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Indonesia receives first COVID vaccine from China's Sinovac 06 Dec 2020 - 07:18 pm
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Pakistan: 7 virus patients die after oxygen supply ran out 06 Dec 2020 - 03:02 pm
Students wear protective face masks as they have their temperature checked before entering a class, after the government allowed the reopening of schools from grade six to eight amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Peshawar, Pakistan Septe
Japan mulls limited resumption of inbound tourism from spring: Media 06 Dec 2020 - 12:46 pm
People cross a street in the Ginza shopping district in Tokyo on December 6, 2020. / AFP / Kazuhiro Nogi
Singapore to seek more travel bubble arrangements 06 Dec 2020 - 12:13 pm
People wearing protective face masks cross a street, in Singapore, November 30, 2020. Reuters/Edgar Su
Australia bushfire threatens township on World Heritage-listed Fraser island 06 Dec 2020 - 11:25 am
Vegetation burns from a bushfire on Fraser Island (K'gari), Queensland, Australia December 5, 2020 in this aerial picture obtained from social media. Save Fraser Islands Dingoes Inc via REUTERS
China prepares large-scale rollout of coronavirus vaccines 06 Dec 2020 - 11:04 am
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S.Korea tightens curbs in Seoul as COVID-19 cases hit 9-mo high: Media 06 Dec 2020 - 10:15 am
A man wearing a face mask walks alongside the Chongye stream in central Seoul on December 4, 2020. / AFP / Ed JONES
Pfizer seeks emergency-use approval for vaccine in India: PTI 06 Dec 2020 - 08:36 am
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Kyrgyzstan reopens borders to all foreign visitors 05 Dec 2020 - 04:18 pm
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Indian jeweller's 12,638-diamond ring sets world record 04 Dec 2020 - 09:25 pm
This undated handout photograph provided by the Renani Jewels on December 4, 2020, shows a ring called the Marigold-the ring of prosperity, the circular band with 12,638 diamonds that weighs a little over 165 grams is pictured in Meerut. AFP PHOTO/Renani
Japan spacecraft approaches Earth to drop asteroid samples 04 Dec 2020 - 03:36 pm
Yuichi Tsuda (L), Hayabusa2 project manager of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), answers questions at a press conference held before the return of the sample capsule of the Hayabusa 2 probe to the earth at JAXA Sagamihara Campus in Sagamihara
Philippines allows hotel conventions as cases ebb to 5-month low 04 Dec 2020 - 02:33 pm
Filipinos wearing masks and face shields for protection against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) walk along a street market in Manila, Philippines, December 3, 2020. Reuters/Eloisa Lopez
Submarine Santa brings festive cheer to Tokyo aquarium 04 Dec 2020 - 02:25 pm
A diver wearing Santa Claus costume swims in a large fish tank during an underwater performance for the Christmas celebration, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, at Sunshine Aquarium in Tokyo, Japan, December 4, 2020. Reuters/Kim Kyung-Hoon
India formally protests to Canada over Trudeau remarks on farm protests 04 Dec 2020 - 01:56 pm
FILE PHOTO: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau listens while wearing a mask at a news conference held to discuss the country's coronavirus disease (COVID-19) response in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada November 6, 2020. REUTERS/Patrick Doyle//File Photo
India's moustachioed 'Spice King' dies aged 97 04 Dec 2020 - 01:13 pm
A sign with a picture of Mahashian Di Hatti (MDH) Spices founder Dharampal Gulati is seen at a closed store in New Delhi on December 4, 2020. A former refugee who became India's
China's Clover says its COVID-19 vaccines trigger "strong immune responses" in early trial 04 Dec 2020 - 01:00 pm
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'Seoul stops at 9 p.m': S.Korea imposes new curbs as virus cases hit 9-month high 04 Dec 2020 - 12:55 pm
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Pakistan ex-PM Jamali, who served after military coup, dies 03 Dec 2020 - 09:47 pm
(FILES) In this file photo taken on July 3, 2004, former Pakistani Prime Minister Zafarullah Jamali waves to supporters as he boards a train to return to his home town in southwest province Baluchistan at the Rawalpindi railway station. Mir Zafarullah Kha