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Singapore launches first drone delivery service 29 Apr 2020 - 11:40 am
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Children in South Asia at risk as coronavirus disrupts immunization drive-UNICEF 28 Apr 2020 - 02:51 pm
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Singapore says its COVID-19 cases may be higher than official tallies 28 Apr 2020 - 02:23 pm
A car drives along an otherwise empty road in the financial district of Singapore on April 24, 2020, as the country undergoes a partial lockdown to fight the spread of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus. / AFP / Roslan RAHMAN
Sri Lanka extends lockdown as virus cases spike 28 Apr 2020 - 01:00 pm
A Sri Lankan Navy personnel (C) wearing a facemask holds a stop sign at a checkpoint during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus, in Colombo on April 26, 2020. / AFP / LAKRUWAN WANNIARACHCHI
China says Indian criticism of coronavirus test kits is "irresponsible" 28 Apr 2020 - 12:05 pm
A health worker uses an infrared thermometer to measure the temperature of a motorcyclist on a road during a nationwide lockdown to slow the spreading of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Ahmedabad, India, April 27, 2020. REUTERS/Amit Dave
Pakistan confident in controlling spread of coronavirus 28 Apr 2020 - 11:54 am
A police vehicle blocks a road in a business district during a lockdown in efforts to stem the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), as the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan begins in Karachi, Pakistan April 25, 2020. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro
Thailand's coronavirus medics feel strain even as cases decline 28 Apr 2020 - 11:41 am
Nurse Tatsanee Onthong, 26, wears personal protective equipment (PPE) as she attends to a COVID-19 in the Emerging Infectious Disease Clinic intensive care unit at King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital in Bangkok, Thailand, April 22, 2020. Picture taken Ap
Australia says 'winning' against coronavirus, eases lockdown 28 Apr 2020 - 11:33 am
Surfers are seen in the ocean after Bondi Beach reopened following a five week closure in Sydney on April 28, 2020, amid the COVID-19 novel coronavirus pandemic./ AFP / PETER PARKS
Bangladesh garment factories reopen, while India looks to ease its lockdown 27 Apr 2020 - 04:41 pm
Labourers work in a garment factory during a nationwide coronavirus lockdown as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus, in Asulia on April 26, 2020. AFP / STR
South Korea maintains Kim Jong Un health rumors are untrue 27 Apr 2020 - 03:22 pm
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New Zealand has won a battle against virus transmission: PM 27 Apr 2020 - 01:48 pm
New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern briefs the media about the COVIS-19 coronavirus at the Parliament House in Wellington on April 27, 2020. / AFP / POOL / Mark Mitchell
Malaysia says lockdown has succeeded in flattening virus curve 27 Apr 2020 - 12:59 pm
KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA - APRIL 22: A view of Kuala Lumpur City at dawn on Earth Day 2020 taken from the top of Kenny Hills in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on April 22, 2020. ( Syaiful Redzuan - Anadolu Agency )
UN report notes drop in number of Afghan civilians killed 27 Apr 2020 - 12:06 pm
A man is reflected in a mirror as he looks at policemen near the shops during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Kabul, Afghanistan April 23, 2020.REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail
North Korea's Kim 'alive and well': Seoul 27 Apr 2020 - 11:24 am
(FILES) This file photo taken on March 2, 2019 shows North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un waving before boarding his train at the Dong Dang railway station in the Vietnamese town of Lang Son./ AFP / Vietnam News Agency / STR
Australia rejects Chinese 'economic coercion' threat amid planned coronavirus probe 27 Apr 2020 - 10:43 am
An electronic screen advertises free COVID-19 testing being offered at Bondi Beach in Sydney on April 22, 2020. Sydney's Bondi Beach remained closed as authorities increased testing to deal with the coronavirus pandemic. / AFP / Saeed KHAN
Deaths show Philippines, Indonesia worst hit by virus in region 27 Apr 2020 - 10:08 am
:Indonesian policemen check passengers in their vehicle at the border between Jakarta and Tangerang after the government imposed a large-scale social restrictions to curb the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus in Jakarta on April 27, 2020. / AFP / ADEK BE
Registration for non-resident Keralites wishing to return begins 26 Apr 2020 - 05:40 pm
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China seizes over 89 million shoddy face masks 26 Apr 2020 - 12:52 pm
A worker wearing a protective suit counts masks at Naton Medical Group, a company which makes medical equipment in Beijing on April 24, 2020. AFP / WANG ZHAO

Europe

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A picture taken on April 30, 2026 shows residential buildings alongside the Guadalquivir river on Betis street in Seville. Photo by CRISTINA QUICLER / AFP Protesters march in Madrid over soaring housing costs
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

Africa

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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

Americas

Orange County sheriff deputies block Western Avenue at Katella Avenue as roads remain closed after a chemical leak in Garden Grove, California, on May 24, 2026. (Photo by Blake Fagan / AFP) Crack found in California toxic chemical tank could relieve pressure
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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