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China locks down city of 11 mln at epicentre of virus outbreak 23 Jan 2020 - 11:18 am
FILE PHOTO: A worker in a protective suit is seen at the closed seafood market in Wuhan, Hubei province, China January 10, 2020. Reuters/Stringer/File Photo CHINA OUT.
Angola's ex first daughter Isabel dos Santos charged with fraud 23 Jan 2020 - 10:45 am
 FILE PHOTO: Isabel dos Santos, daughter of Angola’s former president, sits for a portrait during a Reuters interview in London, Britain, January 9, 2020. Picture taken on January 9. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo
Britain to United States: We want a trade deal and a digital tax 23 Jan 2020 - 10:39 am
Britain's Business Secretary Andrea Leadsom arrives in Downing Street in central London on January 21, 2020 to attend a meeting of the cabinet. / AFP / Tolga AKMEN
Japan should ban confiscation of foreign employees' passports, lawyer says 23 Jan 2020 - 10:20 am
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Mexico detained more than 2,000 after caravan border crossing 23 Jan 2020 - 10:10 am
Honduran migrants walk after arriving on some buses with people of a caravan after being deported from Mexico, in Corinto, Honduras, January 22, 2020. REUTERS/Jorge Cabrera
Three US firefighters killed in Australia water bomber crash 23 Jan 2020 - 09:02 am
(FILES) This file photo taken on January 10, 2020 shows a C-130 Hercules plane from the New South Wales Rural Fire Service dropping fire retardent to protect a property during an operation to douse bushfires in Penrose, in Australia's New South Wales stat
One killed, several injured in Seattle mass shooting 23 Jan 2020 - 08:43 am
Police block a road following a shooting in Seattle, Washington, U.S., January 22, 2020, in this picture obtained from social media. Mandatory credit JESSICA SCHREINDL/via REUTERS
Australian air tanker feared crashed while fighting bushfires 23 Jan 2020 - 08:29 am
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Most new housing designs in England are 'substandard', audit finds 22 Jan 2020 - 08:08 pm
Workers are seen at the construction site of 22 Bishopsgate in London, Britain June 25, 2019. Picture taken June 25, 2019. Reuters/Hannah McKay
Monarchy and Illuminati: Why a Thai opposition party faced court 22 Jan 2020 - 08:08 pm
Souvenir items bearing images of Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit, leader of the opposition Future Forward party, are displayed at the party's headquarters in Bangkok on January 21, 2020. AFP / Romeo Gacad
Guatemala's children bear brunt of prolonged drought and rising heat 22 Jan 2020 - 07:00 pm
A view of corn crop, ruined by drought, in Baja Verapaz September 23, 2009. REUTERS/Daniel LeClair
Enslaved then undercompensated: double blow for India's trafficked 22 Jan 2020 - 06:43 pm
A survivor of slavery who wished to remain anonymous poses for a picture in New Delhi, India, March 7, 2018. Reuters / Cathal McNaughton
Whatever the weather: Southern Africa tries new hunger fixes 22 Jan 2020 - 06:43 pm
An extension worker provides information to Zambian farmers. (UNCG Zambia Handout / Moses Zangar, Jr. & Georgina Smith)
Indian state to test facial recognition in polls as privacy fears mount 22 Jan 2020 - 06:43 pm
A villager goes through the process of a fingerprint scanner during Unique Identification database system in the Pathancheru village in Medak district of Andhra Pradesh, April 27, 2010. Reuters / Krishnendu Halder
After four decades of war, Afghan widows battle for homes 22 Jan 2020 - 06:43 pm
A house being built on land allocated by the Afghan government for returning refugees and widows near Barikab, on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, November 7, 2019. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Rina Chandran
UK citizens' assembly to discuss how to meet 2050 climate target 22 Jan 2020 - 06:43 pm
Protesters hold a banner outside the BlackRock office during an Extinction Rebellion demonstration in the City of London, Britain, October 14, 2019. Reuters / Henry Nicholls
High-profile El Salvador femicide case exposes deadly gender violence 22 Jan 2020 - 06:43 pm
Women demonstrate during the funeral of Karla Turcios in San Salvador, El Salvador April 17, 2018. The signs read:
Kosovo PM hails deal on flights with Serbia as step forward 22 Jan 2020 - 05:45 pm
Ramush Haradinaj, leader of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) delivers a speech in Pristina, Kosovo, October 3, 2019. Reuters/Florion Goga