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China virus toll rises to nine as pandemic fears grow 22 Jan 2020 - 10:38 am
Subway passengers wear protective masks in Beijing on January 21, 2020. AFP / NOEL CELIS
Ghosn's right-hand man stands high chance of acquittal in Japan 22 Jan 2020 - 10:38 am
Former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn gestures during a news conference at the Lebanese Press Syndicate in Beirut, Lebanon January 8, 2020. (REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir/File Photo)
India's top court gives govt more time to explain divisive citizenship law 22 Jan 2020 - 10:12 am
Television journalists are seen outside the premises of the Supreme Court in New Delhi, India, January 22, 2020. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis
N.Korea suspends foreign tourism over coronavirus fears 22 Jan 2020 - 09:50 am
Commuters wearing face masks walk in Hankou railway station in Wuhan, in China's central Hubei province on January 21, 2020. Asian countries on January 21 ramped up measures to block the spread of a new virus as the death toll in China rose to six and the
Cathay says cabin crew can wear masks on mainland China flights due to virus 22 Jan 2020 - 09:30 am
FILE PHOTO: A passenger walks to the First Class counter of Cathay Pacific Airways at Hong Kong Airport in Hong Kong, China April 4, 2018. REUTERS/Bobby Yip
Singapore rebuts illegal hanging report, serves fake news notices 22 Jan 2020 - 09:07 am
Reuters file photo of Singapore skyline
8 Indians die after falling unconscious at resort in Nepal 22 Jan 2020 - 08:43 am
An aerial view shows Kathmandu Valley, the economic and political hub of Nepal, on January 20, 2020. / AFP / PRAKASH MATHEMA
India to auction rare art belonging to diamond magnate arrested in UK 21 Jan 2020 - 04:39 pm
FILE PHOTO: A protester holds an effigy depicting billionaire jeweller Nirav Modi during a rally in Kolkata, India, February 18, 2018. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri
China's former Interpol chief sentenced to 13 years in prison 21 Jan 2020 - 11:57 am
This handout photo taken on January 21, 2020 and released by the Tianjin First Intermediate People's Court shows former Interpol chief Meng Hongwei (C) during his sentencing at the court in the Chinese city of Tianjin.AFP PHOTO / TIANJIN FIRST INTERMEDIAT
Signs of life at 'no-man's land' around Philippine volcano 21 Jan 2020 - 10:56 am
A bird's eye view of mud-covered and destroyed houses with Taal volcano in background as seen from a Philippine airforce helicopter during an aerial survey in Agoncillo town, Batangas province, south of Manila on January 21, 2020. / AFP / Ted ALJIBE
Scare grows over China virus as human transmission and fourth death confirmed 21 Jan 2020 - 10:51 am
People wearing masks are seen at the Jinyintan hospital, where the patients with pneumonia caused by the new strain of coronavirus are being treated, in Wuhan, Hubei province, China January 20, 2020. REUTERS/Stringer CHINA OUT.
Weather 'merry-go-round' poses new risks for fire-ravaged Australia 21 Jan 2020 - 09:59 am
Storm clouds gather over Sydney Harbour on January 20, 2020. AFP / Peter Parks
Bangladesh court orders government to tackle rise in rapes 20 Jan 2020 - 10:18 pm
Bangladeshi women hold placards and photographs of schoolgirl Nusrat Jahan Rafi at a protest in Dhaka following her murder after she had reported a sexual assault on April 12, 2019. AFP / Sazzad Hossain
Huawei CFO Meng's lawyer says ‘double criminality’ at centre of US extradition case 20 Jan 2020 - 10:18 pm
Huawei Technologies Co Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou leaves the British Columbia Superior Courts on September 23, 2019 in Vancouver, Canada. Karen Ducey / Getty Images / AFP.
Double trouble: Too many show for Sri Lanka twins record bid 20 Jan 2020 - 06:46 pm
Lakshika and Devika (55), look on during an event to attempt to break the world record for the biggest gathering of twins in Colombo, Sri Lanka January 20, 2020. Reuters/Dinuka Liyanawatte
Indian 'Rapunzel' remains a cut above with world's longest teen hair 20 Jan 2020 - 03:14 pm
Nilanshi Patel, 17, who has been awarded the 2019 Guinness World Record for the longest hair in the teenager category, 190 cm, poses for a picture at Modasa town, some 110 Kms from Ahmedabad on January 19, 2020. AFP / SAM PANTHAKY
US envoy say it's his mustache; South Koreans say otherwise 20 Jan 2020 - 12:45 pm
US Ambassador to South Korea Harry Harris poses for a photo after a group interview at the ambassador's residence in Seoul on January 16, 2020. AFP / Sebastien Berger
Quake causes damage, injuries in China's Xinjiang region 20 Jan 2020 - 12:31 pm
Rescuers search in the aftermath of an earthquake in Kashgar in China's northwestern Xinjiang region on January 20, 2020./ AFP / STR

Europe

Peninsula Dutch health officials clear hantavirus ship to sail again
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Peninsula Munich airport briefly halts flights after drone alert
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

Satellite image handout from the Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere at Colorado State University and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (CSU/CIRA and NOAA) taken on May 30, 2026, at 18:06 UTC shows the meteor exploding in the atmosphere. (Photo by Handout / various sources / AFP) Meteor explodes over US with blast equivalent to 300 tons of TNT
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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