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Passenger boat in Bangladesh sinks after collision, 22 dead 28 Aug 2021 - 07:22 pm
Recovered bodies are seen after a boat packed with passengers slammed into a vessel transporting sand, in Brahmanbaria, Bangladesh August 27, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer
US airstrike targets Islamic State members in Afghanistan 28 Aug 2021 - 07:02 pm
U.S. service members assist at an Evacuation Control Check Point (ECC) during an evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan, August 26, 2021.
Two die in Japan after shots from suspended Moderna vaccines: Japan govt 28 Aug 2021 - 03:18 pm
Medical staff prepares Moderna coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccine to be administered at the newly-opened mass vaccination centre in Tokyo, Japan, May 24, 2021. Carl Court/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo/File Photo
Britain says its final civilian flights will soon leave Afghanistan 28 Aug 2021 - 11:55 am
Members of the British armed forces 16 Air Assault Brigade disembark a RAF Voyager aircraft after landing at Brize Norton, Britain August 28, 2021. Alastair Grant/ Pool via REUTERS
Philippines' Duterte extends coronavirus curbs as cases hit new record high 28 Aug 2021 - 11:42 am
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US launches drone strike on Islamic State after Afghan airport blast 28 Aug 2021 - 11:00 am
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China greenlights Covid-19 booster shots for high-risk residents 27 Aug 2021 - 05:07 pm
People are seen at Beijing's tech hub Zhongguancun, China August 23, 2021. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang
16 killed in Pakistan chemical factory fire 27 Aug 2021 - 04:35 pm
Members of the scout emergency response team, survey amid the burned wreckage, after a fire broke out at a multi-story chemical factory, in Karachi, Pakistan, August 27, 2021. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro
China swoops on algorithms in latest tech clampdown 27 Aug 2021 - 03:38 pm
A man looking at a phone is seen through a digitally decorated glass during the World Internet Conference (WIC) in Wuzhen, Zhejiang province, China, November 23, 2020. REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo
China's Zhifei says unit's COVID shot shows 81.76% efficacy in late-stage trial 27 Aug 2021 - 03:18 pm
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US on alert for more ISIS attacks after 85 killed in Kabul airport carnage 27 Aug 2021 - 01:25 pm
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Thailand eases curbs on retail and restaurants to spur economy 27 Aug 2021 - 12:57 pm
FILE PHOTO: A woman wearing a protective face mask enters a taxi in Chinatown, after the government started opening some restaurants outside shopping malls, parks, and barbershops during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Bangkok, Thailand, Ma
Contaminant in Moderna vaccines suspected to be metallic particles -NHK 27 Aug 2021 - 12:42 pm
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New Zealand eases nationwide lockdown but Auckland shut off 27 Aug 2021 - 12:36 pm
People jog past a social distancing sign on the first day of New Zealand's new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) safety measure that mandates wearing of a mask on public transport, in Auckland, New Zealand, August 31, 2020. REUTERS/Fiona Goodall/File Photo
Sydney cases dip as Australia debates COVID-19 reopening plans 27 Aug 2021 - 12:25 pm
FILE PHOTO: People wait in line outside a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination clinic in the Bankstown suburb during a lockdown to curb an outbreak of cases in Sydney, Australia, August 25, 2021. REUTERS/Loren Elliott/File Photo
India asks two states to consider night curfew as COVID-19 cases rise 27 Aug 2021 - 11:21 am
A man looks out from a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) ward in the Government Medical College Hospital in Manjeri, in the Malappuram district of the southern state of Kerala, India. August 18, 2021. Picture taken August 18, 2021. REUTERS/Krishna N. Das
Sinopharm, Sinovac shots remained protective in Guangdong outbreak, Chinese researchers say 27 Aug 2021 - 11:04 am
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The Afghan minister who became a bicycle courier in Germany 27 Aug 2021 - 09:04 am
Former Afghan Communication Minister Sayed Sadaat sits with his gear as he works for the food delivery service Lieferando in Leipzig, Germany, August 26, 2021. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke