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A handout photo provided by the Irish Government Information Service press office shows a meeting between Taoiseach Leo Varadkar (R) and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson in Thornton Manor, Cheshire, Britain, 10 October 2019. Photo: EPA-EFE
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12 October 2019
EU and UK bid to save Brexit talks before key summit
A picture of Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (front) is displayed togethter with former Nobel Peace Prize winners at the Nobel Peace Center in Oslo, Norway, 11 October 2019. Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed was awarded with the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize, the Norwegian Nobel Committee announced 11 October 2019. Photo: EPA-EFE
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12 October 2019
Rough road ahead for Ethiopia’s Abiy after Nobel...
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed faces stark challenges on the very issues that earned...
A major killer in the West until the mid-twentieth century, tuberculosis remains a menace in developing countries (AFP Photo/Money SHARMA)
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09 October 2019
India on the frontline of the fight against...
All the symptoms were there but it still took four doctors and several months of waiting...
Confiscated elephant ivory tusks are displayed before their destruction, in Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia, 30 April 2019. Photo: Fazry Ismail/EPA
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05 October 2019
World wildlife trade affects one in five species...
More than 5,500 species of birds, mammals, amphibians and reptiles are bought and sold on...
State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) personnel rescue a emn from the flood-affected area of Bahadurpur following heavy rainfalls in Patna in the Indian state of Bihar on September 30, 2019. Photo: AFP
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02 October 2019
Late monsoon fury kills 100 in north India
At least 100 people have died in northern India over the last three days in unusually...
Chinese troops march past Tiananmen Square during a military parade marking the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, in Beijing, China, 01 October 2019. Photo: EPA
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01 October 2019
China celebrates 70 years as Hong Kong unrest...
China celebrates 70 years of Communist Party supremacy Tuesday with a parade of tanks,...
Union Minister U Kyaw Tint Swe delivers the statement at high-level General Debate of the74th Session of the United Nations General Assembly held on 28 September 2019 at the United Nations Headquarters. Photo: MNA
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30 September 2019
UN Special Representative for Children and Armed...
The UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict,...
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...

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