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India reports biggest one-day virus spike as lockdown eased 20 Apr 2020 - 10:32 am
Indian fishermen, who said they were refused entry at two ports after a nationwide lockdown was imposed to fight the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), travel in the Arabian Sea attempting to reach to their home state Maharashtra from the western state of Gu
Wuhan virus lab denies any link to first coronavirus outbreak 20 Apr 2020 - 10:14 am
TOPSHOT - An aerial view shows the P4 laboratory at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province on April 17, 2020. / AFP / Hector RETAMAL
Coronavirus threatens to trigger new round of global food crisis - China official 20 Apr 2020 - 09:57 am
Farmers harvest vegetables at a farm in a village in Haian, Jiangsu province, China April 19, 2020. Picture taken April 19, 2020. China Daily via REUTERS
India's Maharashtra state allows some economic activity as national coronavirus cases top 15,000 19 Apr 2020 - 12:42 pm
A taxi driver reads a newspaper while waiting for customers under a bridge during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus in MUMBAI on April 17, 2020. / AFP / INDRANIL MUKHERJEE
Wuhan Classified as COVID-19 Low-Risk Area 19 Apr 2020 - 12:22 pm
:People eat outdoor next to a restaurant in Wuhan, in China's central Hubei province on April 16, 2020. China has largely brought the coronavirus under control within its borders since the outbreak first emerged in the city of Wuhan late last year. / AFP
Pakistan starts repatriating UAE-based nationals stranded by coronavirus 19 Apr 2020 - 11:59 am
A health worker takes samples from foreign workers to check for the novel coronavirus at a testing centre in the Al Quaz area of Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates, on April 18, 2020. AFP / KARIM SAHIB
S.Korea relaxes some social distancing rules as new virus cases fall 19 Apr 2020 - 11:30 am
Seoul, SOUTH KOREA - APRIL 15: Election officials count ballots at a polling station during the 21st General Election amid the coronavirus outbreak in seoul, South Korea on April 15, 2020. ( Jong Hyun Kim - Anadolu Agency )
Taiwan virus cases spike, mostly navy sailors on Palau trip 19 Apr 2020 - 11:29 am
:Devotees, one of them wearing a face mask, walk through the fire crackers to celebrate Mazu's birthday in front of Chaotian Temple in Beigang, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Yunlin, Taiwan on April 15, 2020. REUTERS/Ann Wang
India says no decision yet on easing or lifting flight restrictions 19 Apr 2020 - 10:15 am
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Nine killed in Indonesia mining accident 19 Apr 2020 - 10:11 am
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Virus takes cheer out of Zimbabwe independence celebration 18 Apr 2020 - 03:22 pm
An aerial view shows a police water cannon that is used to spray Hydroperoxide compound to disinfect a vending market in Nkulumane township in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, on April 16, 2020. / AFP / ZINYANGE AUNTONY
China virus epicentre Wuhan raises death toll 50% 17 Apr 2020 - 04:15 pm
:TOPSHOT - A medical worker prepares to check the temperature of an AFP photojournalist before a COVID-19 coronavirus test in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province on April 16, 2020. / AFP / Hector RETAMAL
Philippine economic chief resigns amid coronavirus crisis 17 Apr 2020 - 03:41 pm
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Pakistan gets $1.4B IMF aid as virus cases top 7,000 17 Apr 2020 - 02:00 pm
FILE PHOTO: Vehicles run past the Centaurus mall in Islamabad, Pakistan November 23, 2017. REUTERS/Faisal Mahmood
India to extend nationwide lockdown to tackle coronavirus - state minister 17 Apr 2020 - 12:34 pm
Policemen pose for photos wearing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)standing next to a poster depicting the COVID-19 coronavirus during an event in Amritsar on April 16, 2020. / AFP / Narinder NANU
Australian company to begin 1st human trial of COVID-19 vaccine 16 Apr 2020 - 01:29 pm
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Remote Chinese city hit by coronavirus after weeks of feeling safe 16 Apr 2020 - 12:16 pm
A resident wearing a face mask walks past a closed shop in Suifenhe, a city of Heilongjiang province on the border with Russia, as the spread of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in the country, China April 12, 2020. REUTERS/Huizhong Wu
China sees drop in imported coronavirus cases but local infections rise 16 Apr 2020 - 12:16 pm
A man wearing a face mask walks past an estate agent in Guangzhou's Sanyuanli area, as the spread of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in the country, in Guangdong province, China April 13, 2020. Picture taken April 13, 2020. REUTERS/Davi

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Researchers from San Francisco's Exploratorium museum carry out preparations for the global live broadcast of the upcoming August 12 total solar eclipse, in the abandoned village of Villalibado, near Burgos, northern Spain, on August 10, 2026. Photo by CESAR MANSO / AFP Skywatchers gather in Europe to see total solar eclipse
This aerial photograph shows the parched bed of Brenets Lake (Lac des Brenets), part of the Doubs River, a natural border between eastern France and western Switzerland, as central Europe is hit by a new heatwave, in Les Brenets on August 11, 2026. Photo by FABRICE COFFRINI / AFP Europe heatwave: more than 90 mn set for temperatures above 35°C
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Africa

Representational file photo. Ethiopia seeks to double coffee productivity with new 10-year initiative
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Rescuers and volunteers search for survivors amid the rubble of a collapsed building after an earthquake in Cali, Colombia on August 11, 2026. Photo by JOAQUIN SARMIENTO / AFP Colombia declares three days mourning for quake victims
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Firefighters and rescue teams carry survivor Daniela Andrea Largo Sanchez out of the rubble of a collapsed building after an earthquake in Pereira, Colombia on August 11, 2026. (Photo by David SALAZAR / AFP) Colombia rescuers find woman alive as quake death toll passes 240
This aerial view shows rescuers searching for survivors amid the rubble of a collapsed building after an earthquake in Cali, Colombia on August 11, 2026. (Photo by JOAQUIN SARMIENTO / AFP) Colombia earthquake death toll rises to at least 218

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