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Hong Kong's new virus measures include $645 fine for no mask 13 Jul 2020 - 05:28 pm
Passengers wear surgical masks in an MTR train, following the outbreak of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in Hong Kong, China July 13, 2020. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu
Google to invest $10 billion in India 13 Jul 2020 - 03:51 pm
A logo of Google is seen at an office building in Zurich, Switzerland July 1, 2020. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann/File Photo
Hong Kong patient received blood from donor with coronavirus 13 Jul 2020 - 02:13 pm
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US bases on Okinawa locked down over virus spike 13 Jul 2020 - 10:56 am
(FILES) This file photo taken on November 14, 2014 shows multi-mission tiltrotor Osprey aircraft at the US Marine's Camp Futenma in a crowded urban area of Ginowan, Okinawa prefecture. AFP / TORU YAMANAKA
China raises flood alert to second highest level 12 Jul 2020 - 11:45 pm
This overview taken on July 8, 2020 shows streets and walkways that lead to a dock inundated by floodwaters from the swollen Yangtze River following seasonal rains in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province. / AFP / STR
Thailand to begin its Covid-19 vaccine human trials in September 12 Jul 2020 - 07:50 pm
A woman wearing a face mask has her hair curled by a special equipment at a beauty salon in Bangkok on July 12, 2020. / AFP / Mladen ANTONOV
Philippines: China should comply with sea feud ruling 12 Jul 2020 - 07:28 pm
An aerial photo shows the alleged on-going land reclamation by China on mischief reef in the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea, May 11, 2015. Reuters / Ritchie B Tongo
Race to rescue turtles entangled in plastic on Bangladesh beach 12 Jul 2020 - 06:33 pm
A dead sea turtle is seen on a beach in Cox's Bazar on July 12, 2020. Bangladesh green activists said on July 12 hundreds of sea turtles have floated ashore and at least 20 were killed as tonnes of plastic wastes invaded the world's largest unbroken beach
500,000 Hong Kongers cast 'protest' vote against new security laws 12 Jul 2020 - 02:03 pm
Hundreds of thousands of Hong Kong citizens wait to vote during primary elections in Hong Kong on July 12, 2020. AFP / ISAAC LAWRENCE
India's Biocon secures approval to use drug on coronavirus patients 11 Jul 2020 - 07:27 pm
India's Biocon Ltd Chairman and Managing Director Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw speaks during the Forbes Global CEO Conference in Kuala Lumpur September 13, 2011. REUTERS/Bazuki Muhammad/File Photo
Philippine lawmakers deny TV giant ABS-CBN’s franchise bid 11 Jul 2020 - 06:45 pm
A journalist lights a candle outside the ABS-CBN headquarters, following Philippine congress' vote against the broadcast network's franchise renewal, in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines, July 10, 2020. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez
Bangladeshi coronavirus sufferers shun hospitals 11 Jul 2020 - 01:54 pm
This photograph taken on July 9, 2020 shows empty beds at a COVID-19 coronavirus ward in a hospital set up by Al Manahil Welfare Foundation Bangladesh in Chittagong. AFP / STR
Virus-free UK pilot, symbol of Vietnam's pandemic success, to return home 11 Jul 2020 - 12:32 pm
A vendor selling rice noodles waits for customers along a street at sunset in Hanoi on July 9, 2020. / AFP / Manan VATSYAYANA
Singapore ruling party, stung by poll setback, faces succession questions 11 Jul 2020 - 11:01 am
Workers’ Party supporters celebrate the results of the general election in Singapore July 11, 2020. (REUTERS/Edgar Su)
Australia's Victoria state records another day of high coronavirus infections 11 Jul 2020 - 08:54 am
Police and medical workers stand outside an entrance to a public housing estate which is undergoing a forced lockdown in Melbourne on July 10, 2020, as the city records another 288 new cases in a fresh outbreak of the COVID-19 coronavirus.  AFP / William
Australia approves remdesivir as virus treatment 10 Jul 2020 - 03:57 pm
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Furore after Indian police shoot gangster dead 10 Jul 2020 - 01:21 pm
Policemen stand guard next to an overturned vehicle after the gangster Vikas Dubey was shot dead by police, on a highway at Sachendi in Uttar Pradesh state on July 10, 2020. / AFP /
Fake pilot scandal prompts US to block Pakistan’s flag carrier 10 Jul 2020 - 01:03 pm
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