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China says U.S. 'addicted to quitting' over plan to withdraw from WHO 01 Jun 2020 - 12:46 pm
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Top Italian doctor's claim virus 'no longer exists' sparks row 01 Jun 2020 - 12:43 pm
(FILES) In this file photo taken on December 14, 2009 Alberto Zangrillo, the personal doctor of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi gives a press conference at the San Raffaele hospital in Milan. AFP / Damien Meyer
Australia relaxes lockdown further, intensifies economic recovery efforts 01 Jun 2020 - 12:00 pm
A giraffe is seen in front of the Sydney Opera House at Taronga Zoo Sydney as it re-opens to the public amidst the easing of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions following an extended closure in Sydney, Australia, June 1, 2020. REUTERS/Loren El
'Little Chef' charms Myanmar with lockdown cooking classes 01 Jun 2020 - 11:42 am
This photo taken on May 21, 2020 shows Moe Myint May Thu (R) and her mother Honey Cho cooking while filming a video at their house in Yangon. AFP / Ye Aung Thu
Armenian PM tests positive for virus as cases surge 01 Jun 2020 - 11:41 am
(FILES) In this file photo taken on February 1, 2019 Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan holds a joint press conference with the German chancellor after a meeting at the chancellery in Berlin.  / AFP / John MACDOUGALL
Jaws returns, as Universal Studios Japan to reopen this month 01 Jun 2020 - 11:27 am
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Virus-hit cruise liner leaves Japan after a month's quarantine 01 Jun 2020 - 10:59 am
A general view shows cruise ships anchored at Manila Bay on May 31, 2020. More than 20 cruise ships are anchored at Manila Bay waiting for disembarkation clearance from authorities for their Filipino crews who have undergone swab tests for the COVID-19 co
Britain reopens markets and some schools as lockdown eases 01 Jun 2020 - 10:46 am
Public health messages are seen during morning rush hour at Canary Wharf underground station, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), London, Britain, June 1, 2020. REUTERS/Toby Melville
Facebook employees criticize Zuckerberg’s inaction over Trump 01 Jun 2020 - 09:55 am
Hundreds of demonstrators rally hours after the arrest of a white police officer involved in the death of a black man George Floyd in the state of Minnesota on May 29, 2020 in Washington D.C. Yasin Öztürk - Anadolu Agency
Russia, after approving Japanese COVID-19 drug, to roll out 'game changer' next week 01 Jun 2020 - 09:41 am
MOSCOW, RUSSIA - MAY 30: Parts of skyscrapers of the Moscow International Business Center are covered with fog after rainfall in Moscow, Russia on May 30, 2020. ( Sefa Karacan - Anadolu Agency )
Wayward whale takes city break in Montreal 01 Jun 2020 - 09:29 am
his handout picture courtesy of Reseau Quebecois d'Urgences pour les Mammiferes Marins (RQUMM) shows the tail of a humpback whale swimming in the water by Montreal on May 30, 2020. AFP PHOTO / RESEAU QUEBECOIS D'URGENCE POUR LES MAMMIFERES MARINS
South Africa partly lifts lockdown to try to fix battered economy 01 Jun 2020 - 09:28 am
An informal vendor sets up his stall while commuters wearing face masks as a preventive measure against the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus arrive at the Bara taxi rank in Soweto, Johannesburg, on June 1, 2020. / AFP / Michele Spatari
Philippines capital comes back to life although virus threat lingers 01 Jun 2020 - 09:17 am
Police trainees wearing personal protective equipment maintain social distancing in a train during a simulation exercise in preparation for the resumption of train operations, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Manila, Philippines May 26
Trump took shelter in White House bunker as protests raged 01 Jun 2020 - 08:28 am
SWAT personnel stand with their vehicle outside the White House during a protest amid nationwide unrest over the death in Minneapolis police custody of George Floyd, in Washington, U.S., May 31, 2020. REUTERS/Erin Scott
Trump will not invoke control of National Guard amid protests: Adviser 31 May 2020 - 05:08 pm
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SpaceX's astronaut-riding Dragon approaches space station 31 May 2020 - 04:27 pm
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Spanish PM Sanchez to extend lockdown a final time to June 21 31 May 2020 - 04:17 pm
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez (L) holding a cabinet meeting at La Moncloa Palace in Madrid on May 26, 2020.
Russian space agency calls Trump's reaction to SpaceX launch "hysteria" 31 May 2020 - 04:01 pm
FILE PHOTO: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft carrying NASA astronauts Douglas Hurley and Robert Behnken lifts off during NASA's SpaceX Demo-2 mission to the International Space Station from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral,