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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
Coronavirus cases on Japan ship rise to 355 16 Feb 2020 - 07:55 am
Japan Self-Defense Forces members walk past a military vehicle attached to a gate of the Diamond Princess cruise ship, which has around 3,600 people quarantined onboard due to fears of the new COVID-19 coronavirus, at the Daikoku Pier Cruise Terminal in Y
New virus has infected more than 67,000 people globally 15 Feb 2020 - 01:08 pm
Employees work on a production line manufacturing face masks at a factory, as the country is hit by an outbreak of the novel coronavirus, in Fuzhou, Fujian province, China February 15, 2020. (cnsphoto via REUTERS)
Chinese gymnasts pull out of World Cup in Australia due to coronavirus travel ban 15 Feb 2020 - 09:02 am
Artistic Gymnastics - 2019 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships - October 9, 2019 China's Xiao Ruoteng in action REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay/
China’s capital Beijing imposes 14-day quarantine on arrivals 14 Feb 2020 - 07:11 pm
Workers wearing face masks clean the ground of a food court amid snowfall, following an outbreak of the novel coronavirus in the country, on Valentine's Day at the Sanlitun shopping area in Beijing, China February 14, 2020. (REUTERS/Tingshu Wang)
Man sentenced for placing knives on Japan prince's desk 14 Feb 2020 - 12:05 pm
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Virus-hit Hong Kong says it with face masks, not flowers 14 Feb 2020 - 11:02 am
A man wearing a protective face mask as a preventative measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus, buys flowers to mark Valentine's Day in Hong Kong on February 14, 2020. / AFP / Philip Fong

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(L-R) German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt, German Minister for Research, Technology and Aerospace Dorothee Baer, Saxony-Anhalt's State Premier Sven Schulze and the Chairwoman of the DLR Executive Board Anke Kaysser-Pyzalla take part in the opening of the new Drone Safety Technology Center at the Cochstedt site of the German Aerospace Center (DLR), eastern Germany on August 18, 2026. (Photo by Ronny HARTMANN / AFP) Germany opens new drone research centre as security threats mount
Image used for representation only. Three lightly injured as new quake hits Spain's Granada
This handout photograph taken on August 15, 2026 and released on August 17, 2026 by VHP shows a firefighter looking at wildfire in the Hautes Fagnes (High Fens) nature reserve. Photo by HANDOUT / VHP / AFP Belgium fire halts short of German border, but not 'contained'
Jesus College, where black academic Jason Arday was a Fellow, is pictured at the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, eastern England on August 15, 2026. Photo by BROOK MITCHELL / AFP Cambridge head slams 'racist feeding frenzy' over dead academic

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Takemore Malunga (L) watches as pallbearers carry the coffin of his maternal uncle, a victim of the capsized passenger ferry, at the Kariba Hospital mortuary in Kariba, on August 14, 2026. (Photo by Jekesai NJIKIZANA / AFP) Death toll in Zimbabwe ferry capsizing rises to 68: police
Electoral Commission of Zambia chairperson Mwangala Zaloumis (back row 3rd R) addresses the nation at the 2026 National Election Results Centre in Lusaka on August 14, 2026. Zambia resumed vote counting on August 14 after a nationwide suspension over violence raised tensions nationwide. (Photo by GIANLUIGI GUERCIA / AFP) Zambia resumes vote count after pause over violence

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(FILES) French ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot addresses a press conference and plants a tree at the European Space Agency (ESA) in Cologne, western Germany on January 5, 2026. (Photo by Pau BARRENA / AFP) ISS to host first spacewalk by Frenchwoman
This aerial photo taken on August 6, 2026, shows low water levels in Lake Mead in Nevada. In mid-July, the combined water levels of Lake Powell and Lake Mead, the two largest reservoirs in the United States and both fed by the Colorado River, reached their lowest levels in over 60 years. The Colorado River provides drinking water for more than 40 million people and fuels hydropower across seven states. (Photo by Eva Claire HAMBACH / AFP) Two largest US reservoirs hit record lows amid western drought
Duane Davis arrives for the opening statements of his murder trial, related to the 1996 killing of rapper Tupac Shakur, at Clark County District Court in the Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, on August 17, 2026. (Photo by STEVE MARCUS / POOL / AFP) Tupac Shakur accused killer was out for 'revenge', jury hears
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