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Blast hits chemical plant near Italian city of Venice 15 May 2020 - 02:04 pm
Large clouds of black smoke billow from a chemical plant after an explosion, in Marghera, near Venice, Italy, May 15, 2020. Vigili del Fuoco/Handout via REUTERS
Swabbers Wanted: Singapore recruits virus testers as cases climb 15 May 2020 - 01:40 pm
:Medical workers prepare to perform a nose swab on a migrant worker at a dormitory, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Singapore May 15, 2020. REUTERS/Edgar Su
China's Wuhan says tested almost a third of residents for coronavirus since April 15 May 2020 - 01:26 pm
Medical workers take swab samples from staff members from the AOC computer monitor factory to be tested for the COVID-19 coronavirus in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province on May 15, 2020. Nervous residents of China's pandemic epicentre of Wuhan queue
Moscow starts free antibody testing for coronavirus 15 May 2020 - 12:39 pm
:A medical specialist, wearing a protective suit amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, assists an elderly woman to cross a road in Moscow, Russia May 14, 2020. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov
China asks US to 'meet halfway' after Trump threatens to cut ties 15 May 2020 - 12:11 pm
(FILES) In this file photo taken on June 29, 2019, US President Donald Trump and China's President Xi Jinping attend a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Osaka. / AFP / Brendan Smialowski
Virus pushes Germany into recession 15 May 2020 - 12:04 pm
The sun sets beyond construction cranes standing over the building site for new apartments and a retail complex, at the Battersea Power Station redevelopment site in south London on May 14, 2020 following an easing of the novel coronavirus COVID-19 lockdo
Typhoon leaves 1 dead, extensive damage in Philippine towns 15 May 2020 - 11:31 am
Residents stand amongst debris and next to a huge crucifix blown from the church after it was destroyed at the height of typhoon Vongfong in Arteche town, Eastern Samar province on May 15, 2020, a day after the typhoon hit the town. typhoon Vongfong has d
Ex-billionaire Mallya one step closer to India extradition 14 May 2020 - 05:02 pm
A 2017 Reuters file photo of Vijay Mallya at Westminster Magistrates Court in London, Britain
Whistleblower to warn Congress of 'grave risks' of rushing to reopen US 14 May 2020 - 04:48 pm
Rick Bright, recently ousted director of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, or BARDA, is seen in his official government handout portrait photo from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services taken in Washington, U.S. in 201
India to provide free food grains to millions of migrant workers 14 May 2020 - 04:22 pm
Migrants are sit outside a shelter home, during an extended nationwide lockdown to slow the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in New Delhi, India, May 14, 2020. Reuters/Anushree Fadnavis
Walk-through sanitising booth sprays S.African commuters 14 May 2020 - 04:13 pm
A commuter reacts as she is sprayed with sanitiser via walk-through 'tunnels' before boarding public transport, as South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Wednesday he aims to further ease restrictions imposed to curb the coronavirus disease (COVI
First coronavirus cases found in Bangladesh refugee camps 14 May 2020 - 04:13 pm
People make their way along a busy street in a market area during a government-imposed lockdown as a preventative measure against the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus in Dhaka on May 12, 2020. / AFP / Munir Uz Zaman
Typhoon forces risky evacuations in virus-hit Philippines 14 May 2020 - 01:59 pm
Residents brave rains and strong wind as they walk past uprooted trees along a highway in Can-avid town, Eastern Samar province, central Philippines on May 14, 2020, as Typhoon Vongfong makes landfall. / AFP / Alren BERONIO
Trump deepens rift with top doctor Fauci on US reopening 14 May 2020 - 01:56 pm
:(FILES) In this file photo Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Anthony Fauci, flanked by US President Donald Trump, speaks during the daily briefing on the novel coronavirus, which causes COVID-19, in the Brady Briefing
NHS workers in coronavirus study weren’t informed of infections 14 May 2020 - 01:16 pm
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China rejects US claim of attempted vaccine theft as 'smearing' 14 May 2020 - 01:06 pm
A worker is seen inside the Beijing Applied Biological Technologies (XABT) research and development laboratory in Beijing on May 14, 2020. AFP / NICOLAS ASFOURI
Record low emergency admissions in England amid virus outbreak 14 May 2020 - 01:03 pm
The office buildings in the financial area of Canary Wharf in London are seen behind the Thames Barrier on May 14, 2020. Britain's economy shrank in the first quarter at the fastest pace since the 2008 financial crisis as the country went into lockdown ov
Bangladesh builds mega field hospital as virus outbreak worsens 14 May 2020 - 01:00 pm
A general view shows a makeshift hospital ward for the treatment of COVID-19 coronavirus contaminated patients at the Bashundhara Convention Centre in Dhaka on May 13, 2020. / AFP / MUNIR UZ ZAMAN
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