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Japan to ease border controls Monday as coronavirus slows 05 Nov 2021 - 03:30 pm
People wearing protective masks are reflected in the mirror at a shopping mall in Tokyo amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Tokyo, Japan, August 19, 2021. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha/File Photo
Man charged with abducting Australian girl flown to maximum security jail 05 Nov 2021 - 03:25 pm
Prison guards arrive on a charter flight to transport the man accused of the abduction of Cleo Smith to Perth from Carnarvon airport, in Carnarvon, Australia, November 5, 2021. AAP Image/Richard Wainwright via REUTERS
Party's over: Diwali leaves Delhi wheezing in dangerously unhealthy air 05 Nov 2021 - 12:20 pm
Lights decorating the balconies of a high-rise are seen shrouded in smog in Noida, India, November 5, 2021. Reuters/Anushree Fadnavis
Philippines eases curbs in capital, allows kids in malls 05 Nov 2021 - 12:13 pm
Children play at a public park, as the country's capital region loosens Covid-19 restrictions, in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines, November 2, 2021. Reuters/Lisa Marie David
COP26: Algeria makes strides in addressing climate change phenomena 05 Nov 2021 - 10:09 am
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S.Korea opens quarantine centres for students sitting college entrance exam 04 Nov 2021 - 03:43 pm
Students wait for the start of the annual college entrance examinations amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic at an exam hall in Seoul, South Korea, December 3, 2020. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/Pool/File Photo
China keeps close vigil at ports to cut COVID-19 risks 04 Nov 2021 - 12:59 pm
People line up at a makeshift nucleic acid testing site near a residential compound under lockdown following local cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Chengdu, Sichuan province, China November 3, 2021. Picture taken November 3, 2021. cnsphoto via REUTERS
Australian man likely to be charged over girl taken from outback camp 04 Nov 2021 - 11:45 am
Cleo Smith and her mother Ellie Smith leave a house where the girl spent her first night after being rescued in Carnarvon, Australia, November 4, 2021. AAP/Richard Wainwright via REUTERS
China's vegetable, grain supplies plentiful, say farm officials 04 Nov 2021 - 11:26 am
Farmers wearing face masks harvest vegetables at a farm following an outbreak of the novel coronavirus in the country, in Xianju county, Zhejiang province, China February 9, 2020. Picture taken February 9, 2020. China Daily via REUTERS
WHO approves emergency listing of India's first homegrown COVID-19 shot Covaxin 03 Nov 2021 - 03:59 pm
A healthcare worker fills a syringe with a dose of Bharat Biotech's COVID-19 vaccine called COVAXIN, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination campaign at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) hospital in New Delhi, India, January 16, 2021. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi/File Photo
North Korea seeks to boost education with toy-like robots 03 Nov 2021 - 03:06 pm
A robot is pictured in Pyongyang, North Korea November 3, 2021, in this still image obtained from REUTERS TV/KRT via REUTERS
Hong Kong to launch COVID-19 booster campaign from next week 03 Nov 2021 - 01:40 pm
People queue up at a community vaccination centre to receive a dose of the Sinovac Biotech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine in Hong Kong, China, February 26, 2021. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu
China ministry orders 38 apps to rectify excessive collection of personal data 03 Nov 2021 - 01:19 pm
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S.Korean teens drive up COVID-19 cases ahead of full school reopening 03 Nov 2021 - 11:26 am
A man who got a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine leaves a COVID-19 vaccination center in Seoul, South Korea, October 29, 2021. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/File Photo
Chinese stock up on food as temperatures fall and COVID-19 spreads 03 Nov 2021 - 09:50 am
People buy bags of rice at a supermarket following outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Beijing, China, November 3, 2021. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
Philippines' Duterte threatens to punish officials for slow pace of Covid-19 vaccinations 03 Nov 2021 - 09:45 am
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Australian 4-year-old girl who went missing reunited with parents after 18 days 03 Nov 2021 - 09:28 am
Cleo Smith, 4, who went missing from an Australian outback campsite more than two weeks ago and was found in a locked house on November 3, smiles from a hospital bed in Carnarvon, Australia, in this handout photo released to Reuters on November 3, 2021. Mandatory credit WESTERN AUSTRALIA POLICE FORCE/Handout via REUTERS
AstraZeneca increases COVID-19 vaccine supply to Thailand after row 02 Nov 2021 - 03:48 pm
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Europe

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File photo Hantavirus outbreak nearing its end: WHO
A woman takes a photo toward St. Paul's from the south side of the River Thames in central London on June 28, 2026, as people come out to take advantage of cooler temperatures following days of extreme heat. The UK broke the record for a June temperature for the third day in a row on June 26, the Met Office weather agency said, as a sweltering heatwave strained schools and hospitals and drove down business. (Photo by CARLOS JASSO / AFP) Latest developments in Europe's heatwave
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Africa

(Files) Muhoozi Kainerugaba (C), son of Yoweri Museveni and Uganda's Chief of Defence Forces, inspects a military parade on May 12, 2026. (Photo by Badru Katumba / AFP) Uganda army chief shuts down leading independent media group
A South African fan cheers for her team during the 2026 World Cup Group A football match in Guadalupe, Mexico, on June 24, 2026. (Photo by Julio Cesar Aguilar / AFP) South Africans celebrate in the streets after World Cup advance
Healthcare workers carry on a stretcher a patient suffering from the Ebola virus disease from an ambulance at the Ebola Treatment Center (ETC) in Bunia, Ituri, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo on June 23, 2026. (Photo by Benediction MURHABAZI / AFP) Global Ebola risk 'remains low', WHO chief says
Members of specialized response teams enter the morgue of the Evangelical Medical Center of Nyankunde (CME) with the body of a person who died from Ebola virus disease to allow relatives to pay their last respects after washing, disinfection and safe body-wrapping procedures in Bunia, Ituri Province, Democratic Republic of Congo, on June 13, 2026. (Photo by Jospin Mwisha / AFP) DR Congo Ebola outbreak tops 1,000 cases, kills 254

Americas

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A rescue dog from the Argentine search and rescue team searches for bodies in the rubble of a collapsed building in Caraballeda, La Guaira state, Venezuela, on June 28, 2026, following twin earthquakes. (Photo by Miguel Medina / Pool / AFP) Venezuela search teams scramble as hope fades of finding quake survivors
The turtles were tied in knotted socks when US officials found them (Photo from U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) $1.4m turtle sock smuggling operation earns Chinese man a 2-year prison sentence
People cool off with the water of a fountain in Berlin on June 28, 2026. (Photo by Ralf Hirschberger / AFP) Take brutally hot weather seriously, heatstroke survivor warns

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