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Anti-virus face masks plague Hong Kong's beaches 05 Jun 2020 - 11:51 am
In this photo taken on May 13, 2020, Gary Stokes, founder of the environmental group Oceans Asia, poses with discarded face masks he found on a beach in the residential area of Discovery Bay on the outlying Lantau island in Hong Kong.  / AFP / Anthony WAL
Inovio plans human trials for potential COVID-19 vaccine in South Korea in June 04 Jun 2020 - 02:28 pm
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Pakistan surpasses China in COVID-19 cases 04 Jun 2020 - 12:18 pm
Vehicles are seen during a traffic jam in a commercial neighbourhood after the government eased a nationwide lockdown imposed as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus, in Karachi on June 1, 2020. / AFP / Asif HASSAN
Knife attack in Chinese primary school wounds 39 04 Jun 2020 - 11:16 am
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S.Korea seeks arrest of Samsung heir in succession probe 04 Jun 2020 - 09:47 am
FILE PHOTO: Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman, Jay Y. Lee, speaks during a news conference at a company's office building in Seoul, South Korea, May 6, 2020. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/Pool/File Photo
Pakistan's daily virus cases top 4,000 03 Jun 2020 - 01:26 pm
Auto-rickshaws line up along roadside after the government resumed public transport services, in Pakistan's port city of Karachi on June 3, 2020. Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan announced on June 1 his government would end several months of coronavir
Traps snare three endangered leopards in Sri Lanka 03 Jun 2020 - 12:16 pm
A dead endangered leopard is seen at a private cashew plantation in Neluwa, about 145 km southeast of the capital Colombo, on June 2, 2020. AFP / STR
Google takes down Indian app that removed Chinese ones - spokesman 03 Jun 2020 - 11:14 am
FILE PHOTO: Remove China Apps is seen in the Google Play store on a mobile phone in this illustration taken June 2, 2020. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui/Illustration/File Photo
S.Korea says kids with suspected COVID-19 syndrome had another disease 03 Jun 2020 - 09:50 am
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Mumbai streets deserted as India's biggest city braces for cyclone 03 Jun 2020 - 09:42 am
Commuters drive along Marine Drive as rain falls in Mumbai on June 3, 2020 as cyclone Nisarga barrels towards India's western coast. / AFP / Punit PARANJPE
China's Wuhan finds no new COVID-19 cases in city-wide testing 02 Jun 2020 - 12:25 pm
People wearing face masks walk along Hankou Park in Wuhan, in China's central Hubei province on May 28, 2020.  / AFP / Hector RETAMAL
India approves emergency use of remdesivir to treat COVID-19 patients 02 Jun 2020 - 10:52 am
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Rare cyclone to disrupt business in India’s financial hub 02 Jun 2020 - 10:42 am
Disposable beds made out of cardboard are seen at a makeshift quarantine area that has been constructed to treat patients inside St Xavier's college, during an extended lockdown to slow the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Mumbai, India, M
Japan allows saliva-based tests to boost coronavirus detection 02 Jun 2020 - 10:16 am
FILE PHOTO: A medical worker conducts a simulation for a walk-in style polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at a makeshift facility in Yokosuka, south of Tokyo, Japan, April 23, 2020. REUTERS/Issei Kato/File Photo
S.Korea expects human trials of Celltrion's potential COVID-19 treatment in Europe 02 Jun 2020 - 10:04 am
FILE PHOTO: The logo of Celltrion is seen at the company's headquarters in Incheon, South Korea, Oct, 28, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/File Photo
New coronavirus cases in Hong Kong raise concerns of local cluster 02 Jun 2020 - 09:20 am
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Wuhan doctor at whistleblower's hospital dies from coronavirus 02 Jun 2020 - 09:17 am
A ferry sails along the Yangtze River in Wuhan, in China’s central Hubei province on May 28, 2020. AFP / Hector RETAMAL
New Zealand may remove all virus restriction next week 02 Jun 2020 - 08:45 am
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