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China is trying to patent Gilead’s experimental Coronavirus drug 05 Feb 2020 - 09:21 am
Lab technicians register samples from potential victims of the novel coronavirus at the Centre for Emerging Infectious Diseases of Thailand at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok on February 5, 2020. / AFP / Lillian SUWANRUMPHA
Malaysia's former first lady goes on trial for corruption 05 Feb 2020 - 08:52 am
Rosmah Mansor, wife of Malaysia's former Prime Minister Najib Razak, arrives at Kuala Lumpur High Court in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, February 5, 2020. REUTERS/Lim Huey Teng
5% tax on remittances from India, foreign tour packages 05 Feb 2020 - 12:20 am
India Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman holds budget papers during a photo opportunity as she leaves her office to present the federal budget in the parliament in New Delhi, India, February 1, 2020. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis
No takers for Indonesia's 'pluck a tyre off the croc' contest 04 Feb 2020 - 08:55 pm
This photo taken on February 2, 2020 shows a crocodile, with a motorbike tyre around its neck, by the riverbanks in Palu, Central Sulawesi province. AFP / Nanang
Reform of customary laws urged to protect India's indigenous land 04 Feb 2020 - 08:55 pm
A group of Garo tribal men beat drums to establish a new world record of drum assembles at Shillong, the capital of India's northeastern state of Meghalaya, October 28, 2006. Reuters/Utpal Baruah
Coronavirus sends Asia's social media censors into overdrive 04 Feb 2020 - 06:37 pm
Security guards wearing protective facemasks keep vigil outside an isolation ward opened as a preventative measure following a SARS-like virus outbreak, at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Institute of Medical Sciences in Ahmedabad on February 4, 2020. AFP /
China accuses Pompeo of 'slander' over Xinjiang comments 04 Feb 2020 - 06:37 pm
Uzbekistani Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov (R) shakes hands with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo prior to their meeting in Tashkent, Uzbekistan on February 03, 2020. (Anvar Ilyasov / Uzbekistani Foreign Ministry handout / Anadolu Agency )
Thailand eyes limits on surgical mask exports as coronavirus cases rise 04 Feb 2020 - 03:46 pm
FILE PHOTO: A tourist wears a mask to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus as she arrives at the Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok, Thailand February 3, 2020. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun/File Photo
China readies thousands of new hospital beds in virus outbreak epicentre 04 Feb 2020 - 01:41 pm
A worker sets up beds at the Hongshan Stadium to convert it into a makeshift hospital following an outbreak of the new coronavirus, in Wuhan, Hubei province, China February 4, 2020. China Daily via REUTERS
Singapore Airshow to go ahead despite virus worries 04 Feb 2020 - 10:37 am
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S. Korean woman tests positive for coronavirus after Thailand visit 04 Feb 2020 - 09:20 am
Passengers wearing masks to prevent contracting coronavirus walk past a thermal camera upon their arrival at Incheon International Airport in Incheon, South Korea, January 3, 2020. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji
Japan testing 3,700 people quarantined on cruise ship after Hong Kong coronavirus case 04 Feb 2020 - 09:07 am
The Diamond Princess cruise ship with over 3,000 people sits anchored in quarantine off the port of Yokohama on February 4, 2020, a day after it arrived with passengers feeling ill. Japan has quarantined the cruise ship carrying 3,711 people and was testi
Hong Kong reports first death of coronavirus patient 04 Feb 2020 - 09:03 am
Medical staff are seen outside Princess Margaret Hospital in Hong Kong on February 4, 2020. AFP / Anthony Wallace
Xi has lots at stake as China officials point fingers over virus 03 Feb 2020 - 09:10 pm
Chinese President Xi Jinping attends a welcoming ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, October 25, 2019. Reuters / Jason Lee
Govt has rights over NRI income made in India 03 Feb 2020 - 07:48 pm
India's Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman holds budget papers as she leaves her office to present the federal budget in the parliament in New Delhi, India, Feb. 1, 2020. Reuters/Anushree Fadnavis
Asian soccer tournament in Turkmenistan delayed due to virus 03 Feb 2020 - 04:01 pm
A worker displays a face mask before packing it inside a factory on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, India, February 3, 2020.( REUTERS/Amit Dave)
40 Pakistani students return from coronavirus-hit China 03 Feb 2020 - 01:41 pm
Pakistani students wearing protective facemasks come out upon their arrival from China at the Islamabad International Airport in Islamabad on February 3, 2020./ AFP / Aamir QURESHI
China says 'urgently needs' medical masks to tackle virus 03 Feb 2020 - 11:20 am
A sign is posted on a medical supply store that says surgical and N95 masks are already out of stock January 31, 2020. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez

Europe

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A person lies on a mattress under a tree in a park, in Paris on May 29, 2026 as a heatwave hits France. (Photo by Simon Wohlfahrt / AFP) Half of France hits new monthly records in heatwave

Africa

Peninsula US expels new group of West Africans to Ghana, lawyer says
World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus arrives in Bunia, in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, on May 30, 2026. (Photo by Glody Murhabazi / AFP) WHO chief visits epicentre of Ebola outbreak in DR Congo
File Photo Kenya court blocks US Ebola quarantine center set to open on Friday
Relatives gather and wait for news of their loved ones at the Utumishi Girls Academy following the deadly fire in Gilgil, north of the capital Nairobi on May 28, 2026. (Photo by Simon Maina / AFP) Eight students arrested over 'suspected arson attack' at Kenyan girls' school

Americas

This screen grab shows fire as the uncrewed Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket explodes during a test on a launchpad at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on May 28, 2026. (Photo by NASASpaceflight.com / AFP) Blue Origin rocket explosion is bad news for both Bezos and NASA
US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth speaks during a plenary session of the 23rd Shangri-La Dialogue summit in Singapore on May 30, 2026. (Photo by Jam Sta Rosa / AFP) Raise defence spending or else, Hegseth tells NATO, Europe
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