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Afghan health minister tests positive for virus 08 May 2020 - 01:08 pm
An Afghan man wearing a protective face mask walks past a painted wall during the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Kabul, Afghanistan May 7, 2020. REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail
China's new spacecraft returns to Earth: official 08 May 2020 - 12:54 pm
:(FILES) This file photo taken on May 5, 2020 shows a Long March 5B rocket lifting off from the Wenchang launch site on China's southern Hainan island. China's new prototype spacecraft
Australia annoyed as U.S. pushes Wuhan lab COVID-19 theory 08 May 2020 - 11:53 am
A woman walks past a street art in Sydney on May 8, 2020. Australia's government unveiled a three-stage plan to get the economy back to a new
Pakistan to lift lockdown from Saturday, despite rising COVID-19 curve 07 May 2020 - 02:23 pm
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'Indian hero' - Moldovan tennis player feeds poor in lockdown 07 May 2020 - 12:59 pm
Moldovan tennis player Dmitrii Baskov (C) packs food to be distributed to people in need along with Director of Ace Tennis Academy Pramesh Modi (R) and Founder of Shree Sava Foundation Ami Pramesh Modi during nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure ag
At Shanghai High, new back-to-school realities under coronavirus 07 May 2020 - 12:45 pm
Students wearing face masks are seen in their classroom during a government-organised media tour at Shanghai High School after it reopened in Shanghai on May 7, 2020. AFP / Hector RETAMAL
Chemical leak at LG plant in India kills 11, about 1,000 ill 07 May 2020 - 12:41 pm
Smoke is seen at LG Polymers plant in Visakhapatnam, India, May 7, 2020. REUTERS/R Narendra
Sri Lanka asks government workers to donate May pay to aid virus recovery 07 May 2020 - 12:37 pm
A police officer directs traffic on a road in the central Sri Lankan town of Pilimathalawa May 5, 2020, during a break in the curfew that was first imposed on March 20. AFP / Ishara S. KODIKARA
India’s cleanest city Indore turns epicenter of COVID-19 07 May 2020 - 12:27 pm
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Cruise ship linked to Australian coronavirus cluster reaches Philippines 07 May 2020 - 12:12 pm
The M/V Ruby Princess is pictured during a short aerial surveillance conducted at the Manila Bay Anchorage area, in Manila, Philippines, May 7, 2020. Philippine Coast Guard/Handout via REUTERS
Japan set to approve Gilead’s Remdesivir drug to treat virus 07 May 2020 - 11:20 am
A caution sign sits on a sidewalk in front of the Gilead Sciences headquarters in Foster City, California on April 30, 2020. Gilead Science's remdesivir, one of the most highly anticipated drugs being tested against the new coronavirus, showed positive re
Gas leak at LG Polymers plant in India kills nine, hundreds hospitalised 07 May 2020 - 08:12 am
Policemen stand guard as people gather in front of a LG Polymers plant following a gas leak incident in Visakhapatnam on May 7, 2020. AFP
Coronavirus spreads among Indian police enforcing world's largest lockdown 06 May 2020 - 04:11 pm
Police officers march on a street in Dharavi, one of Asia's largest slums, after the extension of the lockdown in Maharashtra state, to control the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Mumbai, India, April 11, 2020. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas/Fil
Give us first-hand information to fight virus, Taiwan asks WHO 06 May 2020 - 02:58 pm
FILE PHOTO: Nan Shan Plaza (L) and Taiwan's landmark building Taipei 101 are pictured through the window of an airplane, in Taipei, Taiwan August 19, 2018. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu/File Photo
India's cases spike with Chennai market cluster 06 May 2020 - 12:55 pm
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S.Korea spy agency says no signs N.Korea's Kim received heart surgery 06 May 2020 - 12:44 pm
This picture taken on May 1, 2020 and released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on May 2, 2020 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (2nd L) visiting the completed Suchon phosphate fertilizer factory in South Pyongan Province,
India to send nearly 1,000 tonnes of paracetamol raw material to Europe 06 May 2020 - 12:27 pm
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Students in China's virus centre Wuhan return to school 06 May 2020 - 11:15 am
High school senior students study with plastic partitions in a classroom in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province on May 6, 2020. Senior school students in 121 institutions were back in front of chalk boards and digital displays for the first time on Ma

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
Representational file photo. Ethiopian Airlines' passenger numbers rise 80 pct in 8 years

Americas

Police vehicles and tape blocks off a crime scene near the White House after a gunman opened fire in Washington, DC, on May 23, 2026. (Photo by Alex Wroblewski / AFP) Gunman killed by US Secret Service after opening fire near White House
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