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Pompeo pushes against China, Russia in visit to 'Stans' 02 Feb 2020 - 04:50 pm
FILE PHOTO: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo gestures as he speaks during a joint news conference with Belarus' Foreign Minister in Minsk on February 1, 2020. / AFP / KEVIN LAMARQUE
Indian workers abroad, including Qatar, not liable to tax on global income 02 Feb 2020 - 02:56 pm
India's Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman (C) leaves the Finance Ministry for the Parliament to announce the 2020-21 union budget, in New Delhi on February 1, 2020. / AFP / Prakash SINGH
Thailand sees good result from using drug mixture on Coronavirus 02 Feb 2020 - 12:39 pm
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Tokyo to 'strengthen testing' for coronavirus before Olympics 02 Feb 2020 - 11:40 am
This photo taken on February 1, 2020 shows security personnel checking the temperature of a passenger wearing a face mask at Beijing Railway Station in Beijing. The number of infections in China's coronavirus outbreak has passed 14,300 nationwide with 2,5
Coronavirus won't turn you into a 'zombie', says Malaysia 02 Feb 2020 - 11:29 am
Tourists wearing masks pass by Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, January 31, 2020. REUTERS/Lim Huey Teng
Bangladesh suspends visa on arrival for China 02 Feb 2020 - 11:23 am
Bangladeshi nationals disembark from a Biman Bangladesh Airlines' plane at the tarmac of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport following their evacuation from the Chinese city of Wuhan, in Dhaka on February 1, 2020. A virus similar to the SARS pathogen h
More homes reported burned in southeast Australia wildfires 02 Feb 2020 - 11:14 am
 Smoke rises as the Big Jack Mountain fire spreads in Bega Valley, New South Wales, Australia, February 1, 2020. NSW Rural Fire Service/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY.
Australian minister resigns over funding scandal 02 Feb 2020 - 10:50 am
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Indonesia offers reward for plucking tyre off giant croc's neck 02 Feb 2020 - 10:33 am
This picture taken on January 22, 2020, shows a crocodile, with a motorcycle tire around its neck, sun bathing by the riverbanks, in Palu, Central Sulawesi. AFP / MUHAMMAD
'Please take my daughter': Mother of girl with cancer pleads at virus blockade 02 Feb 2020 - 09:18 am
A mother reacts as she pleads with police to allow her daughter to pass a checkpoint for cancer treatment after she arrived from Hubei province at the Jiujiang Yangtze River Bridge in Jiujiang, Jiangxi province, China, as the country is hit by an outbreak
Philippines reports 1st virus death outside of China 02 Feb 2020 - 08:02 am
Women wearing face masks use their phones in Manila, Philippines, January 31, 2020. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez
Indians who are not taxed in a foreign country will become taxable in India 01 Feb 2020 - 06:35 pm
A man (L) walks past a screen displaying a television channel live broadcast of India's Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman (3R on screen) presenting the 2020 union budget at the Bombay Stock Market (BSE) in Mumbai on February 1, 2020. (AFP / Punit PARANJ
WHO says prepare for local outbreaks; China slams US control 01 Feb 2020 - 05:42 pm
A Sri Lankan student (C) who was evacuated from the Chinese city of Wuhan is checked by medical staff wearing protective gear at Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport in Mattala on February 1, 2020.  AFP
China resumes mask production amid quarantine measures 01 Feb 2020 - 05:07 pm
A Pakistani vendor holds a paper mask for sale at his shop, as pharmacies are running out of face masks due to the large demand from Asian people, who buy and send them to relatives in their countries of origin, amid the new coronavirus outbreak, in Barce
Airstrikes on the rise as US pursues Afghan peace talks 01 Feb 2020 - 04:25 pm
Afghan National Army forces go towards the site of an airplane crash in Deh Yak district of Ghazni province, Afghanistan January 27, 2020. REUTERS/Mustafa Andaleb
Vietnam says suspending all China flights over coronavirus 01 Feb 2020 - 03:39 pm
Two men wearing protective facemasks sit by the Hoan Kiem Lake in Hanoi on January 31, 2020. AFP / Nhac NGUYEN
Coronavirus has infected more than 11,900 globally 01 Feb 2020 - 03:23 pm
A woman wears a protective mask in light of the coronavirus outbreak in China as she walks at the Trocadero esplanade in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France, February 1, 2020. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes
'A good firefighting day':crews hold blazes back from Australia's capital 01 Feb 2020 - 01:33 pm
Firefighters protect property from bushfires burning near the town of Bumbalong south of Canberra on February 1, 2020. AFP / PETER PARKS