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India overtakes China in number of cases 16 May 2020 - 12:17 pm
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Pakistan's Ferozsons to begin producing COVID-19 drug remdesivir 15 May 2020 - 04:12 pm
FILE PHOTO: An ampule of drugmaker Gilead's remdesivir, which has won emergency approval as a treatment for COVID-19 in Japan, is pictured during a news conference at the University Hospital Eppendorf (UKE) in Hamburg, Germany, April 8, 2020. Ulrich Perre
Swabbers Wanted: Singapore recruits virus testers as cases climb 15 May 2020 - 01:40 pm
:Medical workers prepare to perform a nose swab on a migrant worker at a dormitory, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Singapore May 15, 2020. REUTERS/Edgar Su
China's Wuhan says tested almost a third of residents for coronavirus since April 15 May 2020 - 01:26 pm
Medical workers take swab samples from staff members from the AOC computer monitor factory to be tested for the COVID-19 coronavirus in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province on May 15, 2020. Nervous residents of China's pandemic epicentre of Wuhan queue
China asks US to 'meet halfway' after Trump threatens to cut ties 15 May 2020 - 12:11 pm
(FILES) In this file photo taken on June 29, 2019, US President Donald Trump and China's President Xi Jinping attend a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Osaka. / AFP / Brendan Smialowski
Typhoon leaves 1 dead, extensive damage in Philippine towns 15 May 2020 - 11:31 am
Residents stand amongst debris and next to a huge crucifix blown from the church after it was destroyed at the height of typhoon Vongfong in Arteche town, Eastern Samar province on May 15, 2020, a day after the typhoon hit the town. typhoon Vongfong has d
Ex-billionaire Mallya one step closer to India extradition 14 May 2020 - 05:02 pm
A 2017 Reuters file photo of Vijay Mallya at Westminster Magistrates Court in London, Britain
India to provide free food grains to millions of migrant workers 14 May 2020 - 04:22 pm
Migrants are sit outside a shelter home, during an extended nationwide lockdown to slow the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in New Delhi, India, May 14, 2020. Reuters/Anushree Fadnavis
First coronavirus cases found in Bangladesh refugee camps 14 May 2020 - 04:13 pm
People make their way along a busy street in a market area during a government-imposed lockdown as a preventative measure against the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus in Dhaka on May 12, 2020. / AFP / Munir Uz Zaman
Typhoon forces risky evacuations in virus-hit Philippines 14 May 2020 - 01:59 pm
Residents brave rains and strong wind as they walk past uprooted trees along a highway in Can-avid town, Eastern Samar province, central Philippines on May 14, 2020, as Typhoon Vongfong makes landfall. / AFP / Alren BERONIO
China rejects US claim of attempted vaccine theft as 'smearing' 14 May 2020 - 01:06 pm
A worker is seen inside the Beijing Applied Biological Technologies (XABT) research and development laboratory in Beijing on May 14, 2020. AFP / NICOLAS ASFOURI
Bangladesh builds mega field hospital as virus outbreak worsens 14 May 2020 - 01:00 pm
A general view shows a makeshift hospital ward for the treatment of COVID-19 coronavirus contaminated patients at the Bashundhara Convention Centre in Dhaka on May 13, 2020. / AFP / MUNIR UZ ZAMAN
Japan seeks to lift virus emergency in most regions 14 May 2020 - 12:34 pm
People walk through a shopping area in Tokyo on May 12, 2020. / AFP / Kazuhiro NOGI
Out-of-work Thai chefs cook for others made jobless by virus crisis 13 May 2020 - 05:15 pm
Volunteers cook free lunch for low-income communities during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Bangkok, Thailand May 13, 2020. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun
China's Wuhan kicks off mass testing campaign for new coronavirus 13 May 2020 - 02:23 pm
:A medical worker takes a swab sample from a man to be tested for the COVID-19 novel coronavirus in Wuhan, in China’s central Hubei province on May 13, 2020. Wuhan plans to conduct coronavirus tests on the Chinese city's entire population after new cases
Pakistan tops 2,000 for a single-day total of new virus cases for 1st time 13 May 2020 - 01:10 pm
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Two new infections end Hong Kong's 24-day virus clean sheet 13 May 2020 - 12:47 pm
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Philippines allows malls, more businesses in capital to reopen 13 May 2020 - 11:52 am
FILE PHOTO: A soldier wearing a face mask holds on his weapon as he guards an empty street following the lockdown imposed to contain the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Manila, Philippines, April 24, 2020. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez/File Photo

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This photograph shows a fire in construction waste at a recycling company near the port of Rotterdam, in Rotterdam on August 7, 2026. (Photo by Jeffrey Groeneweg / ANP / AFP) Fire crews tame Rotterdam waste plant blaze
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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
File photo strictly for representational purposes only. Freepik. Ethiopia posts record 5.7-bln-USD annual mining export revenue
Peninsula Suspected Ebola death on boat heading for DR Congo capital
File photo WHO calls for additional support to combat Ebola outbreak in DR Congo

Americas

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
Representational image US partially resumes avocado inspections in Mexico
This aerial view shows a backhoe loader removing accumulated sargassum seaweed from the shoreline as a municipal worker walks along a beach in Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo State, Mexico, on August 6, 2026. (Photo by Alfredo ESTRELLA / AFP) Empty beaches and 'unbearable stench': Mexico wages war on sargassum weeds

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