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Japan says in deal to purchase AstraZeneca's COVID-10 vaccine 07 Aug 2020 - 01:25 pm
TOPSHOT - People wearing face masks as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus visit Togoshi Ginza shopping street in Tokyo on August 1, 2020. / AFP / Philip FONG
Trump order targets Chinese internet giants TikTok, WeChat 07 Aug 2020 - 01:21 pm
The messenger app WeChat and short-video app TikTok are seen near China and U.S. flags in this illustration picture taken August 7, 2020. REUTERS/Florence Lo/Illustration
Swiss ink deal with Moderna for 4.5M doses of COVID vaccine 07 Aug 2020 - 01:08 pm
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AMC expects to reopen all international theaters in three weeks 07 Aug 2020 - 12:15 am
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Sri Lanka's Rajapaksa alliance wins two-thirds majority 07 Aug 2020 - 12:08 am
A Special Task Force (STF) soldier (L) stands guard at the main counting centre in Colombo on August 6, 2020, a day after Sri Lanka's parliamentary election. / AFP / LAKRUWAN WANNIARACHCHI
Italy pledges global 'response' to help Lebanon 07 Aug 2020 - 12:04 am
Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio answers journalist's questions, during an interview at the Farnesina, Italian Foreign Ministry, in central Rome, on August 6, 2020. / AFP / Andreas SOLARO
Armed man seizes hostages in French bank -police 06 Aug 2020 - 11:13 pm
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Mozambique denies knowledge of ship tied to Beirut blast 06 Aug 2020 - 10:52 pm
People stand by the wreckage of a ship at the devastated site of the explosion in the port of Beirut on August 6, 2020 two days after a massive explosion devastated the Lebanese capital in a disaster that has sparked grief and fury. / AFP / POOL / Thibaul
Britain adds Belgium to travel quarantine list 06 Aug 2020 - 10:48 pm
A message thanking health workers of the NHS is seen on office windows with the Shard skyscraper behind, as the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in London, Britain, August 6, 2020. REUTERS/Toby Melville
Nigeria to reopen for international air travel in weeks 06 Aug 2020 - 08:44 pm
FILE PHOTO: A woman wears a protective face mask due to the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at the Murtala Mohammed International airport in Lagos, Nigeria March 19, 2020. Picture taken March 19, 2020. REUTERS/Temilade Adelaja/File Photo
Ohio governor tests positive for COVID-19, cancels plans to greet Trump in Cleveland 06 Aug 2020 - 08:31 pm
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with Governor of Ohio Mike DeWine as he arrives at Akron-Canton airport in Canton, Ohio, U.S., March 20, 2019. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo
New York seeks to dissolve NRA over financial mismanagement 06 Aug 2020 - 08:10 pm
:(FILES) This file photo taken on April 05, 2005, shows the National Rifle Association (NRA) headquarters in Fairfax, Virginia. The state of New York announced on August 6, 2020, it was suing the National Rifle Association and its leader Wayne LaPierre fo
Trump says his comments blocked by Facebook were 'perfect' 06 Aug 2020 - 07:48 pm
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump attends a news conference in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, U.S., July 14, 2020. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Italy threatens to ban Ryanair in coronavirus compliance dispute 06 Aug 2020 - 07:37 pm
FILE PHOTO: Ryanair planes are seen at Dublin Airport, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Dublin, Ireland, May 1, 2020. REUTERS/Jason Cairnduff/File Photo
Pakistan lifts virus restrictions as cases drop 06 Aug 2020 - 05:39 pm
Muhammed Semih U?urlu - Anadolu
South Korea searches for rescue workers missing in floods 06 Aug 2020 - 05:21 pm
People watch as water from the Imjin river is discharged through the Gunnam Dam in Yeoncheon following heavy rain fall on August 6, 2020.  / AFP / YONHAP /
Human trials of coronavirus vaccine set to begin in Indonesia 06 Aug 2020 - 04:53 pm
A doctor displays a vaccine for COVID-19 coronavirus at Padjadjaran university educational hospital in Bandung, West Java on July 6, 2020, in preparation for efforts to vaccinate 1,620 volunteers in the community next week. / AFP / TIMUR MATAHARI
Germany to impose virus tests on risk zone arrivals 06 Aug 2020 - 04:16 pm
German Health Minister Jens Spahn holds a press conference on the German testing strategy on August 6, 2020 at the health ministry in Berlin, amid the novel coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. / AFP / John MACDOUGALL