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India considers emergency authorisation of vaccine as COVID-19 cases surge 13 Sep 2020 - 07:25 pm
A health worker marks a number on a rapid antigen test kit during a Covid-19 coronavirus screening for frontline civic staff in Mumbai on September 10, 2020. / AFP / INDRANIL MUKHERJEE
With travel limited, plane cafes take off in Thailand 13 Sep 2020 - 03:10 pm
This photograph taken on September 1, 2020 shows visitors sitting in the cockpit of a retired Airbus 330 air-plane turned into a coffee shop at an attraction site, outside Pattaya in Chonburi province. With millions around the world stuck at home due to t
Landslide kills 6, 26 more missing in Nepal mountains 13 Sep 2020 - 01:49 pm
Rescue workers and residents gather for search at the scene of a landslide following heavy rains in Bahrabise municipality of Sindhupalchok district, some 90 kms northeast of Kathmandu on September 13, 2020. / AFP / NIROJ CHAOULAGAIN
Indonesia reports sixth consecutive day of over 3,000 new infections 13 Sep 2020 - 01:32 pm
This picture taken on September 12, 2020 shows youths queueing to take the COVID-19 coronavirus rapid test in Surabaya, East Java. / AFP / Juni Kriswanto
South Korea eases social distancing for two weeks ahead of major holiday 13 Sep 2020 - 11:01 am
A man enjoys wakeboard amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic at a Han River park in Seoul, South Korea, Sept. 10, 2020. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/File Photo
Sri Lanka navy plugs leak on fire-hit supertanker 12 Sep 2020 - 07:07 pm
Fireboats battling to extinguish a fire on the Panamanian-registered crude oil tanker New Diamond. AFP
Delhi summons top Indian Facebook official over hateful content 12 Sep 2020 - 06:52 pm
A 3D-printed Facebook logo is seen placed on a keyboard in this illustration taken March 25, 2020. (REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo)
Taiwan says plans to sign up for 'COVAX' vaccine allocation scheme 12 Sep 2020 - 12:40 pm
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US Secretary of State says up to Afghans to determine political system during peace talks 12 Sep 2020 - 11:45 am
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is seen during talks between the Afghan government and Taliban insurgents in Doha, Qatar September 12, 2020. REUTERS/Ibraheem al Omari
Humpback whales stray up tropical Aussie river 12 Sep 2020 - 11:32 am
This undated handout photo received on September 12, 2020, from Dr. Carol Palmer at Australia's Northern Territory Government shows a humpback whale swimming in the East Alligator River in the Kakadu National Park in Australia's Northern Territory. AFP PH
Sri Lanka navy plugs fuel leak on fire-stricken tanker 12 Sep 2020 - 11:18 am
This handout picture taken on September 10, 2020, and released on September 11, 2020 by Sri Lanka Navy shows international salvage experts boarding the fire-stricken tanker, New Diamond, in the Indian Ocean off Sri Lanka's eastern coast. AFP PHOTO / Sri L
Hip hop hooray for Japan's next PM with hometown T-shirt shout-out 12 Sep 2020 - 10:42 am
Merchandise featuring Japan's expected new prime minister Yoshihide Suga are displayed at designer Ippei Fujita's store Marble in Yuzawa, Akita Prefecture, Japan, September 11, 2020. Picture taken on September 11, 2020. REUTERS/Chris Gallagher
China's Xinhua condemns raids on Chinese journalists in Australia 12 Sep 2020 - 09:25 am
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian attends a news conference in Beijing, China September 10, 2020. Reuters/Carlos Garcia Rawlins
Philippines' Duterte signs $3.4 bln pandemic stimulus package into law 11 Sep 2020 - 05:48 pm
Passengers wearing face shields and face masks for protection against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) get off a bus in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines, September 7, 2020. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez
Japan ship operator to pay $9M over Mauritius oil spill 11 Sep 2020 - 04:18 pm
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Junichiro Ikeda speaks during a news conference about its measures to help recover environment and provide contributions to local communities after the MV Wakashio, chartered by the shipping
India reports record daily jump of 96,551 coronavirus cases 11 Sep 2020 - 01:38 pm
People shop at an open-air vegetable and fruit market amidst the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Ahmedabad, India, September 7, 2020. REUTERS/Amit Dave
China, India agree to disengage troops on contested border 11 Sep 2020 - 12:51 pm
In this picture taken on September 3, 2020, an Indian Army convoy makes way along a highway in Kyelang, some 120 kilometres (75 miles) from the Indo-Tibetan border. China and India shifted the blame on September 8 after the first shots in decades were fir
Philippine health ministry says no conditions set to access US vaccines 11 Sep 2020 - 11:56 am
A passenger wears a face mask and face shield on board a bus, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines, September 7, 2020. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez

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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'
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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
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