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Facebook news goes dark in Australia as content payment dispute grows 18 Feb 2021 - 07:59 am
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Facebook restricts publishers, users in Australia from sharing news content 17 Feb 2021 - 10:55 pm
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S.Korea warns against lax distancing as daily COVID-19 count hits one-month high 17 Feb 2021 - 12:15 pm
Commuters cross a zebra crossing, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Seoul, South Korea, February 3, 2021. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji
Indonesian firms sign up in droves to take part in proposed private vaccination scheme 17 Feb 2021 - 11:56 am
A health care worker prepares a dose of China's Sinovac Biotech vaccine for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), during a mass vaccination for vendors at the Tanah Abang textile market in Jakarta, Indonesia, February 17, 2021. Reuters/Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana
Myanmar coup opponents in big show of rejection of military claims 17 Feb 2021 - 10:18 am
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Victoria state to end snap lockdown, allow fans at Australian Open 17 Feb 2021 - 10:17 am
A man walks past a 'Please Stay Home' sign on the first day of a five-day lockdown implemented in the state of Victoria in response to a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Melbourne, Australia, February 13, 2021. REUTERS/Sandra Sanders
Japan begins COVID-19 vaccination in 'first major step' to halt pandemic 17 Feb 2021 - 09:55 am
A medical worker fills a syringe with a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine as Japan launches its inoculation campaign, at Tokyo Medical Center in Tokyo, Japan February 17, 2021. Behrouz Mehri/Pool via REUTERS
Pakistan meets conditions to get next $500 million from IMF 16 Feb 2021 - 08:39 pm
FILE PHOTO: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) logo is seen outside the headquarters building in Washington, U.S., September 4, 2018. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas/File Photo
India detects South African, Brazilian Covid variants 16 Feb 2021 - 03:03 pm
A man checks documents of a woman, outside a vaccination centre, in New Delhi, India, February 13, 2021. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
Malaysia to kick off COVID-19 vaccination drive next week 16 Feb 2021 - 01:17 pm
A medical worker looks on at the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) testing centre in Kuala Lumpur Hospital, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia February 16, 2021. REUTERS/Lim Huey Teng
Japan to start inoculation drive Wednesday with 40,000 medical workers 16 Feb 2021 - 12:45 pm
Pedestrians wearing protective masks, following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, make their way during commuting hour at a business district in Tokyo, Japan, January 7, 2021. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo
South Korean spy agency says North Korea hackers tried stealing Pfizer vaccine know-how: Yonhap 16 Feb 2021 - 12:27 pm
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Australia to amend laws to make Google and Facebook pay 16 Feb 2021 - 11:34 am
FILE PHOTO: Smartphone with Google app icon is seen in front of the Australian flag in this illustration taken January 22, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
Syringe shortage hampers Japan's COVID-19 vaccination roll out 16 Feb 2021 - 11:13 am
Pedestrians wearing protective masks amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, make their way in Tokyo, Japan, February 2, 2021. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo
Australia approves AstraZeneca vaccine, bolstering inoculation programme 16 Feb 2021 - 10:50 am
A person crosses an empty street on the first day of a five-day lockdown implemented in the state of Victoria in response to a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Melbourne, Australia, February 13, 2021. REUTERS/Sandra Sanders
Cambodia detects first cases of UK coronavirus variant 15 Feb 2021 - 03:29 pm
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COVID-19 vaccines touch down in Australia, New Zealand, inoculations to start 15 Feb 2021 - 12:36 pm
The first Australian shipment of Pfizer coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines is unloaded from a Singapore Airlines plane at Sydney International Airport, Australia, February 15, 2021. AAP Image/Bianca De Marchi/via REUTERS
India's Serum says will ship AstraZeneca vaccine to Canada in 'less than a month' 15 Feb 2021 - 12:09 pm
Vials of AstraZeneca's COVISHIELD, coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine are seen before they are packaged inside a lab at Serum Institute of India, in Pune, India, November 30, 2020. Picture taken November 30, 2020. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas