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Crew evacuated after explosion on container ship off Colombo 25 May 2021 - 05:09 pm
Picture: Twitter / Sri Lanka AirForce
Record-breaking Sherpa says mountain goddess warned him from 26th Everest ascent 25 May 2021 - 02:12 pm
Kami Rita Sherpa, 51, a Nepali mountaineer, walks from a vehicle upon his arrival after climbing Mount Everest for the 25th time, creating a record for the most summits of the world's highest mountain, in Kathmandu, Nepal May 25, 2021. Reuters/Navesh Chit
India police visit Twitter office after it tagged pro-Modi posts 25 May 2021 - 12:07 pm
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Malaysian train collision injures more than 200 people 25 May 2021 - 11:00 am
A view of the station of two metro light rail trains that collided in an underground tunnel in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia May 25, 2021. REUTERS/Lim Huey Teng
Melbourne COVID outbreak sends a chill through Australian leagues 25 May 2021 - 10:35 am
Melbourne reintroduces masks, restrictions due to new Covid-19 outbreak, Picture from February 13, 2021. Reuters/Sandra Sanders
Thousands evacuated in India as strong cyclone inches closer 25 May 2021 - 09:13 am
People who were stranded at sea aboard Barge P305 due to Cyclone Tauktae exit the Indian Naval Ship (INS) Kochi after they were rescued by the Indian Navy, at Naval Dockyard, Mumbai, India, May 19, 2021. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas
China offers vaccines to Taiwan to fight COVID-19 24 May 2021 - 11:32 pm
People are seen on an almost empty night market following the recent rise in the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infections in Taipei, Taiwan May 23, 2021. REUTERS/Ann Wang
Sri Lanka extends travel ban for 2 more weeks 24 May 2021 - 10:06 pm
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Thailand to extend dose gap for AstraZeneca vaccine to 16 weeks 24 May 2021 - 05:24 pm
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Samoa's political crisis deepens as rivals both claim leadership 24 May 2021 - 03:36 pm
File photo: Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi of Samoa arrives to address the 71st United Nations General Assembly in the Manhattan borough of New York, U.S., September 23, 2016. Reuters/Mike Segar/File Photo
India starts evacuating parts of east coast ahead of cyclone 24 May 2021 - 02:29 pm
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Maldives tightens restrictions as virus cases, deaths climb 24 May 2021 - 02:09 pm
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Wuhan lab staff sought hospital care before COVID-19 outbreak disclosed - WSJ 24 May 2021 - 12:46 pm
FILE PHOTO: Security personnel keep watch outside the Wuhan Institute of Virology during the visit by the World Health Organization (WHO) team tasked with investigating the origins of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Wuhan, Hubei province, China Feb
US business chamber calls on Vietnam to ease quarantine, free up vaccines 24 May 2021 - 11:00 am
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Second severe storm in 10 days to batter Covid-hit India 24 May 2021 - 10:38 am
Vehicles move past a fallen tree on a road after heavy winds caused by Cyclone Tauktae, in Mumbai, India, May 17, 2021. Reuters/Hemanshi Kamani
Japan opens mass vaccination sites for elderly ahead of Olympics 24 May 2021 - 10:24 am
People wait to be processed after arriving to receive the Moderna coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine at the newly-opened mass vaccination centre in Tokyo, Japan, May 24, 2021. Carl Court/Pool via Reuters
Myanmar's Suu Kyi appears in court in person for first time since coup 24 May 2021 - 10:13 am
File photo: A slogan is written on a street as a protest after the coup in Yangon, Myanmar February 21, 2021. Reuters/Stringer/File Photo
Singapore provisionally approves 60-second COVID-19 breathalyser test 24 May 2021 - 08:44 am
File photo: A staff member demonstrates the usage of Breathonix breathalyzer test kit developed by Breathonix, a start-up by the National University of Singapore, able to detect the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) within a minute according to the company,