC) in Bunia, Ituri, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo on June 23, 2026. (Photo by Benediction MURHABAZI / AFP) Global Ebola risk 'remains low', WHO chief says
Members of specialized response teams enter the morgue of the Evangelical Medical Center of Nyankunde (CME) with the body of a person who died from Ebola virus disease to allow relatives to pay their last respects after washing, disinfection and safe body-wrapping procedures in Bunia, Ituri Province, Democratic Republic of Congo, on June 13, 2026. (Photo by Jospin Mwisha / AFP) DR Congo Ebola outbreak tops 1,000 cases, kills 254
Grooms and brides dance during their wedding ceremony at the Bishop Akinyele Memorial Anglican Church in Ibadan, on June 20, 2026. (Photo by OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT / AFP) Nigerian twins Taiwo and Kehinde marry Taiwo and Kehinde

Americas

A man looks out from a damaged apartment building following an earthquake in Catia La Mar, La Guaira state, some 30km north-west of Caracas, on June 25, 2026. Photo by FEDERICO PARRA / AFP Venezuela twin quakes kill at least 164 with many trapped under rubble
People stand in the rubble near a damaged building following an earthquake in Catia La Mar, La Guaira State, some 30kms north-west of Caracas, early on June 25, 2026. (Photo by Federico Parra/ AFP) World offers solidarity and aid as Venezuela reels from quakes
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a rally to kick off the Great American State Fair on the National Mall in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/AFP Trump clashes with Republicans in testy Capitol visit
Rescue workers search through the rubble of a collapsed building in the Altamira neighbourhood following an earthquake in Caracas on June 24, 2026. (Photo by Federico ParraARRA / AFP) Mothers search, men weep amid debris of Venezuela quakes

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