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Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is applauded by colleagues after making an adjournment speech at Parliament. Getty

Coronavirus: New Zealand marks 100 days of virus elimination

August 9, 2020
A vendor prepares chickens to sell at a market in Manila on August 6, 2020. The Philippines plunged into recession after its biggest quarterly contraction in four decades, data, as the economy reels from Covid-19 coronavirus lockdowns. AFP

Philippines economy suffers deepest contraction and plunges into recession

August 6, 2020
This handout photo taken on August 2, 2020 and received on August 4 from the Australian Defence Force shows an Australian Army ARH Tiger helicopter landing near the letters "SOS" (C) on a beach on Pikelot Island where three men were found in good condition after being missing for three days. Three Micronesian sailors stranded on a tiny island in the remote Western Pacific were rescued after Australian and US warplanes spotted a giant "SOS" they had scrawled on the beach, officials said. - RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE FORCE" - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS / AFP / Australian Defence Force / Handout / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE FORCE" - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

Castaways rescued when giant SOS spotted in the sand

August 4, 2020
Liu Xiaoming said China had always respected UK sovereignty. Reuters

Beijing-London relations ‘poisoned’ over Hong Kong dispute, says Chinese diplomat

July 30, 2020
Plants grow back from the ashes of a bushfire-affected forest in Bilpin, Australia, 17 January 2020. EPA

About 3 billion animals harmed in Australian bushfires, WWF says

July 28, 2020
Pharmaceutical companies around the world are racing to produce a vaccine for coronavirus. : AFP

Coronavirus: Chinese vaccine starts final tests in Brazil

July 22, 2020
Jonathan Hudson, left, and Shane Tait, defence lawyers for the man accused of the 2019 Christchurch Mosque shootings arrive at court. AP, File  

New Zealand mosque gunman to represent himself at sentencing

July 13, 2020
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison announces policy changes regarding Hong Kong at Parliament House in Canberra. AAP via AP

Australia suspends extradition treaty with Hong Kong after new security law

July 9, 2020
People wait in chairs and cars during testing for the Covid-19 coronavirus at a drive and walk through pop-up venue in Melbourne on July 1, 2020. AFP

Australia to lock down 300,000 in Melbourne suburbs after coronavirus spike

July 1, 2020
TikTok has more than 200 million users in India. EPA

India bans Chinese apps including TikTok as tension rises

June 30, 2020
People wearing masks in Melbourne, Australia. A man in his 80s died overnight in Victoria from coronavirus, bringing the total number of deaths in the state to 20. Getty images

Coronavirus: Australia reports first death in a month

June 24, 2020
New Zealand police cordon off the area where an officer was fatally shot and another wounded during a traffic stop in a residential neighbourhood of Auckland on June 19, 2020. AFP

New Zealand policeman shot dead during traffic stop

June 19, 2020
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison speaks during a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra. EPA

Australia says it has been victim of 'state-based' cyber attacks

June 19, 2020
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said the two women who tested positive for Covid-19 had done nothing wrong and complied with health protocols. Getty

New Zealand military to oversee borders after virus bungle

June 17, 2020
Dr Ashley Bloomfield, director general of health, speaks to reporters at the ministry of health on June 16, 2020, in Wellington, Getty

NZ confirms first new coronavirus cases in 24 days

June 16, 2020
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epa08597842 Anti-government protestors gather near the devastated harbor area to commemorate the victims of the explosion that took place just one week earlier, in Beirut, Lebanon, 11 August 2020. The Lebanese Health Ministry said at least 160 people were killed, and more than 6,000 injured in the Beirut blast that devastated the port area on 04 August and believed to have been caused by an estimated 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate stored in a warehouse. EPA/NABIL MOUNZER

Business Extra: Lebanon's economy 'beyond the brink'

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In this handout photo taken on Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020, and provided by Russian Direct Investment Fund, an employee shows a new vaccine at the Nikolai Gamaleya National Center of Epidemiology and Microbiology in Moscow, Russia. Russia on Tuesday, Aug. 11 became the first country to approve a coronavirus vaccine for use in tens of thousands of its citizens despite international skepticism about injections that have not completed clinical trials and were studied in only dozens of people for less than two months. (Alexander Zemlianichenko Jr/ Russian Direct Investment Fund via AP)

Covid-19 vaccine race, aid to Beirut, 242 new UAE cases - The Daily Update

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Dubai ranked the most liveable city in the Middle East and North Africa. Getty 

UAE visit visas extended, 20m Covid-19 cases worldwide - The Daily Update

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Dubai's DPI testing, UAE cases, Emirates flights to Pakistan - The Daily Update

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