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Climate change is turning Antarctica green, study finds 20 May 2020 - 12:27 pm
Muli-colored snow algae on Anchorage Island, in Antarctica.
WHO faces virus probe after Trump threat 20 May 2020 - 11:49 am
The headquarters of the World Health Organization (WHO) are pictured during the World Health Assembly (WHA) following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Geneva, Switzerland, May 18, 2020. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
Spain makes masks compulsory in public, even for children 20 May 2020 - 11:13 am
People wearing face masks walk on a crosswalk, as some Spanish provinces are allowed to ease lockdown restrictions during phase one, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Valencia, Spain May 19, 2020. REUTERS/Nacho Doce
Britain's Rolls-Royce to cut 9,000 jobs amid air travel slump 20 May 2020 - 10:03 am
file photo / Reuters
UK virus toll over 40,000, with 10,000 care homes deaths 19 May 2020 - 04:35 pm
Domestic Jane Shackleton mops the floor on the Postnatal Ward at the Lancashire Women and Newborn Centre at Burnley General Hospital in East Lancashire, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Burnley, Britain, May 15, 2020. Pictu
Spain lifts ban on flights from Italy, but tourism still off cards 19 May 2020 - 12:54 pm
:Picture shows the terminal 4 of the Madrid-Barajas Adolfo Suarez airport in Barajas on May 16, 2020.  AFP / GABRIEL BOUYS
Russia coronavirus cases edge towards 300,000 19 May 2020 - 12:34 pm
:Medical workers wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) stand in a hall of Vinogradov City Clinical Hospital, which delivers treatment to coronavirus patients, in Moscow on May 17, 2020. / AFP / Dimitar DILKOFF
UK MPs criticise 'inadequate' govt virus testing 19 May 2020 - 11:46 am
:A sign on the concourse advises passengers to adhere to social distancing at Waterloo Train station in central London on May 18, 2020. AFP / Ben STANSALL
UK unemployment jumps on virus fallout 19 May 2020 - 11:17 am
(FILES) In this file photo taken on October 12, 2011 a Job Centre Plus sign is pictured in central London. British unemployment jumped in the first quarter on the back of coronavirus, despite a lockdown being imposed only near the end of the period, offic
UK adds loss of smell and taste to COVID-19 symptom list 18 May 2020 - 06:07 pm
The website of the Virtual RHA Chelsea Flower Show is seen displayed on a laptop computer, in Brenchley, south east England on May 18, 2020, after the pandemic forced the cancellation of the show, the gardening showpiece event has been taken on-line. AFP
UK expands virus testing; anyone over 5 with symptoms now eligible 18 May 2020 - 06:04 pm
A woman enjoys the sunshine by water fountains in Trafalgar Square in central London on May 18, 2020. AFP / Tolga Akmen
French cinemas get heated over lockdown drive-in 18 May 2020 - 05:54 pm
 Spectators in their vehicle attend a drive-in movie screening of Hippocrates by French director Thomas Lilti, on Place des Quinconces in Bordeaux, on May 16, 2020 as part of the Drive-in Festival featuring 10 movies in 10 days, while the cinemas in Franc
Start 'travel bubbles' for low-risk countries, Heathrow urges UK 18 May 2020 - 05:45 pm
Irish drone operator bins fast food for medical drops 18 May 2020 - 04:16 pm
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70 cases of COVID-19 at French schools days after re-opening 18 May 2020 - 03:25 pm
FILE PHOTO: Schoolchildren line up as they enter the primary school Simone Veil during its reopening in Nice as a small part of French children head back to their schools with new rules and social distancing during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease
UK adds loss of smell and taste to COVID-19 symptom list 18 May 2020 - 02:49 pm
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Spain aims to reopen borders to tourism in late June 18 May 2020 - 01:29 pm
People holding Spanish flags bang pans as a protest against the measures taken by the Spanish government during the national lockdown to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 disease, on May 17, 2020 in Madrid. / AFP / OSCAR DEL POZO
Ireland cautiously begins to lift virus lockdown 18 May 2020 - 11:47 am
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