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Wildfires rage in southern Italy, man dies 11 Aug 2021 - 07:13 pm
Forest Guard workers dig the ground as they make preparations for possible wildfires as temperatures are expected to continue to peak at over 40 degrees Celsius during a heatwave across southern Italy, in Monte Vetore on Mount Etna, Italy, August 11, 2021
No jab? No free COVID testing, Swiss propose 11 Aug 2021 - 07:01 pm
Geneva, Switzerland, June 8, 2021. Picture taken with a drone June 8, 2021. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
Pandemic and staycationing lift Swedish book sales to record levels 11 Aug 2021 - 05:50 pm
A man looks at items as a staff member works at a local bookstore in east-coast small-town Trosa, Sweden August 11, 2021. REUTERS/Anna Ringstrom
Spain gets green light to test homegrown COVID vaccine on humans, PM says 11 Aug 2021 - 05:47 pm
People queue to receive a vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) without appointment at Arc de Triomf in Barcelona, Spain, July 8, 2021. REUTERS/Albert Gea
Blazes flare anew in Greece but spare ancient Olympia 11 Aug 2021 - 05:31 pm
A firefighting helicopter makes a water drop as a wildfire burns in the village of Galatsona, on the island of Evia, Greece, August 10, 2021. REUTERS/Nicolas Economou
Italy to boost vaccination of teenagers ahead of school reopening 11 Aug 2021 - 05:20 pm
A woman receives a dose of the Moderna vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at the Music Auditorium in Rome, Italy, August 5, 2021. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane/File Photo
EU regulator looking at new possible side-effects of mRNA COVID-19 shots 11 Aug 2021 - 05:18 pm
The exterior of the European Medicines Agency is seen in Amsterdam, Netherlands, December 18, 2020. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw/File Photo
In about-turn, Dutch, Germany announce freeze on deportations to Afghanistan 11 Aug 2021 - 03:49 pm
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Ukraine extends COVID restrictions until Oct. 1 as cases rise 11 Aug 2021 - 02:21 pm
A medical worker wearing protective gear stands next to an ambulance outside a hospital for patients infected with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Kyiv, Ukraine November 24, 2020. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich/File Photo/File Photo
Train driver strike paralyses traffic across Germany 11 Aug 2021 - 01:13 pm
Passengers wait for a train during a railway drivers' strike of the German Train Drivers' Union (GDL) in Hamburg, Germany August 11, 2021. Reuters/Fabian Bimmer
Germany arrests British man suspected of spying for Russia 11 Aug 2021 - 11:53 am
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Oxford researcher urges Britain to donate vaccines rather than give boosters 10 Aug 2021 - 08:59 pm
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Suspected saline switch sparks vaccine stir in Germany 10 Aug 2021 - 07:55 pm
People arrive to receive a vaccine against COVID-19 at a centre at in Dresden, Germany, July 29, 2021. REUTERS/Matthias Rietschel/File Photo
Volunteers rescue cats caught in Siberian wildfires 10 Aug 2021 - 07:47 pm
A cat injured during a wildfire in the village of Byas-Kyuyol and then rescued by local volunteers receives treatment at a veterinary clinic in Yakutsk, Russia August 10, 2021. REUTERS/Roman Kutukov
Merkel urges Germans to get vaccinated as Delta variant spreads 10 Aug 2021 - 07:25 pm
German Chancellor Angela Merkel. REUTERS/Christian Mang/Pool
Germany to end free COVID tests from Oct. 11 - sources 10 Aug 2021 - 07:11 pm
People queue to receive a vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), during a night of vaccinations with music, at the Arena Treptow vaccination centre in Berlin, Germany, August 9, 2021. John Macdougall/Pool via REUTERS
UK records highest daily COVID-19 death toll since March 10 Aug 2021 - 06:50 pm
A man cycles by a cycle lane in Trafalgar Square, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), London, Britain, May 16, 2020. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls/File Photo
Pop-up shelter treats animals displaced by Greece wildfires 10 Aug 2021 - 04:40 pm
A dog with burned paws sleeps at a makeshift shelter following a wildfire north of Athens, in Athens, Greece, August 8, 2021. Picture taken August 8, 2021. REUTERS/Louiza Vradi