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China's Kangtai starts mid-stage trial of its COVID-19 vaccine candidate 29 Oct 2020 - 12:20 pm
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Pollution hangs over Indian capital as farm stubble fires rage 29 Oct 2020 - 12:08 pm
A couple has their pictures taken on the banks of the Yamuna River during a smoggy morning at sunrise in New Delhi on October 29, 2020. AFP / Jewel Samad
Taiwan marks 200 days without domestic COVID-19 infection 29 Oct 2020 - 10:46 am
Passengers wearing masks practice social distancing to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), as they wait to board a flight at Taipei’s Taoyuan International Airport, in Taiwan, October 23, 2020. REUTERS/Ben Blanchard
Australian scientists find huge new healthy coral reef off northern coast 29 Oct 2020 - 10:03 am
New Black Coral species Umbellapathes litocrada is seen in this handout photo from 2015 obtained by Reuters on October 28, 2020. NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration/Handout via REUTERS
India trials of Russian Sputnik-V vaccine may end as early as March - Dr Reddy's 28 Oct 2020 - 11:02 pm
FILE PHOTO: A nurse prepares Russia's
South Korea's Moon targets carbon neutrality by 2050 28 Oct 2020 - 01:39 pm
South Korean President Moon Jae-in speaks at the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, October 28, 2020. Jeon Heon-Kyun/Pool via REUTERS
Strong typhoon slams Vietnam, at least 2 dead, 26 missing 28 Oct 2020 - 01:10 pm
Strong winds batter coconut trees in central Vietnam's Quang Ngai province on October 28, 2020 as Typhoon Molave makes landfall. / AFP / MANAN VATSYAYANA
Millions vote in India's first election in shadow of coronavirus 28 Oct 2020 - 12:07 pm
Policemen wearing protective face shields stand guard as voters stand in a queue to cast their vote outside a polling booth during the state assembly election, amidst the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at a village on the outskirts of Patna
'No time to recover': Vietnam prepares devastated central region for typhoon 27 Oct 2020 - 04:30 pm
Residents get in a car after leaving their homes to move to evacuation centres in central Vietnam's Quang Nam province on October 27, 2020, ahead of Typhoon Molave's expected landfall. / AFP / MANAN VATSYAYANA
US warns of threat posed by China, signs military pact with India 27 Oct 2020 - 01:53 pm
India's Defence Minister Rajnath Singh speaks next to U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, U.S. Secretary of Defence Mark Esper and India's Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar during a joint news conference after their meeting at Hyderabad House in N
Blast at Pakistani religious school kills seven, wounds more than 80 27 Oct 2020 - 11:58 am
Police officers and officials survey the site of a bomb blast at a religious seminary in Peshawar, Pakistan October 27, 2020. Reuters/Fayaz Aziz
Japan's cabinet approves plan for free COVID-19 vaccines 27 Oct 2020 - 11:52 am
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Philippines' Duterte wants government-to-government deal for COVID-19 vaccines 27 Oct 2020 - 10:27 am
President of the Philippines Rodrigo Duterte attends an ASEAN leaders summit with United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, in Bangkok, Thailand November 3, 2019. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun/File Photo
At least four killed in blast at Pakistan religious school 27 Oct 2020 - 08:31 am
Rescue workers collect remains at the site of a blast in a religious school in Peshawar on October 27, 2020. AFP / Abdul Majeed
India proposes law to tackle country’s deadly air pollution 26 Oct 2020 - 08:11 pm
TOPSHOT - An officer from the district magistrate office holds a Covid-19 coronavirus-themed mascot in a market area during an awareness campaign against coronavirus and rising air pollution levels in New Delhi on October 26, 2020. / AFP / Sajjad HUSSAIN
Xi's big carbon promise on the table as China's leaders meet 26 Oct 2020 - 01:57 pm
Chinese President Xi Jinping is applauded as he arrives for a ceremony marking the 70th anniversary of China's entry into the Korean War, in Beijing's Great Hall of the People on October 23, 2020. / AFP / NOEL CELIS
Australia's coronavirus epicentre to ease curbs after no new cases 26 Oct 2020 - 11:35 am
A man wearing a face mask crosses a pedestrian bridge in the Melbourne suburb of St Kilda on October 26, 2020 as Australian health officials reported no new coronavirus cases or deaths in Victoria state, which has spent months under onerous restrictions a
Vietnam ready to evacuate 1.3 mln people as typhoon approaches 26 Oct 2020 - 11:25 am
Residents wade along a flooded road at a village in Quang Tri province, Vietnam October 20, 2020. Picture taken October 20, 2020. Yen Duong/International Federation of the Red Cross (IFRC)/Handout via REUTERS