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Singapore approves sale of lab-grown meat in world first 02 Dec 2020 - 11:18 am
A fillet of lab-grown cultured chicken developed by Eat Just is pictured in this handout photo. Eat Just, Inc./Handout via REUTERS
S.Korea coronavirus outbreak adds new stress to gruelling, 8-hour exam 02 Dec 2020 - 10:48 am
Young South Korean's attend a class at a cram school in a Goshichon, which means
China spacecraft lands on moon to bring rocks back to Earth 02 Dec 2020 - 10:29 am
This photo taken on December 1, 2020 shows technical personnel monitoring the process during the Chang'e-5 lunar probe landing on the moon at the Beijing Aerospace Control Center in Beijing. An unmanned Chinese spacecraft landed on the Moon on December 1,
Pakistan approves initial funds to purchase COVID-19 vaccine 01 Dec 2020 - 07:49 pm
In this picture taken on November 25, 2020 volunteers wait to be administered the new Chinese-made vaccine for the Covid-19 coronavirus, the first ever Phase 3 clinical trial for any vaccine in Pakistan, at a hospital in Islamabad. / AFP / Aamir QURESHI
Indian government, protesting farmers fail to break deadlock, to meet again on Thurs 01 Dec 2020 - 07:37 pm
Farmers attend a protest against the newly passed farm bills at Singhu border near Delhi, India, November 28, 2020. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui
Vietnam urges vigilance after more COVID-19 cases linked to rare local outbreak 01 Dec 2020 - 03:51 pm
A woman (L) wearing a facemask adjusts her helmet along a street in Hanoi on December 1, 2020, a day after Vietnam reported its first local transmission case of Covid-19 in nearly three months. AFP / Manan Vatsyayan
Thailand urges calm after four test positive for virus 01 Dec 2020 - 02:52 pm
FILE PHOTO: Medical personnel perform a nose swab test on a local resident of a community in Bangkok, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Thailand, April 28, 2020. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha
Hong Kong leader urges people to stay home as cases rise 01 Dec 2020 - 02:33 pm
Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam attends a weekly news conference following a rise in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in Hong Kong, China December 1, 2020. REUTERS/Joyce Zho
Thai court fires warning on eve of PM ruling 01 Dec 2020 - 02:21 pm
Riot police officers stand guard behind barb wires covered with red paint during a pro-democracy rally demanding Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha to resign and reforms to the monarchy, at 11th Infantry Regiment, in Bangkok, Thailand, November 29, 2020. Re
Tokyo pop-up mask store lures shoppers with festive face coverings 01 Dec 2020 - 01:20 pm
Face masks are displayed at Tokyo Mask Land, a face-mask theme exhibition and its speciality shop, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Yokohama, Japan December 1, 2020. REUTERS/Issei Kato
Thousands flee as activity in Indonesian volcanoes increases 01 Dec 2020 - 01:02 pm
An eruption of Mount Semeru is seen in Lumajang, East Java Province, Indonesia, December 1, 2020, in this photo taken by Antara Foto/Seno via Reuters
Sri Lanka frees prisoners after pandemic sparks deadly jail riot 01 Dec 2020 - 12:02 pm
Smoke billows from a building inside Mahara prison on the outskirts of Colombo on November 30, 2020 a day after a prison riot over the surge of coronavirus infections. AFP / LAKRUWAN WANNIARACHCHI
'Cinema under the stars' offers Indonesians safe entertainment amid pandemic 01 Dec 2020 - 11:20 am
People watch movies from tents placed for social distancing at the campsites in Bandung, West Java Province, Indonesia, November 4, 2020. Picture taken November 4, 2020, in this photo taken by Antara Foto/M Agung Rajasa via Reuters
Philippines mulls subsidizing coronavirus tests to boost tourism 01 Dec 2020 - 10:31 am
A janitor wearing a hazmat suit to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), rides an escalator in an almost empty shopping mall in Mandaluyong City, Metro Manila, Philippines, June 3, 2020. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez/File Photo
Jakarta governor contracts COVID-19 as Indonesia infections spike 01 Dec 2020 - 08:34 am
Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan speaks in a video statement about testing positive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in this still frame obtained from social media video dated December 1, 2020, in Jakarta, Indonesia. Insta@aniesbaswedan via Reuters
Indian PM Modi refuses to back down on farm reforms despite huge protests 30 Nov 2020 - 08:46 pm
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Pakistan government, opposition trade blame as virus cases surge 30 Nov 2020 - 07:39 pm
Maryam Nawaz (C), daughter of former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, and leader of Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), attends an anti-government rally in Multan on November 30, 2020. / AFP / Shahid Saeed MIRZA
Kaavan, Pakistan's lonesome elephant, starts new life in Cambodia 30 Nov 2020 - 07:33 pm
US pop singer Cher poses in front of the crate containing Kaavan the Asian elephant Kaavan upon his arrival in Cambodia from Pakistan at Siem Reap International Airport in Siem Reap on November 30, 2020. / AFP / TANG CHHIN Sothy