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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
Drone on virus patrol busts Chinese villagers' mahjong game 03 Feb 2020 - 10:11 am
A representational image of a local resident using a drone to spray disinfectant at a village in Pingdingshan, in China's central Henan province on January 31, 2020, during the virus outbreak in Hubei's city of Wuhan. China OUT / AFP / STR
Australian prime minister to feel the political heat as parliament resumes 03 Feb 2020 - 09:35 am
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Stranded tourists airlifted in New Zealand as rains lash Milford Sound 03 Feb 2020 - 09:00 am
A closed road is seen in flood-affected Southland, New Zealand, February 3, 2020, in this image obtained via social media. New Zealand Transport Agency via REUTERS
Third shooting in a week at anti-Citizenship protesters in Delhi 02 Feb 2020 - 10:33 pm
Demonstrators attend a protest against a new citizenship law in Shaheen Bagh, area of New Delhi, India, February 2, 2020. Reuters/Anushree Fadnavis
New Chinese city locked down as first virus death abroad reported 02 Feb 2020 - 06:25 pm
Members of a neighbourhood committee register a local and ask about his travel history in Jiujiang, Jiangxi province, China, as the country is hit by an outbreak of novel coronavirus. February 2, 2020. Reuters/Thomas Peter
Pompeo, in Kazakhstan, warns of China's growing reach 02 Feb 2020 - 06:25 pm
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo(L) is greeted by Uzbekistan Foreign Minister Kamilov Abdulaziz Khafizovich upon arrival in Tashkent, Uzbekistan on February 2, 2020. AFP pool / Kevin Lamarque
Pompeo pushes against China, Russia in visit to 'Stans' 02 Feb 2020 - 04:50 pm
FILE PHOTO: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo gestures as he speaks during a joint news conference with Belarus' Foreign Minister in Minsk on February 1, 2020. / AFP / KEVIN LAMARQUE
Indian workers abroad, including Qatar, not liable to tax on global income 02 Feb 2020 - 02:56 pm
India's Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman (C) leaves the Finance Ministry for the Parliament to announce the 2020-21 union budget, in New Delhi on February 1, 2020. / AFP / Prakash SINGH
Thailand sees good result from using drug mixture on Coronavirus 02 Feb 2020 - 12:39 pm
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Tokyo to 'strengthen testing' for coronavirus before Olympics 02 Feb 2020 - 11:40 am
This photo taken on February 1, 2020 shows security personnel checking the temperature of a passenger wearing a face mask at Beijing Railway Station in Beijing. The number of infections in China's coronavirus outbreak has passed 14,300 nationwide with 2,5
Coronavirus won't turn you into a 'zombie', says Malaysia 02 Feb 2020 - 11:29 am
Tourists wearing masks pass by Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, January 31, 2020. REUTERS/Lim Huey Teng
Bangladesh suspends visa on arrival for China 02 Feb 2020 - 11:23 am
Bangladeshi nationals disembark from a Biman Bangladesh Airlines' plane at the tarmac of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport following their evacuation from the Chinese city of Wuhan, in Dhaka on February 1, 2020. A virus similar to the SARS pathogen h
More homes reported burned in southeast Australia wildfires 02 Feb 2020 - 11:14 am
 Smoke rises as the Big Jack Mountain fire spreads in Bega Valley, New South Wales, Australia, February 1, 2020. NSW Rural Fire Service/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY.
Australian minister resigns over funding scandal 02 Feb 2020 - 10:50 am
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Indonesia offers reward for plucking tyre off giant croc's neck 02 Feb 2020 - 10:33 am
This picture taken on January 22, 2020, shows a crocodile, with a motorcycle tire around its neck, sun bathing by the riverbanks, in Palu, Central Sulawesi. AFP / MUHAMMAD
'Please take my daughter': Mother of girl with cancer pleads at virus blockade 02 Feb 2020 - 09:18 am
A mother reacts as she pleads with police to allow her daughter to pass a checkpoint for cancer treatment after she arrived from Hubei province at the Jiujiang Yangtze River Bridge in Jiujiang, Jiangxi province, China, as the country is hit by an outbreak