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Sydney pilots home quarantine as Australia looks to reopen border 17 Sep 2021 - 01:58 pm
FILE PHOTO: The SYDNEY Opera House and city centre skyline are seen as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in SYDNEY, Australia, April 20, 2020. REUTERS/Loren Elliott/File Photo
Sri Lanka extends lockdown until Oct. 1 17 Sep 2021 - 01:02 pm
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Sinopharm's COVID booster reverses antibody decline, enhances cell-based responses - study 17 Sep 2021 - 12:39 pm
FILE PHOTO: A healthcare worker shows a dose of Sinopharm vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) during a mass vaccination program for foreigners in Jakarta, Indonesia, August 24, 2021. REUTERS/Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana/File Photo
Duterte daughter to seek re-election as mayor, despite calls for presidency run 16 Sep 2021 - 02:41 pm
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte arrives with daughter Sara Duterte-Carpio to attend the enthronement ceremony of Japan's Emperor Naruhito in Tokyo, Japan October 22, 2019. Carl Court/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Philippines' Duterte will 'die first' before facing ICC 16 Sep 2021 - 02:38 pm
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte gestures as he delivers his 6th State of the Nation Address (SONA), at the House of Representative in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines, July 26, 2021. REUTERS/Lisa Marie David/File Photo
Have no fear, Indonesia's 'Super-isoman' is here to help in the pandemic 16 Sep 2021 - 01:59 pm
Agus Widanarko, 40, puts on a Spiderman costume as he prepares to entertain children confined to their homes due to coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions, in Sukoharjo, Central Java province, Indonesia, September 10, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer
Delhi orders ban on pollutive firecrackers ahead of Diwali to 'save lives' 16 Sep 2021 - 12:54 pm
Smoke billows from a firework after it was lit on the rooftop of a residential building during Diwali, the festival of lights, celebrations in New Delhi, India, October 27, 2019. Reuters/Altaf Hussain/File Photo
Hong Kong panel advises single dose of BioNTech Covid shot for teens 16 Sep 2021 - 11:50 am
A general view showing the Central Business District, in Hong Kong, China, September 15, 2021. Reuters/Tyrone Siu
Australia to build eight nuclear-powered submarines under new Indo-Pacific pact 16 Sep 2021 - 11:19 am
US President Joe Biden delivers remarks on a National Security Initiative virtually with Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, inside the East Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., September 15, 2021. Re
Three crew leave China's space station for Earth after 90 days 16 Sep 2021 - 11:03 am
A giant screen shows a news broadcast of the astronauts of the Shenzhou-12 mission inside the core module Tianhe of the Chinese Space station, before returning to Earth, in Beijing, China September 16, 2021. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang
Australia COVID-19 cases rise but vaccination surge gives hope 16 Sep 2021 - 11:02 am
Health workers provide coronavirus disease (COVID-19) testing to residents of surrounding public housing towers in the Redfern suburb, where authorities are working to contain an emerging cluster of cases, as a widespread lockdown continues in Sydney, Aus
China launches emergency response after quake kills at least three 16 Sep 2021 - 10:54 am
A person pushes a bicycle past damaged buildings, following an earthquake in Luzhou city of southwestern province of Sichuan, China September 16, 2021. cnsphoto/via REUTERS
Malaysians enjoy taste of travel after lockdown in tourism restart 16 Sep 2021 - 10:49 am
Tourists arrive at the airport as Langkawi reopens to domestic tourists, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Malaysia September 16, 2021. REUTERS/Lim Huey Teng
UNICEF calls for schools to reopen in pandemic-hit nations 16 Sep 2021 - 10:34 am
Seventh grade student Ryza Delos Santos, 10, works on her modules at home as her cousin observes, after a session at the makeshift rickshaw distance learning center for the Aeta community in Porac, Pampanga, Philippines, October 12, 2020. Picture taken Oc
Malaysia holiday hotspot readies for reopening with tourism bubble 15 Sep 2021 - 03:55 pm
A vendor tidies up his shop, as Langkawi gets ready to open to domestic tourists from September 16, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Malaysia September 15, 2021. REUTERS/Lim Huey Teng
India considers resuming vaccine exports soon, focus on Africa, says source 15 Sep 2021 - 03:23 pm
A woman walks past a graffiti, on a street, amidst the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Mumbai, India, April 6, 2021. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas/File Photo
Iran resumes commercial flights to Afghanistan 15 Sep 2021 - 02:20 pm
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China has fully vaccinated 91% of students aged 12-17 against COVID -state media 15 Sep 2021 - 01:20 pm
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