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A COVID-19 press conference in Queensland, Australia, was interrupted when a giant huntsman spider crawled up the leg of the state’s health minister, causing a moment of chaos.
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Seven of New Zealand’s most notorious gang leaders have teamed up in a video to encourage their communities to get vaccinated against COVID-19.
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More than 500 pets of different species in the Philippines received unconventional blessings in an unconventional way unique to the age of the pandemic on Sunday Oct. 3.
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A parking lot of taxis abandoned in Bangkok, Thailand, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic have been transformed into a vegetable garden to help feed taxi drivers who have been put out of work.
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he mayor of Japanese city Nagoya has apologized after being heavily criticized for grabbing a softball player’s Olympic gold medal and biting on it during a public ceremony.
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Kenyan doctor Jemimah Kariuki, 28, has been awarded by the World Health Organisation (WHO) for Global Health, in recognition of her contribution to advancing maternal health.
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Morikawa papa, a Japanese dad, built a homemade sushi restaurant to surprise his son while Japan was in a state of emergency due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Brazil’s far-right president Jair Bolsonaro has been fined for not wearing a mask during a motorcycle rally he held in São Paulo.
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Tens of thousands of people across Brazil took to the streets on Saturday May 29 to demand the country’s far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro, step down over his failure to handle the COVID-19 pandemic, which has killed nearly half a million people in the country.
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An epidemic of black fungus is sweeping through India, with more than 9,000 cases reported and cases still rising in patients who have recovered or are recovering from COVID-19.
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Dozens of rickshaw drivers in New Delhi, India, have transformed their three-wheeled vehicles into free auto-ambulances to help both the citizens and the overwhelmed healthcare system.
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Noto, a coastal town in the Ishikawa prefecture of Japan, has recently come under fire after it used emergency COVID-19 funds to build a giant squid statue.