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Wildfire raging in southern Spain forces nearly 800 to flee 09 Sep 2021 - 07:49 pm
A helicopter makes a water drop over a wildfire burning near buildings on Sierra Bermeja mountain in Estepona, Spain, September 9, 2021. REUTERS/Jon Nazca
Russia's Yakutia province governor warns of more deadly wildfires next year 09 Sep 2021 - 03:49 pm
Specialists work to extinguish a wildfire in the region of Yakutia, Russia, in this handout picture released August 17, 2021. Aerial Forest Protection Service/Handout via REUTERS
Paris attacks trial disrupted after main defendant defies judge 09 Sep 2021 - 03:38 pm
An artist's sketch shows Salah Abdeslam on the first day of trial at the Paris courthouse on the Ile de la Cite in Paris, France, September 8, 2021. Sketch released September 8, 2021. Elisabeth de Pourquery/France Televisions via Reuters.
UK medicine regulator says Pfizer, AstraZeneca COVID-19 shots may be used as boosters 09 Sep 2021 - 02:54 pm
Lead Pharmacist Alina Barbu prepares a dose of Pfizer vaccine against COVID-19 at a vaccination centre in Pharmacy 4 U, amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Blackburn, Britain, May 19, 2021. REUTERS/Jason Cairnduff
Hundreds evacuated as wildfire grows in southwestern Spain 09 Sep 2021 - 02:50 pm
A helicopter makes a water drop over a wildfire on Sierra Bermeja mountain in Estepona, Spain, September 9, 2021. REUTERS/Jon Nazca
WHO calls to halt booster shots, stresses giving opportunity to countries with low vaccination rate 09 Sep 2021 - 12:40 pm
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North Macedonia government to meet over deadly hospital fire 09 Sep 2021 - 11:08 am
A hospital for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients is seen after a fire broke out, in Tetovo, North Macedonia, September 9, 2021. Reuters/Ognen Teofilovski
EU lists rare nerve disorder as possible side-effect of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine 08 Sep 2021 - 10:02 pm
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WHO seeks COVID-19 vaccines for poor nations, 'not empty promises' 08 Sep 2021 - 09:30 pm
A logo is pictured outside a building of the World Health Organization (WHO) during an executive board meeting on update on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Geneva, Switzerland, April 6, 2021. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo
Germany extends COVID emergency aid for companies until year-end 08 Sep 2021 - 08:48 pm
The skyline with the financial district is photographed during sunset in Frankfurt, Germany, April 22, 2020, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach/File Photo
Swiss cabinet tightens coronavirus curbs to protect hospitals 08 Sep 2021 - 04:27 pm
A COVID certificate is pictured on a mobile device during the news conference of Swiss Interior Minister Alain Berset and Guy Parmelin President of the Swiss Confederation on the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Bern, Switzerland, Septemb
Novavax begins early-stage trial for combined influenza/COVID-19 vaccine 08 Sep 2021 - 03:55 pm
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Paris attacks suspect tells trial he's "an Islamic State soldier" 08 Sep 2021 - 03:29 pm
Olivia Ronen and Martin Vettes, lawyers of Salah Abdeslam, arrive for the start of the trial of the Paris' November 2015 attacks at the Paris courthouse on the Ile de la Cite, in Paris, France, September 8, 2021. Reuters/Gonzalo Fuentes
Russian minister dies during Arctic training exercise -RIA 08 Sep 2021 - 02:53 pm
Russia's Emergencies Minister Yevgeny Zinichev sits in a helicopter as he accompanies President Vladimir Putin in a flight over wildfires sites in Chelyabinsk region, Russia August 6, 2021. Picture taken August 6, 2021. Sputnik/Alexei Nikolsky/Kremlin via
UK's Exscientia, Gates Foundation partner to develop variant-resistant COVID-19 drugs 08 Sep 2021 - 01:08 pm
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation campus is pictured in Seattle, Washington, U.S. May 5, 2021. REUTERS/Lindsey Wasson
World's largest plant capturing carbon from air starts in Iceland 08 Sep 2021 - 12:34 pm
File photo: A facility for capturing CO2 from air of Swiss Climeworks AG is placed on the roof of a waste incinerating plant in Hinwil, Switzerland July 18, 2017. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann/File Photo
Czech Republic's daily COVID cases highest since May 08 Sep 2021 - 10:41 am
A man receives a dose of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine during a trial run of the national vaccination centre located inside the O2 Arena in Prague, Czech Republic, April 9, 2021. REUTERS/David W Cerny
Two people killed after gas blast hits apartment building in Russia -Ifax 08 Sep 2021 - 10:11 am
A view of a gas explosion in a nine-storey residential building in the town of Noginsk, Moscow, Russia, September 8, 2021. Russian Emergency Ministry/Handout via REUTERS