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India's coronavirus cases cross 8 million, behind US 29 Oct 2020 - 01:33 pm
A health worker wearing protective gear prepares to conduct swab tests on people at a mobile Covid-19 coronavirus testing clinic at a bus stand in Bangalore on October 29, 2020. / AFP / Manjunath Kiran
Japan's Shionogi readies COVID-19 vaccine for December trial- CEO 29 Oct 2020 - 12:44 pm
Isao Teshirogi, President and CEO at Shionogi & Co Ltd, speaks during an interview with Reuters in Tokyo, Japan June 11, 2019. REUTERS/Issei Kato/File Photo
Singapore firm invents coronavirus breathalyser with results in seconds 29 Oct 2020 - 12:41 pm
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, at their lab
The two-week season: coronavirus shrinks Philippines football league 29 Oct 2020 - 12:25 pm
This handout photo taken on October 28, 2020 and received on October 29 from the Philippine Football League (PFL) shows Jason Panhay (C) of Kaya FC-Iloilo being tackled by players from Maharlika Manila FC during their Philippine Football League football m
China's Kangtai starts mid-stage trial of its COVID-19 vaccine candidate 29 Oct 2020 - 12:20 pm
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Pollution hangs over Indian capital as farm stubble fires rage 29 Oct 2020 - 12:08 pm
A couple has their pictures taken on the banks of the Yamuna River during a smoggy morning at sunrise in New Delhi on October 29, 2020. AFP / Jewel Samad
Taiwan marks 200 days without domestic COVID-19 infection 29 Oct 2020 - 10:46 am
Passengers wearing masks practice social distancing to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), as they wait to board a flight at Taipei’s Taoyuan International Airport, in Taiwan, October 23, 2020. REUTERS/Ben Blanchard
Australian scientists find huge new healthy coral reef off northern coast 29 Oct 2020 - 10:03 am
New Black Coral species Umbellapathes litocrada is seen in this handout photo from 2015 obtained by Reuters on October 28, 2020. NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration/Handout via REUTERS
India trials of Russian Sputnik-V vaccine may end as early as March - Dr Reddy's 28 Oct 2020 - 11:02 pm
FILE PHOTO: A nurse prepares Russia's
South Korea's Moon targets carbon neutrality by 2050 28 Oct 2020 - 01:39 pm
South Korean President Moon Jae-in speaks at the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, October 28, 2020. Jeon Heon-Kyun/Pool via REUTERS
Strong typhoon slams Vietnam, at least 2 dead, 26 missing 28 Oct 2020 - 01:10 pm
Strong winds batter coconut trees in central Vietnam's Quang Ngai province on October 28, 2020 as Typhoon Molave makes landfall. / AFP / MANAN VATSYAYANA
Millions vote in India's first election in shadow of coronavirus 28 Oct 2020 - 12:07 pm
Policemen wearing protective face shields stand guard as voters stand in a queue to cast their vote outside a polling booth during the state assembly election, amidst the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at a village on the outskirts of Patna
'No time to recover': Vietnam prepares devastated central region for typhoon 27 Oct 2020 - 04:30 pm
Residents get in a car after leaving their homes to move to evacuation centres in central Vietnam's Quang Nam province on October 27, 2020, ahead of Typhoon Molave's expected landfall. / AFP / MANAN VATSYAYANA
US warns of threat posed by China, signs military pact with India 27 Oct 2020 - 01:53 pm
India's Defence Minister Rajnath Singh speaks next to U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, U.S. Secretary of Defence Mark Esper and India's Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar during a joint news conference after their meeting at Hyderabad House in N
Blast at Pakistani religious school kills seven, wounds more than 80 27 Oct 2020 - 11:58 am
Police officers and officials survey the site of a bomb blast at a religious seminary in Peshawar, Pakistan October 27, 2020. Reuters/Fayaz Aziz
Japan's cabinet approves plan for free COVID-19 vaccines 27 Oct 2020 - 11:52 am
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Philippines' Duterte wants government-to-government deal for COVID-19 vaccines 27 Oct 2020 - 10:27 am
President of the Philippines Rodrigo Duterte attends an ASEAN leaders summit with United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, in Bangkok, Thailand November 3, 2019. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun/File Photo
At least four killed in blast at Pakistan religious school 27 Oct 2020 - 08:31 am
Rescue workers collect remains at the site of a blast in a religious school in Peshawar on October 27, 2020. AFP / Abdul Majeed