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Japan to end COVID-19 state of emergency this month 28 Sep 2021 - 10:26 am
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
N.Korea fires missile, accuses US of 'double standards' 28 Sep 2021 - 08:27 am
File photo: A North Korean flag flies on a mast at the Permanent Mission of North Korea in Geneva October 2, 2014. Reuters/Denis Balibouse/File Photo
Indian farmers stage nationwide protests against reforms 27 Sep 2021 - 03:33 pm
Farmers block railway tracks as part of protests against farm laws during nationwide protests, in Sonipat, northern state of Haryana, India, September 27, 2021. Reuters/Anushree Fadnavi
Japan to lift state of emergency in all regions at end of month - NHK 27 Sep 2021 - 03:00 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
Vietnam COVID-19 epicentre may have 40% more unrecorded cases - report 27 Sep 2021 - 01:39 pm
Medical specialists wearing protective suits collect blood sample from a woman who has returned after travelling to Da Nang, at a rapid testing center for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outside Hanoi, Vietnam July 30, 2020. REUTERS/Kham/File Photo
S.Korea to vaccinate 12 to 17 year-olds, give boosters to elderly 27 Sep 2021 - 12:46 pm
People rest as they keep social distancing to avoid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at a park in Seoul, South Korea, September 27, 2021. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji
New Zealand to begin letting people isolate at home as it looks to ease border curbs 27 Sep 2021 - 11:51 am
A normally busy road is deserted during a lockdown to curb the spread of a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Auckland, New Zealand, August 26, 2021. REUTERS/Fiona Goodall
Thailand to reopen to more vaccinated visitors from November 27 Sep 2021 - 11:40 am
Health workers stand at the COVID-19 swab test area at the airport as Phuket reopens to overseas tourists, allowing foreigners fully vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) to visit the resort island without quarantine, in Phuket, Thailand J
Taliban ask airlines to resume international flights to Afghanistan 26 Sep 2021 - 02:38 pm
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Australia's Victoria state records second-highest daily rise in virus cases 26 Sep 2021 - 12:47 pm
A woman wearing a protective face mask walks along a deserted city bridge during morning commute hours on the first day of a lockdown as the state of Victoria looks to curb the spread of a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Melbourne, Australia, J
Australian PM refuses to commit to phasing out fossil fuels 26 Sep 2021 - 08:51 am
File photo: Birds and a plane are seen flying above emission from the chimneys of a chemical plant located near Port Botany in Sydney, Australia June 2, 2017. Reuters/David Gray/File Photo
Japan's Princess Mako to give up one-off payment in controversial marriage: media 25 Sep 2021 - 12:16 pm
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S.Korea reports record daily COVID-19 cases; planning how to live with COVID-19 24 Sep 2021 - 05:44 pm
Commuters wearing masks to avoid contracting the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) walk on a zebra crossing in Seoul, South Korea, September 24, 2021. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji
Singapore tightens COVID-19 curbs after seeing record infections 24 Sep 2021 - 03:43 pm
Commuters leave a train station during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Singapore, September 23, 2021. REUTERS/Edgar Su
Vietnam delays reopening resort island over low vaccination rate 24 Sep 2021 - 01:50 pm
A sunset is seen in a resort after the Vietnamese government eased the lockdown following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Phu Quoc island, Vietnam May 8, 2020. REUTERS/James Pearson
Australia hits vaccine milestone as Melbourne cases hover near record levels 24 Sep 2021 - 01:40 pm
Members of a cleaning crew wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) work inside a closed shop in the city centre during a lockdown to curb the spread of a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Sydney, Australia, September 24, 2021. REUTERS/Loren E
Sinovac's COVID shot highly effective against serious illness- Malaysia study 24 Sep 2021 - 01:26 pm
Bottles of the Sinovac vaccine are seen at a hospital, as Indonesia drives mass vaccination for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Jakarta, Indonesia, January 21, 2021. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan/File Photo
Japan approaching end of COVID-19 emergency in most areas - health minister 24 Sep 2021 - 01:23 pm
Men wearing protective face masks amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, is reflected on a window of a building near an electronic board displaying Japan's Nikkei Index outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan, September 24, 2021. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-

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Africa

A general view of houses damaged by landslides and flooding in the Mossikro neighbourhood of Attecoube, a suburb of Abidjan, on June 29, 2026.Photo by CHRIS BOLI / AFP Floods kill 59 in I.Coast since mid-May: government
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Members of the pro-Sudanese army popular resistance group gather for a rally supporting the army position in Darfur, Kordofan, and the Blue Nile State, in the Karary district of Omdurman, the twin-city of Sudan's capital, on June 30, 2026. (Photo by Ebrahim HAMID / AFP) Sudan army says retakes key town near Chad
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This handout photo released by NASA on July 31, 2004, shows the Swift spacecraft being unwrapped in Hangar AE at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at Kennedy Space Center, Florida. (Photo by Handout / NASA / AFP) NASA robot mission aiming to rescue space telescope
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This aerial view shows a heavily damaged coastal area with collapsed buildings and debris following the June 24 twin earthquakes in Caraballeda, La Guaira State, Venezuela, on June 29, 2026. (Photo by Yorman Maldonado/ AFP) Over 58,000 buildings likely damaged or destroyed in Venezuela: satellite data
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