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N. Korea blasts Japan's Abe, warns of 'real ballistic missile' 30 Nov 2019 - 10:43 am
This undated and unlocated picture released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on November 29, 2019 shows the test-fire of a super-large multiple launch rocket system. AFP PHOTO/KCNA VIA KNS
Smog shuts schools, universities in Iran 30 Nov 2019 - 10:41 am
In this file photo taken on November 13, 2019 A general view taken from Western Tehran shows a blanket of brown-white smog covering the city as heavy pollution hit the Iranian capital on November 13, 2019. / AFP / ATTA KENARE
Tokyo's main Olympic stadium ready to fight heat 30 Nov 2019 - 10:08 am
The new 1.4 billion USD main venue for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games is pictured after being officially completed in Tokyo on November 30, 2019. The five-story stadium, designed by renowned Japanese architect Kengo Kuma, will seat 60,000 fans and nods to t
China bans 'fake news' created with AI, bots 30 Nov 2019 - 09:59 am
FILE PHOTO: Silhouettes of laptop users are seen next to a screen projection of Facebook logo in this picture illustration taken March 28, 2018. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
London attacker named, was previously convicted of terrorism offences 30 Nov 2019 - 08:31 am
Police assist an injured man near London Bridge in London, on November 29, 2019 after reports of shots being fired on London Bridge. AFP / DANIEL SORABJI
Pilots revving engines too hard led to IndiGo’s Airbus woes 29 Nov 2019 - 09:27 pm
The logo of IndiGo Airlines is pictured on passenger aircraft on the tarmac in Colomiers near Toulouse, France, July 10, 2018. Reuters/Regis Duvignau
India pollution regulator threatens to shut coal-fired utilities around New Delhi 29 Nov 2019 - 09:27 pm
Indian pedestrians walk near the India Gate monument amid heavy smog in New Delhi (AFP file photo)
Church of England steps into Britain's sex education battle 29 Nov 2019 - 09:16 pm
Queen Elizabeth of Britain leaves after attending the Christmas Day service at church in Sandringham, eastern England, December 25, 2015. Reuters / Peter Nicholls
'People power' piles pressure on plodding UN climate talks 29 Nov 2019 - 09:16 pm
Protesters hold a banner during the Global Climate Strike of the youth climate movement Fridays for Future, in Hamburg, Germany, November 29, 2019. Reuters/Fabian Bimmer
Amid 'air apocalypse', mask-clad Lahore looks for answers 29 Nov 2019 - 09:16 pm
A view of Gaddafi stadium in Lahore, Pakistan, on a smoggy day, November 21, 2019. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Mahera Omar
Police shoot man on London Bridge after stabbings 29 Nov 2019 - 07:06 pm
Police officers are seen near the site of an incident at London Bridge in London, Britain, November 29, 2019. Reuters / Peter Nicholls
Famed US climber Brad Gobright falls to death in Mexico 29 Nov 2019 - 07:06 pm
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Namibian leader Geingob takes big lead in presidential election 29 Nov 2019 - 07:06 pm
Namibia incumbent President and Namibia ruling party South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) presidential candidate Hage Geingob (C) speaks with journalists after voting on November 27, 2019 in Windhoek, Namibia. AFP / Gianluigi Guercia
Iraq’s PM announces he’ll resign amid worsening crisis 29 Nov 2019 - 05:40 pm
An Iraqi demonstrator wearing a Guy Fawkes mask in reverse and draped in a national flag waves another national flag before others celebrating the resignation of Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi's government, during a demonstration along Rasheed Street in
Johnson tries ‘Trumpian protectionism’ to woo Labour Brexit vote 29 Nov 2019 - 05:40 pm
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson gestures at a news conference in London, Britain November 29, 2019. Reuters/Peter Nicholls
Man's work morphs into woman's world in Zimbabwe 29 Nov 2019 - 01:32 am
A Zimbabwean mother goes to collect her monthly rations of food aid in the Rushinga district of Mt Darwin, about 254km north of Harare, March 7, 2013. Reuters / Philimon Bulawayo
Glories of old Kabul emerge from decades of war - and trash 29 Nov 2019 - 01:32 am
Residents sit in the historic neighbourhood of Murad Khani in Kabul's Old City, Afghanistan, on November  4 2019. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Rina Chandran
US launches anti-violence effort for indigenous women, girls 29 Nov 2019 - 01:32 am
A woman organizes indigenous items after a Sunrise Ceremony during a