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Travel bans upend Chinese lives 06 Feb 2020 - 11:40 am
People wearing face masks take selfies at Jingshan Park, as the country is hit by an outbreak of the new coronavirus, in Beijing, China February 5, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins
China's France envoy slams 'shameful' Hong Kong medical strike 06 Feb 2020 - 11:27 am
Local medical workers hold a strike near Queen Mary Hospital as they demand the city close its border with China to reduce the coronavirus spreading, in Hong Kong on February 3, 2020.
Modi's party seeks to unseat 'common man' in Delhi election 06 Feb 2020 - 11:06 am
In this photo taken on February 3, 2020, Aam Aadmi Party (Common Man party) leader Arvind Kejriwal (C) waves to his supporters during a rally for the upcoming Delhi state elections in New Delhi. AFP / Sajjad Hussain
China air force to appear at Singapore show despite virus 06 Feb 2020 - 10:50 am
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More virus cases on cruise ship off Japan; China death toll exceeds 500 06 Feb 2020 - 10:43 am
Passengers with face masks and bathrobes look out from a cabin of the World Dream cruise ship, after it had been denied entry in Taiwan amid concerns of coronavirus infection on board, at the Kai Tak Cruise Terminal in Hong Kong, China February 6, 2020. R
Australia receives a bittersweet bushfire reprieve with floods, cyclone 06 Feb 2020 - 09:44 am
 Signage is seen on the bushfire affected Bruthen-Buchan Road near Buchan, Victoria, australia, January 25, 2020. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
UN sees 'major progress' on forced labour in Uzbek cotton harvest 05 Feb 2020 - 09:15 pm
An Uzbek farmer tills a cotton field outside Tashkent farm, May 20, 2005. AFP / Denis Sinyakov
Who is indigenous? Millions may be denied land in India's Assam over definition 05 Feb 2020 - 09:15 pm
A villager from a Muslim community sits at a relief camp in Narayanguri village in Baksa district in the northeastern Indian state of Assam May 4, 2014. Reuters/Utpal Baruah
Chinese GP in doubt as Shanghai suspends all sporting events 05 Feb 2020 - 04:33 pm
A lone motorcycle rider is seen on an empty street in Hangzhou, some 175 kilometres (110 miles) southwest of Shanghai on February 5, 2020, near the Alibaba headquarters.  AFP / NOEL CELIS
Two Malaysians brought home from Wuhan test positive for virus 05 Feb 2020 - 01:30 pm
 Evacuated Malaysian nationals from Wuhan, China are directed onto a bus by health officials in protective suits after arriving at Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang, Malaysia, February 4, 2020. MalaysiaÕs Ministry of Health/Muzzafar Kasim/Hando
Indonesia’s ‘Scariest Market’ takes Bat off menu over virus fear 05 Feb 2020 - 11:09 am
Indonesian citizens wait to be evacuated, ahead of departure to Indonesia at Tianhe International Airport, in Wuhan, Hubei, China February 1, 2020 in this photo taken by Antara Foto. Picture taken by February 1, 2020. Antara Foto/ via REUTERS
Hundreds evacuate homes in New Zealand to escape flooding 05 Feb 2020 - 10:22 am
This handout picture taken on February 3, 2020 and released by the New Zealand Transport Agency shows a main highway evastated by the flood after severe flooding near Mataura in New Zealand's South Island. AFP PHOTO
China is trying to patent Gilead’s experimental Coronavirus drug 05 Feb 2020 - 09:21 am
Lab technicians register samples from potential victims of the novel coronavirus at the Centre for Emerging Infectious Diseases of Thailand at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok on February 5, 2020. / AFP / Lillian SUWANRUMPHA
Malaysia's former first lady goes on trial for corruption 05 Feb 2020 - 08:52 am
Rosmah Mansor, wife of Malaysia's former Prime Minister Najib Razak, arrives at Kuala Lumpur High Court in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, February 5, 2020. REUTERS/Lim Huey Teng
5% tax on remittances from India, foreign tour packages 05 Feb 2020 - 12:20 am
India Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman holds budget papers during a photo opportunity as she leaves her office to present the federal budget in the parliament in New Delhi, India, February 1, 2020. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis
No takers for Indonesia's 'pluck a tyre off the croc' contest 04 Feb 2020 - 08:55 pm
This photo taken on February 2, 2020 shows a crocodile, with a motorbike tyre around its neck, by the riverbanks in Palu, Central Sulawesi province. AFP / Nanang
Reform of customary laws urged to protect India's indigenous land 04 Feb 2020 - 08:55 pm
A group of Garo tribal men beat drums to establish a new world record of drum assembles at Shillong, the capital of India's northeastern state of Meghalaya, October 28, 2006. Reuters/Utpal Baruah
Coronavirus sends Asia's social media censors into overdrive 04 Feb 2020 - 06:37 pm
Security guards wearing protective facemasks keep vigil outside an isolation ward opened as a preventative measure following a SARS-like virus outbreak, at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Institute of Medical Sciences in Ahmedabad on February 4, 2020. AFP /