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Beijing shop launches 'Squid Game' bake-off challenge 17 Oct 2021 - 11:18 am
A customer uses a tool to cut a biscuit into a shape during a session of a South Korean Netflix show Squid Game-themed confection-making event, at a bakery in Beijing, China in this screengrab from a video taken on October 16, 2021. REUTERS TV via REUTERS
China surprises US with hypersonic missile test, FT reports 17 Oct 2021 - 10:23 am
The Chinese national flag is seen in Beijing, China April 29, 2020. Reuters/Thomas Peter/File Photo
Melbourne to ease world's longest COVID-19 lockdowns as vaccinations rise 17 Oct 2021 - 10:11 am
People wear protective face masks in the city centre during a lockdown to curb the spread of a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Sydney, Australia, September 28, 2021. REUTERS/Loren Elliott
11 kids drowned, 10 rescued in Indonesian river cleanup 16 Oct 2021 - 05:55 pm
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ASEAN excludes Myanmar junta leader from summit in rare move 16 Oct 2021 - 12:15 pm
Flags are seen outside the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) secretariat building, ahead of the ASEAN leaders' meeting in Jakarta, Indonesia, April 23, 2021. Reuters/Willy Kurniawan//File Photo
India reopens for foreign tourists as virus infections ebb 15 Oct 2021 - 10:09 pm
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Philippines starts COVID-19 vaccinations for 12-17 year olds 15 Oct 2021 - 03:57 pm
A health worker checks the documents of a child scheduled to be inoculated with Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), during the vaccine rollout for children with comorbidities, in Pasig, Metro Manila, Philippines, October 15
Blast hits mosque in Afghan city of Kandahar; heavy casualties - officials 15 Oct 2021 - 12:44 pm
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S.Korea eases coronavirus gathering curbs before switch to 'living with COVID' 15 Oct 2021 - 12:23 pm
People wearing masks walk in a shopping district amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Seoul, South Korea, July 9, 2021. REUTERS/ Heo Ran/File Photo
Mayor sets up task force to probe Taiwan's deadliest fire for decades 15 Oct 2021 - 12:06 pm
People ride on a vehicle past a damaged residential building following a fire in Kaohsiung, Taiwan October 15, 2021. REUTERS/I-Hwa Cheng TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
Australia's Sydney to welcome overseas arrivals without quarantine 15 Oct 2021 - 11:36 am
A person in protective face mask walks along the harbour waterfront across from the Sydney Opera House during a lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Sydney, Australia, October 6, 2021. REUTERS/Loren Elliott/File Photo
Singapore electricity providers hit by global power crunch quit market 14 Oct 2021 - 02:19 pm
Artificial tree-like structures called Supertrees are seen before lights were switched off to commemorate Earth Hour, at Gardens By the Bay, in Singapore, March 27, 2021. Reuters/Dawn Chua/File Photo
Indonesia's Bali reopens to international tourists, but with no flights 14 Oct 2021 - 10:55 am
People are seen at Ngurah Rai International Airport ahead of the reopening of Indonesia's resort island of Bali on Thursday, in Badung, Bali, Indonesia October 13, 2021. Antara Foto/Fikri Yusuf/via Reuters
More than 40 feared dead in fire in southern Taiwan 14 Oct 2021 - 10:49 am
Jets of water are sprayed as a fire blazes at Cheng Chung Cheng building in Kaohsiung, Taiwan in this still frame obtained from social media video dated early October 14, 2021. CHANG YU CHEN /via REUTERS
Tiny Pacific nation beats the world with 99% COVID vaccination, says Red Cross 14 Oct 2021 - 10:13 am
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India resumes vaccine exports as domestic stocks build up - officials 13 Oct 2021 - 09:21 pm
FILE PHOTO: : A medic administers COVAXIN, an Indian government-backed experimental COVID-19 vaccine, to a health worker during its trials, at the Gujarat Medical Education & Research Society in Ahmedabad, India, November 26, 2020. REUTERS/Amit Dave/File
Philippines eases capital’s curbs, allows quarantine-free entry 13 Oct 2021 - 01:26 pm
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COVID-19 curbs in Sydney could ease early amid surge in vaccinations 13 Oct 2021 - 10:56 am
Shoppers sit at tables inside Westfield Bondi Junction as businesses re-open to vaccinated patrons in the wake of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) regulations easing, following months of lockdown orders to curb an outbreak of cases, in Sydney, Australia, Oc

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A general view of houses damaged by landslides and flooding in the Mossikro neighbourhood of Attecoube, a suburb of Abidjan, on June 29, 2026.Photo by CHRIS BOLI / AFP Floods kill 59 in I.Coast since mid-May: government
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed file photo Ethiopia attracts over 1.4 mln foreign visitors in 2025/26 fiscal year PM
Members of the pro-Sudanese army popular resistance group gather for a rally supporting the army position in Darfur, Kordofan, and the Blue Nile State, in the Karary district of Omdurman, the twin-city of Sudan's capital, on June 30, 2026. (Photo by Ebrahim HAMID / AFP) Sudan army says retakes key town near Chad
Peninsula Death toll from Ghana's flood climbs to 12

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This handout photo released by NASA on July 31, 2004, shows the Swift spacecraft being unwrapped in Hangar AE at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at Kennedy Space Center, Florida. (Photo by Handout / NASA / AFP) NASA robot mission aiming to rescue space telescope
Picture: Consul General of France in New York / X France to illuminate Statue of Liberty for US 250th birthday
This aerial view shows a heavily damaged coastal area with collapsed buildings and debris following the June 24 twin earthquakes in Caraballeda, La Guaira State, Venezuela, on June 29, 2026. (Photo by Yorman Maldonado/ AFP) Over 58,000 buildings likely damaged or destroyed in Venezuela: satellite data
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