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About 3 billion animals harmed in Australian bushfires, WWF says 29 Jul 2020 - 09:13 am
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Vietnam says every city, province now at risk of virus infection 29 Jul 2020 - 09:11 am
A health worker of Hanoi CDC gets test samples from an employee of a pizza restaurant where another employee tested positive with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) after travel from Da Nang city, in Hanoi, Vietnam July 29, 2020. REUTERS/Kham
Philippines culls nearly 39,000 chickens to curb bird flu outbreak 29 Jul 2020 - 09:09 am
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Hong Kong implements tough coronavirus restrictions 29 Jul 2020 - 09:04 am
Pedestrians wear face masks in the Kowloon-side Sham Shui Po district of Hong Kong in the early morning of July 29, 2020, as new social distancing measures come into effect which include having to wear masks in public, to combat a new wave of coronavirus
France sends coronavirus ventilators, test kits to India 28 Jul 2020 - 08:42 pm
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China's Mars probe photographs Earth en route to Red Planet 28 Jul 2020 - 07:53 pm
This handout photograph taken on July 27, 2020 and released by the China National Space Administration via CNS, shows a view of the Earth and Moon taken by China's Tianwen-1 Mars probe from a distance of 1.2 million kilometers. AFP PHOTO / China National
Head of China CDC gets injected with experimental vaccine 28 Jul 2020 - 04:25 pm
FILE PHOTO: People wearing face masks following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak are seen at Beijing Daxing International Airport in Beijing, China July 23, 2020. REUTERS/Thomas Suen/File Photo
Philippines’ telecom stocks wobble after Duterte warns of closure 28 Jul 2020 - 03:00 pm
FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: A logo of Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT) is seen in front of their building in Makati city, metro Manila, Philippines May 30, 2016. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco/File Photo
Vietnam locks down its 3rd-largest city as virus cases grow 28 Jul 2020 - 02:53 pm
Police officers wearing protective masks set up a barricade on a street in Da Nang city as the city started 15 days quarantine after new cases of the novel coronavirus had been detected in the city, Vietnam early July 28, 2020. Trinh Quoc Dung/VNA via REU
Australian police arrest 6 at Black Lives Matter rally for breaching virus ban 28 Jul 2020 - 10:04 am
Police officers issue citation tickets to demonstrators, after police shut down a rally that was deemed unlawful, in Sydney, Australia, July 28, 2020. REUTERS/Loren Elliott
India bans 47 more Chinese mobile apps 27 Jul 2020 - 08:34 pm
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Confirmed coronavirus cases surpass 100,000 in Indonesia 27 Jul 2020 - 04:18 pm
Passengers wearing protective face masks queue for a public bus, following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, at a central bus spot in Jakarta, Indonesia, July 27, 2020. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan
Hundreds jam airport as evacuations from Vietnam's Danang begin 27 Jul 2020 - 03:42 pm
A man and his children, all wearing protective masks, ride a bicycle on a street during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Hanoi, Vietnam July 27, 2020. REUTERS/Kham
Duterte pitches Philippine rebound plan, asks Xi for vaccine 27 Jul 2020 - 02:23 pm
This handout photo taken and released on July 27, 2020 by the Philippines' Presidential Photo Division (PPD) shows Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte delivering his annual State of the Nation Address in congress in Manila. AFP PHOTO / PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO
North Korea declares emergency over suspected virus case 26 Jul 2020 - 10:56 pm
This picture taken on July 25, 2020 and released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on July 26 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attending an emergency enlarged meeting of Political Bureau of WPK Central Committee at an undi
Pakistan virus deaths drop, but government warns of Eid spike 26 Jul 2020 - 09:04 pm
A girl reacts while she stands with sheep outside of her family tent along a cattle market, ahead of the Eid al-Adha festival, as the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Peshawar, Pakistan July 23, 2020. REUTERS/Fayaz Aziz
Thai Red Bull distances itself from hit-and-run case as boycott calls grow 26 Jul 2020 - 07:41 pm
(FILES) In this file photo taken on September 3, 2012, police officers look at a Ferrari that was allegedly involved in a hit-and-run accident during their investigation at Thong Lor police station in Bangkok. / AFP /STR
Set sail and social distance: Taiwan resumes ocean cruise amid pandemic 26 Jul 2020 - 04:43 pm
Social distancing signs are seen in the restaurant to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), on the Explorer Dream cruise ship, in Keelung, Taiwan, July 26, 2020. REUTERS/Ann Wang