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Lithuania upset over soon-to-open Belarus nuke plant 27 Oct 2020 - 03:45 pm
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UK study finds evidence of waning antibody immunity to COVID-19 over time 27 Oct 2020 - 03:33 pm
A woman wearing a protective mask walks near an informational poster, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Warrington, Britain September 22, 2020. REUTERS/Molly Darlington/File Photo
US warns of threat posed by China, signs military pact with India 27 Oct 2020 - 01:53 pm
India's Defence Minister Rajnath Singh speaks next to U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, U.S. Secretary of Defence Mark Esper and India's Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar during a joint news conference after their meeting at Hyderabad House in N
Spain to raise taxes, increase infrastructure spending in 2021 budget 27 Oct 2020 - 01:15 pm
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and Spanish second Deputy Prime Minister Pablo Iglesias attend a presentation of the 2021 draft budget at Moncloa Palace in Madrid, Spain, October 27, 2020. Moncloa Palace/Borja Puig de la Bellacasa/Handout via REUTERS
German minister expects 20,000 new daily coronavirus cases at end of week 27 Oct 2020 - 12:56 pm
Face masks are on sale at Wilmersdorfer Strasse shopping street, as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak continues, in Berlin, Germany, October 26, 2020. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch
Trump celebrates at White House as Supreme Court nominee confirmed 27 Oct 2020 - 12:18 pm
US President Donald Trump watches as Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas (R) swears in Judge Amy Coney Barrett as a US Supreme Court Associate Justice, flanked by her husband Jesse M. Barrett, during a ceremony on the South Lawn of the White H
Blast at Pakistani religious school kills seven, wounds more than 80 27 Oct 2020 - 11:58 am
Police officers and officials survey the site of a bomb blast at a religious seminary in Peshawar, Pakistan October 27, 2020. Reuters/Fayaz Aziz
Japan's cabinet approves plan for free COVID-19 vaccines 27 Oct 2020 - 11:52 am
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Wind-whipped Southern California wildfires prompt mass evacuations, injure 2 firefighters 27 Oct 2020 - 10:56 am
Residents are silhouetted as they watch the Blue Ridge Fire burning in Yorba Linda, California, U.S. October 26, 2020. REUTERS/Ringo Chiu
Philippines' Duterte wants government-to-government deal for COVID-19 vaccines 27 Oct 2020 - 10:27 am
President of the Philippines Rodrigo Duterte attends an ASEAN leaders summit with United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, in Bangkok, Thailand November 3, 2019. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun/File Photo
At least four killed in blast at Pakistan religious school 27 Oct 2020 - 08:31 am
Rescue workers collect remains at the site of a blast in a religious school in Peshawar on October 27, 2020. AFP / Abdul Majeed
Biden to hold campaign event in Iowa on Friday 27 Oct 2020 - 12:30 am
CHESTER, PA - OCTOBER 26: Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden speaks to reporters while visiting a voter mobilization center on October 26, 2020 in Chester, Pennsylvania. In Pennsylvania, Tuesday, October 27 is the last day to request a mail-in ball
Trump mocks Harris, Pelosi but says women support him 27 Oct 2020 - 12:05 am
Supporters cheer as U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks during a campaign event at the Pickaway Agriculture and Event Center in Circleville, Ohio, U.S., October 24, 2020. REUTERS/Tom Brenner
Southern California blaze routs thousands as winds rage 26 Oct 2020 - 11:30 pm
A fire truck is seen as the Silverado Fire is approaching, near Irvine, California, U.S. October 26, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Blake
Trump pushes across Pennsylvania as he courts voters in pivotal state 26 Oct 2020 - 10:28 pm
U.S. President Donald Trump holds a campaign event, in Lititz, Pennsylvania, U.S., October 26, 2020. REUTERS/Leah Millis
Pelosi says White House rejecting Democrats' COVID-19 testing plan 26 Oct 2020 - 10:13 pm
WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 22: Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) speaks during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol on October 22, 2020 in Washington, DC. Speaker Pelosi spoke about the latest coronavirus stimulus bill that did not pass in the Senat
Spain's COVID-19 state of emergency faces backlash 26 Oct 2020 - 09:39 pm
People walk along an empty street during the first day of the night-time curfew set as part of a state of emergency in an effort to control the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in downtown Ronda, southern Spain late October 25, 2020. REUTER
'We cannot give up,' WHO chief says of pandemic fight 26 Oct 2020 - 09:08 pm
FILE PHOTO: World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus attends a news conference organized by Geneva Association of United Nations Correspondents (ACANU) amid the COVID-19 outbreak, caused by the novel coronavirus, at the