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Winners and losers: Who got what in India’s federal budget 01 Feb 2020 - 01:30 pm
A broker reacts while trading at his computer terminal at a stock brokerage firm in Mumbai, India, February 1, 2020. (REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas)
China raps 'mean' U.S. for travel warning as virus toll reaches 213 31 Jan 2020 - 08:14 pm
Bangladeshi citizens, mostly students, wearing facemasks wait at Wuhan airport on January 31, 2020, as the Bangladeshi government prepares to evacuate them following a SARS-like virus outbreak in the city of Wuhan. (AFP)
India bans export of protective masks, clothing amid coronavirus outbreak 31 Jan 2020 - 06:31 pm
A woman wearing a mask is seen on a street in Shanghai, China January 31, 2020. REUTERS/Aly Song
Pakistan delays border opening with China 31 Jan 2020 - 01:57 pm
An official of Pakistan-based Chinese company (R) uses a thermo gun to check the temperature of the company's drivers, in Islamabad on January 30, 2020, after instructions from Pakistani authorities to take preventive measures against the coronavirus. A v
Virus rescue flight returns to Korea with 18 showing fever 31 Jan 2020 - 01:41 pm
Ambulances carrying South Korean citizens repatriated from the Chinese city of Wuhan leave Gimpo airport in Seoul on January 31, 2020, following the arrival of the first charter flight arranged by South Korean government to evacuate its citizens from the
Australia airport staff threaten strike without virus protection 31 Jan 2020 - 12:03 pm
 People wearing face masks walk on Bourke Street after cases of the coronavirus were confirmed in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, January 29, 2020. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
Chinese planes to bring overseas Wuhan citizens back to virus-hit city 31 Jan 2020 - 11:34 am
Police stand at a checkpoint at the Jiujiang Yangtze River Bridge that crosses from Hubei province in Jiujiang, Jiangxi province, China, as the country is hit by an outbreak of a new coronavirus, January 31, 2020
Kazakhstan detains two for spreading coronavirus rumours 30 Jan 2020 - 01:21 pm
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Philippines confirms first case of coronavirus 30 Jan 2020 - 12:43 pm
Chinese workers wearing masks are pictured after Philippine government confirmed the first case of the new coronavirus in the country, in an office building in Makati City, Metro Manila
Eight foreign nationals caught in avalanche on Japan's Hokkaido, one unconscious 30 Jan 2020 - 12:31 pm
Rescue workers carry victims after an avalanche hit a group near a ski resort in Nasu town, north of Tokyo. Kyodo/via REUTERS
Stranded in Wuhan: foreigners raise call for help in virus epicentre 30 Jan 2020 - 12:15 pm
Medical staff in protective clothes are seen carrying a patient from an apartment suspected of having the virus in Wuhan, in Hubei province on January 30, 2020. AFP / Hector Retamal
New Zealand charters flight to assist with Wuhan evacuation 30 Jan 2020 - 12:06 pm
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Indian airlines ban comedian for midair rant 30 Jan 2020 - 11:50 am
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India reports its first case of coronavirus 30 Jan 2020 - 11:42 am
Medical staff with protective clothing are seen inside a ward specialised in receiving any person who may have been infected with coronavirus, at the Rajiv Ghandhi Government General hospital in Chennai, India, January 29, 2020. REUTERS/P. Ravikumar
UK delays evacuation flight from coronavirus epicentre in China 30 Jan 2020 - 10:50 am
An aircraft, chartered by the U.S. State Department to evacuate government employees and other Americans from the novel coronavirus threat in the Chinese city of Wuhan on  January 29, 2020. (REUTERS/Mike Blake)
Japan issues arrest warrants for ex-U.S. soldier, two others for Ghosn escape 30 Jan 2020 - 09:51 am
 FILE PHOTO: Former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn gestures during a news conference at the Lebanese Press Syndicate in Beirut, Lebanon January 8, 2020. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir/File Photo
Rangers sign India's first woman professional footballer 30 Jan 2020 - 09:20 am
In this file photo taken on January 04, 2017 India's Ngangom Bala Devi (R) fights for the ball with Bangladesh players during the final of the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) women's football championship at the Kanchanjungha Stadium in Siliguri./
Airlines suspend China flights, cut services on virus fears 29 Jan 2020 - 06:35 pm
Passengers are seen on the screen of a thermal scanner as they arrive at the Tribhuvan International Airport after Nepal confirmed the first case of coronavirus in the country, in Kathmandu on January 29, 2020, following the first SARS-like virus confirme