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Mobile phone services restored as Afghan truce holds 23 Feb 2020 - 02:22 pm
Afghan boys who sell boiled eggs climb to a hilltop overlooking Kabul, Afghanistan February 23, 2020. REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail
Global warming causing "irreversible" mass melting in Antarctica - scientist 23 Feb 2020 - 10:35 am
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South Korea reports two more coronavirus deaths, 123 new cases 23 Feb 2020 - 09:21 am
A confirmed coronavirus patient is wheeled to a hospital at Chuncheon, South Korea, February 22, 2020. Yonhap via REUTERS
Quarantine questioned as Japan woman tests positive after leaving ship 23 Feb 2020 - 08:50 am
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Japanese emperor, on birthday, expresses coronavirus concern, looks forward to Olympics 22 Feb 2020 - 06:08 pm
Japan's Emperor Naruhito waving to well-wishers during a New Year's greeting ceremony at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo. AFP / Kazuhiro NOGI
India, US struggling to bridge trade dispute as Trump visits 22 Feb 2020 - 05:41 pm
People pose for a picture in front of a hoarding of the
100 passengers in close contact with infected leave Japan ship 22 Feb 2020 - 03:56 pm
Passengers who have been under quarantine on a coronavirus-stricken cruise ship off the coast of Japan, the Diamond Princess, are seen wearing face masks as they leave RAF Boscombe Down in Amesbury, Britain, February 22, 2020. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls
India says discovers fields with over 3,000 tonnes of gold ore 22 Feb 2020 - 02:54 pm
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8 students killed in flooding in Indonesia 22 Feb 2020 - 01:48 pm
Rescue teams find a victim lost after the flash flood in the Sempor River in Sleman, Yogyakarta, Indonesia on 22 February, 2020.
Virus cases swell in South Korea as outbreak shifts, spreads 21 Feb 2020 - 07:03 pm
Medical workers wearing protective gear transfer a suspected coronavirus patient (C) to another hospital from Daenam Hospital where a total of 16 infections have now been identified with the COVID-19 coronavirus, in Cheongdo county near the southeastern c
59 Hong Kong police quarantined after meal with virus colleague 21 Feb 2020 - 02:23 pm
Office workers and protesters gather during a pro-democracy demonstration in a mall in the central district of Hong Kong on February 21, 2020. / AFP / ISAAC LAWRENCE
India tempers Trump's hopes of 'millions' in welcome parade 21 Feb 2020 - 02:15 pm
 Workers prepare a hoarding with the images of the U.S. President Donald Trump and India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi ahead of Trump's visit, on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, India, February 19, 2020. REUTERS/Amit Dave
Young Chinese doctor dies of coronavirus 21 Feb 2020 - 01:35 pm
Doctors look at a screen that shows the ward where patients who are infected with the coronavirus are treated at the First People's Hospital in Yueyang, Hunan Province, near the border to Hubei Province, which is under partial lockdown after an outbreak o
Japan to let off last healthy cruise travelers, isolate rest 21 Feb 2020 - 11:59 am
 Passengers wearing masks have their body temperatures taken after leaving the coronavirus-hit cruise ship Diamond Princess at Daikoku Pier Cruise Terminal in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, Japan February 21, 2020. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon
South Korea posts 52 more virus cases as outbreak expands 21 Feb 2020 - 11:05 am
Women wearing masks as a preventive measure against the coronavirus walk at a traditional market in Seoul, South Korea, February 20, 2020. REUTERS/Heo Ran
China says will help manage Mekong as report warns of dam danger 20 Feb 2020 - 10:03 pm
Fisherman Kome Wilai fishing from his boat along the Mekong River between Chiang Rai province in Thailand (R) and Laos (L) on September 20, 2019. AFP / Lillian Suwanrumpha
Ahead of Trump's visit, Indian city cleans the swamp 20 Feb 2020 - 02:19 pm
Farmer Bussa Krishna,33, applies kumkum red powder on the statue of US President Donald Trump, ahead of the visit of US President Donald Trump to India on February 17, 2020, ( AFP / Noah Seelam)
Some Japan investors worry as coronavirus puts question-mark over Tokyo Olympics 20 Feb 2020 - 01:31 pm
Giant Olympic Rings are installed at the waterfront area, with the Rainbow Bridge in the background, ahead of an official inauguration ceremony, six months before the opening of the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympic Games, at Odaiba Marine Park in Tokyo, Japan Ja