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A woman wearing a face mask walks along Red Square in central Moscow January 12, 2021, amid the crisis linked with the Covid-19 pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus. u00e2u20acu201d AFP pic

Russia extends ban on UK flights till March 16 over coronavirus variant

A worker performs a quality check in the packaging facility of Chinese vaccine maker Sinovac Biotech, developing an experimental coronavirus disease vaccine, during a government-organised media tour in Beijing, China, September 24, 2020. u00e2u20acu201d Reuters picnn

Hong Kong advisory panel approves China’s Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use

Workers cleaning windows of a building are seen behind China's national flag at a commercial district in Beijing in this April 20, 2015 file photo. u00e2u20acu201d Reuters pic

China’s ambassador to Myanmar says situation ‘not what China wants to see’

Ukrainian Health Minister Maksym Stepanov speaks during an interview in Kyiv, Ukraine January 21, 2021. u00e2u20acu201d Reuters pic

Ukrainian minister says ‘information attacks’ will hit vaccine procurement

Police officers block a street during a demonstration against restrictions put in place to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease in Rotterdam January 26, 2021. u00e2u20acu201d Reuters pic

Dutch coronavirus curfew shot down by court in blow to government

A healthcare worker receives a second dose of Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine against the coronavirus disease at the Posta Central hospital in Santiago, Chile January 14, 2021. u00e2u20acu201d Reuters picn

Japan to start inoculation drive tomorrow with 40,000 medical workers

Alexei Navalny, who is accused of slandering a Russian World War Two veteran, stands inside a defendant dock before a court hearing in Moscow February 5, 2021. u00e2u20acu201d Picture by Press Service of Babushkinsky District Court of Moscow via Reuters

Russian state prosecutors seek fine for Kremlin critic Navalny in slander case

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un speaks during a Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) meeting in this undated photo released on December 22, 2019. u00e2u20acu201d KCNA pic via Reuters

N. Korean hackers tried to steal Pfizer vaccine know-how, lawmaker says

NLD supporter holds up a picture of party co-founder Aung San Suu Kyi outside Myanmar's embassy after the military seized power from a democratically elected civilian government and arrested her, in Bangkok February 1, 2021. u00e2u20acu2022 Reuters pic

Myanmar police file additional charge against Aung San Suu Kyi, says lawyer

Alexei Navalny, who is accused of slandering a Russian World War Two veteran, stands inside a defendant dock before a court hearing in Moscow February 5, 2021. u00e2u20acu201d Picture by Press Service of Babushkinsky District Court of Moscow via Reuters

Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny back in court for slander trial

US blogger Avijit Roy has been murdered and his wife critically wounded in a machete attack. u00e2u20acu201d Facebook pic

Bangladesh sentences five to death for killing US blogger

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To avoid fate that befell Malaysia’s 1MDB, Jokowi names Indonesia banker as CEO of sovereign wealth fund targeting US$20b

A motorist drives past a rock wall covered with ice on Interstate 71 as snow begins to fall in Louisville, Kentucky, US, February 15, 2021. u00e2u20acu201d Reuters pic

Cold snap leaves one dead, over four million without power in Texas

Police and protective services stand inside a station as people walk along a street in Melbourne February 12, 2021, after authorities ordered a five-day state-wide lockdown to stamp out a new coronavirus outbreak. u00e2u20acu201d AFP picnn

Australia approves AstraZeneca vaccine, bolstering inoculation programme

Musicians participate during a demonstration against the military coup in Yangon February 16, 2021. u00e2u20acu201d AFP pic

Myanmar junta cuts internet again to grind down anti-coup rallies

Media mogul Jimmy Lai, founder of Apple Daily, leaves the Court of Final Appeal by prison van in Hong Kong, China February 9, 2021. u00e2u20acu201d Reuters pic

Two plead guilty in trial of nine Hong Kong democracy activists charged with illegal assembly