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A hotel employee takes the temperature of a man who just arrived in the building in Wuhan (AFP Photo/Hector RETAMAL)
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27 January 2020
Anxious foreigners await rescue from China virus epicentre
US President Donald Trump (L). Photo: EPA
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28 September 2019
Democrats’ move to impeach Trump picks up pace
Democrats charged aggressively into an impeachment investigation of President Donald...
Mae La, the largest Myanmar refugee camp in Thailand. Photo: Mizzima
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27 September 2019
US to further slash refugee resettlement program...
The United States plans to dramatically lower the ceiling on a decades-old refugee...
At 700,000 square metres (173 acres) the new Beijing Daxing International Airport will be one of the world's largest airport terminals. Photo: AFP
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26 September 2019
Beijing opens glitzy airport ahead of China’s...
A futuristic airport that resembles a giant starfish opened in Beijing Wednesday, as...
ICRC President Peter Maurer meets with H.E. Kyaw Tint Swe, Union Minister for the Office of the State Counsellor. Important discussion on humanitarian challenges in Rakhine. Photo: Peter Maurer/Twitter
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25 September 2019
Myanmar, Bangladesh, and China hold informal...
Representatives from Myanmar, Bangladesh, and China called this week for enhanced...
The fountain on the North Lawn of the White House is seen dyed green in Washington, DC, USA. Photo: EPA
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25 September 2019
U.S. passes legislation to hold senior Myanmar...
Yesterday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the BURMA Act, legislation which...
Protesters react as US rapper Jaden Smith preforms at the Youth Climate Strike in Battery Park in New York, New York, USA, 20 September 2019. An estimated quarter of a million people marched in New York to protest government inaction on the climate crisis. Photo: Peter Foley/EPA
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21 September 2019
Millions protest in youth-led global climate...
Masses of children skipped school Friday to join a global strike against climate change...
Students on stage lead young protesters in chants during a Global Strike 4 Climate rally at Civic Square in Launceston, Tasmania, Australia, 20 September 2019. It is estimated that more than 1,000 people were in attendance, among them many students who had left school to join the worldwide day of protest. The Global Strike 4 Climate is being held only days ahead of the scheduled United Nations Climate Change Summit in New York. Photo: Barbara Walton/EPA-EFE
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20 September 2019
Children in Australia, Pacific launch global...
Children in Australia and the Pacific Islands kicked off a millions-strong global climate...
Swedish environment activist Greta Thunberg speaks at a climate protest outside the White House in Washington, DC on September 13, 2019. Thunberg, 16, has spurred teenagers and students around the world to strike from school every Friday under the rallying cry "Fridays for future" to call on adults to act now to save the planet. Photo: Nicholas Kamm/AFP
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20 September 2019
Meet America’s climate revolutionaries as...
As a growing world youth movement for climate action takes to the streets today in many...
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
Amazon said Wednesday it will ditch single-use plastic packaging in India by next year,...
US Navy shows US Navy officers and maritime forces from ASEAN countries salute during the opening ceremony of the ASEAN-US Maritime exercise at Sattahip Naval base, Chonburi province, Thailand, 02 September 2019. Photo: EPA
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03 September 2019
US, ASEAN kick off first joint naval drills
The United States and ten Southeast Asian countries kicked off maritime drills on Monday...
A polar bear climbs out of the water to walk on the ice in the Franklin Strait in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Photo: AFP
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31 August 2019
Draft UN report warns of rising seas, storm...
The same oceans that nourished human evolution are poised to unleash misery on a global...
This handout from the Office of the Narcotics Control Board taken on August 19, 2019 and released on August 21, 2019 shows capsules of cocaine found in the possession of Kenyan national Glenn Chibasellow Ooko at Suvarnabhumi airport in Bangkok. Photo: AFP/Handout
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22 August 2019
Thai authorities arrest Kenyan who swallowed 68...
A Kenyan man was stopped at Bangkok's airport for allegedly trying to smuggle more than...

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