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Pakistan PM Khan urges 'simplicity' to slow virus over Eid 17 Jul 2020 - 04:07 pm
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Indonesian rescuers hunt for dozens missing after floods kill 36 17 Jul 2020 - 03:53 pm
This aerial handout picture taken and released on July 17, 2020 by Indonesian mitigation management agency (BNPB) shows houses buried in mud in North Luwu, South Sulawesi, after several rivers burst their banks following torrential rains in the region./ A
South Korea approves human trials of Celltrion's COVID-19 antibody drug 17 Jul 2020 - 02:05 pm
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China's Wuhan declares red alert as floods disrupt supply chains 17 Jul 2020 - 01:47 pm
Residents look at the Yangtze River where the water level has risen in Jiujiang in China's central Jiangxi province on July 15, 2020. / AFP / Hector RETAMAL
Doctors toil and wilt as India virus cases hit one million 17 Jul 2020 - 01:42 pm
In this photograph taken on July 15, 2020 doctors and nurses wearing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) gather next to a COVID-19 coronavirus patient at the Intensive Care Unit of the Sharda Hospital, in Greater Noida./ AFP / XAVIER GALIANA
Hong Kong annual harbour swim cancelled due to pandemic 17 Jul 2020 - 01:23 pm
A man walks on a pier in Victoria Harbour past a view of commercial buildings in Hong Kong on July 16, 2020. / AFP / Anthony WALLACE /
India coronavirus cases near one million, driven by surge in rural areas 16 Jul 2020 - 11:20 pm
A medical technician (C) takes the body temperature of a man before taking a sample for a COVID-19 anti-body tests at a temporary testing facility for frontline workers during a lockdown as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus in Chennai
Floored by COVID-19, Cirque du Soleil eyes return to the high-wire 16 Jul 2020 - 08:59 pm
Performers train for the Cirque du Soleil
Pakistan validates licenses of 166 pilots working in foreign countries 16 Jul 2020 - 08:46 pm
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Several feared trapped after building collapses in Mumbai 16 Jul 2020 - 07:22 pm
National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and fire brigade personnel look for survivors trapped in the debris after part of a residential building collapsed following heavy rains in Mumbai, India, July 16, 2020. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas
Australia launches $1.4 bn pandemic retraining plan 16 Jul 2020 - 08:02 am
A pedestrian walks past a sign in Melbourne's central business district on July 16, 2020, as Australia announced 1.4 billion USD to retrain workers impacted by the coronavirus fallout, with unemployment rising to its highest level in more than two decades
WHO 'concerned' about pneumonia cases in Turkmenistan 15 Jul 2020 - 08:49 pm
A general view shows the Presidential Palace in central Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, in this undated photo. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov/File Photo
Philippines extends partial restrictions in the capital to contain virus 15 Jul 2020 - 08:47 pm
A train worker wearing personal protective equipment for protection against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) stands inside an almost empty train, in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines, July 14, 2020. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez
Indonesia plans law to punish virus rule breakers as cases soar 15 Jul 2020 - 07:54 pm
Indonesian President Joko Widodo attends an ASEAN leaders summit in Bangkok, Thailand, November 3, 2019. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun/File Photo
Philippine police deployed as virus cases forced into quarantine 15 Jul 2020 - 05:55 pm
In this file photo taken on April 21, 2020, a member of the Philippine National Police Special Action Forces uses a megaphone to remind shoppers to practice social distancing during a government imposed enhanced quarantine as a preventive measure against
Lockdowns reimposed in India as virus cases near 1 million 15 Jul 2020 - 05:38 pm
A man walks past a mural of frontline workers after the government eased a nationwide lockdown imposed as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus in New Delhi on July 14, 2020. / AFP / Sajjad HUSSAIN
Unofficial Hong Kong vote sees new generation take over battle for democracy 15 Jul 2020 - 02:04 pm
:Young Hong Kong democrats from the so-called
India quizzing owners of banned Chinese apps over content and practices 14 Jul 2020 - 07:28 pm
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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
File photo Macron pledges 'zero tolerance' for arson after spate of fires in France
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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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File photo United States limits stays of students, journalists
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