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WHO hopes for hundreds of millions of vaccine doses this year, 2 billion next year 18 Jun 2020 - 01:51 pm
The headquarters of the World Health Organization (WHO) are pictured during the World Health Assembly (WHA) following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Geneva, Switzerland, May 18, 2020. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
Beijing's coronavirus outbreak under control, Chinese expert says 18 Jun 2020 - 01:27 pm
People line up to go into a makeshift testing center to receive nucleic acid tests after a new outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Beijing, China, June 18, 2020. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
Denmark will open to most European nations except Sweden, Portugal 18 Jun 2020 - 01:10 pm
Northbound traffic from Germany into Denmark is queuing at the border between the two countries near the town of Krusa on June 15, 2020. AFP / Ritzau Scanpix / Claus Fisker
Japan urges citizens to install virus-tracking app 18 Jun 2020 - 11:47 am
A large screen on a building shows live broadcast of Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's news conference in Tokyo, Japan May 25, 2020. REUTERS/Issei Kato/File Photo
Netflix founder gives $120 million for US black college scholarships 18 Jun 2020 - 11:13 am
In this file photo taken on January 17, 2020 Co-founder and director of Netflix Reed Hastings delivers a speech as he inaugurates the new offices of Netflix France, in Paris. AFP / Christophe ARCHAMBAULT
To protect Putin from Covid-19, Russia isolates war veterans 18 Jun 2020 - 10:50 am
Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to General Director of the state nuclear agency Rosatom Alexei Likhachev during their meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia June 17, 2020. Sputnik/Aleksey Nikolskyi/Kremlin via REUTERS
Crowds begin to gather for inauguration of Burundi president 18 Jun 2020 - 10:28 am
Evariste Ndayishimiye, Burundi's elected President from the ruling party, the National Council for the Defense of Democracy - Forces for the Defense of Democracy (CNDD-FDD), addresses the nation after signing the book of condolences at the state house in
UK says China and Russia trying to exploit coronavirus crisis 18 Jun 2020 - 09:28 am
Britain's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Dominic Raab speaks during a daily briefing to update on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, at 10 Downing Street in London, Britain June 15, 2020. Pippa Fowles/10 Downing Street/Handout via REUTER
S. Korea says no suspicious activities by North Korea yet 18 Jun 2020 - 09:06 am
Tensions rise at a military checkpoint on the Unification Bridge near the demilitarized zone (DMZ) after the bombing of the joint liaison office by North Korea the day before on June 17, 2020 in Paju, South Korea. Jong-Hyun Kim - Anadolu
Fresh virus outbreak hinders Beijing's return to normal 18 Jun 2020 - 09:03 am
People wearing face masks wait to take a swab test for the COVID-19 coronavirus as officials conduct mass testing following a new cluster of cases last week, in Beijing on June 18, 2020. Beijing reported another 21 cases of the coronavirus on June 18, as
Fitch cuts India's sovereign rating outlook to 'negative' 18 Jun 2020 - 08:44 am
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Volunteers are lining up to be infected with the coronavirus 18 Jun 2020 - 08:25 am
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Atlanta policeman to face murder charges for shooting black man 18 Jun 2020 - 12:22 am
Former Atlanta Police Department officer Garrett Rolfe conducts a field sobriety test on 27-year-old Rayshard Brooks in a Wendy's restaurant parking lot in a still image from the video body camera of officer Devin Bronsan in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. June 12
S.Africa set to re-open sit-down eateries, cinemas, hair salons 18 Jun 2020 - 12:12 am
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Rhodes will go - Oxford college backs statue removal 18 Jun 2020 - 12:00 am
FILE PHOTO: A statue of Cecil Rhodes, a controversial historical figure, stands in Oxford, Britain, June 11, 2020. REUTERS/Andy Couldridge/File Photo
Trump sought China's Xi's help to win re-election, Bolton alleges 17 Jun 2020 - 11:24 pm
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Fists, stones and clubs: China and India's brutal high altitude, low-tech battle 17 Jun 2020 - 10:28 pm
:TOPSHOT - Indian Border Security Force (BSF) soldiers guard a highway leading towards Leh, bordering China, in Gagangir on June 17, 2020. The long-running border dispute between Asian nuclear powers India and China turned deadly for the first time in nea
Pakistan is understating virus infections and deaths, official says 17 Jun 2020 - 10:21 pm
A man wears a protective face mask as he walks among other people along a street, as the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Karachi, Pakistan June 16, 2020. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro