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Two explosions rocks Beirut, dozens wounded 04 Aug 2020 - 07:21 pm
Smoke rises after an explosion was heard in Beirut, Lebanon August 4, 2020. REUTERS/Issam Abdallah
Massive explosion shakes Lebanon's capital Beirut 04 Aug 2020 - 06:38 pm
A picture shows the scene of a huge explosion that rocked the Lebanese capital Beirut on August 4, 2020. A large explosion rocked the Lebanese capital Beirut on Tuesday, an AFP correspondent said. The blast, which rattled entire buildings and broke glass,
Philippines back under lockdown as virus cases continue to surge 04 Aug 2020 - 06:17 pm
Airline ground staff wearing protective gear work at the counter at the airport in Manila on August 4, 2020. More than 27 million people -- a quarter of the Philippine population -- were give 24-hours notice of the new restrictions that have shuttered man
South Korea floods, landslides kill 14 04 Aug 2020 - 05:39 pm
In a photo taken on August 3, 2020 rescue services help people cross a flooded field in a village near Cheonan, following heavy rain. Damage from heavy rain that pounded the country's central region earlier this week continued to grow, leaving 13 dead and
EU regulators investigate Google's plan to buy Fitbit 04 Aug 2020 - 05:23 pm
FILE PHOTO: Fitbit Blaze watch is seen in front of a displayed Google logo in this illustration picture taken, November 8, 2019. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/File Photo
Indonesia eyes production of 250 mln doses a year of coronavirus vaccine 04 Aug 2020 - 04:47 pm
Staff are seen in the COVID-19 vaccine production facility area at the Bio Farma office amid the coronavirus pandemic in Bandung, West Java province, Indonesia August 4, 2020. Antara Foto/Dhemas Reviyanto
Pandemic pushes Mexico's 'lucha libre' wrestlers outdoors and online 04 Aug 2020 - 03:57 pm
Wrestlers perform during the Chinampalucha event organized by Mexican wrestlers in the chinampas of Xochimilco in Mexico City, on August 1, 2020, as rings remain closed due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. / AFP / CLAUDIO CRUZ
UK competition watchdog approves Amazon stake in Deliveroo 04 Aug 2020 - 03:53 pm
FILE PHOTO: The logo of Amazon is seen at the company logistics center in Lauwin-Planque, northern France, April 22, 2020. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol/File Photo
Interpol warns of 'alarming' cybercrime rate during pandemic 04 Aug 2020 - 01:49 pm
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UK risks twice-as-big second COVID wave without better testing, study finds 04 Aug 2020 - 01:20 pm
A man walks his dog past a poster promoting the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) testing at local mobile test centres, in Hounslow, London, Britain August 4, 2020. REUTERS/Toby Melville
Poland reports record increases in COVID cases as coal mines hit 04 Aug 2020 - 12:52 pm
Participants attend an event marking the anniversary of the 1944 Warsaw Uprising against Nazi occupants in Warsaw, Poland August 1, 2020. Dawid Zuchowicz/Agencja Gazeta via REUTERS
Second COVID wave 'highly likely' to hit France this year, scientists say 04 Aug 2020 - 12:52 pm
A woman wearing a protective face mask walks at the Trocadero square near the Eiffel Tower in Paris as France reinforces mask-wearing as part of efforts to curb a resurgence of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) across the country, August 3, 2020. REUTERS
Tiktok lovers rage against Trump threat of US ban 04 Aug 2020 - 10:18 am
FILE PHOTO: The logo of TikTok is seen on a screen in this picture illustration taken February 21, 2019. Picture taken February 21, 2019. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui/Illustration/File Photo
Kuwait Amir's health improving, says Prime Minister 03 Aug 2020 - 10:48 pm
His Highness Kuwait Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
1st big Southern California wildfire of 2020 keeps on raging 03 Aug 2020 - 09:54 pm
In this long exposure photograph, firefighters monitor flames as they skirt a hillside near a residential area during the Apple fire in Banning, California on August 1, 2020. 4,125 acres have burn in Cherry Valley, about 2,000 people have received evacuat
Italy sees signs of hope in new Genoa bridge 03 Aug 2020 - 08:21 pm
A rainbow is seen over the new San Giorgio bridge on the inauguration day on August 3 , 2020 in Genoa, the new high-tech structure will have four maintenance robots running along its length to spot weathering or erosion, as well as a special dehumidificat
Cheaper cocoa may not be a recipe for lower chocolate prices 03 Aug 2020 - 08:15 pm
Confectionery is seen at L. Heiner confectioner's production facility in Vienna, Austria, April 18, 2018. REUTERS/Heinz-Peter Bader/File Photo
In milestone year, A-bomb survivor keeps up fight for nuclear disarmament 03 Aug 2020 - 07:00 pm
Terumi Tanaka, a Nagasaki atomic bombing survivor and co-chairperson of Nihon Hidankyo, a country-wide organisation of atomic and hydrogen bomb sufferers, attends an interview with Reuters at the Nihon Hidankyo office in Tokyo, Japan July 30, 2020. Pictur