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China's Kazakhstan embassy warns citizens of pneumonia deadlier than COVID-19 10 Jul 2020 - 11:13 am
Medical specialists wearing protective equipment work at the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) testing facility in Almaty, Kazakhstan July 8, 2020. REUTERS/Mariya Gordeyeva
In masks and gloves, Singaporeans vote under COVID-19 cloud 10 Jul 2020 - 12:25 am
Singapore's Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat (L), of the incumbent People's Action Party, gives a thumbs up during a campaign walkabout in the Bedok South estate neighbourhood ahead of the general election in Singapore on July 8, 2020. / AFP / ROSLAN
Seoul mayor found dead after leaving message 'like a will' 09 Jul 2020 - 08:00 pm
South Korean policemen conduct a search operation for Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon in Seoul, South Korea, July 9, 2020. Yonhap via REUTERS
Australian city wakes to another lockdown as more state borders close 09 Jul 2020 - 08:37 am
Response personnel prepare to distribute goods to residents inside a public housing tower, locked down in response to an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Melbourne, Australia, July 9, 2020. AAP Image/James Ross via Reuters
Millions of Australians back in lockdown amid Melbourne virus outbreak 08 Jul 2020 - 11:16 pm
Police in the southern New South Wales (NSW) border city of Albury check cars crossing the state border from Victoria on July 8, 2020 after authorities closed the border due to an outbreak of COVID-19 coronavirus in Victoria. With the city of Melbourne go
Six injured in huge blast at China fireworks factory 08 Jul 2020 - 10:42 pm
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Bali hosts first centre to return captive dolphins to the wild 08 Jul 2020 - 01:55 pm
Bottlenose dolphins Rocky and Rambo are seen as Femke Den Haas cleans a net, after they were relocated at the Bali dolphin Sanctuary rehabilitation centre in Buleleng, Bali, Indonesia December 10, 2019. Courtesy of Tim Calver/Ric O'Barry's dolphinProject.
Thailand expects to delay plans for 'travel bubble' on virus worries 08 Jul 2020 - 10:55 am
A waitress wearing a protective mask and face shield reacts at the Mandarin Oriental hotel, after the government eased some protective measures following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Bangkok, Thailand July 7, 2020. REUTERS/Jorge Silva
Hong Kong bans protest anthem in schools as fears over freedoms intensify 08 Jul 2020 - 09:19 am
Workers work on a board after the opening of temporary national security office, in Hong Kong, China July 8, 2020. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu
New Zealand reviews hotel quarantine security after Covid escape 08 Jul 2020 - 08:13 am
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Indian police arrest 12 officials of LG Polymers over blast 08 Jul 2020 - 07:47 am
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TikTok quits Hong Kong as U.S. giants suspend processing data requests 07 Jul 2020 - 11:21 pm
FILE PHOTO: A TikTok logo is displayed on a smartphone in this illustration taken January 6, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
Mumbai opens new hospitals as India virus deaths top 20,000 07 Jul 2020 - 08:02 pm
TOPSHOT - Beds are pictured inside a newly built hospital to treat Covid-19 coronavirus patients at the Mahalaxmi Racecourse, in Mumbai on July 7, 2020. / AFP / Punit PARANJPE
Philippines lifts travel ban even as virus cases jump 07 Jul 2020 - 07:52 pm
An aircraft of Philippines Airlines (PAL), the Southeast Asian nation's flag carrier, taxiing at a runway while other aircraft park besides the hangar of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) in Manila March 14, 2016. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco/File Pho
Australia locks down millions as US struggles to contain the virus 07 Jul 2020 - 05:21 pm
Police in the southern New South Wales (NSW) border city of Albury check cars crossing the state border from Victoria on July 7, 2020 as authorities close the border due to an outbreak of COVID-19 coronavirus in Victoria. / AFP / William WEST
WHO monitoring China bubonic plague situation 07 Jul 2020 - 01:15 pm
FILE PHOTO: Two marmots meet at the entrance of their lair in Yushu, west China's Qinghai province July 28, 2007. REUTERS/Jason Lee/File Photo
Beijing reports zero virus cases for first time since new outbreak 07 Jul 2020 - 12:54 pm
Personnel of Beijing railway station wearing face masks arrive for work in Beijing on July 5, 2020. / AFP / NOEL CELIS
Australia deploys police, army to enforce border closure amid COVID-19 outbreak 07 Jul 2020 - 07:51 am
Police stand guard at one of nine public housing estates locked down due to a spike in COVID-19 coronavirus numbers in Melbourne on July 6, 2020. AFP / William WEST

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Firefighters extinguish a fire at the entrance of the Leonard de Vinci secondary school following a blockading action by protesting students, in Paris on October 2, 2026. (Photo by Thomas SAMSON / AFP) Hundreds of French high schools shut as teen protests escalate

Africa

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Nigerian dancer Benjamin Daniel Gabriel, 32, dances on stage to set a new world record for the longest individual dance marathon in Lagos on September 29, 2026. (Photo by Tonye Bakare / AFP) Nigerian dancer eyes world record after seven-day marathon
Aliko Dangote, the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Dangote Group, looks on during an interview with AFP in Nairobi on September 29, 2026. (Photo by SIMON MAINA / AFP) Africa to be mostly self-sufficient in fuel by 2030, says Nigerian oil tycoon

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Brazilian police officers stand guard in the area of a possible bomb in a backpack outside the Supreme Court headquarters in Brasilia on October 1, 2026. (Photo by Sergio LIMA / AFP) Bomb outside Brazilian Supreme Court a false alarm, police say
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