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China reports 5 new coronavirus cases, down from 8 a day earlier 17 May 2020 - 11:06 am
:A woman holds a child who wears a protective face cover as they pose for pictures near a Chinese national flag at the Tiananmen Square in Beijing, following the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, China May 16, 2020. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang
South Korea reports single digit domestic coronavirus cases 17 May 2020 - 10:49 am
People wait in line to take tests for the COVID-19 coronavirus at a virus testing station in the nightlife district of Itaewon in Seoul on May 12, 2020. / AFP / Jung Yeon-je
Truck collision on Indian highway kills 23 migrant workers 16 May 2020 - 01:10 pm
Rescue workers and people stand watching as an excavator gathers the wreckage of a truck transporting goods and migrant labourers going back to their hometowns after it collided with another vehicle, in Auraiya district of Uttar Pradesh state on May 16, 2
Bangladesh: Growing fear of virus outbreak in Rohingya camps 16 May 2020 - 12:57 pm
Rohingya refugees gather at a market as first cases of COVID-19 coronavirus have emerged in the area, in Kutupalong refugee camp in Ukhia on May 15, 2020. AFP / Suzauddin RUBEL
India overtakes China in number of cases 16 May 2020 - 12:17 pm
AFP / Indranil MUKHERJEE
Pakistan's Ferozsons to begin producing COVID-19 drug remdesivir 15 May 2020 - 04:12 pm
FILE PHOTO: An ampule of drugmaker Gilead's remdesivir, which has won emergency approval as a treatment for COVID-19 in Japan, is pictured during a news conference at the University Hospital Eppendorf (UKE) in Hamburg, Germany, April 8, 2020. Ulrich Perre
Swabbers Wanted: Singapore recruits virus testers as cases climb 15 May 2020 - 01:40 pm
:Medical workers prepare to perform a nose swab on a migrant worker at a dormitory, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Singapore May 15, 2020. REUTERS/Edgar Su
China's Wuhan says tested almost a third of residents for coronavirus since April 15 May 2020 - 01:26 pm
Medical workers take swab samples from staff members from the AOC computer monitor factory to be tested for the COVID-19 coronavirus in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province on May 15, 2020. Nervous residents of China's pandemic epicentre of Wuhan queue
China asks US to 'meet halfway' after Trump threatens to cut ties 15 May 2020 - 12:11 pm
(FILES) In this file photo taken on June 29, 2019, US President Donald Trump and China's President Xi Jinping attend a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Osaka. / AFP / Brendan Smialowski
Typhoon leaves 1 dead, extensive damage in Philippine towns 15 May 2020 - 11:31 am
Residents stand amongst debris and next to a huge crucifix blown from the church after it was destroyed at the height of typhoon Vongfong in Arteche town, Eastern Samar province on May 15, 2020, a day after the typhoon hit the town. typhoon Vongfong has d
Ex-billionaire Mallya one step closer to India extradition 14 May 2020 - 05:02 pm
A 2017 Reuters file photo of Vijay Mallya at Westminster Magistrates Court in London, Britain
India to provide free food grains to millions of migrant workers 14 May 2020 - 04:22 pm
Migrants are sit outside a shelter home, during an extended nationwide lockdown to slow the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in New Delhi, India, May 14, 2020. Reuters/Anushree Fadnavis
First coronavirus cases found in Bangladesh refugee camps 14 May 2020 - 04:13 pm
People make their way along a busy street in a market area during a government-imposed lockdown as a preventative measure against the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus in Dhaka on May 12, 2020. / AFP / Munir Uz Zaman
Typhoon forces risky evacuations in virus-hit Philippines 14 May 2020 - 01:59 pm
Residents brave rains and strong wind as they walk past uprooted trees along a highway in Can-avid town, Eastern Samar province, central Philippines on May 14, 2020, as Typhoon Vongfong makes landfall. / AFP / Alren BERONIO
China rejects US claim of attempted vaccine theft as 'smearing' 14 May 2020 - 01:06 pm
A worker is seen inside the Beijing Applied Biological Technologies (XABT) research and development laboratory in Beijing on May 14, 2020. AFP / NICOLAS ASFOURI
Bangladesh builds mega field hospital as virus outbreak worsens 14 May 2020 - 01:00 pm
A general view shows a makeshift hospital ward for the treatment of COVID-19 coronavirus contaminated patients at the Bashundhara Convention Centre in Dhaka on May 13, 2020. / AFP / MUNIR UZ ZAMAN
Japan seeks to lift virus emergency in most regions 14 May 2020 - 12:34 pm
People walk through a shopping area in Tokyo on May 12, 2020. / AFP / Kazuhiro NOGI
Out-of-work Thai chefs cook for others made jobless by virus crisis 13 May 2020 - 05:15 pm
Volunteers cook free lunch for low-income communities during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Bangkok, Thailand May 13, 2020. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

Europe

French President Emmanuel Macron waits for the arrival of European Commission President before a meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, on January 28, 2025. (Photo by Dimitar Dilkoff / AFP) Macron warns Belarus against involvement in Ukraine war: source
File photo Starmer 'welcomes the progress' towards deal to end US-Iran war
People march during an anti-government protest decrying corruption and calling for early elections following the collapse of a railway station canopy in Novi Sad that killed 16 in November 2024, in central Belgrade on May 23, 2026. (Photo by Andrej Isakovic / AFP) Thousands gather in Serbian capital to call for elections
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Africa

Benin president-elect Romuald Wadagni (C) delivers his remarks after being sworn in during his inauguration ceremony at the Palais des Congres in Cotonou on May 24, 2026. (Photo by yanick Folly / AFP) Benin's ex-finance minister sworn in as president
File photo Burkina Faso strengthens preventive measures against Ebola
President of Senegal Bassirou Diomaye Faye (L) shakes hands with Senegalese supporters who were granted a royal pardon in Morocco as they arrive at Blaise Diagne International Airport in Ndiass, Senegal (Photo by Seyllou / AFP) Senegal football fans home after royal pardon
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