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Fishing rights top of the menu as Brexit talks continue 29 Nov 2020 - 01:50 pm
EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier wearing a protective face covering to combat the spread of the coronavirus, walks with his team to a conference centre to continue negotiations on a trade deal between the EU and the UK in London on November 29, 2020. AF
Indonesian volcano belches huge tower of smoke and ash 29 Nov 2020 - 01:46 pm
A volcanic eruption from Mount Ili Lewotolok in Lembata, East Nusa Tenggara spewing ash some 4,000 meters high. November 29, 2020.  AFP
Iran newspaper: Strike Haifa if Israel killed scientist 29 Nov 2020 - 01:37 pm
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S.Korea bans year-end parties, some music lessons, as virus spikes again 29 Nov 2020 - 12:41 pm
A woman wearing a face mask sits in a bus amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Seoul, South Korea, November 27, 2020. REUTERS/Heo Ran
Trump loses another election court challenge 29 Nov 2020 - 12:19 pm
US President Donald Trump walks out of Marine One along with Donald Trump Jr, at Trump National Golf Club in Sterling, Virginia, U.S., November 28, 2020. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno
Afghanistan car bombing kills at least 30 security force personnel 29 Nov 2020 - 12:08 pm
Security personnel are seen after a suicide car bomber struck an army base on the outskirts of Ghazni province on November 29, 2020. AFP / STR
Mysterious monolith in US desert reportedly disappears 29 Nov 2020 - 11:18 am
A metal monolith is seen in Red Rock Desert, Utah, U.S., November 25, 2020, in this still image obtained from a social media video. @davidsurber_ via REUTERS
Elite runners brave Delhi race despite COVID-19 surge, pollution concerns 29 Nov 2020 - 11:01 am
Elite runners take part in the Airtel Delhi Half Marathon in New Delhi, India, November 29, 2020. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis
UK secures 2 mln more doses of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine 29 Nov 2020 - 10:12 am
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China's first domestically made nuclear reactor goes online 28 Nov 2020 - 04:12 pm
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Iran health ministry reports slowing of virus infections 28 Nov 2020 - 03:12 pm
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Merkel seeks to rally Germans as virus death toll mounts 28 Nov 2020 - 02:33 pm
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is reflected as she wears a face mask before holding her speech during a session at the Bundestag (lower house of parliament) on November 26, 2020 in Berlin on measures to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19)
Heavy shelling hits capital of Ethiopia's Tigray: regional govt, aid workers 28 Nov 2020 - 02:23 pm
Vehicles in long lines queueing for gas in Mekele, Ethiopia. AFP
Macron under pressure as thousands expected to protest new law 28 Nov 2020 - 02:17 pm
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In Syria, Yarmuk residents plan return to war-torn Palestinian camp 28 Nov 2020 - 02:13 pm
Issa al-Loubani, a 48-year-old Palestinian refugee, walks with his wife and daughter in a street in the Palestinian Yarmuk camp, on the southern outskirts of the Syrian capital Damascus, on November 25, 2020. AFP / LOUAI BESHARA
Clashes with cleric's supporters kill 5 in southern Iraq 28 Nov 2020 - 01:53 pm
Anti-government protesters clash with supporters of Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr in Nassiriya, Iraq November 27, 2020. REUTERS/Ahmed Dhahi
Brexit negotiations restart in person as clock ticks down 28 Nov 2020 - 01:13 pm
An aerial view shows Royal Tunbridge Wells in Kent, south east England on November 27, 2020. AFP / Ben Stansall
UK testing error wrongly tells 1,300 people they have coronavirus 28 Nov 2020 - 12:43 pm
Pedestrians, some wearing a face mask or covering due to the COVID-19 pandemic, walk in the early morning fog in Walthamstow, east London on November 27, 2020. AFP / Tolga Akmen