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Japanese ICU doctor expects long battle against coronavirus 04 May 2020 - 10:36 am
Municipal employees patrol a street asking people to stay home amid the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak in Tokyo on May 4, 2020. AFP / CHARLY TRIBALLEAU
Rohingya survivors tell of misery and death at sea; hundreds still adrift 03 May 2020 - 08:08 pm
In this picture taken on May 2, 2020, Rohingya refugees stranded at sea are seen on a boat near the coast of Cox's Bazar. Dozens of Rohingya refugees believed to have come from two boats stranded at sea for weeks as they tried to reach Malaysia landed on
Indian bank bad debt could double after coronavirus crisis: sources 03 May 2020 - 05:55 pm
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Shots fired from NKorea believed to be 'accidental': Pompeo 03 May 2020 - 05:41 pm
(FILES) In this file photo US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo pauses while speaking at a news conference at the State Department on April 29, 2020, in Washington, DC. AFP / POOL / Andrew Harnik
'Once Upon a Virus': China mocks U.S. coronavirus response in Lego-like animation 03 May 2020 - 02:11 pm
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S.Korea says Kim Jong Un did not have surgery, as two Koreas exchange gunfire 03 May 2020 - 01:27 pm
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends the completion of a fertiliser plant, in a region north of the capital, Pyongyang, in this image released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on May 2, 2020. KCNA/via REUTERS
Australia fights virus clusters as parts of country ease restrictions 03 May 2020 - 01:00 pm
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - APRIL 28: People walk at the city centre after streets and roads remain nearly empty following a great number of shops are being closed within coronavirus (COVID-19) restrictions in Melbourne, Australia on April 28, 2020. COVID-19 d
More people hit China roads in first major holiday since coronavirus easing 03 May 2020 - 11:48 am
:TOPSHOT - Large crowd of people wearing face masks visit the promenade on the Bund along the Huangpu River during a holiday on May Day, or International Workers' Day, in Shanghai on May 1, 2020. With optimism and a heavy dose of caution, millions of Chin
Japan indicates could ease some coronavirus-related curbs 03 May 2020 - 10:42 am
Pedestrians walk in front of a quotation board displaying share prices of the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo on May 1, 2020. Tokyo stocks closed down more than two percent on May 1 as concerns grew over tensions between the US and China, with traders remai
With fighter jets and army bands, India's military thank health workers 03 May 2020 - 10:23 am
An Indian Navy helicopter (top left) throws rose petals on the INHS Asvini (Indian Naval Hospital Ship) staff to pay tribute to all those involved in the fight against the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, in Mumbai on May 3, 2020. / AFP / Punit PARANJP
Philippines temporarily bars incoming flights to decongest quarantine facilities 03 May 2020 - 09:32 am
A medical staff member from the National Children's Hospital take part in a vigil to honour their fallen colleagues and call on the government to provide ample protection to frontline staff and the immediate release of their bonuses, in Quezon City on Apr
Kazakh President strips former leader’s daughter of powers 02 May 2020 - 01:14 pm
FILE PHOTO: Dariga Nazarbayeva, daughter of Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbayev and the country's Deputy Prime Minister, attends celebrations to mark Kazakhstan People's Unity Day in Almaty, Kazakhstan, May 1, 2016. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov
Nearly 10,000 inmates freed as virus hits Philippine jails 02 May 2020 - 12:34 pm
A worker in a protective suit, used due to the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak, waits outside the crematorium facility as the cremation process takes some two hours in Manila on April 29, 2020.  AFP / Maria TAN
Hindu woman observes Ramadan in India 02 May 2020 - 12:25 pm
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India extends nationwide lockdown for two weeks from May 4 02 May 2020 - 11:08 am
Railway Protection Force personnel stand at a platform as a special train carrying migrant labourers from Nasik arrives during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus, at Misrod railway station in
70,000 evacuated in Uzbekistan after dam wall collapses 02 May 2020 - 10:59 am
An aerial view of submerged Sirdarya Region, Uzbekistan is seen after a dam wall collapsed following heavy rain on May 02, 2020.
Kim reappears in public, ending absence amid health rumors 02 May 2020 - 10:32 am
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends the completion of a fertiliser plant, together with his younger sister Kim Yo Jong, in a region north of the capital, Pyongyang, in this image released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on May 2, 20
Singapore to ease restrictions on some businesses, schools 02 May 2020 - 10:12 am
A man wearing a face mask walks past blank screen at the departure hall at Singapore Changi Airport's terminal 2, which is set to suspend operations for 18 months from May 1, 2020, as the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic impacts the aviation sector, in Singa