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India makes COVID test mandatory for arrivals from some countries, including China 24 Dec 2022 - 10:29 am
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India replaces COVID-era free food programme with cheaper scheme 24 Dec 2022 - 12:33 am
A health worker collects a swab sample for Covid-19 screening from a passenger arriving at Prayagraj junction on December 23, 2022. (Photo by Sanjay Kanojia / AFP)
China's stretched health system braces for peak in COVID infections 24 Dec 2022 - 12:10 am
Covid-19 patients lie on hospital beds in the lobby of the Chongqing No. 5 People's Hospital in China's southwestern city of Chongqing on December 23, 2022. (Photo by Noel Celis / AFP)
Pakistan suicide car bombing kills one police official, injures others 23 Dec 2022 - 07:55 pm
Police officers collect evidence at the site of a suicide car bombing in Islamabad, Pakistan, December 23, 2022. (REUTERS/Waseem Khan)
North Korea fires missile amid tension over Russia arms aid 23 Dec 2022 - 06:44 pm
People watch a television screen showing a news broadcast with file footage of a North Korean missile test, at a railway station in Seoul on December 23, 2022 after North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles according to South Korea's military. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP)
Indonesian families sue over deadly stadium disaster 23 Dec 2022 - 04:21 pm
The stampede in the Javan city of Malang in October left 135 people dead, including more than 40 children. (Juni Kriswanto / AFP)
Thai tourism tally seen beating target by 15% on year-end rush 23 Dec 2022 - 12:36 pm
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Taliban minister defends closing universities to women as global backlash grows 22 Dec 2022 - 10:45 pm
Afghan female university students stop by Taliban security personnel stand next to a university in Kabul on December 21, 2022. (Photo by Wakil Kohsar / AFP)
Afghan women stage street protest against university ban 22 Dec 2022 - 05:18 pm
Afghan women chant slogans in protest against the closure of universities to women by the Taliban in Kabul, Afghanistan, December 22, 2022. (REUTERS)
Sysmex says Japan approves blood test for Alzheimer's marker 22 Dec 2022 - 11:56 am
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'The Serpent' Charles Sobhraj due to be freed from Nepal prison 22 Dec 2022 - 11:06 am
Nepal police personnel stands guard at the entrance of Central Jail where Charles Sobhraj is kept in Kathmandu, Nepal December 22, 2022. Reuters/Navesh Chitrakar
WHO chief 'very concerned' about Covid situation in China 21 Dec 2022 - 08:09 pm
An elderly woman receives a Covid-19 vaccine in Danzhai, in China's southwestern Guizhou province province on December 21, 2022. (AFP) 
Covid surge hits Shanghai with crowded hospitals, empty streets 21 Dec 2022 - 05:52 pm
A woman crosses a street on the Bund in the Huangpu district in Shanghai on December 21, 2022. (Photo by Hector Retamal / AFP)
Armed guards stop Afghan women entering universities after Taliban ban 21 Dec 2022 - 05:03 pm
Members of the Taliban stand guard at the entrance gate of Kabul University in Kabul, Afghanistan, December 21, 2022. (REUTERS/Ali Khara)
Relatives despair as search continues for Thai marines missing at sea 21 Dec 2022 - 02:45 pm
A helicopter carries an injured sailor and a body of a Royal Thai Navy sailor during a rescue mission after a Navy corvette sank in the Gulf of Thailand, in Prachuap Khiri Khan province, December 21, 2022. REUTERS/Napat Wesshasartar
India on lookout for new COVID variants as cases in other countries climb 21 Dec 2022 - 02:36 pm
Women walk past a graffiti amidst the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in New Delhi, India, February 7, 2022. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis
Malaysia landslide toll hits 26 after man found hugging dog 21 Dec 2022 - 02:19 pm
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Man survives croc-, shark-filled Australian waters by clinging to flotsam 21 Dec 2022 - 12:47 pm
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Europe

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A firefighting helicopter drops water during a wildfire in the island of Salamina, near Athens, on August 16, 2026. (Photo by Yannis Panagopoulos / Eurokinissi / AFP) Fires near Greek capital controlled after claiming two lives
Image used for representation only. Renaissance paintings stolen from Italian museum
A Royal Netherlands Air Force Boeing CH-47D Chinook carrying a bambi bucket departs from Baelen, near Eupen, eastern Belgium to tackle a wildfire burning in the Hautes Fagnes (High Fens) nature reserve on August 16, 2026. Photo by JOHN THYS / AFP Air support kicks in as record Belgian wildfire jumps in size

Africa

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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

Americas

File photo Trump says US scaling back military drills with Seoul hours before start
Jessica Florez, sister-in-law of the Colombian lawyer Lenny Ruiz, who died protecting her dog Salomon, during the August 10th earthquake in Cali, holds Solomon during Ruiz's funeral in Pasto, Colombia on August 13, 2026. (Photo by Eyder Portilla / AFP) Colombian woman dies saving dog from earthquake
This handout photo distributed by the Indianapolis Fire Department shows flooding in northern Indianapolis, Indiana, on August 15, 2026. Photo by Handout / Indianapolis Fire Department / AFP) / Hurricane Lala brushes past Hawaii's Big Island, bringing heavy rain
File photo Brazil's Petrobras announces signs of oil discovered off Amazon region's coast

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