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Moscow restricts transport for students and elderly as COVID-19 cases jump 06 Oct 2020 - 02:29 pm
An interior view shows the Krylatskoye indoor ice skating arena following the decision of local authorities to turn it into a temporary hospital amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Moscow, Russia October 5, 2020. Sergei Vedyashkin/Moscow N
PM Johnson vows to reshape Britain out of coronavirus crisis 06 Oct 2020 - 02:09 pm
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves Downing Street to deliver his Conservative Party Conference virtual keynote speech, in London, Britain, October 6, 2020. REUTERS/Toby Melville
Black hole discoveries win 2020 Nobel Prize for Physics 06 Oct 2020 - 01:12 pm
Nobel Committee members Patrik Ernfors (L) and Gunilla Karlsson Hedestam sit in front of a screen displaying the winners of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (L-R) American Harvey Alter, Briton Michael Houghton and American Charles Rice durin
Britain rations remdesivir as COVID-19 hospitalisations rise 06 Oct 2020 - 12:42 pm
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Navalny makes first video appearance since coma, says health much improved 06 Oct 2020 - 11:31 am
Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny speaks during an interview with prominent Russian YouTube blogger Yury Dud, in Berlin, Germany, in this still image taken from a handout video released October 6, 2020. YouTube - vDud/Handout/Reuters TV
UK’s Rishi Sunak hits back at suggestion eat out scheme spread virus 06 Oct 2020 - 11:01 am
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak visit the headquarters of Octopus Energy, in London, Britain October 5, 2020. Leon Neal/Pool via Reuters
Ireland resists lockdown call, tighten COVID-19 curbs instead 05 Oct 2020 - 11:52 pm
A shopkeeper wearing a protective face mask closes one of her shop doors as the National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET) announced recommendations that the government implement the highest level of COVID-19 restrictions to Level 5, amid the coronavir
More bodies found as French villages dig out from flooding 05 Oct 2020 - 07:36 pm
A picture taken on October 5, 2020 shows an aerial view of Breil-sur-Roya, a French village close to the Italian border, where houses were buried in mud and turned-over cars were stuck in the riverbed following heavy rains and floods. / AFP / Valery HACHE
UK PM Johnson plays down technical failure of COVID-19 testing data system 05 Oct 2020 - 07:24 pm
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson attends a remote press conference to update the nation on the COVID-19 pandemic, inside 10 Downing Street in central London on September 30, 2020, the 100th coronavirus briefing since the pandemic hit the UK. / AFP /
Ireland faces resistance to "nuclear" Covid-19 lockdown recommendation 05 Oct 2020 - 04:58 pm
Workers make repairs to the roof of a residential terraced house, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Dublin, Ireland October 1, 2020. (REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne)
Paris cafes to shut as Europe confronts second virus wave 05 Oct 2020 - 04:34 pm
A woman wearing a protective face mask walks past the cafe and restaurant Les Deux Magots in Paris, during the announcement of new Covid restrictions by Paris authorities as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak continues in France, October 5, 2020.
Huge questions for UK govt after spike in virus cases 05 Oct 2020 - 04:25 pm
Passers-by shelter under umbrellas outside a Picturehouse cinema in west London on October 4, 2020. Cineworld, which own the Picturehouse chain of cinemas, is set to close its 128 UK sites in the coming weeks. / AFP / JUSTIN TALLIS
Sea creatures die in far eastern Russia 'ecological disaster' 05 Oct 2020 - 03:24 pm
A satellite image taken on September 27, 2020 shows the coastline of the Kamchatka peninsula. A Russian official said on October 5 that the sea off the remote Kamchatka peninsula may have been contaminated with toxic chemicals as Greenpeace warned of an
Moscow schools start unplanned holidays as COVID-19 cases rise 05 Oct 2020 - 02:39 pm
A woman wearing a face mask to protect against the coronavirus disease stands at a bus stop in central Moscow on October 5, 2020. / AFP / Yuri KADOBNOV
Britain’s Octopus Energy to create 1,000 jobs, new tech hub 05 Oct 2020 - 01:21 pm
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson visits the headquarters of Octopus Energy on October 5, 2020 in London. The visit coincides with the company's plan to create 1,000 new technology jobs across sites in England. / AFP / POOL / Leon Neal
Scientists to Spanish politicians: 'You rule but don't know' 05 Oct 2020 - 01:19 pm
Commuters wearing protective face masks wait on a platform at Atocha train station during a partial lockdown amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Madrid, Spain October 5, 2020. Reuters/Sergio Perez
'A blessing in disguise': COVID gives boost to Portugal's bicycle makers 05 Oct 2020 - 01:04 pm
Workers are seen in RTE bicycles factory in Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal, September 25, 2020. Picture taken September 25, 2020. REUTERS/Pedro Nunes
3 win Nobel medicine award for hepatitis C virus discovery 05 Oct 2020 - 12:57 pm
Thomas Perlmann, Secretary of the Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet and of the Nobel Committee for Physiology or Medicine, announces Harvey J Alter, Michael Houghton and Charles M? Rice as the winners of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicin

Africa

(Files) Muhoozi Kainerugaba (C), son of Yoweri Museveni and Uganda's Chief of Defence Forces, inspects a military parade on May 12, 2026. (Photo by Badru Katumba / AFP) Uganda army chief shuts down leading independent media group
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

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A rescue dog from the Argentine search and rescue team searches for bodies in the rubble of a collapsed building in Caraballeda, La Guaira state, Venezuela, on June 28, 2026, following twin earthquakes. (Photo by Miguel Medina / Pool / AFP) Venezuela search teams scramble as hope fades of finding quake survivors
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