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Pakistan cracks down on safety breaches, coronavirus cases top 100,000 08 Jun 2020 - 10:34 am
A health official (L) wearing protective gear takes a sample from a man sitting in a car at the drive-through screening and testing facility for the COVID-19 coronavirus alongside a street in Islamabad on June 3, 2020. / AFP / Aamir QURESHI
India re-opens more public spaces despite record virus infections 08 Jun 2020 - 09:02 am
Commuters are seen inside a public transport bus after some restrictions were lifted during a nationwide lockdown to slow the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Mumbai, India, June 8, 2020. Reuters/Francis Mascarenhas
New Zealand says coronavirus 'eliminated' and life can resume without restrictions 08 Jun 2020 - 08:53 am
New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern takes part in a press conference about the COVID-19 coronavirus at Parliament in Wellington on June 8, 2020. AFP / Marty MELVILLE
Delhi reserves hospital beds for residents as virus cases surge 07 Jun 2020 - 02:38 pm
Workers gather outside a shop while others load a vehicle after the government eased a nationwide lockdown imposed as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus, in the old quarters of New Delhi on June 5, 2020. / AFP / XAVIER GALIANA
Malaysia to reopen most economic activity with virus outbreak 'under control' 07 Jun 2020 - 12:29 pm
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10-foot great white shark kills surfer in Australia 07 Jun 2020 - 10:59 am
A surfer walks at the Arpoador beach in Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil, on June 02, 2020, during the new coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. / AFP / MAURO PIMENTEL
Billionaire banker says India lenders need capital to face virus 07 Jun 2020 - 10:25 am
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Australian minister calls anti-racism protests "self-indulgent" 07 Jun 2020 - 10:00 am
Demonstrators attend a Black Lives Matter protest to express solidarity with US protestors in Melbourne on June 6, 2020. AFP / William WEST
Fujifilm says COVID-19 drug research may drag on into July 07 Jun 2020 - 09:52 am
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Singapore Airlines doesn’t plan to cut jobs for now 07 Jun 2020 - 09:24 am
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India, China decide to continue efforts to defuse border row 07 Jun 2020 - 08:57 am
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Four soldiers killed in helicopter crash in Indonesia 06 Jun 2020 - 04:17 pm
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Afghanistan warns of 'disaster' as virus infections surge 06 Jun 2020 - 03:40 pm
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Vietnam league restarts with packed crowds as coronavirus risk abates 06 Jun 2020 - 10:54 am
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India overtakes Italy's coronavirus tally as lockdown easing looms 06 Jun 2020 - 10:37 am
People walk along a street outside the Jama Masjid after the government eased a nationwide lockdown imposed as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus in the old quarters of New Delhi on June 5, 2020. AFP / XAVIER GALIANA
After Pakistan's lockdown gamble, COVID-19 cases surge 05 Jun 2020 - 02:22 pm
A man wearing a protective face mask walks amidst the rush of people outside an electronics market, after Pakistan started easing the lockdown restrictions, as the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Karachi, Pakistan June 4, 2020
India set to reopen temples, malls but no sprinkling of holy water 05 Jun 2020 - 02:15 pm
A police personnel (2R) checks a Sikh devotee (2L) as he arrives at the Golden Temple ahead of the 36th Operation Blue Star anniversary in Amritsar on June 5, 2020.  / AFP / NARINDER NANU
'Answered prayers': Fiji declares itself coronavirus free 05 Jun 2020 - 12:59 pm
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