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Nokia's COVID detection system automatically scans for temperature, mask 15 Oct 2020 - 04:32 pm
An undated Handout image shows an employee going through Nokia's automated COVID-19 detection system in Chennai, India. Nokia/Handout via REUTERS
Japan plans near-full capacity baseball to test virus measures 15 Oct 2020 - 03:19 pm
A woman wearing a protective mask amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, takes a picture of the Olympic rings in front of the National Stadium in Tokyo, Japan October 14, 2020. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon
Floods kill 40 in India, damage crops 15 Oct 2020 - 03:18 pm
Residents are evacuated from a flooded neighbourhood after heavy rainfall in Hyderabad, the capital of the southern state of Telangana, India, October 15, 2020. REUTERS/Vinod Babu
Indian cinemas reopen after going dark for months amid virus 15 Oct 2020 - 02:57 pm
People invited as 'Covid-19 warriors' and their families to a special screening of Bollywood movie 'Tanhaji' queue to enter a cinema auditorium in New Delhi on October 15, 2020, with some states still keeping theatres closed amid the Covid-19 coronavirus
Hong Kong, Singapore announce plans for travel bubble 15 Oct 2020 - 11:44 am
People try to pass through traffic as they commute with shared bicycles during rush hour in Beijing on October 14, 2020. / AFP / NICOLAS ASFOURI
Ardern vows to quit if she loses New Zealand election 15 Oct 2020 - 11:03 am
FILE PHOTO: Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern addresses her supporters at a Labour Party event in Wellington, New Zealand, October 11, 2020. Reuters/Praveen Menon/File Photo
China's Sinopharm offers experimental COVID-19 vaccines to students: WSJ 15 Oct 2020 - 10:56 am
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Philippines eyes Sinovac trial as early as November 15 Oct 2020 - 10:47 am
A worker performs a quality check in the packaging facility of Chinese vaccine maker Sinovac Biotech, developing an experimental coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine, during a government-organized media tour in Beijing, China, September 24, 2020. REUTER
Thailand bans protests as challenge to establishment escalates 15 Oct 2020 - 08:52 am
Barricades are set up near the Ratchaprasong junction ahead of a proposed gathering by pro-democracy protesters in Bangkok on October 15, 2020, after Thailand issued an emergency decree. / AFP / Jack Taylor
Duterte wants entire Philippine population vaccinated for COVID-19 14 Oct 2020 - 10:51 pm
A vendor at Pritil Public Market gets a free swab test amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Tondo, Manila, Philippines, October 8, 2020. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez
Astrazeneca to provide Indonesia 100 million COVID-19 vaccines next year: Foreign minister 14 Oct 2020 - 04:19 pm
A test tube labeled with the vaccine is seen in front of AstraZeneca logo in this illustration taken, September 9, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/File Photo
2 Afghan helicopters crash amid Helmand fighting, 9 dead 14 Oct 2020 - 02:06 pm
Afghan internally displaced people with their belongings flee from Nadali district to Lashkar Gah during the ongoing clashes between Taliban fighters and Afghan security forces, in Helmand province on October 12, 2020. / AFP /
China uses new tactic in campaign against Taiwan with spy accusations 14 Oct 2020 - 10:52 am
FILE PHOTO: Taiwan's navy sailors take part in the commissioning ceremony of PFG-1112 Ming Chuan and PFG-1115 Feng Chia, Perry-class guided missile frigates, at Kaohsiung's Zuoying naval base, Taiwan November 8, 2018. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu/File Photo
Myanmar centenarian shrugs off coronavirus, worries about grandchildren 13 Oct 2020 - 04:53 pm
Daw Thein Khin, a 100-year-old woman survivor of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) poses for a photo at her home, amid the outbreak of the disease, in Yangon, Myanmar, October 13, 2020. REUTERS/Shwe Paw Mya Tin
Singapore reports no new local virus cases for first time since February 13 Oct 2020 - 03:24 pm
People wearing protective face masks walk past self check-in machines, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at the Changi Airport in Singapore October 12, 2020. REUTERS/Edgar Su
Indonesia to create firm to build up electric vehicle battery industry 13 Oct 2020 - 02:30 pm
A worker poses with a handful of nickel ore at the nickel mining factory of PT Vale Tbk, near Sorowako, Indonesia, January 8, 2014. REUTERS/Yusuf Ahmad/File Photo/File Photo
Indian activists oppose plans to make Goa a coal transport hub 13 Oct 2020 - 02:22 pm
FILE PHOTO: Tourists relax at a cafe on Baga beach in the western Indian state of Goa March 16, 2008. REUTERS/Punit Paranjpe (INDIA)/File Photo
Philippine house ends leadership spat after Duterte budget plea 13 Oct 2020 - 11:12 am
President Rodrigo Duterte speaks after his arrival, from a visit in Israel and Jordan at Davao International airport in Davao City in southern Philippines, September 8, 2018. REUTERS/Lean Daval Jr./File Photo

Europe

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer holds a press conference at the end of his cabinet's first meeting in Downing Street in London on July 6, 2024. (Photo by Claudia Greco / Pool/ AFP) UK trade minister hopes Britain will rejoin EU 'in my lifetime'
Picture: QNA/ X G7 affirms commitment to multilateral cooperation to address global economic threats
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Picture: Photo File Germany to treat US Ebola patient from DR Congo

Africa

A health worker monitors visitors arriving at the Rodolphe Mérieux Laboratory, National Biomedical Research Institute (INRB) in Goma, on May 19, 2026. (Photo by Jospin Mwisha / AFP) Race to find vaccines, treatments for Ebola strain behind outbreak
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A visitor has their temperature checked by a health worker before entering Kyeshero Hospital, as part of Ebola prevention measures in Goma on May 18, 2026. (Photo by Jospin Mwisha / AFP) WHO chief says 'deeply concerned' by 'scale and speed' of DR Congo Ebola outbreak
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Americas

Representational Photo File US stocks dip as markets fret over inflation
Fire fighters use a bulldozer to combat the Sandy Fire as it burns on a hill at a residential area in Simi Valley, California (Photo by Apu Gomes / AFP) Brush fire near Los Angeles forces thousands to evacuate
US President Donald Trump attends a healthcare affordability event in the South Court Auditorium of The White House in Washington, DC, on May 18, 2026. (Photo by Kent Nishimura / AFP) Tuesday's planned military attack on Iran paused: US President
Representational Photo File US extends sanctions waiver on Russian at-sea oil by 30 days

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