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Madagascar hospitals reach full capacity as Covid-19 cases surge 20 Jul 2020 - 08:40 pm
A doctor consults a patient before screening for COVID-19 coronavirus at the COVID-19 Medical Centre of Andohatapenaka in Antananarivo on July 20, 2020. / AFP / RIJASOLO
With US under coronavirus siege, Chicago cracks down, Florida cases soar 20 Jul 2020 - 08:29 pm
The Statue of Liberty is pictured as New York enters Phase 4 of reopening following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in New York City, New York, U.S., July 20, 2020. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri
CanSino coronavirus vaccine shows immune response in human trial 20 Jul 2020 - 08:16 pm
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Bahamas bans travel from US, Latin America as virus cases rise 20 Jul 2020 - 08:01 pm
In this file photo taken on February 07, 2019 Aerial view of the Islands of the Bahamas. The Bahamas is barring visitors from the United States and Latin America in response to a rise in coronavirus cases in the archipelago three weeks after reopening its
South Africa outbreak should be wake-up call for continent - WHO 20 Jul 2020 - 07:45 pm
FILE PHOTO: World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus attends a news conference organized by Geneva Association of United Nations Correspondents (ACANU) amid the COVID-19 outbreak, caused by the novel coronavirus, at the
Protestor sets himself on fire outside Swiss parliament 20 Jul 2020 - 07:38 pm
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Third Brazil minister has COVID-19, touts unproven drug cocktail 20 Jul 2020 - 07:13 pm
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China blows up dam in eastern province to ease flood risk 20 Jul 2020 - 06:49 pm
This photo taken on July 15, 2020 shows China's paramilitary police officers placing sandbags on a levee in the rain near the Yangtze River in Tongling in China's eastern Anhui province. The vast Yangtze drainage area has been lashed by torrential rains s
Indigenous people especially at risk from COVID-19, warns WHO 20 Jul 2020 - 06:18 pm
World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus leaves a news conference organized by Geneva Association of United Nations Correspondents (ACANU) amid the COVID-19 outbreak, caused by the novel coronavirus, at the WHO headquart
Greta Thunberg plans to donate 1 million-euro prize to green causes 20 Jul 2020 - 05:20 pm
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg takes part in a protest outside the EU Council as EU environment ministers meet in Brussels, Belgium, March 5, 2020. REUTERS/Johanna Geron/File Photo
Chevron to buy Noble Energy for $5 billion 20 Jul 2020 - 04:34 pm
In this file photo a sign is posted in front of a Chevron gas station on February 2, 2018 in Corte Madera, California. Chevron said July 20, 2020 it had agreed to buy US exploration and production company Noble Energy for $5 billion, the biggest petroleum
Thai labour minister resigns, 6th to quit PM Prayuth's cabinet 20 Jul 2020 - 03:40 pm
FILE PHOTO: Thailand's Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha speaks to media members at the Government House in Bangkok, Thailand June 6, 2019. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha/File Photo
Moscow airline passengers to be express tested for COVID-19 20 Jul 2020 - 03:37 pm
FILE PHOTO: Planes of Aeroflot and Rossiya Airlines are seen parked at Sheremetyevo International Airport, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, outside Moscow, Russia April 8, 2020 REUTERS/Tatyana Makeyeva/File Photo
Cruise ships return to Danube with strict safety rules on board 20 Jul 2020 - 03:05 pm
A crew member prepares a table on the NickoVision river cruise boat following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Budapest, Hungary, July 16, 2020. Picture taken July 16, 2020. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo
Afghan all-girls robotics team designs low-cost ventilator to treat coronavirus patients 20 Jul 2020 - 02:49 pm
Members of an Afghan all-female robotics team work on an open-source and low-cost ventilator, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Herat Province, Afghanistan April 15, 2020. Picture taken April 15, 2020.REUTERS/Jalil Ahmad
'It makes sense': French shoppers take compulsory masks in their stride 20 Jul 2020 - 02:34 pm
A man wearing a protective face mask due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, walks next to a mandatory wearing mask sign in front of a shop in a pedestrian street in Lille on July 20, 2020, as masks become mandatory in all indoor public spaces. AFP / DE
Pakistan resumes polio immunization drive amid COVID-19 threat 20 Jul 2020 - 02:21 pm
A boy gets his finger marked, after he is administered polio vaccine drops, during an anti-polio campaign, in a low-income neighbourhood as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Karachi, Pakistan July 20, 2020. REUTERS/Akhtar Soom
Kanye West holds chaotic opening of 2020 presidential bid 20 Jul 2020 - 01:18 pm
Rapper Kanye West gets emotional as he holds his first rally in support of his presidential bid in North Charleston, South Carolina, U.S. July 19, 2020. REUTERS/Randall Hill