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Virus-hit Vietnamese carriers cut salaries, encourage unpaid leave 11 Mar 2020 - 12:17 pm
A woman, wearing a facemask amid fears of the spread of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus walks on a street in Hanoi on March 11, 2020. / AFP / Manan Vatsyayana
Fighter jet crashes in Pakistan capital during parade rehearsal 11 Mar 2020 - 10:36 am
Pakistan Air Force (PAF) fighter jet F-16 performs to commemorate Pakistan Air Force's 'Operation Swift Retort', following the shot down of Indian military aircrafts on February 27, 2019 in Kashmir, during an air show in Karachi, Pakistan February 27, 202
S.Korea reports jump in coronavirus cases after call centre outbreak 11 Mar 2020 - 10:28 am
Workers disinfect a screen door to help prevent the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, at a subway station in Seoul on March 11, 2020./ AFP / YONHAP /
China's Xi says Wuhan has 'turned the tide' againt virus epidemic 10 Mar 2020 - 02:59 pm
Chinese President Xi Jinping learns about the hospital's operations, treatment of patients, protection for medical workers and scientific research at the Huoshenshan Hospital in Wuhan, the epicentre of the novel coronavirus outbreak, Hubei province, China
Mom, son safe after 52 hours trapped in China hotel rubble 10 Mar 2020 - 01:38 pm
A man (C) is rescued from the rubble of a collapsed hotel in Quanzhou, in China's eastern Fujian province on March 8, 2020. At least four people were killed following the collapse of a hotel used as a coronavirus quarantine facility in eastern China, the
Dutch king apologises for 'excessive violence' in colonial Indonesia 10 Mar 2020 - 01:25 pm
JAKARTA, INDONESIA - MARCH 10: The Dutch King Willem-Alexander (L) and Queen Maxima (R) visit the National Heroes Cemetery in Jakarta, Indonesia on March 10, 2020. ( Anton Raharjo - Anadolu Agency )
WHO: More than 70% of COVID-19 Patients in China Have Recovered 10 Mar 2020 - 01:01 pm
People who have recovered from the COVID-19 coronavirus infection leave Wuchan makeshift hospital in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province on March 10, 2020. / AFP / STR
China to ease travel curbs within locked-down province 10 Mar 2020 - 12:39 pm
A mask-clad passenger looks on from his seat as others (background) alight from their train at the railway station in Wuhan, China's central Hubei province on March 10, 2020./ AFP / Noel Celis
8 new coronavirus cases reported in Pakistan 10 Mar 2020 - 11:11 am
A boy wearing a facemask as a preventive measure against the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak, rides on a motorbike along with others in Rawalpindi on March 4, 2020. AFP / Farooq NAEEM
India's celebration of festival of colours muted amid coronavirus fears 10 Mar 2020 - 10:54 am
A reveller smeared in colour powder celebrates the Holi, the spring festival of colours, in Mumbai on March 10, 2020. / AFP / Indranil MUKHERJEE
China's President Xi visits Wuhan as number of new coronavirus cases tumbles 10 Mar 2020 - 09:43 am
A general view shows an empty street in Wuhan, China's central Hubei province on March 10, 2020. Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Wuhan on March 10 for his first visit to the epicentre of the coronavirus epidemic since the crisis erupted in January
The Philippines has just 2,000 virus testing kits and cases are rising 10 Mar 2020 - 09:14 am
Workers wear hazmat suits as they disinfect and sanitize as a precautionary measure against coronavirus at a public school in the City of San Juan in the Philippines on March 09, 2020. DANTE DIOSINA JR - Anadolu Agency
Singapore charges visitors for coronavirus treatment after imported Indonesian cases 10 Mar 2020 - 09:04 am
Passengers arriving from Batam, Indonesia, pass a temperature screening station at the Singapore Cruise Center, following the coronavirus outbreak in Singapore March 5, 2020. REUTERS/Edgar Su
North Korea fires three projectiles into sea; US, China urge return to talks 09 Mar 2020 - 06:34 pm
North Korean flag flutters on top of the 160-metre tall tower at North Korea's propaganda village of Gijungdong, in this picture taken from Tae Sung freedom village near the Military Demarcation Line (MDL), inside the demilitarised zone separating the two
Why have two Afghans appointed themselves president? 09 Mar 2020 - 06:34 pm
Afghan health workers in protective gears wait to check people during Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani inauguration as president, at the Presidential Palace in Kabul, Afghanistan March 9, 2020. Reuters/Mohammad Ismail
China reports zero locally transmitted coronavirus cases outside Hubei 09 Mar 2020 - 12:36 pm
A staff member sprays disinfectant after the final patients were discharged at a temporary hospital set up to treat people with the COVID-19 coronavirus in a sports stadium in Wuhan, in China's central Hubei province on March 8, 2020. / AFP / STR AND STR
India denies entry to cruise ships on virus fears 09 Mar 2020 - 10:26 am
Team member of Ragesh Shah, a scientist and founder of Online Telemedicine Research Institute, puts a sticker on a kit prepared for the coronavirus scanning and surveillance system, in Ahmedabad on March 6, 2020. AFP / SAM PANTHAKY
Shanghai Disneyland resumes some resort ops as coronavirus infections slow 09 Mar 2020 - 09:43 am
FILE PHOTO: People visit the opening event of Disney-Pixar Toy Story Land, the seventh themed land in Shanghai Disneyland in Shanghai, China April 26, 2018. REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo

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Medical worker performing disinfection before burying deceased person infected with Ebola in DR Congo. Xinhua file photo. Ebola killing a victim every 30 minutes in DR Congo: UN
This photo taken with a mobile phone shows residents inspecting a drone-attacked mosque in Al-Droshab, north of Sudan's capital Khartoum on Aug. 12, 2026. (Photo by Mohamed Khidir/Xinhua) Violence in Sudan continues to imperil civilians: UN
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Representational file photo. Ethiopia seeks to double coffee productivity with new 10-year initiative

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This handout picture released on August 13, 2026, by the Sao Paulo police press office shows eight recovered works by French artist Henri Matisse that had been stolen in December 2025 in Sao Paulo. Photo by Handout / SAO PAULO'S POLICE PRESS OFFICE / AFP Brazilian police recover Matisse works stolen in 2025
This aerial view shows the rubble of a collapsed building in Cali, Colombia, on August 13, 2026, three days after a 7.4-magnitude earthquake. Photo by Raul ARBOLEDA / AFP Colombia vows to find all missing quake victims as rescue hopes fade
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