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Turkey extends research vessel mission for gas hunt 25 Oct 2020 - 01:38 pm
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Italy tightens virus restrictions after record new cases 25 Oct 2020 - 01:18 pm
A woman wearing a protective face mask rides a bicycle past a restaurant as the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Rome, Italy, October 25, 2020. REUTERS/Yara Nardi
U.S. disease expert Fauci says vaccine verdict due by early December 25 Oct 2020 - 12:51 pm
FILE PHOTO: Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, speaks during a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S. June 30, 2020. Al Drago/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Japan's unorthodox household goods champion rides a pandemic boom 25 Oct 2020 - 11:21 am
Iris Ohyama's rice cookers are displayed at a store in Sendai, Miyagi prefecture, Japan, September 3, 2020. Picture taken September 3, 2020. REUTERS/Sam Nussey
Mainland China reports 15 new coronavirus cases vs 28 previous day 25 Oct 2020 - 11:06 am
A woman (C) wearing a face mask as a preventive measure against the Covid-19 coronavirus waits to cross a street during rush hour in Beijing on October 21, 2020. AFP / Nicolas Asfouri
'Fingers crossed and prayers': Colorado wildfire kills couple, forces more evacuations 25 Oct 2020 - 10:47 am
Cows graze as thick plume of smoke from the East Troublesome Fire rise from burning vegetation in Granby, Colorado, U.S., October 21, 2020, in this still image from a video obtained from social media. Video taken October 21, 2020. Juli Eichler/via REUTERS
Key Al-Qaeda leader killed in Afghanistan 25 Oct 2020 - 10:37 am
A tweet from NDS Afghanistan saying that they have killed Abu Muhsin Al-Masri in operations, accompanied by three profile photos of Al-Masri, is seen on NDS Afghanistan's Twitter account October 24, 2020. NDS Afghanistan via Twitter/via Reuters
Australia's COVID-19 epicentre delays decision on lifting lockdown restrictions 25 Oct 2020 - 10:21 am
Men queue for a haircut outside a barber shop in Melbourne on October 19, 2020, as some of the city's three-month-old stay-at-home restrictions due to the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak were further eased on falling infection rates. / AFP / William WEST
Workers eradicate first nest of 'murder hornets' found in US 25 Oct 2020 - 10:11 am
Sven Spichiger, Washington State Department of Agriculture managing entomologist, displays a canister of Asian giant hornets vacuumed from a nest in a tree behind him on October 24, 2020, in Blaine, Washington. AFP / Pool / Elaine Thompson
Pence aide tests positive for coronavirus, spokesman says 25 Oct 2020 - 10:10 am
In this file photo taken on March 16, 2018 White House Director of Legislative Affairs Marc Short attends a briefing at the White House in Washington, DC. October 24, Marc Short, Chief of Staff to the Vice President, tested positive for Covid-19. / AFP /
Philippines evacuates nearly 1,800 as tropical storm Molave approaches 25 Oct 2020 - 10:03 am
An evacuating family waits for instructions from village officials in the coastal area of Legaspi City, Albay province south of Manila on october 25, 2020, ahead of tropical storm Molave's expected landfall. / AFP / Charism SAYAT
As it hits 1 mln coronavirus cases, Colombia prepares for vaccine 25 Oct 2020 - 09:39 am
In this file photo taken on August 06, 2020 A man walks in front of a screen projecting candles in tribute to the dead by COVID-19 during the 482th anniversary of the city of Bogota. Colombia's Ministry of Health reported that the country surpassed on Oct
Samsung chairman Lee Kun-hee, head of S.Korea's biggest conglomerate, dies at 78 25 Oct 2020 - 08:13 am
Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Kun-hee meets with reporters after touring the Samsung booth at the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada January 12, 2012. REUTERS/Steve Marcus/File Photo
Poland's president tests positive for coronavirus 24 Oct 2020 - 08:26 pm
Polish President Andrzej Duda. AFP / MATEUSZ SLODKOWSK
Belarus: Protesters keep up push for president's resignation 24 Oct 2020 - 07:53 pm
Demonstrators attend a rally in solidarity with Belarusian opposition supporters, who hold protests to reject the presidential election results and to demand the release of political prisoners in Belarus, in central Kyiv, Ukraine October 24, 2020. REUTERS
Big suicide bombing in Kabul kills 18, including children 24 Oct 2020 - 07:13 pm
Residents gather at a site following a suicide bomber blew himself up in an education centre, in Kabul on October 24, 2020. A suicide bomber struck near an education centre in the Afghan capital on October 24, killing at least 18 people in the latest atta
Trump votes in Florida before rallies in three states, Biden heads to Pennsylvania 24 Oct 2020 - 06:31 pm
US President Donald Trump wearing a face mask leaves after voting in the 2020 presidential election at the Palm Beach County Library in West Palm Beach, U.S., October 24, 2020. (REUTERS/Tom Brenner)
Guinean president wins a 3rd term, electoral commission says 24 Oct 2020 - 03:50 pm
FILE PHOTO: Guinea's President Alpha Conde laughs as he addresses a conference in Berlin, Germany November 19, 2019. John MacDougall/Pool via REUTERS