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Australia’s Brisbane hit with three-day Covid lockdown 29 Mar 2021 - 03:49 pm
Shoppers line up outside a Woolworths store as greater Brisbane has been ordered into a snap three-day lockdown after four more cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) emerged in the community, in Brisbane, Australia, March 29, 2021. AAP Image/Nick Gi
Pakistan launches anti-polio drive amid surge in coronavirus 29 Mar 2021 - 03:33 pm
FILE PHOTO: An elderly resident receives the first dose of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine, as the government started vaccination for the general public, starting with elderly people, at a vaccination center in Karachi, Pakistan March 10, 2021.
Ethiopia to receive 300,000 Sinopharm doses on March 30 29 Mar 2021 - 03:00 pm
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Merkel under pressure to spell out plan to beat virus surge 29 Mar 2021 - 02:45 pm
File photo: German Chancellor Angela Merkel looks on at the country's parliament, the Bundestag, in Berlin, Germany, March 25, 2021. Reuters/Hannibal Hanschke/File Photo
Philippines sees 10,000 new COVID-19 cases as tight curbs return to capital 29 Mar 2021 - 02:44 pm
A health worker verifies a senior citizen's information prior to receiving her first dose of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine, at a covered court in Manila, Philippines, March 29, 2021. REUTERS/Lisa Marie David
Indonesia Pertamina aims to restarts refinery in days after blaze 29 Mar 2021 - 02:29 pm
Smoke rises during a fire at Pertamina's oil refinery in Balongan, Indramayu regency, West Java province, Indonesia, March 29, 2021 in this photo taken by Antara Foto. Antara Foto/Dedhez Anggara/ via Reuters
Myanmar civil war fears growing after airstrikes on ethnic army 29 Mar 2021 - 01:30 pm
Protesters use slingshots while taking cover behind a barricade as smoke rises from burning debris during ongoing protests against the military coup, in Monywa, Sagaing region, Myanmar March 29, 2021 in this still image from video obtained by REUTERS
Beijing launches air pollution crackdown after sandstorms engulf city 29 Mar 2021 - 01:23 pm
File photo: Staff members stand near a Boeing 737-800 airplane of Air China on the tarmac of Beijing Capital International Airport, which is shrouded in dust as the city is hit by a sandstorm, in Beijing, China March 28, 2021. Reuters/Carlos Garcia Rawlin
Obama family matriarch has died in a Kenyan hospital at 99 29 Mar 2021 - 01:17 pm
Relatives mourn Sarah Hussein Obama, the grandmother of former U.S. President Barack Obama, who died at the Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral hospital in Kisumu, Kenya March 29, 2021. Reuters/James Keyi
J&J in deal to supply COVID-19 vaccine to African Union member states 29 Mar 2021 - 01:12 pm
A woman leaves with her bike at Johnson and Johnson's subsidiary Janssen Vaccines in Leiden, Netherlands March 9, 2021. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw/File Photo
Lebanon could sink like Titanic, parliament speaker says 29 Mar 2021 - 01:09 pm
A view shows an empty street near the government palace in downtown Beirut, Lebanon March 23, 2021. Reuters/Mohamed Azakir
WHO report says animals likely source of COVID 29 Mar 2021 - 12:54 pm
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Ship 'partially refloated,' but still stuck in Suez Canal 29 Mar 2021 - 11:39 am
A view shows the container ship Ever Given, one of the world's largest container ships, after it was partially refloated, in Suez Canal, Egypt March 29, 2021. Suez Canal Authority/Handout via Reuters
'Happy Monday' - English lockdown measures ease but Johnson urges caution 29 Mar 2021 - 10:51 am
People socially distance while walking across London Bridge as coronavirus disease (COVID-19) lockdown restrictions begin to ease, allowing groups of 6 to meet up outside starting from March 29, in London, Britain, March 28, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Coombs/Fil
Merkel presses German states to get tough with COVID curbs 28 Mar 2021 - 11:42 pm
German Chancellor Angela Merkel gives a statement after video conference of EU leaders at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, March 25, 2021. Michael Kappeler/Pool via REUTERS
Venezuela calls Facebook suspension of Maduro 'digital totalitarianism' 28 Mar 2021 - 08:32 pm
FILE PHOTO: Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro speaks during a ceremony in Caracas, Venezuela January 22, 2021. REUTERS/Manaure Quintero/File Photo
Putin felt minor side effects from COVID-19 vaccine - Ifax 28 Mar 2021 - 08:27 pm
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a session of the supervisory council of
Sweden says will not meet vaccine target due to delay in deliveries - SVT 28 Mar 2021 - 08:21 pm
FILE PHOTO: A health worker vaccinates an elderly person with Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine at a temporary vaccination clinic in a church in Sollentuna, north of Stockholm, Sweden March 2, 2021. Fredrik Sandberg/TT News Agency/via REUTERS