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Winners and losers: Who got what in India’s federal budget 01 Feb 2020 - 01:30 pm
A broker reacts while trading at his computer terminal at a stock brokerage firm in Mumbai, India, February 1, 2020. (REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas)
In rare conviction, El Salvadoran man gets maximum sentence for femicide 31 Jan 2020 - 09:17 pm
Women demonstrate during the funeral of Karla Turcios in San Salvador, El Salvador April 17, 2018. Reuters file photo
Erdogan: Turkey won't hesitate to use force to stabilize Syria 31 Jan 2020 - 08:37 pm
Turkish President and Leader of Turkey's ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party Recep Tayyip Erdogan delivers a speech during the party's extended meeting with provincial heads at the AK Party headquarters in Ankara, on January 31, 2020. (AFP / Adem AL
China raps 'mean' U.S. for travel warning as virus toll reaches 213 31 Jan 2020 - 08:14 pm
Bangladeshi citizens, mostly students, wearing facemasks wait at Wuhan airport on January 31, 2020, as the Bangladeshi government prepares to evacuate them following a SARS-like virus outbreak in the city of Wuhan. (AFP)
Britain cuts loose from the EU with joy, anger and indifference 31 Jan 2020 - 06:36 pm
People celebrate Britain leaving the EU on Brexit day in London, Britain January 31, 2020. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls
Trump impeachment trial end gets closer; witness bid likely to fail 31 Jan 2020 - 06:33 pm
US Senator and Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) arrives at the US Capitol in Washington, DC on January 31, 2020 for the impeachment trial proceedings of US President Donald Trump. (AFP / Mandel NGAN)
India bans export of protective masks, clothing amid coronavirus outbreak 31 Jan 2020 - 06:31 pm
A woman wearing a mask is seen on a street in Shanghai, China January 31, 2020. REUTERS/Aly Song
Italy declares coronavirus emergency after first two cases confirmed 31 Jan 2020 - 05:56 pm
Tourists wearing protective masks take a selfie in front of ther Trevi's Fountain after two cases of coronavirus were confirmed in in the country, in Rome, Italy January 31, 2020. REUTERS/Remo Casilli
Pakistan delays border opening with China 31 Jan 2020 - 01:57 pm
An official of Pakistan-based Chinese company (R) uses a thermo gun to check the temperature of the company's drivers, in Islamabad on January 30, 2020, after instructions from Pakistani authorities to take preventive measures against the coronavirus. A v
Helicopter company in Kobe Bryant crash not certified to fly in poor visibility 31 Jan 2020 - 01:48 pm
An investigator works at the site of the helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant and eight others in a screen grab taken in Calabasas, California, U.S. January 27, 2020 and released by the National Transportation Safety Board. NTSB/Handout via REUTERS
Virus rescue flight returns to Korea with 18 showing fever 31 Jan 2020 - 01:41 pm
Ambulances carrying South Korean citizens repatriated from the Chinese city of Wuhan leave Gimpo airport in Seoul on January 31, 2020, following the arrival of the first charter flight arranged by South Korean government to evacuate its citizens from the
Britain reports first two cases of coronavirus 31 Jan 2020 - 12:46 pm
A couple wear face masks as they walk along the Thames embankment in central London on January 28, 2020. Around 1,500 people who came to Britain from the Chinese epicentre of the coronavirus epidemic in the past two weeks must put themselves in isolation,
Australia airport staff threaten strike without virus protection 31 Jan 2020 - 12:03 pm
 People wearing face masks walk on Bourke Street after cases of the coronavirus were confirmed in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, January 29, 2020. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
Chinese planes to bring overseas Wuhan citizens back to virus-hit city 31 Jan 2020 - 11:34 am
Police stand at a checkpoint at the Jiujiang Yangtze River Bridge that crosses from Hubei province in Jiujiang, Jiangxi province, China, as the country is hit by an outbreak of a new coronavirus, January 31, 2020
East African airlines suspend China flights due to coronavirus 31 Jan 2020 - 11:19 am
Kenya Airways planes are seen parked at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport near Nairobi, Kenya November 6, 2019. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya/File Photo
Thousands held in cruise ship in Italy over feared coronavirus cases 30 Jan 2020 - 04:03 pm
An Italian cruise ship of Costa Crociere is pictured moored at the Italian port of Civitavecchia after reports of two passengers with suspected cases of coronavirus on board, in Civitavecchia, Italy, January 30, 2020. (REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane)
Stolen and sold: Armenia probes babies lost to Europe 30 Jan 2020 - 02:33 pm
A woman walks in front of the government headquarters at the Republic square in Yerevan, Armenia, May 3, 2018. Reuters/David Mdzinarishvili
Kazakhstan detains two for spreading coronavirus rumours 30 Jan 2020 - 01:21 pm
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