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India records highest single-day COVID-19 cases 30 May 2020 - 12:47 pm
Residents wait for a medical check-up at a screening centre set up inside a slum during a nationwide lockdown to fight the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, in Mumbai on May 29, 2020. / AFP / INDRANIL MUKHERJEE
Cathay says Hong Kong airport transit from June 1 excludes mainland flights 30 May 2020 - 12:39 pm
FILE PHOTO: A Cathay Dragon Airbus A330-300 plane descends before landing at Hong Kong Airport in Hong Kong, China April 4, 2018. REUTERS/Bobby Yip
Indonesia capital gears up for post-holiday return amid pandemic 30 May 2020 - 12:34 pm
A worker sprays disinfectant after Friday prayers at a mosque to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Bekasi, near Jakarta, Indonesia May 29, 2020, in this photo taken by Antara Foto. Antara Foto/Fakhri Hermansyah
Afghan head of peace talks says ready for dialogue with Taliban 30 May 2020 - 12:31 pm
FILE PHOTO: Afghan children celebrate in anticipation of the U.S-Taliban agreement to allow a U.S. troop reduction and a permanent ceasefire, in Jalalabad, Afghanistan February 28, 2020. REUTERS/Parwiz
India posts record jump in COVID-19 cases, Modi says 'long battle' ahead 30 May 2020 - 12:25 pm
A volunteer wearing a protective suit checks the body temperature of homeless people standing in queue to get free lunch packets on the roadside after the goverment eased a nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus, in N
First flight of returning European employees lands in China 30 May 2020 - 12:08 pm
A passenger rushes past check-in desks prior to the first Lufthansa charter flight for Tianjin, China after the lockdown, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, at the airport in Frankfurt, Germany, May 29, 2020. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffe
Indian monkeys snatch coronavirus samples 30 May 2020 - 11:31 am
File photo: A monkey crosses the road near India's Presidential Palace during a 14-hour long curfew to limit the spreading of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in New Delhi, India, March 22, 2020. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis/File Photo
China's 'nervous' Xi risks new Cold War, last Hong Kong governor says 30 May 2020 - 11:09 am
FILE PHOTO: Former Hong Kong governor Chris Patten in Hong Kong, China November 25, 2016. REUTERS/Bobby Yip/File Photo
Chinese Covid-19 vaccine expected to begin mass output this year 30 May 2020 - 10:58 am
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South Korea limits school numbers over virus spike 29 May 2020 - 05:07 pm
Students practice social distancing amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak at an elementary school in Daejeon, South Korea, May 27, 2020. Yonhap via REUTERS
Pakistan to resume international flight operations - Civil Aviation Authority 29 May 2020 - 03:54 pm
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Pakistan drug firm to import potential COVID-19 treatment from Bangladesh 29 May 2020 - 02:35 pm
(FILES) In this file photo taken on April 08, 2020, vials of the drug remdesivir sit on a table during a press conference about the start of a study of the Ebola drug in severely ill COVID-19 patients, at the University Hospital Eppendorf in Hamburg, Germ
Indian doctors go online to treat patients amid coronavirus outbreak 29 May 2020 - 12:58 pm
Doctor Sushila Kataria gives consultation to a patient via video call, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at Medanta Hospital in Gurugram, India, May 22, 2020. Picture taken May 22, 2020. REUTERS/Sunil Kataria
Indonesia minister slammed for 'virus is like your wife' remarks 29 May 2020 - 12:43 pm
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S.Korea seeks to import anti-viral remdesivir as new coronavirus cases emerge 29 May 2020 - 11:08 am
Health workers wearing protective gear take samples from a visitor for the COVID-19 coronavirus test at a temporary virus testing centre in Seoul on May 29, 2020. / AFP / YONHAP /
Caseloads rise in India, Russia underlining reopening risks 28 May 2020 - 01:50 pm
An airport employee (C) wearing a face shield checks the body temperature of a passenger at Bagdogra airport after the goverment eased a nationwide lockdown imposed as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus, on the outskirts of Siliguri on
India and China move in more troops as border tensions rise 28 May 2020 - 09:38 am
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Man in India who sold his goats for airline tickets will finally fly home 27 May 2020 - 12:03 pm
An Indigo flight directed to Varanasi takes off at the Kamaraj domestic airport during the first day of resuming of domestic flights after the government imposed a nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus,

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Africa

Traditional groups play traditional instruments next to Djidji Ayokwe, also known as the talking drum, that was taken by French Colonial troups from Ivory Coast in 1916, during an official presentation to the local population in Adjamé village in Abidjan on August 7, 2026 after the repatriation of the Talking Drun fron France in March 13, 2026. (Photo by Issouf SANOGO / AFP) Ivorians set eyes on talking drum for first time
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Acting US Attorney General Todd Blanche swears-in before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on his nomination to be Attorney General, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on July 15, 2026. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP) US Senate confirms Todd Blanche as Attorney General
(FILES) Acting US Attorney General todd blanche testifies during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on his nomination to be Attorney General, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on July 15, 2026. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP) US senate confirms Todd Blanche for attorney general
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