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Afghan president: 'Consultations' ongoing amid Taliban blitz 14 Aug 2021 - 12:33 pm
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Musicians at Serbian trumpet festival play on despite pandemic 14 Aug 2021 - 12:30 pm
Musicians play their instruments during the annual brass band festival in Guca, Serbia, on August 13, 2021. Reuters/Zorana Jevtic
Russia releases worst pandemic death numbers to date 14 Aug 2021 - 12:13 pm
A medical specialist walks by an ambulance outside a hospital for patients infected with coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Moscow, Russia June 16, 2021. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
Taliban take key city close to Kabul as US troops arrive to assist evacuations 14 Aug 2021 - 12:04 pm
People and cars gather in the Eid Gah Darwaza area as a flag is hoisted on the Kandahar city gate, in Kandahar, Afghanistan in this screen grab taken from a handout video uploaded on social media August 14, 2021. Taliban Handout/via Reuters
Nobody running Lebanon, says central bank boss 14 Aug 2021 - 11:53 am
Lebanon's Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh speaks during a news conference at Central Bank in Beirut, Lebanon, November 11, 2019. Reuters/Mohamed Azakir/File Photo
Sydney lockdown extended statewide, fines hiked as Australia faces 'worst' COVID episode 14 Aug 2021 - 11:09 am
Commuters wear protective face masks on public transit at Central Station following the implementation of new public health regulations from the state of New South Wales, as the city grapples with an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Sydne
Philippine health ministry says no corruption in $1.3 bln pandemic funds 14 Aug 2021 - 10:31 am
File photo: Philippines' Health Secretary Francisco Duque vaccinates a health worker with Sinovac Biotech's Coronavac on the first day of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) inoculation drive in the Philippines, at the Lung Center of the Philippines, Quezo
Canada to require COVID-19 vaccines for federal government workers 13 Aug 2021 - 08:44 pm
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Reluctant French get Covid vaccination as health pass closes doors 13 Aug 2021 - 08:13 pm
People wait after being injected with a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech
Peru study finds Sinopharm COVID vaccine 50.4% effective against infections 13 Aug 2021 - 07:28 pm
FILE PHOTO: Signage of Sinopharm is seen at the 2020 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS), following the COVID-19 outbreak, in Beijing, China September 5, 2020. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang/File Photo
'Pretty devastating': Sydney councillor delivers food in lockdown districts 13 Aug 2021 - 07:22 pm
Bilal El-Hayek, a local government councillor and community leader, volunteers with Meals on Wheels to deliver food to members of vulnerable communities during a lockdown to curb the spread of a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in the Canterbury-Ba
Morocco reinforces vaccine campaign with Pfizer-BioNTech vaccinations 13 Aug 2021 - 06:50 pm
An elderly man receives the COVID-19 vaccine during a national coronavirus vaccination campaign, in Sale, Morocco January 29, 2021. REUTERS/Shereen Talaat/File Photo
WHO seeks to take political heat out of virus origins debate 13 Aug 2021 - 06:36 pm
Peter Ben Embarek and Marion Koopmans, members of the World Health Organization (WHO) team tasked with investigating the origins of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), arrive for the WHO-China joint study news conference at a hotel in Wuhan, Hubei provinc
Thai volunteers provide lifeline to elderly, sick cut off by pandemic 13 Aug 2021 - 06:13 pm
Buddhist monks wear personal protective equipment (PPE) as they perform coronavirus disease (COVID-19) testing in a community near their temple in Bangkok, Thailand August 4, 2021. Picture taken August 4, 2021. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun
Indonesia malls reopen exclusively for vaccinated shoppers 13 Aug 2021 - 05:21 pm
People wearing protective face masks walk at the Pondok Indah shopping mall, as the Indonesian capital reopens shopping malls with a new policy requiring shoppers to show a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination certificate, in Jakarta, Indonesia, Aug
Spanish town takes neighbourly chats 'al fresco' to UNESCO 13 Aug 2021 - 05:15 pm
Neighbours chat outside their houses to avoid the heat at night, as a heatwave hits Spain, in Algar, August 12, 2021. Picture taken August 12, 2021. REUTERS/Jon Nazca
Thailand projects doubling of daily coronavirus infections next month 13 Aug 2021 - 05:07 pm
People queue at the Central Vaccination Center as Thailand opens walk-in for first dose of the AstraZeneca vaccination scheme for elders, people with a minimum weight of 100 kilograms and pregnant women amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in Bangkok,
China reports smallest number of new local COVID cases since July 13 Aug 2021 - 04:28 pm
A worker disinfects next to villagers lining up by a corn field for nucleic acid testing at Baiyangping village following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Zhangjiajie, Hunan province, China August 12, 2021. Picture taken August 12, 2021. cns
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