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India investigates if organochlorines behind unknown illness 08 Dec 2020 - 10:58 am
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India speeding up review of Pfizer, AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines - senior official 07 Dec 2020 - 08:47 pm
FILE PHOTO: An employee in personal protective equipment (PPE) removes vials of AstraZeneca's COVISHIELD, coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine from a visual inspection machine inside a lab at Serum Institute of India, Pune, India, November 30, 2020. REU
Indian wedding takes on otherworldly feel after bride tests positive for covid-19 07 Dec 2020 - 01:47 pm
A bride and groom wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) exchange flower garlands during a wedding ritual in Baran, Rajasthan, India December 6, 2020, in this still image taken from video. ANI/Reuters
Melbourne welcomes first international flight in 5 months as COVID curbs ease 07 Dec 2020 - 12:18 pm
Travellers arrive at a hotel in Melbourne on December 7, 2020 where Australians returning from overseas will quarantine as part of precautions against the Covid-19 coronavirus. An outbreak of the coronavirus from hotel quarantine earlier in the year from
Sinovac secures $515 mln funding to boost COVID-19 vaccine production 07 Dec 2020 - 12:02 pm
This file photo taken on September 24, 2020 shows an engineer working in the general laboratory during a media tour of a new factory built to produce a Covid-19 coronavirus vaccine at Sinovac, one of 11 Chinese companies approved to carry out clinical tri
Firefighters slow bushfire threatening township in Australia's Fraser Island 07 Dec 2020 - 11:21 am
An aerial view shows smoke following a massive bushfire in Australia's Fraser Island, also known by its indigenous name K'gari, November 30, 2020, in this picture obtained from social media. Queensland Fire and Emergency Services via REUTERS/File Photo
COVID-19 clusters break out in Japan's coldest city as winter closes in 07 Dec 2020 - 10:24 am
A woman looks at her mobile phone as she walks in Yokohama on December 3, 2020. / AFP / Philip FONG
India's Serum Institute seeks emergency use nod for AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine: Local media 07 Dec 2020 - 09:10 am
Vials of AstraZeneca's COVISHIELD, coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine are seen before they are packaged inside a lab at Serum Institute of India, in Pune, India, November 30, 2020. Picture taken November 30, 2020. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas
Indonesia receives first COVID vaccine from China's Sinovac 06 Dec 2020 - 07:18 pm
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Pakistan: 7 virus patients die after oxygen supply ran out 06 Dec 2020 - 03:02 pm
Students wear protective face masks as they have their temperature checked before entering a class, after the government allowed the reopening of schools from grade six to eight amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Peshawar, Pakistan Septe
Japan mulls limited resumption of inbound tourism from spring: Media 06 Dec 2020 - 12:46 pm
People cross a street in the Ginza shopping district in Tokyo on December 6, 2020. / AFP / Kazuhiro Nogi
Singapore to seek more travel bubble arrangements 06 Dec 2020 - 12:13 pm
People wearing protective face masks cross a street, in Singapore, November 30, 2020. Reuters/Edgar Su
Australia bushfire threatens township on World Heritage-listed Fraser island 06 Dec 2020 - 11:25 am
Vegetation burns from a bushfire on Fraser Island (K'gari), Queensland, Australia December 5, 2020 in this aerial picture obtained from social media. Save Fraser Islands Dingoes Inc via REUTERS
China prepares large-scale rollout of coronavirus vaccines 06 Dec 2020 - 11:04 am
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S.Korea tightens curbs in Seoul as COVID-19 cases hit 9-mo high: Media 06 Dec 2020 - 10:15 am
A man wearing a face mask walks alongside the Chongye stream in central Seoul on December 4, 2020. / AFP / Ed JONES
Pfizer seeks emergency-use approval for vaccine in India: PTI 06 Dec 2020 - 08:36 am
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Kyrgyzstan reopens borders to all foreign visitors 05 Dec 2020 - 04:18 pm
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Indian jeweller's 12,638-diamond ring sets world record 04 Dec 2020 - 09:25 pm
This undated handout photograph provided by the Renani Jewels on December 4, 2020, shows a ring called the Marigold-the ring of prosperity, the circular band with 12,638 diamonds that weighs a little over 165 grams is pictured in Meerut. AFP PHOTO/Renani