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Kenya closes borders to Tanzania and Somalia over coronavirus 16 May 2020 - 04:49 pm
Traffic moves on a flyover before a curfew to contain the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) spread in Nairobi, Kenya May 15, 2020. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya
Rwanda genocide suspect Kabuga arrested in France after decades on the run 16 May 2020 - 04:38 pm
General view of the apartment building where Rwanda genocide suspect Felicien Kabuga was arrested on May 16, 2020, in Asnières-sur-Seine, northwestern suburbs of Paris. AFP / FRANCOIS GUILLOT
Trump says he is considering restoring some funding to WHO, no decision made 16 May 2020 - 04:30 pm
US President Donald Trump arrives to speak to the press before departing from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC on May 15, 2020. Trump is heading to Camp David presidential retreat in Maryland. / AFP / MANDEL NGAN
Pilot in fatal Kobe crash had no alcohol or drugs in system 16 May 2020 - 03:01 pm
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UN prosecutor hails arrest of Rwanda genocide suspect 16 May 2020 - 01:29 pm
FILE PHOTO: Pictures of the Rwandan Genocide victims donated by survivors are displayed at an exhibition at the Genocide Memorial in Gisozi in Kigali, Rwanda April 6, 2019.REUTERS/Baz Ratner
South Africa's mass testing hits limits as virus spreads 16 May 2020 - 01:12 pm
Doctors Without Borders (MSF) nurse Bhelekazi Mdlalose (3rd L), 51, illustrates how to perform a swab test on a nurse participating in a COVID-19 coronavirus training course for nurses at the City of Joburg Civic Centre in Roodeport, Johannesburg, on May
Truck collision on Indian highway kills 23 migrant workers 16 May 2020 - 01:10 pm
Rescue workers and people stand watching as an excavator gathers the wreckage of a truck transporting goods and migrant labourers going back to their hometowns after it collided with another vehicle, in Auraiya district of Uttar Pradesh state on May 16, 2
Bangladesh: Growing fear of virus outbreak in Rohingya camps 16 May 2020 - 12:57 pm
Rohingya refugees gather at a market as first cases of COVID-19 coronavirus have emerged in the area, in Kutupalong refugee camp in Ukhia on May 15, 2020. AFP / Suzauddin RUBEL
Africa's COVID-19 cases surpass 78,000 16 May 2020 - 12:50 pm
Children wait in lines at a crèche in Langa, near Cape Town on May 14, 2020, to receive a meal, which will include soup made by Woodstock Breweries, which is part of a project to feed people made vulnerable under the lockdown in South Africa, as a result
Russia records highest coronavirus death toll yet 16 May 2020 - 12:34 pm
A masked woman is seen in Moscow, Russia on May 15, 2020. It is made compulsory to wear masks and gloves in public transport, including taxis, workplaces, markets and crowded environments. Sefa Karacan - Anadolu
Italy to reopen borders for EU tourists in early June 16 May 2020 - 12:21 pm
Employees of a disinfecting services company, wearing protective overalls and mask, sprays sanitizer on the forecourt during the sanitation of the Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran (San Giovanni in Laterano) in Rome on May 15, 2020 AFP / Filippo MONTEFO
India overtakes China in number of cases 16 May 2020 - 12:17 pm
AFP / Indranil MUKHERJEE
London streets to go car-free to encourage walking and cycling 15 May 2020 - 05:22 pm
/ AFP / JUSTIN TALLIS
Novartis CEO says any new coronavirus vaccine will take two years - newspaper 15 May 2020 - 05:00 pm
FILE PHOTO: Small bottles labbeled with a
Austria outlines plans to reopen theatres, cinemas 15 May 2020 - 04:31 pm
A waiter serves coffee at Cafe Landtmann during the global coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Vienna, Austria, May 15, 2020. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner
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
New York, New York? Prolonged shutdown raises doubts about future 15 May 2020 - 04:06 pm
NEW YORK, USA - MAY 14: Times Square still seems quite due to Covid-19 pandemic in New York City, United States on May 14, 2020. ( Tayfun Co?kun - Anadolu Agency )
US issues alert over COVID-19-linked childhood illness 15 May 2020 - 02:58 pm
A teacher takes the temperature of a child at the entrance of a flemish primary school during its reopening as a small part of Belgian children head back to their schools with new rules and social distancing during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease
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