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Spain reports 3,715 new coronavirus cases in post-lockdown record 19 Aug 2020 - 07:23 pm
A man wearing a facemask walks in the outskirts of Madrid on August 19, 2020, with the Cuatro Torres bussiness area in the background. / AFP / OSCAR DEL POZO
Sweden records highest death tally in 150 years in first six months of 2020 19 Aug 2020 - 05:30 pm
FILE PHOTO: A man wearing a protective mask walks past the Royal Swedish Opera, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Stockholm, Sweden, April 27, 2020. Fredrik Sandberg/ REUTERS
Train derails in northern Italy, one injured 19 Aug 2020 - 03:08 pm
Rescue workers work at the scene where a train derailed near Carnate, Italy August 19, 2020. REUTERS/Daniele Mascolo
UK government and Heathrow work on testing as quarantine alternative 19 Aug 2020 - 01:44 pm
Britain's Secretary of State of Health Matt Hancock arrives in Downing Street, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), London, Britain, May 21, 2020. REUTERS/John Sibley/File Photo
Sweden’s face mask debate heats up amid Covid resurgence warning 18 Aug 2020 - 10:22 pm
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Ireland ramps up COVID-19 restrictions again as cases surge 18 Aug 2020 - 09:12 pm
Ireland's Prime Minister Micheal Martin leaves a meeting at the EU summit, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Brussels, Belgium early July 21, 2020. REUTERS/Johanna Geron/File Photo
France reports over 2,000 new coronavirus infections 18 Aug 2020 - 08:47 pm
Visitors wearing protective face masks queue to enter the Louvre Pyramid in Paris, as France reinforces mask-wearing as part of efforts to curb a resurgence of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) across the country, France, August 13, 2020. REUTERS/Charles
Poland's health minister resigns after virus response criticised 18 Aug 2020 - 07:12 pm
Poland's Health Minister Lukasz Szumowski reacts during a news conference where he announced his resignation in Warsaw, Poland August 18, 2020. Dawid Zuchowicz/Agencja Gazeta via REUTERS.
Brazil greenlights human trials for J&J's potential COVID-19 vaccine 18 Aug 2020 - 05:39 pm
The company logo for Johnson & Johnson is displayed on a screen to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the company's listing at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., September 17, 2019. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
Angela Merkel warns pandemic threat leaves no room to ease restrictions 18 Aug 2020 - 04:42 pm
German Chancellor Angela Merkel takes off her face mask as she arrives for a family photo in front of the Staendehaus former parliament building prior to a North Rhine-Westphalian cabinet meeting on August 18, 2020 in Duesseldorf, western Germany. / AFP /
Queues form at Italian COVID-19 test centres as holidaymakers return 18 Aug 2020 - 04:04 pm
Healthcare workers register people at a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) drive in test centre at Rome's San Giovanni hospital in Rome, Italy, August 18, 2020. REUTERS/Remo Casilli
France to make mask mandatory in work places: Union 18 Aug 2020 - 02:49 pm
Pedestrians wear face masks as they walk in a congested street market of Lourges, southern France on August 18, 2020. / AFP / Christophe SIMON
Britain encourages at-risk groups to sign up for COVID-19 vaccine trials 17 Aug 2020 - 07:29 pm
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Greenland ice melting past 'tipping point': study 17 Aug 2020 - 07:19 pm
A fishing vessel sails in the ice fjord near Ilulissat, Greenland September 12, 2017. Picture taken September 12, 2017. REUTERS/Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen/File Photo
New French COVID-19 infections sharply down, hospitalisations edge higher 17 Aug 2020 - 07:13 pm
A man wearing a protective mask rides an escalator at the financial and business district of La Defense as France reinforces mask-wearing in public places as part of efforts to curb a resurgence of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) across the country, ne
Spain reports 1,833 new coronavirus infections, below last week's record highs 17 Aug 2020 - 06:52 pm
A healthcare worker holds a sample at a temporary testing centre for the novel coronavirus in Madrid on August 17, 2020.  / AFP / OSCAR DEL POZO
Ukraine recalls its ambassador to Belarus 17 Aug 2020 - 05:32 pm
People attend an opposition demonstration to protest against presidential election results in Minsk, Belarus August 17, 2020. REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko
UK govt scrambles as exam fiasco enrages students, parents 17 Aug 2020 - 04:40 pm
Students hold placards as they protest outside of the constituency office for Gavin Williamson, Conservative MP for South Staffordshire and Britain's current Education Secretary, in Codsall near Wolverhampton, central England on August 17, 2020 .AFP / Pau