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Hong Kong opens dining in shelters as residents struggle with restaurant ban 30 Jul 2020 - 09:18 am
Kong, who works in construction, eats his takeaway lunch on a pavement in Hong Kong on July 29, 2020, after new social distancing measures came into effect which include restaurants only being allowed to serve takeaway meals, to combat a new wave of coron
Pakistan's de facto health minister resigns amid pandemic 29 Jul 2020 - 09:18 pm
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India reopens further as virus cases hit 1.5 million 29 Jul 2020 - 08:21 pm
FILE PHOTO: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks to Russian President Vladimir Putin during their meeting on the sideline of the 11th edition of the BRICS Summit, in Brasilia, Brazil November 13, 2019. Pavel Golovkin/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
India approves plan to boost state spending on education to 6% of GDP 29 Jul 2020 - 05:27 pm
FILE PHOTO: Students of 9th class from a slum area, who do not have access to internet facilities and miss their online lessons, attend an open-air class taken by Satyendra Pal, a college student, after authorities closed all schools in March following th
Vietnam brings 140 virus-hit workers home on rare rescue flight from Africa 29 Jul 2020 - 04:23 pm
Vietnamese construction workers in blue protective suits, infected with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), arrive at the tropical diseases hospital after being repatriated from Equatorial Guinea via a specially-adapted Vietnam Airlines plane filled with
To ward off infection, Afghans turn to home remedies 29 Jul 2020 - 02:31 pm
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About 3 billion animals harmed in Australian bushfires, WWF says 29 Jul 2020 - 09:13 am
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Vietnam says every city, province now at risk of virus infection 29 Jul 2020 - 09:11 am
A health worker of Hanoi CDC gets test samples from an employee of a pizza restaurant where another employee tested positive with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) after travel from Da Nang city, in Hanoi, Vietnam July 29, 2020. REUTERS/Kham
Philippines culls nearly 39,000 chickens to curb bird flu outbreak 29 Jul 2020 - 09:09 am
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Hong Kong implements tough coronavirus restrictions 29 Jul 2020 - 09:04 am
Pedestrians wear face masks in the Kowloon-side Sham Shui Po district of Hong Kong in the early morning of July 29, 2020, as new social distancing measures come into effect which include having to wear masks in public, to combat a new wave of coronavirus
France sends coronavirus ventilators, test kits to India 28 Jul 2020 - 08:42 pm
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China's Mars probe photographs Earth en route to Red Planet 28 Jul 2020 - 07:53 pm
This handout photograph taken on July 27, 2020 and released by the China National Space Administration via CNS, shows a view of the Earth and Moon taken by China's Tianwen-1 Mars probe from a distance of 1.2 million kilometers. AFP PHOTO / China National
Head of China CDC gets injected with experimental vaccine 28 Jul 2020 - 04:25 pm
FILE PHOTO: People wearing face masks following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak are seen at Beijing Daxing International Airport in Beijing, China July 23, 2020. REUTERS/Thomas Suen/File Photo
Philippines’ telecom stocks wobble after Duterte warns of closure 28 Jul 2020 - 03:00 pm
FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: A logo of Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT) is seen in front of their building in Makati city, metro Manila, Philippines May 30, 2016. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco/File Photo
Vietnam locks down its 3rd-largest city as virus cases grow 28 Jul 2020 - 02:53 pm
Police officers wearing protective masks set up a barricade on a street in Da Nang city as the city started 15 days quarantine after new cases of the novel coronavirus had been detected in the city, Vietnam early July 28, 2020. Trinh Quoc Dung/VNA via REU
Australian police arrest 6 at Black Lives Matter rally for breaching virus ban 28 Jul 2020 - 10:04 am
Police officers issue citation tickets to demonstrators, after police shut down a rally that was deemed unlawful, in Sydney, Australia, July 28, 2020. REUTERS/Loren Elliott
India bans 47 more Chinese mobile apps 27 Jul 2020 - 08:34 pm
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Confirmed coronavirus cases surpass 100,000 in Indonesia 27 Jul 2020 - 04:18 pm
Passengers wearing protective face masks queue for a public bus, following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, at a central bus spot in Jakarta, Indonesia, July 27, 2020. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan

Europe

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File photo of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez Spain PM Sanchez to attend World Cup final: govt
File photo Spain back on wildfire alert as blaze burns 4,500 hectares
Agrilus planipennis (ash beetle)in the territory of the Slovak Republic. PICS:ÚKSÚP Devastating Asian beetle detected in EU for first time

Africa

A medical worker performs disinfection before burying a deceased person infected with the Ebola virus in Bunia, the capital of Ituri Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, July 9, 2026. (Xinhua) Africa CDC commends China for support in Ebola response
File photo Ebola spreading in DRC 'faster than any previous outbreak': WHO chief
File photo Uganda discharges last Ebola patient: minister
Police officers stand guard at the entrance of an orphanage following a fire in the Mohammadia suburb of Algiers on July 16, 2026 (Photo by AFP) Orphanage fire kills 11 as Algeria struggles in heatwave

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US President Donald Trump addresses the nation from the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC on July 16, 2026. (Photo by Saul Loeb / Pool / AFP) Trump revives election fraud claims ahead of US midterms
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