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Former president who brought direct elections to Taiwan dies 30 Jul 2020 - 05:17 pm
FILE PHOTO: Former Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui speaks during a news conference in Tokyo June 1, 2007. Lee received a prize in memory of Japanese colonial administrator Shinpei Goto by the Shinpei Goto Society. REUTERS / Yuriko Nakao / File Photo
Pakistanis take livestock to 'cow wash' ahead of Eid 30 Jul 2020 - 03:55 pm
A worker uses a pressure hose on a bull during a spray wash, at an automobile service station, ahead of the Muslim festival of sacrifice Eid al-Adha, as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak continues, in Karachi, Pakistan July 30, 2020. REUTERS/Akh
Ten dead whales found on Indonesian beach, one saved by locals 30 Jul 2020 - 03:04 pm
This handout picture taken and released on July 30, 2020 by Indonesian nature conservation agency (BKSDA) shows villagers looking at a dead whale at Lie Jaka beach in Sabu Raijua, East Nusa Tenggara. Ten whales covered in deep cuts were found dead on an I
After 99 days of success, virus returns to haunt Vietnam 30 Jul 2020 - 02:23 pm
Health workers wearing protective clothes pose for a photo at a temporary testing centre for the COVID-19 coronavirus in Hanoi on July 30, 2020. Until the weekend it appeared that Vietnam had managed to stub out the virus -- and with lockdowns lifted sinc
Herd immunity may be developing in Mumbai’s poorest areas 30 Jul 2020 - 10:20 am
FILE PHOTO: A worker from Bharatiya Jain Sanghatana, a non-governmental organization, wearing a
Hong Kong opens dining in shelters as residents struggle with restaurant ban 30 Jul 2020 - 09:18 am
Kong, who works in construction, eats his takeaway lunch on a pavement in Hong Kong on July 29, 2020, after new social distancing measures came into effect which include restaurants only being allowed to serve takeaway meals, to combat a new wave of coron
Pakistan's de facto health minister resigns amid pandemic 29 Jul 2020 - 09:18 pm
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India reopens further as virus cases hit 1.5 million 29 Jul 2020 - 08:21 pm
FILE PHOTO: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks to Russian President Vladimir Putin during their meeting on the sideline of the 11th edition of the BRICS Summit, in Brasilia, Brazil November 13, 2019. Pavel Golovkin/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
India approves plan to boost state spending on education to 6% of GDP 29 Jul 2020 - 05:27 pm
FILE PHOTO: Students of 9th class from a slum area, who do not have access to internet facilities and miss their online lessons, attend an open-air class taken by Satyendra Pal, a college student, after authorities closed all schools in March following th
Vietnam brings 140 virus-hit workers home on rare rescue flight from Africa 29 Jul 2020 - 04:23 pm
Vietnamese construction workers in blue protective suits, infected with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), arrive at the tropical diseases hospital after being repatriated from Equatorial Guinea via a specially-adapted Vietnam Airlines plane filled with
To ward off infection, Afghans turn to home remedies 29 Jul 2020 - 02:31 pm
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About 3 billion animals harmed in Australian bushfires, WWF says 29 Jul 2020 - 09:13 am
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Vietnam says every city, province now at risk of virus infection 29 Jul 2020 - 09:11 am
A health worker of Hanoi CDC gets test samples from an employee of a pizza restaurant where another employee tested positive with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) after travel from Da Nang city, in Hanoi, Vietnam July 29, 2020. REUTERS/Kham
Philippines culls nearly 39,000 chickens to curb bird flu outbreak 29 Jul 2020 - 09:09 am
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Hong Kong implements tough coronavirus restrictions 29 Jul 2020 - 09:04 am
Pedestrians wear face masks in the Kowloon-side Sham Shui Po district of Hong Kong in the early morning of July 29, 2020, as new social distancing measures come into effect which include having to wear masks in public, to combat a new wave of coronavirus
France sends coronavirus ventilators, test kits to India 28 Jul 2020 - 08:42 pm
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China's Mars probe photographs Earth en route to Red Planet 28 Jul 2020 - 07:53 pm
This handout photograph taken on July 27, 2020 and released by the China National Space Administration via CNS, shows a view of the Earth and Moon taken by China's Tianwen-1 Mars probe from a distance of 1.2 million kilometers. AFP PHOTO / China National
Head of China CDC gets injected with experimental vaccine 28 Jul 2020 - 04:25 pm
FILE PHOTO: People wearing face masks following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak are seen at Beijing Daxing International Airport in Beijing, China July 23, 2020. REUTERS/Thomas Suen/File Photo

Europe

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(Files) This photograph shows the Stellantis logo at the Stellantis multinational car manufacturer's plant in Poissy, west of Paris on April 16, 2026. (Photo by Simon Wohlfahrt / AFP) Stellantis to invest 1bn euros in French electric vehicle production, Macron says
This photograph shows a Marianne-Or gold coin bullion displayed at La Monnaie de Paris in Paris on May 21, 2026. (Photo by Simon Wohlfahrt / AFP) Au so chic: Paris Mint to issue first solid-gold coins in a century

Africa

A medical worker puts on protective suits before the burial of an Ebola victim in Mongbwalu, Ituri province, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), May 24, 2026. Photo for representational purposes only. (Str/Xinhua) Ethiopia intensifies coordinated Ebola preparedness, inspection measures
Members of the Ugandan dance group 'the Ghetto Kids' rehearse at their home in Nakawuka, Wakiso, Uganda, on May 25, 2026. (Photo by Badru Katumba / AFP) Uganda Ghetto Kids 'can't wait' to join Shakira at World Cup
File Photo S.Africa government holds urgent talks over anti-migrant tensions
A woman (top R) reacts as a person suspected of having died from Ebola is buried in Bunia, in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, on May 25, 2026. (Photo by Glody MURHABAZI / AFP) WHO urges DRC's neighbours to act immediately on Ebola

Americas

Peninsula Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon drops to lowest level since 2019
Handout photo released by Mexico's Presidency press office shows Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum during her daily press conference at the National Palace in Mexico City on May 25, 2026. (Photo by Saul lopez Escorcia / Presidencia de Mexico / AFP) Mexico says will host Iran during World Cup
Orange County sheriff deputies block Western Avenue at Katella Avenue as roads remain closed after a chemical leak from a large storage tank prompted evacuations in Garden Grove, California, on May 24, 2026. Photo by Blake Fagan / AFP California chemical leak explosion threat 'eliminated,' fire officials say
Orange County sheriff deputies block Western Avenue at Katella Avenue as roads remain closed after a chemical leak in Garden Grove, California, on May 24, 2026. (Photo by Blake Fagan / AFP) Crack found in California toxic chemical tank could relieve pressure

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