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Musk's Starlink connects remote Tonga villages still cut off after tsunami 23 Feb 2022 - 11:50 am
A general view shows damaged buildings and landscape covered with ash following the volcanic eruption and tsunami in Kanokupolu, Tonga, January 23,2022. Picture taken January 23, 2022. Tonga Red Cross Society/Handout via REUTERS
Thailand eases rules for foreign visitors to reboot tourism 23 Feb 2022 - 11:37 am
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Pakistan removes PCR test requirement for vaccinated incoming travellers 23 Feb 2022 - 10:04 am
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Hong Kong to enforce mass testing amid predicted surge in Covid infections 22 Feb 2022 - 03:44 pm
People line up for a nucleic acid test at a makeshift testing site set up next to a mobile testing vehicle dispatched from mainland China in Tung Chung, Hong Kong, China February 21, 2022. Reuters/Lam Yik
COVID swamping Hong Kong, study warns coming weeks will be far, far worse 22 Feb 2022 - 01:25 pm
A promoter holds a box of rapid antigen test kit for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at a street stall in Hong Kong, China February 22, 2022. REUTERS/Lam Yik
S.Korea says Omicron COVID variant 75% less likely to kill than Delta strain 22 Feb 2022 - 11:28 am
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Bank CEO gives $500,000 of shares to his chauffeur, home help 22 Feb 2022 - 10:25 am
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Tonga reconnects to world as submarine cable restored after tsunami 22 Feb 2022 - 09:26 am
A general view from a New Zealand Defence Force P-3K2 Orion surveillance flight shows heavy ash fall over Nomuka in Tonga after the Pacific island nation was hit by a tsunami triggered by an undersea volcanic eruption January 17, 2022. New Zealand Defence Force/Handout via REUTERS
Pakistan's opposition rejects toughened new social media law 21 Feb 2022 - 10:20 pm
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Biological E. COVID shot gets India emergency approval for 12-18 age group 21 Feb 2022 - 03:56 pm
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US former top diplomat Pompeo, sanctioned by China, to visit Taiwan 21 Feb 2022 - 12:59 pm
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo gives a news conference about dealings with China and Iran, and on the fight against the coronavirus disease pandemic, in Washington, U.S., June 24, 2020. Mangel Ngan/Pool via Reuters/File Photo
'Welcome back world!': Australia fully reopens borders after two years 21 Feb 2022 - 12:18 pm
International passengers arrive at Melbourne Airport, after Australia reopened its international borders to travelers vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Melbourne, Australia February 21, 2022. AAP Image/Joel Carrett via REUTERS
Hong Kong maps terms of COVID vaccine pass, with some exemptions 21 Feb 2022 - 11:48 am
Cleaning staff spray disinfectant on a public minibus for driving coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients, in Hong Kong, China February 21, 2022. REUTERS/Lam Yik/File Photo
New Zealand's Ardern signals mandates will ease after Omicron peaks 21 Feb 2022 - 11:23 am
Shoppers walk through a retail district in the wake of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) lockdown restrictions being eased in Auckland, New Zealand, November 10, 2021. REUTERS/Fiona Goodall
Australia welcomes back tourists with toy koalas, Tim Tams 21 Feb 2022 - 09:19 am
Rudolf and Julianna Nemeth from Hungary reunite with their granddaughter Lili as they arrive on the first international flight to the Brisbane International Airport, Australia February 21, 2022. AAP Image/Darren England via Reuters
Only one more flight from Singapore to Hong Kong this month 21 Feb 2022 - 09:00 am
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Hong Kong says anti-virus controls might be tightened 20 Feb 2022 - 03:53 pm
People queue in the rain at a makeshift testing centre for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Hong Kong, China February 20, 2022. REUTERS/Lam Yik
Nepal police fire tear gas, water cannon to disperse protest against US funded projects 20 Feb 2022 - 01:05 pm
A demonstrator throws a burning tire towards the riot police during a protest against the $500 million U.S infrastructure grant under the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) near the parliament in Kathmandu, Nepal February 20, 2022. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar

Europe

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French President Emmanuel Macron (C) walks with Mayor of Trappes Ali Rabeh (L) during a visit following a shooting in Trappes, near Paris on October 23, 2026. (Photo by Hannah McKay / POOL / AFP) ‘Racist terrorist attack’: French President speaks out after fatal shooting near Paris
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Members of the public stand on rocks as waves break near Portland Bill Lighthouse in Portland, southern England on October 23, 2026, as Storm Austen brings strong winds and heavy rain across much of southern England. (Photo by Henry Nicholls / AFP) UK hit by Storm Austen

Africa

A general view of the vaccine developed for a strain of the Ebola virus at the Provincial Laboratory of Ituri in the northeastern province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on September 19, 2026. Representational file photo. DR Congo launches major Ebola vaccine trial amid outbreak
This aerial view shows personell from the Kenya Defence Forces Disaster Response Battalion inspecting the rubble of a collapsed residential building that was still under construction in the Eastleigh neighborhood of Nairobi on October 23,2026. Photo by Tony Karumba / AFP Casualties feared as multi-storey building collapses in Nairobi: media
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(FILES) A health official works in the laboratory extraction room of the Institute of Lassa Fever Research and Control in Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital in Irrua, Edo State, midwest Nigeria, on March 6, 2018. (Photo by PIUS UTOMI EKPEI / AFP) WHO warns of 'complex' Ebola outbreak in Africa after spread to Nigeria

Americas

Man leaving prison area while lowering his head due to nearby gunfire in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. AFP file photo. El Salvador deploys special forces to Haiti after four soldiers went missing
A US Marines' Lockheed Martin F35-B jet prepares to land at Jose Aponte de la Torre Airport, formerly Roosevelt Roads Naval Station, on September 13, 2025, in Ceiba, Puerto Rico. Photo by Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo / AFP Pentagon, Lockheed announce agreement for 850 F-35 jets over 10 years
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