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Philippines lowers volcano alert, thousands can return home 26 Jan 2020 - 09:36 am
Residents on motorcycles ride back to their homes after the Philippine volcanology bureau lowered the alert level from 4 to 3 and residents were allowed to return home in the town of Lemery, Batangas province, south of Manila on January 26, 2020. A major
Japan arrests ex-SoftBank employee suspected of spying for Russia 26 Jan 2020 - 09:13 am
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Third Chinese city to ban long-distance buses over virus concerns 26 Jan 2020 - 09:01 am
Workers in protective suits check the temperature of passengers arriving at the Xianning North Station on the eve of the Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations, in Xianning, a city bordering Wuhan to the north, in Hubei province, China January 24, 2020. REUT
The global spread of the Coronavirus: Where is it? 25 Jan 2020 - 02:58 pm
Pedestrians are seen wearing a surgical masks in London's China Town on January 25, 2020. AFP / Niklas Halle'n
Bodies of US firefighters retrieved from Australian air crash site 25 Jan 2020 - 12:18 pm
Debris seen following the crash of a C-130 air tanker plane after dropping fire retardant, in this January 24, 2020 picture obtained from social media, in Snowy Mountains, New South Wales, Australia. New South Wales Police via Reuters
Australia confirms first coronavirus cases 25 Jan 2020 - 11:59 am
Travellers, wearing masks, arrive on a direct flight from China, after Canada's Public Health Agency added a screening question for visitors and began displaying messages in several airports urging travellers to report flu-like symptoms in efforts to prev
Indian gvt to end five-month internet blackout in restive Kashmir 25 Jan 2020 - 11:26 am
A security personnel walks on a road as he patrols near a site of a gunbattle between suspected militants and government forces at Khrew area of Pampore in Pulwama district, south of Srinagar on January 21, 2020. AFP / Tauseef Mustafa
Nepal reports South Asia's first confirmed case of deadly virus 24 Jan 2020 - 08:43 pm
Worshippers wear face masks burning incense and pray at the Wong Tai Sin Temple to mark the Lunar New Year of the Rat in Hong Kong on January 24, 2020. AFP / Philip Fong
Failure to deliver: Japan mailman hoarded post for years 24 Jan 2020 - 07:14 pm
An employee of Japan Post Co collects mail at a post office in Tokyo October 26, 2012. Reuters/Toru Hanai
Philippine artist paints images of volcanic devastation using ash 24 Jan 2020 - 02:43 pm
Filipina artist Janina Sanico paints an image of Taal volcano spewing ash clouds using ash that accumulated in her yard in Tanauan, Batangas Province, Philippines, January 24,2020. REUTERS/Joseph Campbell
Australia mourns for three Americans killed in plane crash fighting bushfires 24 Jan 2020 - 12:59 pm
A television reporter stands in front of a Large Air Tanker (LAT) C-130 Hercules as it drops a load of around 15,000 litres during a display by the Rural Fire Service ahead of the bushfire season at RAAF Base Richmond Sydney, Australia, September 1, 2017.
Shanghai Disney shuts to prevent spread of virus 24 Jan 2020 - 12:08 pm
A locked gate is seen after the Hong Kong Disneyland theme park has been closed, following the coronavirus outbreak in Hong Kong, China January 26, 2020. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu
China building 1,000-bed hospital over the weekend to treat coronavirus 24 Jan 2020 - 12:01 pm
Workers clear the way at the construction site where the new hospital is being built to treat patients of a new coronavirus following the outbreak and the city's lockdown, on the outskirts of Wuhan, China January 24, 2020. cnsphoto via REUTERS.
Arrested Hong Kong protesters stuck in limbo as cases grind forward 23 Jan 2020 - 10:45 pm
Derek Tai and his girlfriend Ann take a bus to a legal protest in Hong Kong, China, January 19, 2020. Reuters/Tyrone Siu
Australians in wildfire zone face a painful question: rebuild or leave? 23 Jan 2020 - 10:45 pm
Storm clouds gather over Sydney Harbour on January 20, 2020. AFP / Peter Parks
Indian women lawmakers face abuse as global online violence rises 23 Jan 2020 - 09:36 pm
A worker displays T-shirts with images of Mamata Banerjee, Narendra Modi, Rahul Gandhi and logo of CPI-M for sale inside a shop in Kolkata, India, March 26, 2019. Reuters / Rupak De Chowdhuri
Afghan drought forces shepherds into desperate measures 23 Jan 2020 - 08:47 pm
In this photograph taken on November 28, 2019, shepherds lead a flock of sheep as they graze at field on the outskirts of Mazar-i-Sharif. AFP / Farshad Usyan
Highest UN court can tell states what to do, but not enforce 23 Jan 2020 - 08:47 pm
Tun Khin of the Burmese Rohingya Organization speaks to the press after the ruling of the International Court of Justice in The Hague, on January 23, 2020 in the lawsuit filed by The Gambia against Myanmar in which Myanmar is accused of genocide against R