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Fears for Philippines press freedom as court finds Maria Ressa guilty of libel 15 Jun 2020 - 09:20 am
Philippine journalist Maria Ressa speaks during a press conference after attending the court's verdict promulgation in Manila on June 15, 2020. / AFP / Ted ALJIBE
Sri Lanka holds mock election to test virus measures 14 Jun 2020 - 04:42 pm
An election official stands to enter a polling station ahead of a mock election to test the guidelines implemented against the COVID-19 coronavirus in Ingiriya of Kalutara District in Western Province on June 14, 2020. AFP / LAKRUWAN WANNIARACHCHI
Uzbekistan to reopen borders for some air travellers 14 Jun 2020 - 02:47 pm
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Delhi to use 500 railway coaches as hospital facilities to fight coronavirus 14 Jun 2020 - 02:45 pm
A man walks past a mural painted on a garbage dump after the government eased a nationwide lockdown imposed as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus in New Delhi on June 13, 2020. AFP / Jewel Samad
Tokyo finds 47 new virus cases, most since May 5: Media Reports 14 Jun 2020 - 01:53 pm
FILE PHOTO: A large screen on a building shows live broadcast of Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's news conference on the lifting of the state of emergency in Tokyo and the remaining 5 areas still under alert for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at Sh
Over 400 Afghan security personnel killed or wounded by Taliban in past week: govt 14 Jun 2020 - 01:33 pm
Men inspect the site of a blast inside a mosque in Kabul, Afghanistan June 12, 2020.REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail
Beijing logs record 36 COVID-19 cases, linked to market cluster 14 Jun 2020 - 12:15 pm
TOPSHOT - Chinese police guard the entrance to the closed Xinfadi market in Beijing on June 13, 2020. Eleven residential estates in south Beijing have been locked down due to a fresh cluster of coronavirus cases linked to the Xinfadi meat market, official
How densest Asia slum chased the virus has lesson for others 14 Jun 2020 - 11:25 am
Healthcare workers wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) and volunteers walk through a slum in Dharavi, one of Asia's largest slums, to check residents during a lockdown to slow the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Mumbai, India, Jun
Second wave fears as China reports more new infections 14 Jun 2020 - 10:39 am
Chinese paramilitary police officers guard an entrance to the closed Xinfadi market in Beijing on June 13, 2020. AFP / GREG BAKER
Delhi coronavirus fears mount as hospital beds run out 14 Jun 2020 - 09:47 am
This photo taken on June 6, 2020 shows Kashish Jain (R), daughter of the late Ashwani Jain, standing before an interview with AFP in New Delhi./ AFP / Sajjad HUSSAIN /
Australia's largest states further ease coronavirus curbs 14 Jun 2020 - 09:14 am
Tourists take in the view at a Three Sisters rock formation lookout in Blue Mountains National Park in the wake of regional travel re-opening as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions are eased in New South Wales, in Katoomba, Australia, June 5,
Reseachers in Thailand testing horseshoe bats for coronavirus 13 Jun 2020 - 02:11 pm
People walk in a street food market in Bangkok on June 9, 2020. / AFP / Mladen ANTONOV
Australia's largest state reports first local coronavirus case in weeks 13 Jun 2020 - 01:22 pm
Tourists take in the view at a Three Sisters rock formation lookout in Blue Mountains National Park in the wake of regional travel re-opening as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions are eased in New South Wales, in Katoomba, Australia, June 5,
Truncated will: India landowner bequeaths land to elephants 13 Jun 2020 - 11:47 am
This picture taken on June 9, 2020 shows Indian landowner Akhtar Imam with one of his elephant at Murgia Chai village, in Janipur near Patna. AFP / Mohd Imran Khan
Fresh virus cluster in China raises fears for pandemic control 13 Jun 2020 - 10:43 am
Paramilitary police officers (C) march as police stand guard at the entrance to the closed Xinfadi market in Beijing on June 13, 2020. AFP / GREG BAKER
China sentences Australian to death for drug trafficking 13 Jun 2020 - 09:39 am
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New Zealand removes statue of controversial colonist 12 Jun 2020 - 04:07 pm
Workers remove a controversial statue of Captain John Fane Charles Hamilton from Civic Square in Hamilton on June 12, 2020, / AFP / MICHAEL BRADLEY
Chinese vaccine maker inks deal in Brazil for final testing 12 Jun 2020 - 03:35 pm
A scientist dilutes samples during the research and development of a vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at a laboratory of BIOCAD biotechnology company in Saint Petersburg, Russia June 11, 2020. REUTERS/Anton Vaganov