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N.Zealand: ‘Shutting schools no help in fighting virus' 21 Apr 2020 - 04:52 pm
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Syrian war monitor says Israeli strike near Palmyra kills 9 21 Apr 2020 - 04:48 pm
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Sri Lanka falls silent for Easter attack victims 21 Apr 2020 - 04:45 pm
A relative pays his respect at a graveyard for St. Sebastian's Church bomb blasts victims in Negombo on April 21, 2020, to mark the first anniversary of the attacks. AFP / LAKRUWAN WANNIARACHCHI
Coronavirus hits third migrant facility as Greece plans to ease lockdown 21 Apr 2020 - 04:39 pm
Medical workers watch a concert of the Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT) orchestra at the premises of Evangelismos hospital, following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Athens, Greece, April 20, 2020. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis
Lebanese protesters back on the streets... in their cars 21 Apr 2020 - 04:03 pm
Dozens of Lebanese protesters defy a stay-at-home order to protest in their cars deteriorating living conditions and maintain pressure on a political elite under fire since mass protests erupted last October, in the capital Beirut on April 21, 2020. AFP /
Bass therapy gets Romans dancing and laughing in face of lockdown 21 Apr 2020 - 03:27 pm
People looks from their windows at a Dj and a violonist performing in the courtyard of a popular apartment building for the show Sotto lo Stesso Cielo tour (Under the same sky tour) in San Basilio suburbs of Rome on April 18, 2020, during the country's lo
Bangladesh threatens legal action as thousands of garment workers go unpaid 21 Apr 2020 - 03:08 pm
 In this file photo taken on April 7, 2020, labourers wait in queues to collect their salary in a garment factory during a government-imposed lockdown as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus in Savar, on the outskirts of Dhaka. (AFP / MUN
Singapore prolongs virus lockdown until at least June 1 21 Apr 2020 - 02:58 pm
A woman, wearing a face mask as a preventive measure against the spread of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus, carries groceries on her way home in Singapore on April 21, 2020. (AFP / Roslan RAHMAN)
Coronavirus very likely of animal origin, no sign of lab manipulation - WHO 21 Apr 2020 - 02:40 pm
FILE PHOTO: A logo is pictured outside a building of the World Health Organization (WHO) during an executive board meeting on update on the coronavirus outbreak, in Geneva, Switzerland, February 6, 2020. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo
Queen Elizabeth II marks 94th birthday with no fanfare 21 Apr 2020 - 02:28 pm
A message from Britain's Queen Elizabeth II is displayed on a screen in Piccadilly Circus, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, London, Britain, April 19, 2020. REUTERS/John Sibley
China to ease entry ban on foreigners with South Korea 'fast track' 21 Apr 2020 - 02:21 pm
Travelers arriving from Wuhan are escorted to buses which will take them to their quarantine locations, at Beijing West Railway Station on April 15, 2020. / AFP / GREG BAKER
Singapore extends coronavirus curbs as cases surge 21 Apr 2020 - 02:15 pm
file photo: A man wearing a mask in precaution of the coronavirus looks on along the Marina Bay Waterfront Promenade in Singapore February 19, 2020. REUTERS/Edgar Su
U.S. coronavirus deaths top 42,000 as protesters demand restrictions end -Reuters tally 21 Apr 2020 - 02:00 pm
Two men hold signs as they protest against the state's extended stay-at-home order to help slow the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as hundreds gather to demonstrate at the Capitol building in Olympia, Washington, U.S. April 19, 2020. REUTERS
Pacific Princess docks in Los Angeles to unload last passengers 21 Apr 2020 - 01:22 pm
:SAN PEDRO, CALIFORNIA - APRIL 20: The Pacific Princess cruise ship is shown docked at the Port of Los Angeles after arriving earlier in the day on April 20, 2020 in San Pedro, California. The ship was one of the last three remaining cruise ships still sa
Coronavirus case detected at workers' quarters in India's presidential palace 21 Apr 2020 - 01:04 pm
:NEW DELHI, INDIA - APRIL 18: Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) lights earthen lamps in the form of Indian map and illuminates the Red fort on the occasion of World Heritage Day and in solidarity with health workers during the nationwide lockdown, at a
Iran says 1,000 foreign prisoners temporarily released 21 Apr 2020 - 01:02 pm
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Spain’s coronavirus cases rise by fewest in three days 21 Apr 2020 - 12:54 pm
Staff from La Paz hospital take a minute of silence to remember Joaquin Diaz, the hospital's chief of surgery who died of COVID-19, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Madrid, Spain, April 20, 2020. REUTERS/Susana Vera
Indonesia locks virus violators in 'haunted house' 21 Apr 2020 - 12:52 pm
A volunteer looks on at a quarantine facility, a repurposed abandoned house believed by some locals to be haunted and used as a deterrent effect against those breaking social restrictions amid the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, at Sepat village in Sragen,