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Black hole discoveries win 2020 Nobel Prize for Physics 06 Oct 2020 - 01:12 pm
Nobel Committee members Patrik Ernfors (L) and Gunilla Karlsson Hedestam sit in front of a screen displaying the winners of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (L-R) American Harvey Alter, Briton Michael Houghton and American Charles Rice durin
Britain rations remdesivir as COVID-19 hospitalisations rise 06 Oct 2020 - 12:42 pm
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China in talks with WHO over assessing its COVID-19 vaccines for global use 06 Oct 2020 - 12:11 pm
Women work in a laboratory of Chinese vaccine maker Sinovac Biotech, developing an experimental coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine, during a government-organized media tour in Beijing, China, September 24, 2020. REUTERS/Thomas Peter/File Photo/File Ph
Kuwait's cabinet hands in resignation, Amir asks PM to prepare for election: KUNA 06 Oct 2020 - 11:34 am
FILE PHOTO: Kuwait's new Emir Nawaf al-Ahmad al-Sabah takes the oath of office at the parliament, in Kuwait City, Kuwait September 30, 2020. REUTERS/Stephanie McGehee/File Photo
Navalny makes first video appearance since coma, says health much improved 06 Oct 2020 - 11:31 am
Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny speaks during an interview with prominent Russian YouTube blogger Yury Dud, in Berlin, Germany, in this still image taken from a handout video released October 6, 2020. YouTube - vDud/Handout/Reuters TV
UK’s Rishi Sunak hits back at suggestion eat out scheme spread virus 06 Oct 2020 - 11:01 am
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak visit the headquarters of Octopus Energy, in London, Britain October 5, 2020. Leon Neal/Pool via Reuters
Kyrgyz president calls to put country's fate above all political ambitions 06 Oct 2020 - 10:41 am
Kyrgyzstan's President Sooronbay Jeenbekov speaks after a vote at parliamentary election in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan October 4, 2020. Sultan Dosaliev/Kyrgyz Presidential Press Service/Handout via Reuters
Philippine Airlines to slash jobs as virus curbs bite 06 Oct 2020 - 10:07 am
This file photo taken on April 19, 2020 shows passenger planes from carrier Philippine Airlines parked on the tarmac of Manila's international airport as air travel to and from the Philippines was suspended after the government implemented a lockdown in i
Major hurricane brews in Gulf of Mexico, threatens Louisiana-Florida 06 Oct 2020 - 09:45 am
This NOAA/GOES satellite image shows Hurricane Delta over the Caribbean Sea early on October 6, 2020. Tropical storm Delta strengthened into a hurricane on October 5, 2020 in the Caribbean, and is expected to intensify as it passes over Mexico's Yucatan P
Trump, still infectious, back at White House - without mask 06 Oct 2020 - 08:25 am
US President Donald Trump salutes as he poses without a face mask on the Truman Balcony of the White House after returning from being hospitalized at Walter Reed Medical Center for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) treatment, in Washington, US October 5, 202
Pence takes lead role in campaign with Trump travel stopped 06 Oct 2020 - 08:03 am
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence and his wife Karen arrive ahead of the vice presidential debate in Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S., October 5, 2020. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
Canadian province ups Covid-19 restrictions 06 Oct 2020 - 12:46 am
FILE PHOTO: An empty border crossing is seen leading into Rouses Point, NY at the U.S.-Canada border crossing in Lacolle, Quebec, Canada March 19, 2020. REUTERS/Christinne Muschi/File Photo
Ireland resists lockdown call, tighten COVID-19 curbs instead 05 Oct 2020 - 11:52 pm
A shopkeeper wearing a protective face mask closes one of her shop doors as the National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET) announced recommendations that the government implement the highest level of COVID-19 restrictions to Level 5, amid the coronavir
'No isolation, few tests': Argentina has world's highest COVID-19 positive rate 05 Oct 2020 - 10:55 pm
FILE PHOTO: General view of the 9 de Julio avenue deserted, one of the main avenues of the city, while Argentines stay at home during the mandatory quarantine due to coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Buenos Aires, Argentina March 23, 2020. REUTERS/Matias
Trump says he's leaving hospital; White House hit by wave of infections 05 Oct 2020 - 10:17 pm
The lights are on in the White House as U.S. President Donald Trump continues hospitalized at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center after tested positive for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Washington, U.S., October 5, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Ba
Trump steroid treatment for COVID-19 raises potential side effect risk 05 Oct 2020 - 09:47 pm
U.S. President Trump walks to the Marine One helicopter wearing a protective face mask as he departs the White House to fly to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, where it was announced he will work for at least several days after testing positi
New York governor closes schools in coronavirus hot spots 05 Oct 2020 - 08:32 pm
(FILES) In this file photo New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio does a social distancing elbow bump with four-year old Oliver as he welcomes students to Pre-K at Mosaic Pre-K Center in the Queens section of New York September 21, 2020. AFP / TIMOTHY A. CLAR
Pompeo arrives in Japan for trip shortened by Trump's COVID-19 05 Oct 2020 - 07:58 pm
(FILES) In this file photo taken on September 29, 2020 US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo wears a protective face mask as he visits the Naval Support Activity base at Souda, the foremost US naval facility in the eastern Mediterranean on the Greek island of