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New Zealand plans to start reopening borders early next year 12 Aug 2021 - 04:34 pm
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern participates in a televised debate with National leader Judith Collins at TVNZ in Auckland, New Zealand, September 22, 2020. Fiona Goodall/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Lebanon to discuss law allowing c.bank to keep subsidising fuel, sources say 12 Aug 2021 - 04:19 pm
Lebanon's President Michel Aoun meets with Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh, caretaker Energy Minister Raymond Ghajar and caretaker Finance Minister Ghazi Wazni at the presidential palace in Baabda, Lebanon August 12, 2021. Dalati Nohra/Handout via Reut
Vietnam concerned over vaccine supply as COVID-19 cases near record 12 Aug 2021 - 04:14 pm
A health worker wearing a protective suit labels a sample tube at the National Convention Center, the venue for the 13th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Hanoi, Vietnam January 29,
Top Japan health adviser wants stricter COVID-19 measures for about two weeks 12 Aug 2021 - 04:01 pm
People wearing protective masks, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, make their way in Tokyo, Japan, August 6, 2021. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon
Taliban take strategic Ghazni city on road to Kabul 12 Aug 2021 - 04:01 pm
People gather on the street as Taliban fighters stand guard on main road intersection in city of Ghazni, Afghanistan in this screen grab taken from a video released by the Taliban on August 12, 2021. Taliban Handout/via Reuters
South Korea turns COVID-19 testing booth contactless 12 Aug 2021 - 03:17 pm
A hospital staff and Hallym University Medical Center (HUMC) director Lee Me-yeon (on screen) simulate a contactless medical check-up at a smart booth, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Anyang, South Korea August 12, 2021. REUTERS/Daewo
Kenyan oxygen maker to double production as COVID-19 fuels demand 12 Aug 2021 - 02:35 pm
Walter Otieno, plant operator at Hewatele, an innovative oxygen supply company,, arranges empty oxygen medical cylinder tanks amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, at the Hewatele oxygen plant in Nairobi, Kenya August 3, 2021. Picture taken Au
Scientists fear UK Covid cases may surge after summer lull 12 Aug 2021 - 02:29 pm
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S.Korea considering mandating hospitals provide more ICU beds for COVID patients - source 12 Aug 2021 - 02:23 pm
People wait in line for a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) test at a testing site, temporarily set up at a railway station in Seoul, South Korea, July 7, 2021. REUTERS/ Heo Ran/File Photo
Finland's coronavirus infections hit new daily record 12 Aug 2021 - 02:17 pm
View of the Hakaniemi Sunday market, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Helsinki, Finland November 1, 2020. Lehtikuva/Markku Ulander via REUTERS
Major container ports in eastern China see worsening congestion after COVID cases 12 Aug 2021 - 02:10 pm
Containers are seen at the Yangshan Deep-Water Port in Shanghai, China October 19, 2020. REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo/File Photo
Indian rocket fails to launch earth observation satellite 12 Aug 2021 - 12:14 pm
People watch as India's Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-F10), carrying the earth observation satellite EOS-03, lifts off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, India, August 12, 2021. Reuters/Stringer
Denmark to evacuate Afghans who worked for Kabul embassy 12 Aug 2021 - 11:59 am
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Eight feared dead in helicopter crash in Russia's Far East 12 Aug 2021 - 11:16 am
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Age restrictions on AstraZeneca shot have ended reports of rare clots -UK scientists 12 Aug 2021 - 12:04 am
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Tsunami warning issued after quake near Pondaguitan in Philippines 11 Aug 2021 - 10:00 pm
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California to require COVID-19 vaccine or test for teachers 11 Aug 2021 - 09:36 pm
FILE PHOTO: Social distancing dividers for students are seen in a classroom at St. Benedict School, amid the outbreak of the coronavirus, in Montebello, near Los Angeles, California, July 14, 2020. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/File Photo
Turkey to start face-to-face education this year -health minister 11 Aug 2021 - 09:12 pm
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