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European Rohingya Council slams Suu Kyi for 'genocide' 14 Dec 2019 - 02:07 am
Nobel peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, leaves the Peace Palace in The Hague, Netherlands, on December 12, 2019. AFP / ANP / Koen Van Weel
Chile police response to protests 'repressive': UN 13 Dec 2019 - 11:07 pm
A demonstrator reacts as she is detained by riot policemen during a protest against Chile government in Santiago, Chile, November 30, 2019. Reuters / Pablo Sanhueza
'Forgotten crisis' as drought displaces hundreds of thousands of Ethiopians 13 Dec 2019 - 10:25 pm
Ethiopia is struggling from its worst drought for 30 years (AFP / Joel Robine)
Britain elects record number of female lawmakers in 2019 election 13 Dec 2019 - 10:25 pm
Liberal Democrats candidate Jo Swinson (R) speaks after losing her seat in East Dunbartonshire constituency to Scottish National Party's Amy Callaghan (2nd L), at a counting centre for Britain's general election in Bishopbriggs, Britain December 13, 2019.
Removable solar panels boost storm readiness in Dominica 13 Dec 2019 - 10:25 pm
A view of rooftop solar panels installed by volunteer group Electriciens sans Frontieres in the Caribbean island of Dominica in 2018 after Hurricane Maria in 2017. Credit: UN Climate Change
Remote island off East Timor turns sunlight, air into drinking water 13 Dec 2019 - 10:25 pm
Zero Mass Water's hydropanels on Atauro island, near East Timor, in the summer of 2019. Credit: Zero Mass Water
'It could've been me': India women demand safety as recent rapes prompt hundreds of petitions 13 Dec 2019 - 10:25 pm
A poster is seen at a candle march by the doctors from AIIMS, New Delhi, to protest against the rape-murder of a 27-year-old woman in Hyderabad, India, December 3, 2019. Reuters / Anushree Fadnavis
Green Climate Fund stepping up on 'loss and damage', head says 13 Dec 2019 - 10:25 pm
A girl sits on a log next to the roots of a tree, which have been exposed as a result of high-tides, near the village of Teaoraereke on South Tarawa in the central Pacific island nation of Kiribati May 25, 2013. Reuters/David Gray
Young US Republicans defy party to fight climate change 13 Dec 2019 - 10:25 pm
In this file photo taken on December 17, 2018, the US Capitol is seen in Washington. AFP / Saul Loeb
Women want in as internet revolution creeps into Chad 13 Dec 2019 - 10:25 pm
Entrepreneurs Falmata Awada and Zam-zam Djorkode give a demonstration of their mobile health app in N'Djamena, Chad, November 21, 2019. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Nellie Peyton
How Boris Johnson’s election gamble paid off 13 Dec 2019 - 08:56 pm
Boris Johnson in London, Britain, February 21, 2016. Reuters / Peter Nicholls
Cutting edge 'tree' displays Vilnius airport contraband 13 Dec 2019 - 08:47 pm
A woman takes a picture of a
Polling station pooches bring light relief to UK election 13 Dec 2019 - 08:47 pm
Boris Johnson holds his dog Dilyn as he leaves a polling station, at the Methodist Central Hall, after voting in the general election in London, Britain, December 12, 2019. Reuters/Dylan Martinez
Foul smell interrupts Georgia parliament session 13 Dec 2019 - 08:47 pm
Representative image (Reuters / Vincent Kessler)
Trump says Boris Johnson win could be 'harbinger' for him 13 Dec 2019 - 08:47 pm
US President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House, October 2, 2019. Reuters / Kevin Lamarque
Macron pushes ahead with pension plan amid damaging strikes 13 Dec 2019 - 08:47 pm
Emmanuel Macron
Austrian far-right kicks out scandal-hit ex-leader Strache 13 Dec 2019 - 07:52 pm
 Former head of Freedom Party (FPOe) Heinz-Christian Strache addresses a news conference in Vienna, Austria October 1, 2019. Reuters/Leonhard Foeger
Pentagon tests long-banned ballistic missile over Pacific 13 Dec 2019 - 07:52 pm
This video grab taken from a US Department of Defense handout video released on December 12, 2019, shows a ballistic missile being launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. AFP