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China suspends approval for new online games - SCMP 09 Sep 2021 - 12:19 pm
A player of Rogue Warriors esports team trains for the game
S.Africa's first black free dive instructor turns tide on apartheid history 09 Sep 2021 - 11:35 am
Free diver Zandile Ndlovu encourages a township youth to explore the marine world off Simonstown, near Cape Town, South Africa, August 22, 2021. Reuters/Mike Hutchings
New Zealand buys Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines from Spain 09 Sep 2021 - 11:24 am
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South Korean researchers create chameleon-like artificial "skin" 09 Sep 2021 - 11:17 am
Ko Seung-hwan, mechanical engineering professor at Seoul National University, looks at Chameleon robot covered with artificial skin, in Seoul, South Korea, September 7, 2021. Picture taken September 4, 2021. REUTERS/Minwoo Park
North Macedonia government to meet over deadly hospital fire 09 Sep 2021 - 11:08 am
A hospital for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients is seen after a fire broke out, in Tetovo, North Macedonia, September 9, 2021. Reuters/Ognen Teofilovski
Louisiana death toll from Hurricane Ida rises to 26 09 Sep 2021 - 10:03 am
Workers clean up the site of the Historic Karnofsky Shop, a historic building, that collapsed during Hurricane Ida in New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S., September 6, 2021. REUTERS/Kathleen Flynn
Japan to extend COVID-19 emergency curbs in Tokyo, other areas 09 Sep 2021 - 10:01 am
People walk in Shibuya shopping area, during a state of emergency amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Tokyo, Japan August 29, 2021. REUTERS/Androniki?Christodoulou
Biden's new COVID-19 plan includes vaccine, test mandates 09 Sep 2021 - 12:01 am
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US Capitol Police brace for potential repeat of pro-Trump rally violence 08 Sep 2021 - 11:35 pm
FILE PHOTO: U.S. Capitol police attend a morning briefing outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., August 3, 2021. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
EU lists rare nerve disorder as possible side-effect of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine 08 Sep 2021 - 10:02 pm
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WHO seeks COVID-19 vaccines for poor nations, 'not empty promises' 08 Sep 2021 - 09:30 pm
A logo is pictured outside a building of the World Health Organization (WHO) during an executive board meeting on update on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Geneva, Switzerland, April 6, 2021. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo
Germany extends COVID emergency aid for companies until year-end 08 Sep 2021 - 08:48 pm
The skyline with the financial district is photographed during sunset in Frankfurt, Germany, April 22, 2020, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach/File Photo
Syria troops enter rebel-held district as part of truce 08 Sep 2021 - 06:15 pm
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Tigray forces killed 120 civilians in village in Amhara: Ethiopia officials 08 Sep 2021 - 04:46 pm
FILE PHOTO: An Ethiopian fleeing fighting in Tigray region lifts his clothes as he crosses the Setit river on the Sudan-Ethiopia border in Hamdayet village in eastern Kassala state, Sudan November 22, 2020. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah
Swiss cabinet tightens coronavirus curbs to protect hospitals 08 Sep 2021 - 04:27 pm
A COVID certificate is pictured on a mobile device during the news conference of Swiss Interior Minister Alain Berset and Guy Parmelin President of the Swiss Confederation on the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Bern, Switzerland, Septemb
COVAX vaccine 2021 delivery target cut to 1.425 billion doses 08 Sep 2021 - 04:14 pm
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Novavax begins early-stage trial for combined influenza/COVID-19 vaccine 08 Sep 2021 - 03:55 pm
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Paris attacks suspect tells trial he's "an Islamic State soldier" 08 Sep 2021 - 03:29 pm
Olivia Ronen and Martin Vettes, lawyers of Salah Abdeslam, arrive for the start of the trial of the Paris' November 2015 attacks at the Paris courthouse on the Ile de la Cite, in Paris, France, September 8, 2021. Reuters/Gonzalo Fuentes