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Sinovac coronavirus vaccine offered by Chinese city for emergency use costs $60 16 Oct 2020 - 01:02 pm
FILE PHOTO: A man works in the packaging facility of Chinese vaccine maker Sinovac Biotech, developing an experimental coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine, during a government-organized media tour in Beijing, China, September 24, 2020. REUTERS/Thomas P
Smog returns to Indian capital as agriculture fires start 16 Oct 2020 - 12:51 pm
People walk along Rajpath street during a smoggy morning in New Delhi on October 15, 2020. / AFP / Jewel SAMAD
Aussies eye end to lockdown as virus numbers tumble 16 Oct 2020 - 12:46 pm
People walk around Melbourne's Albert Park Lake on October 12, 2020, as they use their two hours daily exercise allowed during the stage four restrictions due to the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak. / AFP / William WEST
Japan to release Fukushima's contaminated water into sea: reports 16 Oct 2020 - 12:17 pm
FILE PHOTO: The reactor units No.1 to 4 are seen over storage tanks for radioactive water at Tokyo Electric Power Co's (TEPCO) tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Okuma town, Fukushima prefecture, Japan February 18, 2019. REUTERS/Iss
Nokia's COVID detection system automatically scans for temperature, mask 15 Oct 2020 - 04:32 pm
An undated Handout image shows an employee going through Nokia's automated COVID-19 detection system in Chennai, India. Nokia/Handout via REUTERS
Japan plans near-full capacity baseball to test virus measures 15 Oct 2020 - 03:19 pm
A woman wearing a protective mask amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, takes a picture of the Olympic rings in front of the National Stadium in Tokyo, Japan October 14, 2020. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon
Floods kill 40 in India, damage crops 15 Oct 2020 - 03:18 pm
Residents are evacuated from a flooded neighbourhood after heavy rainfall in Hyderabad, the capital of the southern state of Telangana, India, October 15, 2020. REUTERS/Vinod Babu
Indian cinemas reopen after going dark for months amid virus 15 Oct 2020 - 02:57 pm
People invited as 'Covid-19 warriors' and their families to a special screening of Bollywood movie 'Tanhaji' queue to enter a cinema auditorium in New Delhi on October 15, 2020, with some states still keeping theatres closed amid the Covid-19 coronavirus
Hong Kong, Singapore announce plans for travel bubble 15 Oct 2020 - 11:44 am
People try to pass through traffic as they commute with shared bicycles during rush hour in Beijing on October 14, 2020. / AFP / NICOLAS ASFOURI
Ardern vows to quit if she loses New Zealand election 15 Oct 2020 - 11:03 am
FILE PHOTO: Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern addresses her supporters at a Labour Party event in Wellington, New Zealand, October 11, 2020. Reuters/Praveen Menon/File Photo
China's Sinopharm offers experimental COVID-19 vaccines to students: WSJ 15 Oct 2020 - 10:56 am
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Philippines eyes Sinovac trial as early as November 15 Oct 2020 - 10:47 am
A worker performs a quality check in the packaging facility of Chinese vaccine maker Sinovac Biotech, developing an experimental coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine, during a government-organized media tour in Beijing, China, September 24, 2020. REUTER
Thailand bans protests as challenge to establishment escalates 15 Oct 2020 - 08:52 am
Barricades are set up near the Ratchaprasong junction ahead of a proposed gathering by pro-democracy protesters in Bangkok on October 15, 2020, after Thailand issued an emergency decree. / AFP / Jack Taylor
Duterte wants entire Philippine population vaccinated for COVID-19 14 Oct 2020 - 10:51 pm
A vendor at Pritil Public Market gets a free swab test amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Tondo, Manila, Philippines, October 8, 2020. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez
Astrazeneca to provide Indonesia 100 million COVID-19 vaccines next year: Foreign minister 14 Oct 2020 - 04:19 pm
A test tube labeled with the vaccine is seen in front of AstraZeneca logo in this illustration taken, September 9, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/File Photo
2 Afghan helicopters crash amid Helmand fighting, 9 dead 14 Oct 2020 - 02:06 pm
Afghan internally displaced people with their belongings flee from Nadali district to Lashkar Gah during the ongoing clashes between Taliban fighters and Afghan security forces, in Helmand province on October 12, 2020. / AFP /
China uses new tactic in campaign against Taiwan with spy accusations 14 Oct 2020 - 10:52 am
FILE PHOTO: Taiwan's navy sailors take part in the commissioning ceremony of PFG-1112 Ming Chuan and PFG-1115 Feng Chia, Perry-class guided missile frigates, at Kaohsiung's Zuoying naval base, Taiwan November 8, 2018. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu/File Photo
Myanmar centenarian shrugs off coronavirus, worries about grandchildren 13 Oct 2020 - 04:53 pm
Daw Thein Khin, a 100-year-old woman survivor of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) poses for a photo at her home, amid the outbreak of the disease, in Yangon, Myanmar, October 13, 2020. REUTERS/Shwe Paw Mya Tin

Europe

A local resident removes glass shards from a broken window in a residential building following an air attack in Krasnogorsk, Moscow region on May 17, 2026. (Photo by Tatyana Makeyeva / AFP) Indian worker killed, three injured in massive drone attack on Russia
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A man sits under a tree as it rains at Artificial Beach in Malé on May 15, 2026. Photo by MOHAMED AFRAH / AFP International dive group joins Maldives search for missing Italians
Police work at the scene after a driver injured seven people, two of them badly, when he drove on a sidewalk in Modena on May 16, 2026. (Photo by AFP) Italian PM meets victims of Modena car incident

Africa

Picture: Photo File WHO declares international emergency as Ebola outbreak kills more than 80 in DR Congo
Representational file photo. Uganda Reports Death of Man from DRC Due to Ebola, Affirms Situation Under Control
Picture: Photo File No vaccine for latest Ebola outbreak, DRC warns as as toll hits 80
View of the sunset at Zanzibar Island, Tanzania (photo by Mahmoud Elmazaty / The Peninsula) Tanzania's tourist arrivals rise 10.7 percent in 2025

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