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Poland sets date for pivotal election as row with EU deepens 05 Feb 2020 - 09:16 pm
Horse carriages stand near the Cloth Hall building in the old city center in Krakow on Febuary 5, 2020. AFP / Ludovic Marin
Canada tries second time to mandate rape sensitivity training for judges 05 Feb 2020 - 09:16 pm
The Canadian flag flies on Parliament Hill in Ottawa. (Reuters / Blair Gable)
UN sees 'major progress' on forced labour in Uzbek cotton harvest 05 Feb 2020 - 09:15 pm
An Uzbek farmer tills a cotton field outside Tashkent farm, May 20, 2005. AFP / Denis Sinyakov
Who is indigenous? Millions may be denied land in India's Assam over definition 05 Feb 2020 - 09:15 pm
A villager from a Muslim community sits at a relief camp in Narayanguri village in Baksa district in the northeastern Indian state of Assam May 4, 2014. Reuters/Utpal Baruah
Rising seas threaten to drown US airports by 2100 05 Feb 2020 - 09:15 pm
A Delta Air Lines flight is pushed out of its gate at the airport in Salt Lake City, Utah, US, January 12, 2018. Reuters / Mike Blake
Britain urged to lead by example for successful UN climate summit 05 Feb 2020 - 09:15 pm
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson (R) and British broadcaster and conservationist David Attenborough attend an event to launch the United Nations' Climate Change conference, COP26, in central London on February 4, 2020.  AFP / Jeremy Selwyn
UK pursuit of 'unexplained wealth' clears legal hurdle 05 Feb 2020 - 07:20 pm
Three judges in the Court of Appeal quashed Zamira Hajiyeva's complaint and allowed the National Crime Agency (NCA) to continue freezing her property and some assets.
University of Maastricht says it paid hackers 200,000-euro ransom 05 Feb 2020 - 07:20 pm
FILE PHOTO: An IT researcher stands next to a giant screen of a computer infected by a ransomware at the LHS of the INRIA in Rennes on November 3, 2016. AFP / Damien Meyer
Plane crashes after landing in Istanbul, no fatalities 05 Feb 2020 - 07:19 pm
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Romania's pro-EU government falls after three months 05 Feb 2020 - 07:19 pm
Romanian interim PM Ludovic Orban delivers a speech before a no-confidence vote session in Parliament in Bucharest, Romania February 5, 2020. Inquam Photos/George Calin via Reuters
Far-right backing for regional politician shocks Germany 05 Feb 2020 - 07:19 pm
Protestors hold a rally outside the heahquaters of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) in Berlin on February 5, 2020. AFP / John MacDougall
Accuser in LA case to testify at Weinstein’s NY rape trial 05 Feb 2020 - 07:19 pm
Film producer Harvey Weinstein leaves New York Criminal Court for his sexual assault trial in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, US, February 4, 2020. Reuters/Jeenah Moon
Mexican farmers take over dams to stop water payments to US 05 Feb 2020 - 07:19 pm
US Border Patrol agents conduct a training exercise in the Anapra area, in front of the wall that divides Sunland Park, New Mexico, US, from Mexico, as seen from Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua state, on January 31, 2020. AFP / Herika Martinez
Palestinian killed in clashes as tensions rise over US plan 05 Feb 2020 - 06:32 pm
Relatives of 17-year-old Palestinian Mohammed Al-Hadad react at a hospital in Hebron in the Israeli-occupied West Bank February 5, 2020. Reuters/Mussa Qawasma
Equatorial Guinea offers China $2 million for virus fight 05 Feb 2020 - 06:16 pm
A mural against xenophobia towards Chinese people is seen after two cases of the novel coronavirus were confirmed in Italy, by street artist Laika in Rome, Italy, February 5, 2020. Reuters/Guglielmo Mangiapane
Biden slump in Iowa may signal bigger campaign woes 05 Feb 2020 - 06:13 pm
Joe Biden gestures as he addresses supporters and curious voters at the IBEW Local 490 in Concord, New Hampshire on February 4, 2020. AFP / Joseph Prezioso
Iowa Democrats drawn to two faces of change 05 Feb 2020 - 06:13 pm
 Pete Buttigieg and Bernie Sanders. AFP / Joseph Prezioso
Key takeaways from Trump’s State of the Union speech 05 Feb 2020 - 06:13 pm
This combination of pictures created on February 04, 2020 shows Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi extending a hand to US president Donald Trump ahead of the State of the Union address at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on February