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YouTuber draws China fire for calling Taiwan leader ‘President’ 16 Dec 2019 - 08:32 am
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UN climate talks have 'failed the people' 15 Dec 2019 - 08:14 pm
Empty chairs are pictured during the UN Climate Change Conference COP25 at the 'IFEMA - Feria de Madrid' exhibition centre, in Madrid, on December 13, 2019.  AFP / Cristina Quicler
Google culture war escalates as era of transparency wanes 15 Dec 2019 - 01:00 pm
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Netflix-inspired tools can reap rewards for farmers, says Nobel winner 13 Dec 2019 - 10:25 pm
A farmer shows an irrigation management system app on his mobile phone at a coffee plantation in Sao Sebastiao do Paraiso, Brazil April 22, 2019. Reuters/Amanda Perobelli
Kenyan scientist builds with bottles to beat plastic pollution 13 Dec 2019 - 08:47 pm
Hope Mwanake, co-founder of Eco Blocks and Tiles poses for a photo at her factory in Gilgil, Kenya on Dec 4, 2019. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Nita Bhalla
Climate talks head for overtime with key issues unresolved 13 Dec 2019 - 07:52 pm
A demonstrator holds a placard during a protest on climate emergency, called by environmental groups including Extinction Rebellion and Fridays For Future, outside the UN Climate Change Conference COP25 at the 'IFEMA - Feria de Madrid' exhibition centre,
Brazil's Amazon rainforest and development at a crossroads 12 Dec 2019 - 07:04 pm
Trucks drive along the Trans-Amazonian highway BR230 past a bridge under construction, near Ruropolis, Para state, Brazil, in the Amazon rainforest, on September 7, 2019. AFP / Nelson Almeida
I'm Santa Claus, hacker taunts terrified girl via room camera 12 Dec 2019 - 12:17 pm
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Facebook, Google drop out of Top 10 ‘best places to work’ list 12 Dec 2019 - 10:25 am
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Grumpy cat, lovelorn whale are stars of 2019's top animal stories 11 Dec 2019 - 03:59 pm
FILE PHOTO: Goats, deployed on scrubland surrounding the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Institute, gather in Simi Valley, California, in an undated photo released to Reuters on December 6, 2019. Courtesy The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation
Facebook Portal will now work with just WhatsApp login 11 Dec 2019 - 10:42 am
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WhatsApp won't work on millions of devices from next year 11 Dec 2019 - 08:21 am
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Climate change tops list of global worries for young people, says Amnesty 10 Dec 2019 - 11:24 pm
FILE PHOTO: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau greets Swedish climate change teen activist Greta Thunberg before a climate strike march in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, September 27, 2019. Reuters /  Andrej Ivanov
Leaders 'criminally negligent' if they ignore climate science, says Al Gore 10 Dec 2019 - 11:23 pm
Former US Vice President Al Gore speaks during an interview with Reuters at UN Climate Change Conference (COP25) in Madrid, Spain December 10, 2019. Reuters/Sergio Perez
With few green spaces, Bangkok plants Asia's biggest rooftop farm 10 Dec 2019 - 08:54 pm
An aerial view of the urban rooftop farm at Bangkok's Thammasat University's Rangsit campus, said to be Asia's biggest. Photo courtesy: Landprocess
Child's play: Coding booms among Chinese children 10 Dec 2019 - 07:59 pm
This photo taken on November 7, 2019 shows Zhou Ziheng (L) helping his son Vita to create a game with coding on his laptop at their home in Shanghai. AFP / Hector Retamal
In Sweden's Arctic, ice atop snow leaves reindeer starving 10 Dec 2019 - 06:54 pm
This file photo taken on March 16, 2017 shows reindeers in Kautokeino, a town in Finnmark county, located in the northeastern part of Norway. AFP / Jonathan Nackstrand
Apple may add larger batteries to 2020 iPhone models 10 Dec 2019 - 12:19 pm
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