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Hong Kong bans passenger flights from UK to curb Delta variant infections 28 Jun 2021 - 02:19 pm
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Malaysia PM announces $36 bln aid package amid extended lockdown 28 Jun 2021 - 01:58 pm
Malaysia's Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin speaks during a news conference in Putrajaya, Malaysia March 11, 2020. REUTERS/Lim Huey Teng/File Photo
Indonesia recommends Sinovac vaccine for children aged 12-17 28 Jun 2021 - 12:56 pm
File photo: Test tubes are seen in front of a displayed Sinovac logo in this illustration taken, May 21, 2021. Reuters/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
China starts Baihetan hydro project, biggest since Three Gorges 28 Jun 2021 - 11:51 am
The Baihetan hydropower plant is seen in operation on the border between Qiaojia county of Yunnan province and Ningnan county of Sichuan province, China June 28, 2021. Picture taken with a drone. cnsphoto via REUTERS
AstraZeneca on track to meet Southeast Asia vaccine orders 28 Jun 2021 - 11:34 am
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Taiwan's COVID-19 cases fall to month-and-a-half low 28 Jun 2021 - 11:08 am
People wait to receive a dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at a stadium in New Taipei City, Taiwan June 25, 2021. REUTERS/Ann Wang/File Photo
Seven killed, many injured in blast in Bangladesh 27 Jun 2021 - 09:48 pm
Rescue workers work at the site after a blast in a shop that killed several people in Dhaka, Bangladesh, June 27, 2021. REUTERS/Mhammad Ponir Hossain
PM Modi urges India to get COVID-19 shots amid Delta variant concerns 27 Jun 2021 - 02:35 pm
FILE PHOTO: India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi, India, January 29, 2021. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
Bangkok, 9 provinces restrict movements to curb rising cases 27 Jun 2021 - 01:56 pm
People wait to receive the second dose of Sinovac's COVID-19 vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at the Central Vaccination Center, inside the Bang Sue Grand Station, Thailand, June 21, 2021. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha
Australia's Sydney and Darwin in COVID-19 lockdowns 27 Jun 2021 - 12:14 pm
A man wearing a protective mask walks through the city centre on the first day of a two-week lockdown to curb the spread of a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Sydney, Australia, June 26, 2021. REUTERS/Loren Elliott
New Zealand extends COVID-19 alert level in capital 27 Jun 2021 - 11:48 am
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Malaysia's COVID-19 lockdown to be extended: PM 27 Jun 2021 - 10:27 am
A medical worker collects a swab sample from a woman to be tested for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Cyberjaya, Malaysia, June 2, 2021. REUTERS/Lim Huey Teng/File Photo
Sydney, Australia's largest city, in two-week hard COVID-19 lockdown 26 Jun 2021 - 12:05 pm
People wear protective masks in the city centre on the first day of a two-week lockdown to curb the spread of a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Sydney, Australia, June 26, 2021. (REUTERS/Loren Elliott)
Filipinos bid farewell to former president Benigno Aquino 26 Jun 2021 - 10:11 am
A view of the urn and portrait of former Philippine President Benigno Aquino during a public viewing at the Church of Gesu, Ateneo de Manila University in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines June 25, 2021. Mark Cristino
India's richest state shuts malls, cinemas as new variant spreads 25 Jun 2021 - 07:40 pm
People shop at a crowded wholesale vegetable market after authorities eased coronavirus restrictions, following a drop in the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases, in the old quarters of Delhi, India, June 23, 2021. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
Thailand to shut construction sites, seal off camps to contain virus 25 Jun 2021 - 03:44 pm
Labourers work at a construction site in downtown Bangkok, Thailand June 19, 2017. REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom/File Photo
Emergency tents erected outside Jakarta hospitals as virus cases surge 25 Jun 2021 - 01:58 pm
Healthcare workers prepare to assist COVID-19 patients at a temporary tent outside the emergency ward of a government hospital in Bekasi, on the outskirts of Jakarta, Indonesia, June 25, 2021. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan
Antibodies triggered by Chinese COVID-19 shots less effective on Delta variant - researcher 25 Jun 2021 - 01:09 pm
Residents receive vaccines against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at a makeshift vaccination site in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, China June 21, 2021. cnsphoto via REUTERS

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Cars by Police and rescue personnel are parked near the secondary school Schongau, in the southern German state of Bavaria, where several people have been wounded and a suspect arrested in an attack on July 8, 2026. (Photo by Christoph PETERS / DPA / AFP) Several wounded in Bavaria school attack, suspect arrested
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Workers and volunteers, rest before preparing to pack the Bayeux Tapestry in a crate for transfer to the British Museum, at the Bayeux Tapestry Museum, in Bayeux, northwestern France, on September 18, 2025. Photo by Lou Benoist / Pool / AFP Bayeux tapestry to arrive in London in secret, high-stakes operation
A picture taken on July 6, 2026 in Barcelona shows a gardener's wristband containing a sensor that detects body temperature. (Photo by Josep Lago / AFP) Sensors, early starts: how Spain keeps working when heat hits

Africa

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File photo for representational purposes only. Uganda says Ebola outbreak contained, seeks lifting of travel restrictions
Protesters march during a demonstration against illegal immigration in Durban, South Africa, June 30, 2026. (Photo by Mbuthi Msweli/Xinhua) South Africa accelerates migration enforcement with new courts, repatriation measures amid tensions

Americas

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NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte (L) and US President Donald Trump meet on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Ankara, on July 8, 2026. (Photo by Saul Loeb / AFP) Trump blasts Spain, targets Greenland at NATO summit

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