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China plays down WHO concern about delay in coronavirus team's trip 06 Jan 2021 - 07:50 pm
Police officers and staff members in protective suits inspect vehicles at a checkpoint on the borders of Gaocheng district on a provincial highway, following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Hebei province, China January 5, 2021. Picture tak
China's Dicos adds plant-based egg from U.S. firm Eat Just to fast food menus 06 Jan 2021 - 06:24 pm
A Dicos restaurant is seen during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Shanghai, China January 6, 2021. REUTERS/Aly Song
India's proposed changes to anti-smoking law face objections from tobacco industry 06 Jan 2021 - 04:11 pm
FILE PHOTO: A man smokes a cigarette along a road in Mumbai, India, October 26, 2016. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui
Japan's daily coronavirus cases hit record as state of emergency looms 06 Jan 2021 - 03:21 pm
Joggers wearing protective masks, following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, run at a shopping district in Tokyo, Japan, January 6, 2021. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon
South Korean police chief apologises amid outrage over death of adopted child 06 Jan 2021 - 01:53 pm
A girl mourns at a tomb of 16-month-old girl named Jeong-in who died after having been abused by her adoptive mother, in Yangpyeong, South Korea, January 4, 2021. Yonhap via Reuters
Philippines seeks 148 mln Covid-19 shots this year for 2/3 of population 06 Jan 2021 - 12:15 pm
People wearing face masks and face shields as protection against the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) queue at a bus stop, in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines, December 23, 2020. Reuters/Lisa Marie David/File Photo
Criticism mounts of India's 'abrupt' approval of local vaccine 06 Jan 2021 - 11:48 am
A medic administers COVAXIN, an Indian government-backed experimental COVID-19 vaccine, to a health worker during its trials, at the Gujarat Medical Education & Research Society in Ahmedabad, India, November 26, 2020. Reuters/Amit Dave/File Photo
Kim opens North Korean congress by admitting policy failures 06 Jan 2021 - 10:29 am
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un attends the first day of the 8th Congress of the Workers' Party in Pyongyang, North Korea, in this photo supplied by North Korea's Central News Agency (KCNA) on January 6, 2021.
Hong Kong arrests US citizen, dozens more under security law 06 Jan 2021 - 08:49 am
American lawyer John Clancey walks out of a building as he is taken away by police officers in Hong Kong, China January 6, 2021. Reuters/Lam Yik
South Korea rolls out mass testing for 70,000 prisoners and staff 06 Jan 2021 - 08:26 am
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Japan weighs state of emergency in Tokyo area as Covid cases surge 05 Jan 2021 - 04:55 pm
Commuters wearing protective face masks wait to enter a train on the way home, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, at a train station in Tokyo, Japan, January 5, 2021. Reuters/Issei Kato
Indonesia mass vaccinations to begin Jan. 13, president to get first shot 05 Jan 2021 - 10:26 am
Armed police officers stand guard next to a truck containing Sinovac's vaccine for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) during its distribution in Pekanbaru, Riau province, Indonesia, January 5, 2021 in this photo taken by Antara Foto. Antara Foto/FB Anggoro vi
Indian biotech company says approved COVID shot trials 'honest' 04 Jan 2021 - 08:34 pm
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Philippine president blocks Senate attempt to probe guards' use of vaccine 04 Jan 2021 - 07:43 pm
FILE PHOTO: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte gestures during the change of command ceremony of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) at Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines April 18, 2018. REUTERS/Dondi Tawatao/File Photo
Indonesia says to start COVID-19 vaccinations programme next week 04 Jan 2021 - 01:56 pm
An officer moves a box of Sinovac's vaccine for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) from Biofarma to the pharmacy storage room of the local health department, as it is arrives in Semarang, Central Java province, Indonesia, January 4, 2021 in this photo taken b
S.Korea reviews AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, expands ban on gatherings 04 Jan 2021 - 01:46 pm
Women wearing masks walk in a shopping district amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Seoul, South Korea, January 4, 2021. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji
S.Korea to cut railway CO2 emissions by replacing diesel trains by 2029 04 Jan 2021 - 01:38 pm
South Korean President Moon Jae-in delivers a speech during an opening ceremony for KTX-Eum train at Wonju station in Wonju, South Korea, January 4, 2021. Yonhap via REUTERS
'Just stay home' - Thai PM urges compliance as virus cases hit record 04 Jan 2021 - 10:29 am
A boy wears a face mask inside a department store, after the Thai government ordered a temporary closure of various public facilities, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Bangkok, Thailand January 2, 2021. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

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A fisherman tries to move his boat, blocked by algae on the bottom of the Danube river in front of the Calafat-Vidin bridge, connecting Bulgaria and Romania near the village Antimovo, southeastern Bulgaria, on July 22, 2026. (Photo by Nikolay DOYCHINOV / AFP) Mammoth bones found on parched bed of Danube in Bulgaria
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his general aerial view taken with a drone shows a burnt forest in Pelayos de la Presa, 65 kilometres west of Madrid, following devastating wildfires in the region on July 30, 2026. (Photo by OSCAR DEL POZO / AFP) Spain wildfire near Portugal burns 11,000 hectares: Mayor

Africa

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(FILES) Argentina's President Javier Milei gestures from the balcony of Casa Rosada presidential palace after a Te Deum marking the 216th anniversary of the May Revolution that led to Argentina's independence from Spain, in Buenos Aires on May 25, 2026. (Photo by Luis ROBAYO / AFP) Milei demands expulsion of foreigners expressing 'hate' against Argentina
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