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Japan's homeless 'net cafe refugees' seek shelter amid virus woe 15 Apr 2020 - 10:23 am
Katsuya Asao, 54, prepares to rest at a shelter provided by Kanagawa prefecture for the people who can’t afford to rent an apartment and used to stay at designated internet cafes, which are closed due to the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak state of emergenc
Japan firm offers spouses apartments to avoid 'coronavirus divorce' 15 Apr 2020 - 10:04 am
Staff members of the Tokyo metropolitan government wearing face masks hold signs as they call for people to stay home after the government announced the state of emergency for the capital and some prefectures following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) o
Vietnam introduces 'fake news' fines for coronavirus misinformation 15 Apr 2020 - 10:00 am
A man uses a smartphone as he walks past a poster warning against spreading 'fake news' on the coronavirus in Hanoi, Vietnam April 14, 2020. Picture taken April 14, 2020. REUTERS/Kham
Trump suspends funding to World Health Organization 15 Apr 2020 - 09:34 am
US President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with patients who have recovered from the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, DC on April 14, 2020.  / AFP / MANDEL NGAN
99-year-old WWII veteran beats coronavirus in Brazil 15 Apr 2020 - 09:26 am
TOPSHOT - Brazilian 99-year-old former WWII combatant Ermando Armelino Piveta, gestures as leaves the Armed Forces Hospital in Brasilia, after being treated for the novel coronavirus COVID-19 and discharged, on April 14, 2020. / AFP / EVARISTO SA
U.S. may need to extend social distancing for virus until 2022, study says 15 Apr 2020 - 09:07 am
Social distance markings are seen on a street in London, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, London, Britain, April 13, 2020. REUTERS/Hannah McKay
U.S. Forces Japan extends health emergency to all bases in Japan 15 Apr 2020 - 09:07 am
A man wearing a face mask walks with his umbrella in Roppongi district of Tokyo on April 9, 2020. / AFP / Philip FONG
Coronavirus deaths in Sweden pass 1,000 14 Apr 2020 - 06:11 pm
An advertisement of the healthcare services of Sweden instructs people to follow the 2 meters rule to reduce the risk of getting sick, in Stockholm on April 14, 2020. / AFP / Jonathan NACKSTRAND
Kuwait Reports 55 New COVID-19 Cases, One Death 14 Apr 2020 - 04:38 pm
(FILES) This file photo taken on February 24, 2020 shows a view of a hotel in the Kuwaiti capital where Kuwaitis returning from Iran are quarantined and tested for coronavirus COVID-19. AFP / Yasser Al-Zayyat
Romania extends coronavirus lockdown for another month 14 Apr 2020 - 04:27 pm
Romanians, hoping to travel to Germany, wait on the parking in front of
Iraq suspends Reuters for three months over report on coronavirus cases 14 Apr 2020 - 04:12 pm
Iraqi soldiers stand at a checkpoint in the Adhamiya district of Baghdad on April 13, 2020 as Iraq imposed a curfew during the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. / AFP / AHMAD AL-RUBAYE
China approves inactivated coronavirus vaccines for clinical trials 14 Apr 2020 - 03:50 pm
A woman holds a small bottle labeled with a
Cuomo says if Trump ordered New York to reopen, he 'wouldn't do it' 14 Apr 2020 - 03:40 pm
FILE PHOTO: New York governor Andrew Cuomo speaks in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., March 30, 2020. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/File Photo
Pasta maker Barilla funds cell therapy research for coronavirus 14 Apr 2020 - 03:15 pm
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India extends ban on domestic and international flights 14 Apr 2020 - 12:54 pm
:British nationals queue up outside a departures terminal before boarding a special British Airways flight during Indian government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus, at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Inter
China tightens Russia border checks, approves coronavirus vaccine trials 14 Apr 2020 - 12:50 pm
TOPSHOT - A man wearing a face mask walks in front of a mural at the Leishenshan Hospital that had offered beds for coronavirus patients in Wuhan, in China’s central Hubei province on April 11, 2020. / AFP / Noel Celis
Russia: COVID-19 cases cross 20,000, deaths near 200 14 Apr 2020 - 12:34 pm
A woman wearing a face mask walks in a deserted street in central Moscow on April 13, 2020 during a strict lockdown in Russia to stop the spread of the COVID-19, caused by the novel coronavirus.  / AFP / Dimitar DILKOFF
UK accused of underreporting senior virus deaths 14 Apr 2020 - 12:15 pm
An ambulance is seen in Trafalgar Square in London, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, London, Britain, April 13, 2020. REUTERS/Hannah McKay