A drug addicted mother stands in the doorway of her house in Nimruz's capital Zaranj. About 10 percent of addicts are women here, the National Police estimates in Zaranj, Afghanistan on January 21, 2020. (Thoms
People wear face masks while walking in a footbridge near of Beijing Railway Station, following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Beijing, China on April 2. (REUTERS Photo)
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A Somali man sleeps at an abandoned khat stimulant market closed amid concerns about the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Mogadishu, Somalia on March 26, 2020. (REUTERS File Photo)
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A man in a protective mask walks past a closed cafe near Plaza de Catalunya (Catalonia Square) during partial lockdown as part of a 15-day state of emergency to combat the coronavirus disease outbreak, in Barce
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BEIJING, APRIL 2 (IANS): Shenzhen has become the first Chinese city to ban the sale and consumption of dogs and cats, a move that comes after the coronavirus outbreak wa
WASHINGTON, April 2 (Reuters): A U.S. congressman is calling on the State Department to urge China to investigate the disappearance of three Chinese citizen journalists who sought to expose the impact of t
A homeless man sells The Big Issue magazine outside a tube station in north London, Britain on December 23, 2016. (REUTERS File Photo)
LONDON, April 2 (Thomson Reuters Foundation): The Big Iss
KABUL, April 2 (Reuters): Afghanistan began on Thursday the process of releasing from jail 100 Taliban Islamist militants in a prisoner swap for 20 of its security forces, a senior security official and a
A medical worker draws blood from a man for the preliminary blood test of tested for COVID-19 at the Chulalongkorn University Health Service Center in Bangkok, Thailand on April 2. (REUTERS Photo)
 
Filipino student Marcus Chu wears a face shield he made with his 3D printer and assembled at his home in Manila, Philippines on April 1, 2020. (REUTERS Photo)
MANILA, April 2 (Reuters): A
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Health Minister Yaakov Litzman gesture as they deliver statements during a visit to the Health Ministry national hotline, in Kiryat Malachi, Israel on March 1, 2020
A robot helping medical teams treat patients suffering from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is pictured at the corridor, in the Circolo hospital, in Varese, Italy on April 1, 2020. (REUTERS Photo)
Kids play on Xingu River during a joint declaration to the media by Indigenous leaders Cacique Raoni of Kayapo tribe (C) and Sonia Guajajara (3rd L), and Angela Mendes (2nd R), daughter of late environmentalist
The flag of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) flutters in front of its headquarters in Vienna, Austria on September 9, 2019. (REUTERS File Photo)
VIENNA, April 2 (Reuters): The U.N
Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus attends a news conference on the situation of the coronavirus (COVID-2019), in Geneva, Switzerland on February 28, 2020. (
Coffins of two victims of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are seen during a burial ceremony in the southern town of Cisternino, Italy on March 30, 2020. (REUTERS File Photo)
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United Nations, April 2 (IANS) The post-coronavirus world will be different and much more digital than before, said UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.
"One thing that's clear is that we're seeing th
Washington, April 2 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has warned Iran against a "sneak attack" on American forces and assets in Iraq, threatening a "very heavy price" as a consequence.
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Every virus is different and so are the drugs used to treat them, says the researcher at University of California. (AP photo)
A source familiar with IIBR activities told Reuters that trials were already un
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte gestures during his fourth State of the Nation Address at the Philippine Congress in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines July 22, 2019. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez/File Photo