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New Zealand reports 20 local COVID-19 cases as outbreak slows 05 Sep 2021 - 12:36 pm
A medical worker administers a COVID-19 test at a testing clinic during a lockdown to curb the spread of a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Auckland, New Zealand, August 26, 2021. REUTERS/Fiona Goodall
Japan to issue digital COVID-19 vaccination certificates in December -Nikkei 05 Sep 2021 - 10:50 am
A woman wearing a protective mask, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, stands in the rain in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan, August 17, 2021. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon
Japan to extend Covid-19 state of emergency in Tokyo area: paper 04 Sep 2021 - 03:59 pm
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Philippine Airlines files bankruptcy on virus effects 04 Sep 2021 - 02:51 pm
FILE PHOTO: Philippine Airlines (PAL) planes are seen parked on the tarmac in Manila International Airport in Pasay city, metro Manila September 9, 2014. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco
New Zealand officials confirm name of knife attacker 04 Sep 2021 - 02:34 pm
A police officer leads employees of a nearby store away from the scene of an attack at a shopping mall in Auckland, New Zealand, September 3, 2021. Stuff Limited/Ricky Wilson via Reuters
Philippines to lift coronavirus travel ban on 10 countries 04 Sep 2021 - 11:23 am
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Japan PM Suga to back vaccine minister Kono to succeed him 04 Sep 2021 - 11:18 am
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga sits in the cockpit of a F4EJ Kai jet fighter of Japan's Air Self-Defense Force at Iruma Air Base in Sayama, Saitama Prefecture, Japan, November 28, 2020. Kimimasa Mayama/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Extremist was released from New Zealand jail despite fears 04 Sep 2021 - 09:00 am
FILE PHOTO: A screen grab shows a police officer walking with a gun outside a shopping mall following a knife attack in Auckland, New Zealand September 3, 2021. TVNZ via Reuters TV/File Photo
Trash to treasure: Thailand makes COVID-19 protective gear out of upcycled bottles 03 Sep 2021 - 08:40 pm
Women work in a weaving factory, as Bangkok city administration and temples drive efforts to encourage the public to donate plastic bottles, which will be collected and upcycled into reusable Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to reduce plastic waste as
Ho Chi Minh City could lift lockdown, end 'zero COVID-19' policy 03 Sep 2021 - 07:34 pm
Medical workers in protective suits stand outside a quarantined building amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Hanoi, Vietnam, January 29, 2021. REUTERS/Thanh Hue/File Photo
Singapore takes pause on reopening, moves onto vaccine boosters 03 Sep 2021 - 06:02 pm
People wearing face masks cross a road amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Singapore May 14, 2021. REUTERS/Caroline Chia
N.Korea's Kim calls for preventing natural disasters and COVID-19 outbreaks 03 Sep 2021 - 04:51 pm
North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un leads the first workshop of the commanders and political officers of the Korean People's Army (KPA) in Pyongyang, North Korea in this image supplied by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency on July 30, 2021. KCNA via RE
China faces difficulties in expanding COVID-19 vaccination drive, official says 03 Sep 2021 - 03:32 pm
A medical worker prepares to administer a dose of a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine to a man at a vaccination site, during a government-organized visit, in Beijing, China January 15, 2021. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins/File Photo
S.Korea extends distancing curbs ahead of thanksgiving holiday 03 Sep 2021 - 03:12 pm
People wearing masks take a walk amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Seoul, South Korea, July 7, 2021. REUTERS/ Heo Ran
Japan considering easing some COVID-19 emergency restrictions - media 03 Sep 2021 - 01:52 pm
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Fall of Japan PM Suga triggered by criticism over pandemic, failure to communicate 03 Sep 2021 - 01:38 pm
Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga speaks to media after he annouced to pull out of a party leadership race at his official residence in Tokyo, Japan, September 3, 2021. Kyodo/via REUTERS
Australian PM seeks quicker reopening after COVID-19 vaccine swap with Britain 03 Sep 2021 - 01:15 pm
People in protective face masks walk past the Sydney Harbour Bridge during a lockdown to curb the spread of a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Sydney, Australia, September 3, 2021. REUTERS/Loren Elliott
New Zealand attacker shot dead after injuring people at mall 03 Sep 2021 - 09:07 am
A screen grab shows police officers working outside a shopping mall following a knife attack in Auckland, New Zealand September 3, 2021. TVNZ via Reuters TV

Europe

(FILES) This picture shows dry soil in a sunflower field near the Po River Delta at Scardovari, Italy, northeast Italy, on June 26, 2026. (Photo by Stefano RELLANDINI / AFP) Italy waterways in 'critical state' from drought: authority
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A person cools off with water from an open fire hydrant during a heat wave on the West Side of Chicago, Illinois, on July 2, 2026. (Photo by Octavio Jones / AFP) UN warns of strong looming El Nino

Africa

A healthcare worker takes samples from a patient suffering from Ebola virus disease at the Ebola Treatment Center of the Center Médical Évangélique (CME), in Bunia, Ituri, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo on June 23, 2026. (Photo by Benediction MURHABAZI / AFP) DRC Ebola claims 452 lives, says WHO
File photo DR Congo's official Ebola death toll exceeds 400
Head of Algeria's Islamist Movement of Society for Peace (MSP) Abdelaali Hassani Cherif casts his ballot during parliamentary elections in Algiers on July 2, 2026. (Photo by AFP) Algerians vote for new parliament with turnout in focus
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

Americas

US President Donald Trump gestures toward reporters after disembarking from Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland on July 1, 2026. (Photo by Saul Loeb / AFP) Trump says 'ridiculous' for US to maintain current support for NATO
New York City police officers stand guard outside Madison Square Garden in Manhattan, New York on July 2, 2026. Photo by Ryan Murphy / AFP 'Royal wedding': Swift and Kelce kick off star-studded celebrations
This aerial view taken on July 2, 2026, in Caraballeda in the state of La Guaira shows collapsed buildings following the June 24 twin earthquakes. (Photo by Miguel Medina / Pool / AFP) Hunt for last signs of life in Venezuela quake zone
A man looks on at Centennial Park during an extreme-heat warning in Nashville, Tennessee. The heat wave, stretching from the Midwest to the East Coast, will affect as many as 90 million Americans. (Photo by Seth Herald /AFP) Hot spell roasts eastern US as holiday weekend approaches

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