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Asteroid sample arrives in Japan after six-year space odyssey 08 Dec 2020 - 01:27 pm
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's (JAXA) staff carry a case containing Hayabusa2's capsule with extensive samples of an asteroid as it arrives at JAXA Sagamihara Campus in Sagamihara in this photo taken by Kyodo December 8, 2020. Mandatory credit Kyodo
Sri Lanka gets $300mn Chinese factory near key port 08 Dec 2020 - 12:29 pm
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Indonesia expects halal certificate for experimental vaccine 08 Dec 2020 - 12:01 pm
An official pushes a trolley with coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines from China's Sinovac Biotech Ltd. as they arrive at PT Bio Farma (Persero) in the first shipment to Indonesia, in Bandung, West Java province, December 7, 2020. Courtesy of Muchlis
Hong Kong to limit dining, close gyms and beauty salons to curb virus 08 Dec 2020 - 11:59 am
A staff member wearing a face mask following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak hands takeaway food to a customer at a restaurant in Hong Kong, China July 20, 2020. Reuters/Lam Yik/File Photo
A year on, markets bustling in Chinese city where COVID-19 emerged 08 Dec 2020 - 11:51 am
People wearing protective masks walk at a street market almost a year after the start of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Wuhan, Hubei province, China December 7, 2020. Picture taken December 7, 2020. REUTERS/Aly Song
India investigates if organochlorines behind unknown illness 08 Dec 2020 - 10:58 am
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India speeding up review of Pfizer, AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines - senior official 07 Dec 2020 - 08:47 pm
FILE PHOTO: An employee in personal protective equipment (PPE) removes vials of AstraZeneca's COVISHIELD, coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine from a visual inspection machine inside a lab at Serum Institute of India, Pune, India, November 30, 2020. REU
Indian wedding takes on otherworldly feel after bride tests positive for covid-19 07 Dec 2020 - 01:47 pm
A bride and groom wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) exchange flower garlands during a wedding ritual in Baran, Rajasthan, India December 6, 2020, in this still image taken from video. ANI/Reuters
Melbourne welcomes first international flight in 5 months as COVID curbs ease 07 Dec 2020 - 12:18 pm
Travellers arrive at a hotel in Melbourne on December 7, 2020 where Australians returning from overseas will quarantine as part of precautions against the Covid-19 coronavirus. An outbreak of the coronavirus from hotel quarantine earlier in the year from
Sinovac secures $515 mln funding to boost COVID-19 vaccine production 07 Dec 2020 - 12:02 pm
This file photo taken on September 24, 2020 shows an engineer working in the general laboratory during a media tour of a new factory built to produce a Covid-19 coronavirus vaccine at Sinovac, one of 11 Chinese companies approved to carry out clinical tri
Firefighters slow bushfire threatening township in Australia's Fraser Island 07 Dec 2020 - 11:21 am
An aerial view shows smoke following a massive bushfire in Australia's Fraser Island, also known by its indigenous name K'gari, November 30, 2020, in this picture obtained from social media. Queensland Fire and Emergency Services via REUTERS/File Photo
COVID-19 clusters break out in Japan's coldest city as winter closes in 07 Dec 2020 - 10:24 am
A woman looks at her mobile phone as she walks in Yokohama on December 3, 2020. / AFP / Philip FONG
India's Serum Institute seeks emergency use nod for AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine: Local media 07 Dec 2020 - 09:10 am
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
Indonesia receives first COVID vaccine from China's Sinovac 06 Dec 2020 - 07:18 pm
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Pakistan: 7 virus patients die after oxygen supply ran out 06 Dec 2020 - 03:02 pm
Students wear protective face masks as they have their temperature checked before entering a class, after the government allowed the reopening of schools from grade six to eight amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Peshawar, Pakistan Septe
Japan mulls limited resumption of inbound tourism from spring: Media 06 Dec 2020 - 12:46 pm
People cross a street in the Ginza shopping district in Tokyo on December 6, 2020. / AFP / Kazuhiro Nogi
Singapore to seek more travel bubble arrangements 06 Dec 2020 - 12:13 pm
People wearing protective face masks cross a street, in Singapore, November 30, 2020. Reuters/Edgar Su
Australia bushfire threatens township on World Heritage-listed Fraser island 06 Dec 2020 - 11:25 am
Vegetation burns from a bushfire on Fraser Island (K'gari), Queensland, Australia December 5, 2020 in this aerial picture obtained from social media. Save Fraser Islands Dingoes Inc via REUTERS