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An Indian underprivileged man sleeps using a plastic bubble wrap to shelter himself from the cold weather in New Delhi, India. Photo: EPA
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05 September 2019
Amazon to phase out single-use plastic in India
United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres. Photo: EPA
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30 June 2018
UN's Guterres to visit Bangladesh on...
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will visit Bangladesh on Sunday with World Bank...
Myanmar is not doing enough to tackle human trafficking, according to a US State Department report. A Thai-Myanmar border checkpoint. Photo: Mizzima
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30 June 2018
Myanmar downgraded in US trafficking report
Myanmar is not doing enough to tackle human trafficking, according to a US State...
The parliament buildings are seen through the centennial flame in the Canadian capital of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Photo: Stephen Morrison/EPA
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26 June 2018
Canada falls in line with EU sanctions on Myanmar...
Canada on Monday announced sanctions in coordination with the European Union against...
(FILE) Nikki Haley, the United States' Permanent Representative to the United Nations, speaks during an United Nations Security Council meeting in response to the violence at the border between Gaza and Israel at United Nations headquarters in New York, New York, USA, 15 May 2018 (reissued on 19 June 2018). Photo: Justin Lane/EPA
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21 June 2018
US withdraws from ‘cesspool’ UN rights body
The United States withdrew from the United Nations Human Rights Council on Tuesday,...
People ride a bike past burnt a teak tree forest in Bago region. Photo: Ye Aung Thu/AFP
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21 June 2018
Myanmar one of several countries in danger of...
Earth's intact forests shrank by an area larger than Austria every year from 2014 to 2016...
In this photograph taken on May 7, 2018, sand bags are seen on the roof of a shelter to weigh it down in preparation for the upcoming monsoon season in Kutupalong refugee camp in Ukhia. Photo: Munir Uz Zaman/AFP
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20 June 2018
Refugees from Myanmar more than doubled last year...
A record 68.5 million people have been forced flee their homes due to war, violence and...
US President Donald J. Trump (2-R) and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (2-L) stare at each other during the expanded bilateral meeting as part of the historic summit at the Capella Hotel on Sentosa Island, Singapore, 12 June 2018. The summit marks the first meeting between an incumbent US President and a North Korean leader. Photo: EPA-EFE
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13 June 2018
Kim invites Trump to visit Pyongyang as North...
Kim Jong Un invited Donald Trump to visit North Korea during their historic summit and...
North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un (L) shakes hands with US President Donald Trump (R) after taking part in a signing ceremony at the end of their historic US-North Korea summit, at the Capella Hotel on Sentosa island in Singapore on June 12, 2018. Photo: AFP
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12 June 2018
Kim commits to 'complete denuclearisation of...
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un reaffirmed his commitment to "complete denuclearisation...
Burmese farmers work to maintain a rice crop in a paddy field on the outskirts of Nay Pyi Taw. Photo: Hein Htet/EPA-EFE
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26 May 2018
Global warming may have ‘devastating’ effects on...
As carbon dioxide rises due to the burning of fossil fuels, rice will lose some of its...
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24 May 2018
Canada offers to take in refugees, pledges aid
Canada on Wednesday said it stands ready to take in Rohingya refugees, pledged...
(FILE) A handout picture dated 10 December 2003 shows refugees in the refugee camp on the Island of Nauru. Photo: EPA
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23 May 2018
Refugee sent to PNG by Australia dies
A Rohingya refugee from Myanmar died Tuesday after jumping from a bus on a remote Papua...
The International Criminal Court's (ICC) chief prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda. Photo: EPA-EFE
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15 May 2018
War crimes judges to hold closed talks on Rakhine...
War crimes judges will hold closed-door talks next month to discuss whether to allow the...

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