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UK to repatriate citizens from ship quarantined off Japan 18 Feb 2020 - 11:44 am
Diamond Princess cruise ship, with people, quarantined onboard due to fears of the new COVID-19 coronavirus, is docked at the Daikaku Pier Cruise Terminal in Yokohama port on February 16, 2020. AFP / Behrouz Mehri
'Tiger widows' shunned as bad luck in rural Bangladesh 18 Feb 2020 - 10:36 am
In this photograph taken on November 11, 2019, Bangladeshi mother-of-four Mosammat Rashida, whose husband was killed by a Bengal tiger a decade ago while he was collecting honey, stands next to a mirror at her house in Shyamnagar. AFP / Munir Uz Zaman
Wuhan hospital director dies of coronavirus 18 Feb 2020 - 08:51 am
This photo taken on February 16, 2020 shows medical staff members working at the isolation ward of the Wuhan Red Cross Hospital in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province./ AFP / STR
India offers concessions on US farm goods to reach trade deal 18 Feb 2020 - 08:41 am
A man applies finishing touches to paintings of US President Donald Trump and India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi on a wall as part of beautification along a route that Trump and Modi will be taking during Trump's upcoming visit, in Ahmedabad, India, Feb
Pakistan to consider importing insecticides from India to fight locusts 17 Feb 2020 - 03:51 pm
Desert locusts are seen in a grazing land in Nakwamuru village, Samburu County, Kenya January 16, 2020. Reuters/Njeri Mwangi
India's top court orders equal roles for women in army 17 Feb 2020 - 03:28 pm
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India's 'Usain Bolt' buffalo runner turns down sprint trial 17 Feb 2020 - 03:10 pm
 In this photo taken on January 31, 2020, Srinivas Gowda, 28, hailing from the Dakshina Kannada district runs alongside his buffalos during 'Kambala', the traditional buffalo racing event, held at Aikala village in Dakshina Kannada district about 30 kms f
China asks recovered patients to donate plasma for virus treatment 17 Feb 2020 - 02:30 pm
This photo taken on February 16, 2020 shows a man (R) who has recovered from the COVID-19 coronavirus infection donating plasma in Lianyungang in China's eastern Jiangsu province, aimed at curing infected patients in severe and critical conditions. China
Philippine banana group says coronavirus dampens exports to China 17 Feb 2020 - 12:23 pm
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Armed gang steals toilet rolls in panic-buying hit Hong Kong 17 Feb 2020 - 11:44 am
People wear masks as they walk past rolls of toilet paper at a market, following the outbreak of a new coronavirus, in Hong Kong. (REUTERS/Tyrone Siu/File Photo)
Americans who left cruise trade one quarantine for another 17 Feb 2020 - 10:39 am
A US passenger thumbs up to reporters while arriving at the Haneda Airport, in Tokyo on February 17, 2020 after disembarking in Yokohama from the Diamond Princess cruise ship, where people are quarantined onboard due to fears of the new COVID-19 coronavir
Australia to evacuate more than 200 citizens from cruise ship quarantined at Japan port 17 Feb 2020 - 09:21 am
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With biryani and rice balls, Malaysia aims for halal Olympic gold 16 Feb 2020 - 03:48 pm
Workers arrange food packages at Mychef halal food factory in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, December 6, 2019. Picture taken December 6, 2019. REUTERS/Lim Huey Teng
Malaysia insists virus diagnosis from cruise passenger is correct 16 Feb 2020 - 03:31 pm
A general view of the Westerdam cruise ship docked at Sihanoukville port on February 15, 2020. AFP / Tang Chhin Sothy
Nepal evacuates 175 citizens, mostly students, from Wuhan after coronavirus outbreak 16 Feb 2020 - 01:38 pm
Nepalese nationals who were in the coronavirus-stricken Chinese city of Wuhan walk out from a Nepal Airlines plane carrying 175 Nepalese nationals, before they were sent to be quarantine, at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal February 16,
Parasite' director Bong Joon-ho gets hero's welcome in South Korea 16 Feb 2020 - 01:20 pm
Director of four Oscar award-winning film 'Parasite' Bong Joon-ho is escorted by security personnel as he leaves Incheon International Airport, South Korea, February 16, 2020. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji
Kim Jong Un in first appearance in weeks as coronavirus rages next door 16 Feb 2020 - 01:02 pm
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visits his father and former leader Kim Jong Il's mausoleum to mark the anniversary of the late leader's birth, in this undated photo released by North Korea's Central News Agency (KCNA) on February 15, 2020. KCNA/via REUTE
Cruise ship passengers bumped from KLM flight in Malaysia 16 Feb 2020 - 09:15 am
 Passengers wave their hands after they depart from MS Westerdam, a cruise ship that spent two weeks at sea after being turned away by five countries over fears that someone aboard might have the coronavirus, as it docks in Sihanoukville, Cambodia Februar