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Trump says he'll act to ban TikTok in US as soon as Saturday 01 Aug 2020 - 10:31 am
FILE PHOTO: A TikTok logo is displayed on a smartphone in this illustration taken January 6, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
South Korean sect leader arrested for hindering virus efforts 01 Aug 2020 - 10:23 am
FILE PHOTO: People watch a TV broadcasting a news report on a news conference held by Lee Man-hee, founder of the Shincheonji Church of Jesus the Temple of the Tabernacle of the Testimony, in Seoul, South Korea, March 2, 2020. REUTERS/Heo Ran/File Photo
Hong Kong opens makeshift hospital for COVID-19 patients 01 Aug 2020 - 10:02 am
A bed is seen at an exhibition hall that has been converted into a makeshift treatment facility to treat patients of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Hong Kong, China August 1, 2020. REUTERS/Pak Yiu
Hurricane Isaias lashes Bahamas while Florida battens down 01 Aug 2020 - 09:29 am
Palmetto Bay's Mayor Karyn Cunningham, puts sandbags in a resident's car trunk in Palmetto Bay near Miami, on July 31, 2020 as Floridians prepare for Hurricane Isaias while a State of Emergency has been declared for 19 Counties. AFP / CHANDAN KHANNA
India: COVID-19 cases at nearly 1.7 million 01 Aug 2020 - 09:19 am
Muslim devotees wait to offer a special morning prayer to kick off the Eid al-Adha, the feast of sacrifice, at Jama Masjid mosque in New Delhi on August 1, 2020. / AFP / Money SHARMA
Joe Biden nears final decision on running mate 01 Aug 2020 - 09:13 am
FILE PHOTO: Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden speaks about his plans to combat racial inequality at a campaign event in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., July 28, 2020. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
EU poised to secure Sanofi deal for coronavirus vaccine 31 Jul 2020 - 08:27 pm
FILE PHOTO: The logo of Sanofi is seen at the company's headquarters in Paris, France, April 24, 2020. REUTERS/Charles Platiau/File Photo
India suspends international flights till August 31 31 Jul 2020 - 08:05 pm
A worker wearing protective gear checks the temperature of a traveller at Dadar railway station, amidst the spread of the COVID-19 in Mumbai, India, July 31, 2020. (REUTERS/Hemanshi Kamani)
Divers haul ghost nets from submarine wreck in Greece's Ionian Sea 31 Jul 2020 - 06:43 pm
A volunteer diver of the environmental group Ghost Diving swims near the WWII wreck of the HMS Perseus, off the island of Kefalonia, Greece, July 24, 2020. Picture taken July 24, 2020. Giorgos Kolikis/Ghost Diving/Handout
Art in a pandemic: Tokyo show tests if fans will come 31 Jul 2020 - 05:04 pm
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UK 'puts brakes' on reopening - imposes local rules as virus cases rise 31 Jul 2020 - 04:48 pm
 handout image released by 10 Downing Street, shows Britain's Prime Minister boris Johnson attending a remote press conference to update the nation on the novel coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic inside 10 Downing Street in central London on July 31, 2020. Bri
Northern Ireland launches UK's first COVID-19 tracker app 31 Jul 2020 - 03:06 pm
The COVID Tracker Ireland app used for contact tracing the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is displayed on a mobile phone, as it is held up for an illustration photograph in Galway, Ireland, July 30, 2020. Picture taken July 30, 2020. REUTERS/Clo
Philippines extends coronavirus curbs as infections hit record for second day 31 Jul 2020 - 02:44 pm
FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: President Rodrigo Duterte speaks after his arrival, from a visit in Israel and Jordan at Davao International airport in Davao City in southern Philippines, September 8, 2018. REUTERS/Lean Daval Jr/File Photo
Pompeo says US has expanded scope of Iran metals sanctions 31 Jul 2020 - 11:52 am
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo testifies during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on the State Department's 2021 budget, in the Dirksen Senate Office Building, in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 30, 2020. Jim Lo Scalzo/Pool via Reuters
Quake rattles Los Angeles, no immediate reports of damage 30 Jul 2020 - 11:22 pm
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Zimbabwe minister died of coronavirus, says president 30 Jul 2020 - 10:35 pm
FILE PHOTO: Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa congratulates Perrance Shiri, the new minister of Land, Agriculture and Land Resettlement are seen after the swearing in of cabinet ministers at State House in Harare, Zimbabwe December 4, 2017. REUTERS/
Obama condemns Trump's use of federal agents against protesters 30 Jul 2020 - 10:15 pm
Former US President Barack Obama speaks during the funeral of late Representative and Civil Rights leader John Lewis(D-GA) at the State Capitol in Atlanta, Georgia on July 30, 2020. / AFP / POOL / Alyssa Pointer
Jakarta extends social distancing measures to stem virus spread 30 Jul 2020 - 10:05 pm
A worker wearing protective suit holds a placard with total positive cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) written on it, at a central bus spot in Jakarta, Indonesia, July 27, 2020. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan