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India's Serum Institute to get $150 mln from Gates Foundation for COVID-19 vaccine 07 Aug 2020 - 01:46 pm
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Hong Kong offers universal virus testing, with Beijing's help 07 Aug 2020 - 01:42 pm
A medical worker (L) demonstrates removing her gown while being supervised in an area where protective gear is put on and taken off at a temporary field hospital set up at Asia World Expo in Hong Kong on August 1, 2020. / AFP / ISAAC LAWRENCE
Japan says in deal to purchase AstraZeneca's COVID-10 vaccine 07 Aug 2020 - 01:25 pm
TOPSHOT - People wearing face masks as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus visit Togoshi Ginza shopping street in Tokyo on August 1, 2020. / AFP / Philip FONG
Sri Lanka's Rajapaksa alliance wins two-thirds majority 07 Aug 2020 - 12:08 am
A Special Task Force (STF) soldier (L) stands guard at the main counting centre in Colombo on August 6, 2020, a day after Sri Lanka's parliamentary election. / AFP / LAKRUWAN WANNIARACHCHI
Pakistan lifts virus restrictions as cases drop 06 Aug 2020 - 05:39 pm
Muhammed Semih U?urlu - Anadolu
South Korea searches for rescue workers missing in floods 06 Aug 2020 - 05:21 pm
People watch as water from the Imjin river is discharged through the Gunnam Dam in Yeoncheon following heavy rain fall on August 6, 2020. / AFP / YONHAP /
Human trials of coronavirus vaccine set to begin in Indonesia 06 Aug 2020 - 04:53 pm
A doctor displays a vaccine for COVID-19 coronavirus at Padjadjaran university educational hospital in Bandung, West Java on July 6, 2020, in preparation for efforts to vaccinate 1,620 volunteers in the community next week. / AFP / TIMUR MATAHARI
Vietnam turns Danang stadium into field hospital amid virus outbreak 06 Aug 2020 - 03:27 pm
Workers prepare a make-shift field hospital inside the Tien Son sports complex amid the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus in Danang on August 5, 2020. / AFP / Hoang Khanh
Olympic rings in Tokyo Bay removed for 'maintenance' 06 Aug 2020 - 02:12 pm
A large size Olympic rings symbol (W32.6m x H15.3m) is seen in front of Rainbow Bridge at Tokyo Waterfront in the waters of Odaiba Marine Park on August 6, 2020 before being transferred back to the factory where it was manufactured for a safety inspection
Philippines reports 3,561 new coronavirus cases, 28 more deaths 06 Aug 2020 - 11:17 am
People wearing masks shop for fresh food at a market in Manila on August 6, 2020. AFP / Lisa Marie David
Australia's second-biggest city enters strict new coronavirus lockdown 06 Aug 2020 - 09:36 am
A sign in Federation Square urges people to wear a mask in the central business district in Melbourne on August 6, 2020. Australia's second city Melbourne entered a more restrictive six-week lockdown on August 6, sparking a fresh wave of anxiety and confu
Eight COVID-19 patients die in hospital fire in western India 06 Aug 2020 - 09:06 am
Police officers and relatives stand outside a hospital where a fire broke out inside an intensive Care Unit (ICU) treating patients infected with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Ahmedabad, India, August 6, 2020. REUTERS/Stringer
Sri Lanka counts votes from parliament election 06 Aug 2020 - 08:42 am
A health official takes the temperature of election officials who arrive with ballot boxes from a polling station to a counting center, after the voting ended during the country's parliamentary election in Colombo, Sri Lanka, August 5, 2020. REUTERS/Dinuk
Heaviest one day August rain in 47 years slams Mumbai 05 Aug 2020 - 11:57 pm
MUMBAI, INDIA - AUGUST 4: People make their way through a flooded road due to heavy monsoon rain in Mumbai, India on August 4, 2020. ( Imtiyaz Shaikh - Anadolu Agency )
Philippines back under lockdown as virus cases continue to surge 04 Aug 2020 - 06:17 pm
Airline ground staff wearing protective gear work at the counter at the airport in Manila on August 4, 2020. More than 27 million people -- a quarter of the Philippine population -- were give 24-hours notice of the new restrictions that have shuttered man
South Korea floods, landslides kill 14 04 Aug 2020 - 05:39 pm
In a photo taken on August 3, 2020 rescue services help people cross a flooded field in a village near Cheonan, following heavy rain. Damage from heavy rain that pounded the country's central region earlier this week continued to grow, leaving 13 dead and
Indonesia eyes production of 250 mln doses a year of coronavirus vaccine 04 Aug 2020 - 04:47 pm
Staff are seen in the COVID-19 vaccine production facility area at the Bio Farma office amid the coronavirus pandemic in Bandung, West Java province, Indonesia August 4, 2020. Antara Foto/Dhemas Reviyanto
In milestone year, A-bomb survivor keeps up fight for nuclear disarmament 03 Aug 2020 - 07:00 pm
Terumi Tanaka, a Nagasaki atomic bombing survivor and co-chairperson of Nihon Hidankyo, a country-wide organisation of atomic and hydrogen bomb sufferers, attends an interview with Reuters at the Nihon Hidankyo office in Tokyo, Japan July 30, 2020. Pictur

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Africa

A health worker monitors visitors arriving at the Rodolphe Mérieux Laboratory, National Biomedical Research Institute (INRB) in Goma, on May 19, 2026. (Photo by Jospin Mwisha / AFP) Race to find vaccines, treatments for Ebola strain behind outbreak
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A visitor has their temperature checked by a health worker before entering Kyeshero Hospital, as part of Ebola prevention measures in Goma on May 18, 2026. (Photo by Jospin Mwisha / AFP) WHO chief says 'deeply concerned' by 'scale and speed' of DR Congo Ebola outbreak
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Americas

Representational Photo File US stocks dip as markets fret over inflation
Fire fighters use a bulldozer to combat the Sandy Fire as it burns on a hill at a residential area in Simi Valley, California (Photo by Apu Gomes / AFP) Brush fire near Los Angeles forces thousands to evacuate
US President Donald Trump attends a healthcare affordability event in the South Court Auditorium of The White House in Washington, DC, on May 18, 2026. (Photo by Kent Nishimura / AFP) Tuesday's planned military attack on Iran paused: US President
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