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Foreign students, backpackers face 'endemic wage theft in Australia' 21 Nov 2017 - 08:20 am
A file photo of graduated students. AFP.
Portuguese cattle farmers desperately wait for rain 21 Nov 2017 - 08:07 am
A photo of a dry pond is seen at Antonio Granadeiro's property in Alpalhao, Alentejo, central Portugal, on November 17, 2017. / AFP / FRANCISCO LEONG
Leading Socialist Gerard Filoche faces inquiry for anti-semitic Macron tweet 21 Nov 2017 - 12:13 am
Gerard Filoche, a member of the Socialists' national bureau, also risks exclusion from the party over the Twitter post last Friday night. (AFP / Joel Saget)
German president urges parties to compromise, end crisis 20 Nov 2017 - 04:55 pm
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier leaves after addressing a press conference in Berlin on November 20, 2017, after coalition talks to form a new government failed overnight.  AFP / John MACDOUGALL
Syria 'de-escalation zone' sees civilians buried under the rubble 20 Nov 2017 - 04:50 pm
Smoke rises after Assad regime's war crafts carry out airstrikes over residential areas of Arbin town of the Eastern Ghouta region of Damascus in Syria on November 19, 2017. Samir Tatin - AA
US urges action on rights abuse for closer Nigerian ties 20 Nov 2017 - 04:44 pm
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Five killed in Haiti floods 20 Nov 2017 - 04:15 pm
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Time has come for justice, Mladic's victims say 20 Nov 2017 - 02:33 pm
A mural of former Bosnian Serb general Ratko Mladic is seen on a building in Gacko, Bosnia and Herzegovina November 8, 2017. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic
India's Rahul Gandhi set to take over as Congress party chief 20 Nov 2017 - 02:28 pm
Indian National Congress party Vice-President Rahul Gandhi (C) looks on during the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting at the Congress party headquarters in New Delhi on November 20, 2017. AFP / MONEY SHARMA
Egyptian court postpones Morsi’s trial to Dec. 3 20 Nov 2017 - 01:31 pm
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Greece unveils flood relief measures as death toll hits 20 20 Nov 2017 - 01:23 pm
Locals remove mud from the entrance of their house, following flash floods which hit the town of Mandra, Greece, November 18, 2017. REUTERS/Costas Baltas.
Twenty killed as truck topples onto van in Pakistan 20 Nov 2017 - 01:18 pm
Photo: AFP.
Kenya's Supreme Court upholds Kenyatta election win 20 Nov 2017 - 01:10 pm
Jubilee Party supporters celebrate after Kenya's Supreme Court upheld the re-election of President Uhuru Kenyatta in last month's repeat presidential vote, in Nairobi, Kenya November 20, 2017. REUTERS/Baz Ratner.
Nigeria state poll peaceful despite 'Biafran boycott' call 20 Nov 2017 - 12:32 pm
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Japan 'Twitter killer' faces first murder charge 20 Nov 2017 - 12:29 pm
Takahiro Shiraishi has been charged with murder, the first of an expected series of charges for a man who has admitted killing and dimembering nine peopl in his Tokyo apartment AFP/STR.
Thai economy records best growth of junta rule 20 Nov 2017 - 12:28 pm
Thailand's Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha. (Photo: AFP/Tang Chhin Sothy).
Former Wimbledon champion Jana Novotna dies aged 49: WTA 20 Nov 2017 - 12:25 pm
A file photo of Former Wimbledon champion Jana Novotna. REUTERS/Jacky Naegelen/File Photo
Angela Merkel, fighting to stay Germany's 'eternal chancellor' 20 Nov 2017 - 12:15 pm
German Chancellor and leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party, Angela Merkel, closes her eyes while speaking after exploratory talks on forming a new government broke down on November 19, 2017 in Berlin. AFP / Tobias SCHWARZ