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Six charged in militia plot to kidnap Michigan governor 08 Oct 2020 - 08:17 pm
FILE PHOTO: Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer addresses the media about the flooding along the Tittabawassee River, after several dams breached, in downtown Midland, Michigan, U.S., May 20, 2020. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook/File Photo
India's food minister Paswan dies after weeks in hospital 08 Oct 2020 - 07:55 pm
FILE PHOTO: India's Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan speaks during an interview with Reuters in New Delhi November 12, 2014. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi/File Photo
Czechs shut culture, sports venues, limit restaurants as COVID-19 cases surge 08 Oct 2020 - 07:47 pm
A medical staff member wearing a protective suit takes a swab as people are tested for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at a newly opened drive-in sampling station in Prague, Czech Republic, October 7, 2020. REUTERS/David W Cerny
France's COVID-19 cases at record high, new restrictions expected 08 Oct 2020 - 07:33 pm
Police officers walk in a street with restaurants in Paris on October 6, 2020, during a patrol to inspect the implementation of new sanitary measures aimed at curbing the spread of the Covid-19 (novel coronavirus) outbreak in the French capital./ AFP / TH
Austria hits new virus high as tourism concerns mount 08 Oct 2020 - 07:06 pm
A boat passes an empty terrace of a restaurant on Alte Donau, an abandoned meander of river Danube, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Vienna, Austria October 4, 2020. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger
Philippines teachers start call centre to help remote learners 08 Oct 2020 - 04:02 pm
Teachers answer calls and messages from students in need of assistance on distance learning through a hotline program, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Taguig City, Metro Manila, Philippines, October 7, 2020. Picture taken October 7, 2
Trump vows not to participate in virtual debate with Biden 08 Oct 2020 - 03:30 pm
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at the White House after returning from hospitalization at the Walter Reed Medical Center for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) treatment, in Washington, October 5, 2020, in this still image from video posted on Trump's Twi
PM for a day: Teenager fills Finland's top job 08 Oct 2020 - 03:02 pm
16-year-old Aava Murto took over the job of Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin for one day in Helsinki, Finland, on October 7, 2020 for the
Tehran scrambles for hospital beds as Iran reports record new coronavirus cases 08 Oct 2020 - 02:55 pm
File photo: A nurse wearing a protective face mask and gloves looks on at Hazrate Ali Asghar Hospital, amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Tehran, Iran September 27, 2020. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via Reuters
Moderna will not enforce COVID-19 vaccine patents during pandemic 08 Oct 2020 - 02:50 pm
A sign marks the headquarters of Moderna Therapeutics, which is developing a vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., May 18, 2020. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo
Second debate with Biden going virtual amid Trump's COVID-19 08 Oct 2020 - 02:47 pm
FILE PHOTO: A combination picture shows U.S. President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden speaking during the first 2020 presidential campaign debate, held on the campus of the Cleveland Clinic at Case Western Reserve University in
Still recovering from last storm, Louisiana braces for Hurricane Delta 08 Oct 2020 - 02:28 pm
View of fallen power lines after the passage of Hurricane Delta in Cancun, Quintana Roo state, Mexico, on October 7, 2020. Hurricane Delta slammed into Mexico's Caribbean coast early Wednesday, toppling trees, ripping down power lines and lashing a string
France flies in workers to pick Covid-threatened fruit 08 Oct 2020 - 02:13 pm
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Madrid court annuls central govt's COVID curbs on city 08 Oct 2020 - 02:03 pm
Spanish National Police officers wearing protective masks stand at a traffic checkpoint during a partial lockdown amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Madrid, Spain October 5, 2020. Reuters/Sergio Perez
Eli Lilly signs deal for supply of COVID-19 treatments to low income countries 08 Oct 2020 - 02:01 pm
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Prince William, David Attenborough launch 'Earthshot' award 08 Oct 2020 - 01:51 pm
In this file photo taken on July 16, 2020, Britain's Prince William, Duke of Cambridge socially distances as he speaks with service users during a visit to the Garden House of the Light Project in Peterborough. Britain's Prince William on Thursday launche
Trump says wants US troops out of Afghanistan by Christmas 08 Oct 2020 - 12:16 pm
(FILES) In this file photo taken on December 8, 2001, American soldiers from the 10th Mountain Division stand guard at Bagram Air Base north of Kabul. AFP / WAKIL KOHSAR
Europe buys Gilead's remdesivir for 500,000 COVID-19 patients amid supply worries 08 Oct 2020 - 12:00 pm
FILE PHOTO: Gilead Sciences Inc pharmaceutical company is seen after they announced a Phase 3 Trial of the investigational antiviral drug Remdesivir in patients with severe coronavirus disease (COVID-19), during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (CO