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Nobel winner Suu Kyi to defend Myanmar on genocide charges 10 Dec 2019 - 07:58 pm
This file photo taken on July 19 2016 shows Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi paying her respects to her late father Myanmar independence hero General Aung San during a ceremony in Yangon. AFP / Ye Aung
Why have North Korea-US denuclearisation talks stalled? 10 Dec 2019 - 06:54 pm
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un and US President Donald Trump (AFP / Saul Loeb & Ed Jones)
Detroit tops list of hard-to-count cities ahead of census 10 Dec 2019 - 06:54 pm
An informational pamphlet is displayed at an event to mark the one-year-out launch of the 2020 Census efforts in Boston, Massachusetts, April 1, 2019. Reuters / Brian Snyder
A free pass for Trump? GOP presses edge in key battlegrounds 10 Dec 2019 - 06:54 pm
A Trump 2020 campaign poster is seen on a fir alarm during a campaign rally by Donald Trump in Fayetteville, North Carolina, US, September 9, 2019. Reuters / Kevin Lamarque
French pension tension: Unions protest, police on guard 10 Dec 2019 - 06:54 pm
People stand amid tear-gas smoke during a demonstration on December 10, 2019 in Lyon as part of the sixth day of massive strike action over government's plans to overhaul the pension system. AFP / Jeff Pachoud
Alberto Fernández inaugurated as president of Argentina 10 Dec 2019 - 06:20 pm
Argentina's incoming president Alberto Fernandez (L) receives the presidential sash from outgoing president Mauricio Macri .December 10, 2019. / AFP / Ronaldo SCHEMIDT
Democrats announce two impeachment charges against Trump 10 Dec 2019 - 05:50 pm
Adam Schiff, Jerry Nadler(2ndL), Nancy Pelosi(L), Eliot Engel(R), Maxine Waters(3rdL), Democrat of California, and Carolyn Maloney(2ndR) announces articles of impeachment for US President Donald Trump during a press conference, December 10, 2019. AFP / Sa
Russians protest over plans to build road near Soviet-era radioactive waste site 10 Dec 2019 - 05:50 pm
A sign indicating radioactive material is shown in Anaheim, California, March 17, 2011. Reuters / Lucy Nicholson
Angry protesters attack Lebanese city's municipality 10 Dec 2019 - 05:50 pm
FILE PHOTO: Lebanese protesters celebrate the resignation of Saad Hariri in the southern city of Sidon on October 29, 2019 on the 13th day of anti-government protests. AFP / Mahmoud Zayyat
2 police officers fired over Facebook posts 10 Dec 2019 - 05:50 pm
Silhouettes of laptop users are seen next to a screen projection of Facebook logo in this picture illustration, March 28, 2018. Reuters / Dado Ruvic
Six shot dead in Czech hospital attack, suspect shoots himself 10 Dec 2019 - 01:12 pm
This handout image published by the Czech police on their twitter account on December 10, 2019 shows a suspected gunman who opened fire at the Faculty Hospital in Ostrava, eastern Czech Republic, killing six people.
Pressured at home, Ethiopia PM picks up Nobel Peace Prize 10 Dec 2019 - 12:53 pm
Ethiopia's Prime Minister and this year's Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Abiy Ahmed Ali (C) signs the Nobel Protocol at his arrival in Oslo, Norway, on December 9, 2019; behind (From L) members of the Norwegian Nobel Peace Prize comitee Asle Toje, chairwoman
Six shot dead in Czech hospital attack 10 Dec 2019 - 12:26 pm
Police officers stand guard near the site of a shooting in front of a hospital in Ostrava, Czech Republic, December 10, 2019. REUTERS/Lukas Kabon
Several killed in shooting at Czech hospital - minister 10 Dec 2019 - 10:51 am
Image taken from @PolicieCZ Twitter handle.
Families face painful wait as volcano rescue stalls 10 Dec 2019 - 10:32 am
Steam rises from the White Island volcano in Whakatane on December 10, 2019, after a volcanic eruption the day before. . / AFP / Marty MELVILLE
Chile military plane disappears with 38 aboard: Air Force 10 Dec 2019 - 09:08 am
View of the rescue planes that searched the open sea between the southern tip of South America and Antarctic for the Chilean Air Force C-130 Hercules cargo plane that went missing in the sea on the eve with 38 people aboard at Chabunco army base in Punta
Sydney air pollution is so bad it’s setting off fire alarms 10 Dec 2019 - 08:58 am
The Sydney Opera House can be seen as smoke haze from bush fires in New South Wales blankets the CBD in Sydney, Australia, December 10, 2019. AAP Image/Joel Carrett/via REUTERS
Police open criminal probe into New Zealand volcano deaths 10 Dec 2019 - 08:38 am
Smoke from the volcanic eruption of Whakaari, also known as White Island, is pictured from a boat, New Zealand December 9, 2019 in this picture grab obtained from a social media video - via REUTERS