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Actor Lenny Henry tells Black Britons: get the COVID vaccine 30 Mar 2021 - 10:41 am
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Johnson is ‘hopeful’ UK can avoid another pandemic lockdown 29 Mar 2021 - 09:35 pm
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson holds a news conference on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in London, Britain March 29, 2021. Hollie Adams/Pool via REUTERS
Spain's rising COVID-19 rate gathers pace 29 Mar 2021 - 09:31 pm
Tourists dine outdoors, as Madrid's more relaxed COVID-19 policies attract European tourists who are escaping lockdowns due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Madrid, Spain, March 27, 2021. REUTERS/Javier Barbancho
Mourners start drawing almost 150,000 hearts in London to remember COVID victims 29 Mar 2021 - 07:17 pm
Volunteers and relatives of bereaved paint hearts along a wall beside St Thomas' hospital as a memorial to all those who have died so far in the UK from COVID-19, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease pandemic in London, Britain, March 29, 2021. REUT
Merkel under pressure to spell out plan to beat virus surge 29 Mar 2021 - 02:45 pm
File photo: German Chancellor Angela Merkel looks on at the country's parliament, the Bundestag, in Berlin, Germany, March 25, 2021. Reuters/Hannibal Hanschke/File Photo
WHO report says animals likely source of COVID 29 Mar 2021 - 12:54 pm
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Ship 'partially refloated,' but still stuck in Suez Canal 29 Mar 2021 - 11:39 am
A view shows the container ship Ever Given, one of the world's largest container ships, after it was partially refloated, in Suez Canal, Egypt March 29, 2021. Suez Canal Authority/Handout via Reuters
'Happy Monday' - English lockdown measures ease but Johnson urges caution 29 Mar 2021 - 10:51 am
People socially distance while walking across London Bridge as coronavirus disease (COVID-19) lockdown restrictions begin to ease, allowing groups of 6 to meet up outside starting from March 29, in London, Britain, March 28, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Coombs/Fil
Merkel presses German states to get tough with COVID curbs 28 Mar 2021 - 11:42 pm
German Chancellor Angela Merkel gives a statement after video conference of EU leaders at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, March 25, 2021. Michael Kappeler/Pool via REUTERS
Venezuela calls Facebook suspension of Maduro 'digital totalitarianism' 28 Mar 2021 - 08:32 pm
FILE PHOTO: Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro speaks during a ceremony in Caracas, Venezuela January 22, 2021. REUTERS/Manaure Quintero/File Photo
Putin felt minor side effects from COVID-19 vaccine - Ifax 28 Mar 2021 - 08:27 pm
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a session of the supervisory council of
Sweden says will not meet vaccine target due to delay in deliveries - SVT 28 Mar 2021 - 08:21 pm
FILE PHOTO: A health worker vaccinates an elderly person with Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine at a temporary vaccination clinic in a church in Sollentuna, north of Stockholm, Sweden March 2, 2021. Fredrik Sandberg/TT News Agency/via REUTERS
Jailed Kremlin critic Navalny asks for painkiller injections - public commission 28 Mar 2021 - 07:46 pm
FILE PHOTO: Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny attends a hearing to consider an appeal against an earlier court decision to change his suspended sentence to a real prison term, in Moscow, Russia February 20, 2021. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov/File Photo
Paris doctors warn of catastrophic overload of virus cases 28 Mar 2021 - 03:48 pm
People enjoy a sunny and warm weather on the Promenade des Anglais during the third lockdown imposed to slow the rate of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) contagion, in Nice, France, March 27, 2021. Reuters/ Eric Gaillard
Some hauliers arriving in England to face COVID-19 tests 28 Mar 2021 - 02:45 pm
A military officer checks documents as a lorry driver waits to enter the Port of Dover in preparation for crossing the channel to France, following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Dover, Britain December 31, 2020. REUTERS/Toby Melville/Fil
British royal Kate launches book of portraits to remember pandemic 28 Mar 2021 - 12:09 pm
A preview of the new book
Germany must suppress virus now or risk losing control, Merkel aide says 28 Mar 2021 - 11:59 am
People wearing protective masks as they are crossing a bridge in front of the head quarter of the European Central Bank (ECB,R) during sunset as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in Frankfurt, Germany, March 27, 2021. REUTERS/Kai
Belarus detains opposition media editors as anti-government protests resume 27 Mar 2021 - 04:03 pm
FILE PHOTO: Belarusian opposition supporters attend a rally to protest against the results of a presidential election and urge President Alexander Lukashenko to step down in Minsk, Belarus November 2, 2020. REUTERS