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Catholic faithful wearing face shields and maintaining physical distancing attend a mass at the usually packed Baclaran church in Paranaque City, suburban Manila on October 9, 2020. After months of livestreaming mass to millions of faithful from behind closed doors, churches in the Catholic-majority Philippines are beginning to reopen. Ted ALJIBE / AFP
Nation

Lockdown tests faith in virus-hit Philippines

MANILA, Oct 10, 2020 (AFP) - After months of livestreaming mass to millions of faithful from behind closed doors, churches in the Catholic-majority Philippines are

North Korea parade
A screen grab taken from a KCNA broadcast on October 10, 2020 shows a general view of North Korean tanks during a military parade marking the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Workers' Party of Korea, on Kim Il Sung square in Pyongyang. Nuclear-armed North Korea held a giant military parade, television images showed, with thousands of maskless troops defying the coronavirus threat and Pyongyang expected to put on show its latest and most advanced weapons. KCNA VIA KNS / AFP
World

N. Korea to defy coronavirus with huge parade

SEOUL, Oct 10, 2020 (AFP) - Nuclear-armed North Korea was expected to parade its latest and most advanced weapons through the streets of Pyongyang on