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Facebook CEO enjoys smoggy Beijing run ahead of forum 18 Mar 2016 - 01:33 pm

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg took a mask-free jog through Beijing's Tiananmen Square on March 18, smiling through thick smog as he seeks greater...

Australia vote reforms explode into venomous talkfest 18 Mar 2016 - 01:25 pm

Australian Minister for Finance Mathias Cormann speaks during the debate on voting reforms in the Australian Senate at Parliament House in Canberra. March...

Mexico City lifts air pollution alert 18 Mar 2016 - 01:20 pm

Passengers leave a subway station during a free day of public transport at Zocalo Square in Mexico City, March 17, 2016. REUTERS, Henry...

Migrant smuggling flight grounded in Greek police bust 18 Mar 2016 - 12:59 pm

Four Greeks and two Iraqis, suspected members of a trafficking network, were arrested in Greece when they were preparing to take to Italy...

Musharraf leaves Pakistan after travel ban lifted 18 Mar 2016 - 12:46 pm

Pervez Musharraf gestures during a news conference in Islamabad in this November 11, 2007 file photo. REUTERS/Faisal Mahmood Karachi: Pakistan's former military ruler...

Taiwan “needs to protect its space” after China renews ties with Gambia 18 Mar 2016 - 12:40 pm

Taiwan president-elect Tsai Ing-wen attends an event in New Taipei City, Taiwan, March 18, 2016. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu TAIPEI: Taiwan needs to protect its...

Seoul condemns updates Japanese textbooks 18 Mar 2016 - 12:34 pm

South Korea's Foreign Ministry spokesman Cho June-hyuck announces a statement protesting Japan's authorization of new high school history textbooks at a ministry building...

At least 7 killed in Haiti tanker truck explosion 18 Mar 2016 - 12:27 pm

The tanker was carrying fuel for the oil company Total according to the Haitian Civil Protection. AFP Port-au-Prince: At least seven people were...

Mass rallies as Brazil president faces impeachment 18 Mar 2016 - 12:22 pm

Supporters of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff called mass street rallies Friday in her defense, counter-attacking in a political crisis that threatens to drive...

Obama looks to seal Cuba engagement on landmark trip 18 Mar 2016 - 12:15 pm

Two men stand on a balcony next to the Cuban and USA National Flags in Havana, Cuba, 17 March 2016. US President Barack...

Exiled Tibetans to elect leader to sustain Dalai Lama legacy 18 Mar 2016 - 12:08 pm

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama pauses as he delivers the Jangchup Lamrim teachings at the Tashi Lhunpo Monastery in Bylakuppe in Karnataka,...

Nothing 'virtual' about climate impact of emails, tweets 18 Mar 2016 - 12:02 pm

Manuel Barrantes enters his house he built underground in San Isidro de Perez Zeledon, Costa Rica, March 14, 2016. Barrantes started digging through...

Australian passes voting reforms, paves way for early election 18 Mar 2016 - 11:53 am

Australia's Minister for Finance Mathias Cormann (R) speaks during the debate on voting reforms in the Australian Senate at Parliament House in Canberra,...

Five things to know about Republic of Congo 18 Mar 2016 - 11:47 am

People react as the car of Reverend Frederic Bitsangou, alias Pastor Ntoumi, leader of the rebel Congolese Ninja group, enters the Kinsundi district...

Sassou Nguesso: from Congo commando to entrenched strongman 18 Mar 2016 - 11:42 am

Electoral posters of incumbent Congolese President Denis Sassou-Nguesso are seen at a busy intersection in Brazzaville on March 16, 2016 ahead of polls...

Congo's Sassou Nguesso seeks new term after 32 years in office 18 Mar 2016 - 11:34 am

Electoral posters of incumbent Congolese President Denis Sassou-Nguesso are seen in Brazzaville on March 16, 2016 ahead of the upcoming polls. Congolese will...

Sanders calls notion he should quit Democratic race ‘absurd’ 18 Mar 2016 - 11:19 am

Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Bernie Sanders holds a town hall event at the Navajo Nation casino in Flagstaff, Arizona March 17, 2016. REUTERS/Nancy...