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India detects South African, Brazilian Covid variants 16 Feb 2021 - 03:03 pm
A man checks documents of a woman, outside a vaccination centre, in New Delhi, India, February 13, 2021. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
Malaysia to kick off COVID-19 vaccination drive next week 16 Feb 2021 - 01:17 pm
A medical worker looks on at the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) testing centre in Kuala Lumpur Hospital, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia February 16, 2021. REUTERS/Lim Huey Teng
Japan to start inoculation drive Wednesday with 40,000 medical workers 16 Feb 2021 - 12:45 pm
Pedestrians wearing protective masks, following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, make their way during commuting hour at a business district in Tokyo, Japan, January 7, 2021. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo
South Korean spy agency says North Korea hackers tried stealing Pfizer vaccine know-how: Yonhap 16 Feb 2021 - 12:27 pm
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Australia to amend laws to make Google and Facebook pay 16 Feb 2021 - 11:34 am
FILE PHOTO: Smartphone with Google app icon is seen in front of the Australian flag in this illustration taken January 22, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
Syringe shortage hampers Japan's COVID-19 vaccination roll out 16 Feb 2021 - 11:13 am
Pedestrians wearing protective masks amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, make their way in Tokyo, Japan, February 2, 2021. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo
Australia approves AstraZeneca vaccine, bolstering inoculation programme 16 Feb 2021 - 10:50 am
A person crosses an empty street on the first day of a five-day lockdown implemented in the state of Victoria in response to a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Melbourne, Australia, February 13, 2021. REUTERS/Sandra Sanders
Cambodia detects first cases of UK coronavirus variant 15 Feb 2021 - 03:29 pm
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COVID-19 vaccines touch down in Australia, New Zealand, inoculations to start 15 Feb 2021 - 12:36 pm
The first Australian shipment of Pfizer coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines is unloaded from a Singapore Airlines plane at Sydney International Airport, Australia, February 15, 2021. AAP Image/Bianca De Marchi/via REUTERS
India's Serum says will ship AstraZeneca vaccine to Canada in 'less than a month' 15 Feb 2021 - 12:09 pm
Vials of AstraZeneca's COVISHIELD, coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine are seen before they are packaged inside a lab at Serum Institute of India, in Pune, India, November 30, 2020. Picture taken November 30, 2020. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas
S.Korea cuts Q1 COVID-19 vaccination plan, restricts use of AstraZeneca shot 15 Feb 2021 - 11:32 am
A nurse takes part in the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination mock drill at the COVID-19 vaccination center in Seoul, South Korea, February 9, 2021. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/Pool/File Photo
Arrest of young Indian activist, tied to Thunberg's movement, stirs outrage 15 Feb 2021 - 10:36 am
Climate change activist Disha Ravi is escorted by police officials as she walks out of the court in New Delhi, India February 14, 2021 in this still image taken from video. ANI via Reuters TV
Indian police arrest activist linked to Greta Thunberg's movement 14 Feb 2021 - 10:47 pm
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Pakistan lab expects Sputnik V doses for commercial sale in a week 14 Feb 2021 - 08:41 pm
FILE PHOTO: A medical specialist holds a vial of sputnik V vaccine against the coronavirus in a department store in Moscow, Russia, January 18, 2021 REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov/File Photo
Himalayan rescuers recover more bodies as flash flood death toll rises to 50 14 Feb 2021 - 01:55 pm
People help an injured woman to board a helicopter after a flash flood swept a mountain valley destroying dams and bridges, at Lata village in Chamoli district, in the northern state of Uttarakhand, India, February 12, 2021. Reuters/Anushree Fadnavis
Trains halted, scores injured as Japan cleans up after strong quake 14 Feb 2021 - 01:01 pm
A collapsed wall by a strong earthquake is pictured in Kunimi, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan on February 14, 2021 in this photo taken by Kyodo. Kyodo/via Reuters
Powerful Japan quake sets off landslide, minor injuries 14 Feb 2021 - 12:10 pm
An aerial view shows a landslide caused by a strong earthquake is seen on a circuit course in Nihonmatsu, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan on February 14, 2021 in this photo taken by Kyodo. Mandatory credit Kyodo/via REUTERS
Japan Health Ministry says it has approved Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine 14 Feb 2021 - 11:50 am
Vials of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are seen during a mass vaccination rollout in Ronda, Spain February 11, 2021. REUTERS/Jon Nazca

Europe

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A resident watches from her window migrants waiting on the sidewalk before being registered in Loma Colmenar district of Ceuta on August 31, 2026. Photo by Antonio Sempere / AFP Italy extends Schengen ban for Spain for 15 days
This screen grab image taken from UGC handout video courtesy of DHA on August 30, 2026, shows passengers waiting to be rescued at sea following the sinking of the ferry they were traveling on after it left the port of Kyrenia in the north of Mediterranean island of Cyprus. Photo by DHA (Demiroren News Agency) / AFP Rescuers hunt for missing after deadly N.Cyprus ferry accident
A Turkish vessels patrols during search and rescue operations following a ferry capsizing off the port of Kyrenia in the north of the divided Mediterranean island of Cyprus on August 30, 2026. Photo by Jewel SAMAD / AFP Capsized ferry off Northern Cyprus has 'completely sunk': official

Africa

Stranded passengers sit on the pavement as they wait with their luggage by the departure terminal of the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) after staff from the Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) and Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) airport workers' go-slow strike action continued into its second day, in Nairobi, on August 31, 2026. Photo by SIMON MAINA / AFP Kenya airport staff end strike
File photo Passengers stranded overnight by Kenya airport strike
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Representational photo. South Africa investigates new reports of sardine deaths along coast

Americas

Aerial view shows anchovy fishing boats anchored off the coast in front of the Constitutional Province of Callao, Peru on August 31, 2026. (Photo by Ernesto BENAVIDES / AFP) El Nino hammering Peru anchovy fishing: industry officials
File photo Trump says Supreme Court ruling removes last 'threat' to ballroom
Duane Davis enters the courtroom before closing arguments in his murder trial, related to the 1996 killing of rapper Tupac Shakur, at Clark County District Court at the Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, on August 31, 2026.. (Photo by STEVE MARCUS / POOL / AFP) Former gang member found guilty of murdering Tupac Shakur
This handout image released by the Grand Canyon National Park Service via X (formerly Twitter) on August 30, 2026 shows remnants of stone bridge pylons along Bright Angel Creek following a flash flood that destroyed the footbridge on August 29. (Photo by J.THOMPSON and Handout / NATIONAL PARK SERVICE / AFP) Grand Canyon flash flood leaves one dead, around 15 missing

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