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Art ambition: Hong Kong battles Beijing as dreams for culture soar 28 Mar 2019 - 05:44 pm
In this picture taken on December 6, 2018, local artist Kacey Wong poses at his studio in Hong Kong.  AFP/Anthony Wallace
Legal, but... abortion access under threat in Catholic Croatia 28 Mar 2019 - 05:44 pm
Jasenka Grujic, a gynaecologist and a prominent voice for reproductive rights, poses on February 13, 2019, at her private clinic in Zagreb, Croatia AFP
From outrage to icon: Paris marks 30 years of Louvre's pyramid 28 Mar 2019 - 05:44 pm
In this file photo taken on August 7, 1987 shows the Louvre Pyramid under construction, designed by Chinese-US architect Ieoh Ming Pei, in the main courtyard (Cour Napoleon) of the Louvre Palace (Palais du Louvre) in Paris. AFP / Patrick Kovarik
Nando’s Qatar launches newly designed menu with pictures 28 Mar 2019 - 01:51 pm
Nandos staff in new uniform with dishes introduced in the new menu. Pic: Qassim Rahmatullah / The Peninsula
Singapore defends UN bid for street food honour 28 Mar 2019 - 11:00 am
People gather at the Hawkers Centre at lunchtime in Singapore on March 28, 2019. AFP / Roslan RAHMAN
Blockchain potent force but 'no cure-all' for land rights 27 Mar 2019 - 11:05 pm
The Bitcoin logo is seen on a pillow on display at the Consensus 2018 blockchain technology conference in New York City, May 16, 2018. Reuters/Mike Segar
Air pollution linked with psychotic experiences in UK teens 27 Mar 2019 - 10:17 pm
A man walks through Greenwich Park as a haze of pollution sits over the London skyline April 3, 2014. Reuters/Luke MacGregor
Bodybags, rats, waste: Disaster response turns to VR for grim training 27 Mar 2019 - 09:00 pm
A Thai forensic police officer wearing a virtual reality headset before searching for victims in a simulated city in ruins at the police headquarters in Chon Buri province on February 26, 2019. AFP / Lillian Suwanrumpha
Apologising for colonial pasts 27 Mar 2019 - 07:39 pm
Swiss Guards before attending a swearing-in ceremony in Vatican City on May 6, 2017. AFP/Tiziana Fabi
Three ‘Godfathers of Deep Learning’ selected for Turing Award 27 Mar 2019 - 01:23 pm
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Long-lost treasure of Russian aristocrats displayed for first time 27 Mar 2019 - 01:12 pm
A view of pieces of the treasure once belonged to the Narshykin aristocratic family, which was discovered in 2012 during a restoration of an 18th century mansion in Saint Petersburg, during a media event at the Tsarskoye Selo palace museum in Pushkin on M
QAC launches special offers on Mitsubishi Montero Sport, Pajero 27 Mar 2019 - 08:55 am
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UK schools should teach dangers of breast ironing, says education union 26 Mar 2019 - 08:09 pm
People walk through the More London business district with Tower Bridge seen behind in London, Britain, November 11, 2015. Reuters/Toby Melville
Ugandan farmers test big-data solution to climate challenges 26 Mar 2019 - 08:09 pm
Esther Nakisige, a beneficiary of the MUIIS farmer information service, checks her phone at her home in Iganga District, Uganda, on February 14, 2019. Thomson Reuters Foundation
In war, dirty water more dangerous to children than violence, says UNICEF 26 Mar 2019 - 08:09 pm
A boy pushes a wheelbarrow filled with water containers after collecting drinking water from a charity tap amid a cholera outbreak in Sanaa, Yemen, October 13, 2017. Reuters/Mohamed al-Sayaghi
The tree helping Kenyan farmers beat drought and poverty 26 Mar 2019 - 07:06 pm
Farmer Jonathan Kituku Mung’ala takes stock of his Melia volkensii trees at his farm in Kibwezi, southern Kenya, on February 5, 2019. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Kagondu Njagi.
Does #nomakeup trend help women or is it bare-faced cheek? 26 Mar 2019 - 07:06 pm
Musician Alicia Keys arrives at the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards in New York, August 28, 2016. Reuters/Eduardo Munoz
From attacks to deaths, key facts about Congo's escalating Ebola epidemic 26 Mar 2019 - 07:05 pm
A Congolese health worker checks the temperature of a child before vaccination against the deadly Ebola virus near Mangina village, DR Congo, August 8, 2018. Reuters/Samuel Mambo