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Eight killed in blaze at Bangladesh plastics factory 12 Dec 2019 - 08:56 am
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Death toll from NZ volcano eruption rises to 8 as island remains inaccessible 12 Dec 2019 - 08:49 am
An aerial view of the Whakaari, also known as White Island volcano, as seen from Ohope beach in Whakatane, New Zealand, December 12, 2019. REUTERS/Jorge Silva
'Big Sisters' ride to rescue of Nepali child brides 11 Dec 2019 - 11:55 pm
Trump ramps up Facebook ads against impeachment 'witch hunt' 11 Dec 2019 - 11:02 pm
Donald Trump speaks to the press after announcing and initial deal with China at the South Lawn of the White House on October 11, 2019. AFP / Nicholas Kamm
Colombia's Amazon forest gets boost with $366 million protection fund 11 Dec 2019 - 11:02 pm
FILE PHOTO: A man from the Embera tribe cuts trees which had been cut by a private logging company in the community of La Pulida in Darien, Panama, in an area used by Colombian rebels to smuggle drugs, February 17, 2010.
Greta Thunberg's rise from unknown activist to Time Person of the Year 11 Dec 2019 - 11:02 pm
Greta Thunberg holds a placard reading ‘School strike for the climate’ outside the Swedish parliament in Stockholm, Nov 30, 2018. TT News Agency / Hanna Franzen / Reuters.
India's parliament passes ‘narrow-minded’ citizenship law, protests flare 11 Dec 2019 - 08:25 pm
Police personnel try to rescue a police officer (C) caught on fire during a protest against the government's Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) in Agartala, the capital of India's northeastern state of Tripura on December 11, 2019.  AFP / Arindam Dey
Delhi's air turns hazardous again, government issues health warnings 11 Dec 2019 - 08:25 pm
A woman balances a load on her head as she crosses a street near India Gate in heavy smoggy conditions in New Delhi on December 6, 2019. AFP / Jewel Samad
Train kills two elephants in India 11 Dec 2019 - 08:25 pm
Indian villagers and forestry workers gather around the body an elephant after a speeding passenger train struck two elephants crossing the rail tracks at Batasi village near India-Nepal border, some 37 kms from Siliguri on December 11, 2019. AFP
Toyota North America CEO Jim Lentz to retire after 38 years 11 Dec 2019 - 07:42 pm
Jim Lentz pauses during an interview in New York, March 28, 2013. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
Central African Republic: Alleged militia leaders face trial 11 Dec 2019 - 06:42 pm
In this file photo taken on October 29, 2018 members of the armed forces arrest Central African MP Alfred Yekatom aka
Europe launches 'Green Deal' as Thunberg denounces climate inaction 11 Dec 2019 - 06:42 pm
European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen arrives for a session of the European Parliament during which she unveiled Green New Deal plan to fight climate change in Brussels on December 11, 2019.  AFP / Aris Oikonomou
Italy urges donor conference for quake-struck Albania 11 Dec 2019 - 06:42 pm
Emergency personnel put an Albanian flag on top of rubble on the occasion of the Albanian Independence Day during a search for earthquake survivors, November 28, 2019. Reuters / Florion Goga
US aviation chief says Boeing 737 MAX won't be recertified until 2020 11 Dec 2019 - 06:26 pm
A number of Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 MAX aircraft are parked at Southern California Logistics Airport .NORTH AMERICA . March 26, 2019  / AFP / MARIO TAMA
Pompeo condemns deadly Taliban attack on U.S. military base 11 Dec 2019 - 05:26 pm
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo makes a statement to the press at the State Department in Washington, U.S., December 11, 2019. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas
Climate activist Greta Thunberg is Time' 2019 person of the year 11 Dec 2019 - 04:12 pm
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French workers need to work until age 64 to get full pension 11 Dec 2019 - 03:06 pm
French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe looks on before unveiling the details of a pensions reform plan before the CESE (Economic, Social and Environmental Council) in Paris, France December 11, 2019. Thomas Samson/Pool via Reuters
Polls tighten on eve of Britain's Brexit election 11 Dec 2019 - 02:31 pm
Britain's Prime Minister and Conservative leader Boris Johnson walks past a Union flag-themed JCB, with the words