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Russia braces for four-year Olympic ban over doping scandal 07 Dec 2019 - 12:40 pm
The Russian national flag (R) and the Olympic flag are seen during the closing ceremony for the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, Russia, February 23, 2014. REUTERS/Jim Young/File Photo
Iraqi officials raise death toll to 25 protesters killed 07 Dec 2019 - 11:12 am
Iraqi demonstrators wave national flags as they take part in an anti-government demonstration in the capital Baghdad's Tahrir Square, on December 6, 2019. AFP / AHMAD AL-RUBAYE
Boeing hit with $3.9 Million fine for alleged safety lapses 07 Dec 2019 - 10:52 am
Boeing employees work on the tail of a Boeing 737 NG at the Boeing plant in Renton, Washington December 7, 2015. REUTERS/Matt Mills McKnight
US says drone shot down by Russian air defenses near Libyan capital 07 Dec 2019 - 10:15 am
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Giant fire near Sydney may burn for weeks as people struggle to breathe 07 Dec 2019 - 10:13 am
Fire trucks are seen during a bushfire in Werombi, 50 km southwest of Sydney, Australia, December 6, 2019. AAP Image/Mick Tsikas/via REUTERS
Mexico announces its biggest oil discovery in three decades 07 Dec 2019 - 09:45 am
Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (C) supervises the construction of the state-run oil company Pemex refinery at the Gulf coast port of Dos Bocas, in Paraiso, Tabasco state, Mexico December 6, 2019. Mexico's Presidency/Handout via REUTERS
Indian rape victim dies in hospital after being set ablaze 07 Dec 2019 - 09:39 am
A hospital vehicle carries the body of a rape victim to her residence in New Delhi, India, December 7, 2019. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
Bangladesh tears down brick kilns to fight toxic smog 07 Dec 2019 - 08:31 am
Firefighters extinguish the smoking bricks of an illegal brick factory being demolished following the decision of authorities from the Department Environment of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, on the outskirts of Dhaka on December
UK PM faces flak for ducking TV grilling 06 Dec 2019 - 11:20 pm
Prime Minister Boris Johnson appears on The Andrew Marr Show of BBC TV in London, Britain, December 1, 2019. Jeff Overs / BBC via Reuters
Elizabeth Warren accuses Michael Bloomberg of 'buying the election' 06 Dec 2019 - 11:12 pm
Elizabeth Warren addresses a crowd outside of the Francis Marion Performing Arts Center October 26, 2019 in Florence, South Carolina. Sean Rayford / Getty Images / AFP
Pearl Harbor gunman was unhappy with commanders 06 Dec 2019 - 07:34 pm
US Marines prepare for the
No more chains: Anti-slavery campaigns urged to stop relying on shock images 06 Dec 2019 - 07:34 pm
Representative image (Reuters / Yuya Shino)
Bloomberg says his reporters must 'live with' limits on coverage 06 Dec 2019 - 07:34 pm
Michael Bloomberg  (Reuters)
Daughter's murder led activist to hunt for Mexico's disappeared 06 Dec 2019 - 06:10 pm
Norma Andrade Ledezma, a Mexican woman with a picture of her 17-year-old daughter who was murdered in Ciudad Juarez, walks with a banner during a protest demanding justice for the victims of violence at a closed street near Mexico's Interior Ministry buil
Fighting fire with volunteers? Indonesia ramps up community fire brigades as tropical forests burn 06 Dec 2019 - 06:10 pm
Bimpi Permata Restu, 18, who is a volunteer at Greenpeace's Forest Fire Prevention, holds a hose as he prepares to extinguish forest fires in Pulang Pisau regency near Palangka Raya, Central Kalimantan province, Indonesia, September 13, 2019. Reuters/Will
New app predicts water-related conflict up to year in advance 06 Dec 2019 - 05:14 pm
Men fill bottles with water in Tripoli, Libya, October 26, 2017. Reuters / Ismail Zitouny
Women seek to reclaim Delhi's streets - but more men show up 06 Dec 2019 - 05:07 pm
Demonstrators hold placards to protest against the alleged rape and murder of a 27-year-old veterinary doctor in Hyderabad, during a demonstration in New Delhi on December 6, 2019. AFP / Prakash Singh
Azerbaijan plants 650,000 trees to celebrate poet - but green activists grumble 06 Dec 2019 - 05:07 pm
Electricity pylons of a high-tension electricity power line are seen outside the village of Qalaalti, Azerbaijan, June 20, 2016. Reuters/Maxim Shemetov