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Police say several injured amid Vienna gunfire, media report a synagogue attacked 02 Nov 2020 - 11:30 pm
Police blocks a street near Schwedenplatz square after a shooting in Vienna, Austria November 2, 2020. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger
Manchester ambulance service declares 'major incident' over volume of calls 02 Nov 2020 - 10:56 pm
FILE PHOTO: Paramedics and ambulances are seen outside the Excel Centre, London while it is being prepared to become the NHS Nightingale Hospital, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, London, Britain, April 1, 2020. REUTERS/Henry
T-cell study adds to debate over duration of COVID-19 immunity 02 Nov 2020 - 09:55 pm
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US judge doubtful about Texas Republican bid to scrap 127,000 votes 02 Nov 2020 - 09:28 pm
FILE PHOTO: A line of cars drive in for an event encouraging community members to vote in the upcoming presidential election at an early voting site in Houston, Texas, U.S., October 25, 2020. Picture taken October 25, 2020. REUTERS/Callaghan O'Hare/File P
South African firm and Johnson & Johnson strike vaccine deal 02 Nov 2020 - 08:23 pm
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Italy to tighten COVID curbs, but holds back from lockdown 02 Nov 2020 - 08:12 pm
People hold a banner and Italian flags as they protest against the government's restrictive measures imposed to combat the rising number of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infections, in Campo De' Fiori, Rome, Italy October 31, 2020. REUTERS/Remo Casil
With one day left, Trump and Biden search for last-minute support in key states 02 Nov 2020 - 08:00 pm
This combination of pictures created on October 30, 2020 shows Democratic Presidential candidate and former US Vice President Joe Biden gestures prior to delivering remarks at a Drive-in event in Coconut Creek, Florida, on October 29, 2020 and US Presiden
UK's Johnson defends lockdown to avoid "medical and moral disaster" 02 Nov 2020 - 07:32 pm
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during a virtual press conference inside 10 Downing Street in central London on October 31, 2020 to announce new lockdown restrictions in an effort to curb rising infections of the novel coronavirus. / AFP / P
US surpasses 95 million early ballots on eve of Election Day 02 Nov 2020 - 07:25 pm
NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 01: Voters cast their ballots at a polling station in Hunter-Bellevue School of Nursing polling station on November 1, 2020 in New York City. David Dee Delgado/AFP
Swiss city of Geneva locks down as COVID surges 02 Nov 2020 - 07:14 pm
A County of GENEVA staff member shows the geographical spread of clusters during an update briefing in the contact tracing unit, as Switzerland enters a second wave of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in GENEVA, Switzerland, October 29, 2020. REUT
Italy to tighten COVID curbs, but holds back from lockdown 02 Nov 2020 - 03:59 pm
Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte addresses members of the lower house of parliament during a session on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) situation, in Rome, Italy November 2, 2020. REUTERS/Remo Casilli
Gunmen kill at least 10 students in attack on Accept University 02 Nov 2020 - 03:57 pm
Policemen stand guard at an entrance gate of the Kabul University in Kabul on November 2, 2020. AFP / WAKIL KOHSAR
6 key questions going into the 2020 presidential election 02 Nov 2020 - 03:46 pm
Ballots are counted by Maricopa County Elections Department staff ahead of Tuesdays election on October 31, 2020 in Phoenix, Arizona. Early voting lasted from October 7th through the 30th in Arizona, which had a record number of early voters. Courtney Ped
Whale tail sculpture saves Dutch metro train 02 Nov 2020 - 03:31 pm
An aerial photo taken in Spijkenisse, on November 2, 2020 shows a metro train that shot through a stop block at De Akkers metro station, without making any casualty. Netherlands OUT / AFP / ANP / Jeffrey Groeneweg
CureVac's COVID-19 vaccine triggers immune response in Phase I trial 02 Nov 2020 - 03:04 pm
An employee of German biopharmaceutical company CureVac, demonstrates research workflow on a vaccine for the coronavirus (COVID-19) disease at a laboratory in Tuebingen, Germany, March 12, 2020. REUTERS/Andreas Gebert/File Photo
Can Trump call in troops to quell Election Day unrest? 02 Nov 2020 - 02:46 pm
A person walks by a boarded-up Saks Fifth Avenue on November 1, 2020, in New York City. Businesses have taken to boarding up storefronts in anticipation of unrest related to the presidential election. David Dee Delgado/Getty Images/AFP
Iran reports record high COVID death toll as travel bans go into force 02 Nov 2020 - 02:34 pm
Mask-clad Iranians walk along an overpass on their way to shop in Tajrish square in the capital Tehran on November 1, 2020, amid the novel coronavirus pandemic crisis. AFP / ATTA KENARE
Trump threatens to fire Fauci in rift with disease expert 02 Nov 2020 - 02:33 pm
Anthony Fauci, MD, Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, testifies during a U.S. Senate Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Hearing to examine COVID-19. Washington, D.C., U.S.,