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Search on for survivors as wildfires torch millions of acres in US West 13 Sep 2020 - 07:44 pm
PORTLAND, OR - SEPTEMBER 12: Heavy smoke obscures the view from Pittock Mansion on September 12, 2020 in PORTLAND, Oregon. Multiple wildfires grew by hundreds of thousands of acres this week, covering large portions of the West coast in smoke. Nathan Howa
India considers emergency authorisation of vaccine as COVID-19 cases surge 13 Sep 2020 - 07:25 pm
A health worker marks a number on a rapid antigen test kit during a Covid-19 coronavirus screening for frontline civic staff in Mumbai on September 10, 2020. / AFP / INDRANIL MUKHERJEE
Billionaire Bloomberg to spend $100 million in Florida to help Biden 13 Sep 2020 - 07:06 pm
FILE PHOTO: Former 2020 Democratic presidential candidate and former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg speaks by video feed during the 4th and final night of the 2020 Democratic National Convention, as participants from across the country are hosted over v
Syria's schools open amid anti-coronavirus measures 13 Sep 2020 - 06:13 pm
Syrian pupils, some wearing protective face masks, take their seats in class in the capital Damascus on September 13, 2020, during the first day of the school year. / AFP / LOUAI BESHARA
UK records 3,330 more confirmed cases of COVID-19 13 Sep 2020 - 05:29 pm
AFP / Oli SCARFF
Belarus police report arrests at opposition protest 13 Sep 2020 - 03:12 pm
Opposition supporters parade through the streets during a rally to protest against the presidential election results in Minsk on September 13, 2020. AFP / TUT.BY / Vadim Zamirovski
With travel limited, plane cafes take off in Thailand 13 Sep 2020 - 03:10 pm
This photograph taken on September 1, 2020 shows visitors sitting in the cockpit of a retired Airbus 330 air-plane turned into a coffee shop at an attraction site, outside Pattaya in Chonburi province. With millions around the world stuck at home due to t
Trump to visit California as deadly wildfires rage 13 Sep 2020 - 02:56 pm
FILE PHOTO: A tree engulfed in flames is seen during the Creek Fire in Tollhouse, California, U.S. September 8, 2020. REUTERS/Stephen Lam
Former UK leaders unite to slam Boris Johnson on Brexit plan 13 Sep 2020 - 01:53 pm
FILE PHOTO: Former British prime ministers John Major (L) and Tony Blair leave after a Remain campaign event at the University of Ulster in Londonderry, Northern Ireland June 9, 2016. REUTERS/Brian Lawless
Landslide kills 6, 26 more missing in Nepal mountains 13 Sep 2020 - 01:49 pm
Rescue workers and residents gather for search at the scene of a landslide following heavy rains in Bahrabise municipality of Sindhupalchok district, some 90 kms northeast of Kathmandu on September 13, 2020. / AFP / NIROJ CHAOULAGAIN
Navalny's illness energises push to challenge Kremlin at vote in Siberian town 13 Sep 2020 - 01:41 pm
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny speaks with journalists after he was released from a detention centre in Moscow, Russia August 23, 2019. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina/File Photo
Greece sees end to Lesbos migrant crisis within a week 13 Sep 2020 - 01:36 pm
Refugees and migrants from the destroyed Moria camp sleep on the side of a road, on the island of Lesbos, Greece, September 13, 2020. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis
Indonesia reports sixth consecutive day of over 3,000 new infections 13 Sep 2020 - 01:32 pm
This picture taken on September 12, 2020 shows youths queueing to take the COVID-19 coronavirus rapid test in Surabaya, East Java. / AFP / Juni Kriswanto
U.S. Gulf Coast prepares for second hurricane in a month 13 Sep 2020 - 01:11 pm
This RAMMB/NOAA satellite image shows Tropical Storm Sally south of Florida on September 12, 2020, at 21:00UTC. Sally is forecast to move into the Gulf of Mexico and strengthen into a hurricane before making landfall in the northern Gulf Coast around Sept
South Korea eases social distancing for two weeks ahead of major holiday 13 Sep 2020 - 11:01 am
A man enjoys wakeboard amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic at a Han River park in Seoul, South Korea, Sept. 10, 2020. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/File Photo
AstraZeneca resumes UK trials of COVID-19 vaccine halted by patient illness 13 Sep 2020 - 10:58 am
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Sri Lanka navy plugs leak on fire-hit supertanker 12 Sep 2020 - 07:07 pm
Fireboats battling to extinguish a fire on the Panamanian-registered crude oil tanker New Diamond. AFP
Lebanese protesters clash with army near presidential palace 12 Sep 2020 - 06:58 pm
Demonstrators write on a road sign during anti-government protests near presidential palace in Baabda, Lebanon September 12, 2020. REUTERS/Aziz Taher