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India starts evacuating parts of east coast ahead of cyclone 24 May 2021 - 02:29 pm
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WHO sets new targets for vaccinating world's poorest to end 'scandalous inequity' 24 May 2021 - 02:25 pm
FILE PHOTO: A pack of AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccines is seen as the country receives its first batch of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines under COVAX scheme, at the international airtport of Accra, Ghana February 24, 2021. REUTERS/Francis Kokoroko/File
Maldives tightens restrictions as virus cases, deaths climb 24 May 2021 - 02:09 pm
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EU considers shunning Belarusian airspace over forced landing 24 May 2021 - 02:07 pm
A Ryanair aircraft, which was carrying Belarusian opposition blogger and activist Roman Protasevich and diverted to Belarus, where authorities detained him, lands at Vilnius Airport in Vilnius, Lithuania May 23, 2021. Reuters/Andrius Sytas
UK Black Lives Matters activist critically ill after shooting 24 May 2021 - 01:56 pm
Forensic officers work at the area after Sasha Johnson, a BLM activist, was shot in an early morning attack near her home in Peckham, London, Britain, May 24, 2021. REUTERS/Hannah McKay
Saudi Ministry directs mosques to limit use of external loud speakers 24 May 2021 - 01:35 pm
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Wuhan lab staff sought hospital care before COVID-19 outbreak disclosed - WSJ 24 May 2021 - 12:46 pm
FILE PHOTO: Security personnel keep watch outside the Wuhan Institute of Virology during the visit by the World Health Organization (WHO) team tasked with investigating the origins of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Wuhan, Hubei province, China Feb
EU forces train Malian soldiers to strike jihadists from afar 24 May 2021 - 12:07 pm
Malian soldiers of the 614th Artillery Battery learn how to calculate the target position on the basis of collected data, during a training session in the camp of Sevare, Mopti region, in Mali March 23, 2021. Reuters/ Paul Lorgerie
Vilnius university says its student travelling with Protasevich also detained, demands release 24 May 2021 - 11:26 am
A Ryanair aircraft, which was carrying Belarusian opposition blogger and activist Roman Protasevich and diverted to Belarus, where authorities detained him, lands at Vilnius Airport in Vilnius, Lithuania May 23, 2021. Reuters/Andrius Sytas
US business chamber calls on Vietnam to ease quarantine, free up vaccines 24 May 2021 - 11:00 am
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Second severe storm in 10 days to batter Covid-hit India 24 May 2021 - 10:38 am
Vehicles move past a fallen tree on a road after heavy winds caused by Cyclone Tauktae, in Mumbai, India, May 17, 2021. Reuters/Hemanshi Kamani
'Peter Rabbit 2' helps Cineworld draw crowds after lockdown in UK 24 May 2021 - 10:28 am
File photo: People walk past a Cineworld in Leicester's Square, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in London, Britain, October 4, 2020. Reuters/Henry Nicholls/File Photo
Japan opens mass vaccination sites for elderly ahead of Olympics 24 May 2021 - 10:24 am
People wait to be processed after arriving to receive the Moderna coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine at the newly-opened mass vaccination centre in Tokyo, Japan, May 24, 2021. Carl Court/Pool via Reuters
Myanmar's Suu Kyi appears in court in person for first time since coup 24 May 2021 - 10:13 am
File photo: A slogan is written on a street as a protest after the coup in Yangon, Myanmar February 21, 2021. Reuters/Stringer/File Photo
All flights over Belarus must cease after 'air piracy' - senior UK lawmaker 24 May 2021 - 09:50 am
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Singapore provisionally approves 60-second COVID-19 breathalyser test 24 May 2021 - 08:44 am
File photo: A staff member demonstrates the usage of Breathonix breathalyzer test kit developed by Breathonix, a start-up by the National University of Singapore, able to detect the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) within a minute according to the company,
Taiwan promises quick fix to COVID testing issue after criticism 23 May 2021 - 11:54 pm
People wearing protective face masks wait to get their rapid test following a surge of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infections in Taipei, Taiwan, May 19, 2021. REUTERS/Ann Wang
Congo volcano leaves death and smoking wreckage, but major city spared 23 May 2021 - 11:15 pm
A general view shows smoke and flames at the volcanic eruption of Mount Nyiragongo near Goma, in the Democratic Republic of Congo May 22, 2021. REUTERS/Olivia Acland