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Russian doctor blames diet, stress for Navalny coma 04 Sep 2020 - 01:35 pm
(FILES) This file photo taken on February 29, 2020 shows Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny taking part in a march in memory of murdered Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov in downtown Moscow. Tests carried out on Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny p
Kenyans fear 'ecological disaster' if two swollen lakes merge 04 Sep 2020 - 12:47 pm
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Highest Nile waters for a century swamp Sudan 04 Sep 2020 - 12:43 pm
A picture shows flood waters in Tuti island, where the Blue and White Nile merge in the Sudanese capital Khartoum, on September 3, 2020. / AFP / ASHRAF SHAZLY
New Zealand retains coronavirus measures until mid-Sept 04 Sep 2020 - 12:39 pm
A man walks by a social distancing sign on the first day of New Zealand's new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) safety measure that mandates wearing of a mask on public transport, in Auckland, New Zealand, August 31, 2020. REUTERS/Fiona Goodall
India coronavirus infections near 4 mln, closes in on Brazil 04 Sep 2020 - 12:35 pm
Students wearing protective face masks wait to enter an examination centre for Joint Entrance Examination (JEE), amidst the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Ahmedabad, India, September 1, 2020. REUTERS/Amit Dave
Race to find ship survivors as Typhoon Haishen nears Japan 04 Sep 2020 - 12:26 pm
TOPSHOT - This handout picture taken on September 2, 2020 and provided by 10th Regional Coast Guard Headquarters on September 3, 2020 shows coast guards rescuing a Filipino man off Amami Oshima island, about 120 km northwest of the sea. Japan's coast guar
Sri Lanka tows supertanker away from coast after fire 04 Sep 2020 - 11:58 am
TOPSHOT - This handout photograph taken on September 4, 2020, and released by Sri Lanka's Air Force, shows an Indian coast guard ship (R) battling to extinguish the fire from the Panamanian-registered crude oil tanker New Diamond, some 60 km off Sri Lanka
Thailand races to contact trace as coronavirus reappears 04 Sep 2020 - 11:49 am
People wearing face masks amidst concerns over the spread of COVID-19 novel coronavirus enter a commuter train station in Bangkok on September 2, 2020. Thailand on September 2 registered its 100th consecutive day without a local infection of the COVID-19
France says 22 schools closed over virus cases 04 Sep 2020 - 11:42 am
Secondary school students, wearing protective face masks, work in a classroom at the College Henri Matisse school during its reopening in Nice as French children return to their schools after the summer break with protective face masks and social distanci
Facebook, Twitter flag Trump for misleading posts on voting 04 Sep 2020 - 12:07 am
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New York gov. calls for answers after video shows police suffocating a Black man under arrest 03 Sep 2020 - 11:42 pm
This March 23, 2020, image taken from police bodycam video released by the Rochester, New York, Police Department, shows police holding Daniel Pudre (L) on the ground after allegedly putting a hood over his head./ AFP / Rochester Police Department /
Canada backs opposition to Alaska oil drilling threatening caribou 03 Sep 2020 - 10:48 pm
FILE PHOTO: The sun sets behind an oil drilling rig in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska on March 17, 2011. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/File Photo - RC1C644EA560
Trump tells Americans to try to vote twice 03 Sep 2020 - 10:34 pm
(FILES) In this file photo US President Donald Trump smiles as he meets with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC on April 28, 2020. / AFP / MANDEL NGAN
In Wisconsin, Biden meets with family of shooting victim Jacob Blake 03 Sep 2020 - 09:00 pm
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden , with his wife Dr. Jill Biden (L), is greeted by US Senator Scott Fitzgerald as he arrives at Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on September 3, 2020. / AFP / JIM WATSON
New York pushes ahead with more reopenings as COVID-19 cases rise in U.S. Midwest 03 Sep 2020 - 08:55 pm
FILE PHOTO: People have their temperature checked before attending The Metropolitan Museum of Art on their first day open since closing due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., August 27
Signs of life detected under rubble a month after Beirut blast, says rescuer 03 Sep 2020 - 08:11 pm
Workers remove the rubble beneath a partially-destroyed traditional Lebanese building in the Gemmayzeh neighbourhood of the capital Beirut, in the aftermath of the devastating port blast, on August 26, 2020. A massive fertiliser explosion at the Beirut po
Norway bans man for two years over quarantine breach 03 Sep 2020 - 07:56 pm
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Blaze breaks out again on oil tanker off Sri Lanka, cargo area intact 03 Sep 2020 - 07:42 pm
This handout photograph taken on September 3, 2020, and released by Sri Lanka's Air Force, shows black smoke coming out from the Panamanian-registered crude oil tanker, MT New Diamond, some 60 kilometres (38 miles) off Sri Lanka's eastern coast where it r