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China's CNBG to donate 200,000 coronavirus vaccine doses to medics in Wuhan 24 Sep 2020 - 10:23 am
FILE PHOTO: A booth displaying a coronavirus vaccine candidate from China National Biotec Group (CNBG), a unit of state-owned pharmaceutical giant China National Pharmaceutical Group (Sinopharm), is seen at the 2020 China International Fair for Trade in S
Bollywood superstar Padukone summoned by police in drugs probe 23 Sep 2020 - 05:00 pm
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Freed Taliban have returned to battlefield: top Afghan official 23 Sep 2020 - 10:00 am
File photo: Delegates attend talks between the Afghan government and Taliban insurgents in Doha, Qatar September 12, 2020. REUTERS/Ibraheem al Omari/File Photo
Some Australian states relax border curbs as infections ease, hotspot cases rise 23 Sep 2020 - 12:29 am
People pass a sign at Melbourne's Flinders Street station on September 17, 2020. Australia's unemployment rate on September 17 fell slightly to 6.8 percent in August, spurring hopes that the worst of a coronavirus-fuelled recession may have passed. / AFP
South Korea's Moon proposes regional initiative to battle COVID-19, engage North Korea 22 Sep 2020 - 07:57 pm
:South Korean President Moon Jae-in delivers his speech during Youth Day at the Presidential Blue House in Seoul, South Korea, September 19, 2020. Yonhap via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. SOUTH KOREA OUT. NO RE
India aims to cut crop waste burning in key farm states by 80% 22 Sep 2020 - 04:46 pm
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Pakistan launches Phase III trials for Chinese Cansinobio's Covid-19 vaccine 22 Sep 2020 - 02:12 pm
FILE PHOTO: A logo of China's vaccine specialist CanSino Biologics Inc is pictured on the company's headquarters in Tianjin, following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), China August 17, 2020. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
Rescuers race to save 180 stranded whales in Australia 22 Sep 2020 - 10:40 am
This handout photo taken and received from Brodie Weeding from The Advocate on September 22, 2020 shows a pod of whales stranded on a sandbar in Macquarie Harbour on the rugged west coast of Tasmania. Rescuers faced a race against time to save nearly 200
Indian couple run street-side classes for poor students 21 Sep 2020 - 04:05 pm
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Philippines' Duterte eases overseas travel ban on health workers 21 Sep 2020 - 02:57 pm
A healthcare worker takes blood sample from a passenger at a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) drive-thru testing center in Manila, Philippines, July 15, 2020. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez/File Photo
Up to 70 whales stranded in southern Australia 21 Sep 2020 - 10:26 am
Stranded pilot whales are seen in Macquarie Heads, Tasmania, Australia September 21, 2020, in this picture obtained from social media. RYAN BLOOMFIELD/via REUTERS
At least 10 dead in residential building collapse in India 21 Sep 2020 - 10:14 am
Rescue workers search for survivors in the rubble of a collapsed three-storey residential building in Bhiwandi on September 21, 2020. Ten people were killed and up to 25 were feared trapped after a three-storey residential building collapsed before dawn o
India's Taj Mahal gets first visitors even as coronavirus infections climb 21 Sep 2020 - 09:51 am
A notice is tied to a railing inside the premises of Taj Mahal after authorities reopened the monument for visitors, amidst the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Agra, India, September 21, 2020. REUTERS/Alasdair Pal
Relatives of 12 Hong Kong people arrested by China demand access for own lawyers 20 Sep 2020 - 07:37 pm
FILE PHOTO: Family members of twelve Hong Kong activists, detained as they reportedly sailed to Taiwan for political asylum, hold a news conference to seek help in Hong Kong, China September 12, 2020. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu
Strict mask, visor rules make Philippine commuters sweat 20 Sep 2020 - 05:00 pm
In this photo taken on September 19, 2020, people wearing face shields queue up at a public market in Manila. Many face the new normal in the Philippines, where it is now compulsory to wear both face masks and plastic shields in indoor public spaces and o
Indian lawmakers pass farm bills amid uproar in Parliament 20 Sep 2020 - 02:53 pm
Farmers shout slogans as they march to burn an effigy of India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar, following the passing of agriculture bills in the Lok Sabha (lower house) of representatives, on the outskir
Two endangered Javan rhino calves spotted in Indonesian park 20 Sep 2020 - 02:47 pm
This handout still image photo taken from video footage on May 22, 2020 and released by the Environment and Forestry Ministry on September 20, 2020 shows a male Javan rhinoceros calve named Luther (L) in Ujung Kulon national park in Indonesia’s Banten pro
Asian airlines turn to 'flights to nowhere' to get travellers back in the skies 19 Sep 2020 - 04:19 pm
Qantas planes are seen at Kingsford Smith International Airport in Sydney. REUTERS/Loren Elliott/File Photo

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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