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Citizens battle to save China's sickly 'mother river' 12 Jan 2020 - 09:49 pm
This photo taken on November 8, 2019 shows a worker handling a cow hide at the Boyin leather tannery in Shenqiu, in China's central Henan province.  AFP / Greg Baker
Hell and ice water: Glacier melt threatens Pakistan's future 12 Jan 2020 - 09:18 pm
This picture taken on June 28, 2019 shows men pointing at the black Shisper glacier in the Karakoram mountain range of Pakistan's Gilgit-Baltistan region. AFP / Aamir Qureshi
The 97 kms between China and mastery of the Mekong 12 Jan 2020 - 09:18 pm
Niwat Roikaew, conservationist and head of the Rak Chiang Khong group, on a boat in the Chiang Khong district in the northern Thai province of Chiang Rai on September 20, 2019.  AFP / Lillian Suwanrumpha
'Everything is lost': Life on the edge of the Brahmaputra 12 Jan 2020 - 09:18 pm
This picture taken on September 17, 2019 shows soil erosion caused by the waters of Brahmaputra river at Majuli island in the northeastern Indian state of Assam. AFP / Diptendu Dutta
Dispatches from the wettest place on earth 12 Jan 2020 - 09:18 pm
A woman carrying a bucket after collecting drinking water from a steam at Nongthymmai-Lumthangding village on the outskirts of Shillong in Meghalaya September 19, 2019. AFP / Diptendu Dutta
River people: Life along Asia's key waterways 12 Jan 2020 - 09:18 pm
Fisherman Kome Wilai fishing from his boat along the Mekong River between Chiang Rai province in Thailand (R) and Laos (L) on September 20, 2019. AFP / Lillian Suwanrumpha
Instagram introduces new SloMo, Echo, Duo effects for Boomerang 12 Jan 2020 - 09:07 am
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A Parody Carlos Ghosn Video Game Is Already in the Works 10 Jan 2020 - 02:52 pm
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Carbon emissions from Australian blazes near Amazon fire levels 09 Jan 2020 - 09:45 pm
FILE PHOTO: An Air-crane water bombing helicopter drops water on a bushfire in Harrington, Australia, November 8, 2019. AAP Image / Shane Chalker via Reuters
Apple announces iPhone 11 Night Mode photo challenge 09 Jan 2020 - 01:48 pm
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From exoskeletons to education at CES 09 Jan 2020 - 10:54 am
Italian composer Giorgio Moroder unveils his new sound designed for FPT power trains during the 2020 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada on January 8, 2020. AFP / Julie Jammot
'WhatsApp from Facebook' arrives for new users in 2020 09 Jan 2020 - 09:53 am
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Traditional crops puff hopes for climate resilience in Kenya 08 Jan 2020 - 11:38 pm
Workers wash millet to prepare it for popping in Embu, Kenya, September 9, 2019. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Wesley Langat
AI-powered avatar at tech show touted as 'artificial human' 08 Jan 2020 - 06:50 pm
Neon, a unit of Samsung, promotes a planned launch of an
Boeing will reassign 3,000 workers as airlines reach compensation deals over MAX 07 Jan 2020 - 10:27 am
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Toyota's 'woven' city, Samsung robot-ball: CES highlights 07 Jan 2020 - 10:16 am
Toyota President and CEO Akio Toyoda (L) and Danish architect Bjarke Ingel reveal plans to build a prototype
Facebook rolls out 4 new privacy features 07 Jan 2020 - 09:35 am
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NASA planet hunter finds Earth-sized world in 'Goldilocks zone' 07 Jan 2020 - 09:18 am
This handout image released on January 6, 2020 courtesy of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center shows an artists' illustration of the planet TOI 700 d, the first Earth-size habitable-zone planet discovered by NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TE