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Xinjiang surveillance app targets legal, everyday behaviour: rights group 02 May 2019 - 07:42 pm
Folk artists play traditional music for tourists at Kashgar, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, China,  May 2, 2016. Reuters
Towns evacuate, tourists flee as cyclone menaces India's east coast 02 May 2019 - 04:00 pm
Clouds loom ahead of cyclone Fani in Visakhapatnam, India, May 1, 2019. (REUTERS)
Julian Assange says he does not want to be extradited to the United States 02 May 2019 - 01:18 pm
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange gestures from the window of a prison van as he is driven into Southwark Crown Court in London on May 1, 2019, before being sentenced to 50 weeks in prison for breaching his bail conditions in 2012. AFP / Daniel Leal-Olivas
Biden's rise in 2020 race catches Trump's eye, unnerves his allies 02 May 2019 - 01:10 pm
Democratic presidential candidate and former vice president Joe Biden speaks to guests during a campaign event at The River Center on May 1, 2019, in Des Moines, Iowa. Scott Olson/Getty Images/AFP
Cyprus justice minister resigns over serial killings uproar 02 May 2019 - 12:33 pm
Forensic officers search Kokkinopezoula lake, also known as
UK defense chief fired over Huawei leaks, denies involvement 02 May 2019 - 11:17 am
FILE PHOTO: Britain's Secretary of State for Defence Gavin Williamson is seen outside Downing Street in London, Britain, April 2, 2019. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis/File Photo
Maduro hangs on as Venezuelan protests peter out 02 May 2019 - 10:33 am
Venezuelan residents in Colombia protest against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's government in Bogota, Colombia, May 1, 2019. Reuters/Carlos Julio Martinez
Taiwan tycoon and presidential hopeful Gou gets tips from Trump 02 May 2019 - 09:25 am
This CNA handout picture released on May 2, 2019 show Foxconn Chairman Terry Gou displaying a US president's signature outside the White House in Washington after meeting with US President Donald Trump. AFP PHOTO / CNA PHOTO
780,000 evacuated in India ahead of major cyclone 02 May 2019 - 08:25 am
This handout satellite image released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and captured by the Japan Meteorological Agency's Himawari-8 satellite on April 30, 2019, shows Tropical Cyclone Fani intensifying in the Bay of Bengal. AF
Barr deflects as Democrats say he misled on Mueller summary 01 May 2019 - 09:53 pm
US Attorney General William Barr speaks about the release of the Mueller Report at the Department of Justice, April 18, 2019 in Washington DC. AFP/Brendan Smialowski
Modi's war chest leaves India election rivals in the dust 01 May 2019 - 09:52 pm
Narendra Modi during Make in India lauch (Reuters)
Kirchner's book keeps Argentines guessing over presidential bid 01 May 2019 - 09:52 pm
Supporters of Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner stand in front of a banner with her image as they wait for her to leave court in Buenos Aires, October 31, 2016. Reuters/Marcos Brindicci
Decades-old fight for women's equal rights goes before US lawmakers 01 May 2019 - 09:11 pm
U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) (C) holds a thumbs up as National Organization for Women President Toni Van Pelt (L), President and co-founder of the Feminist Majority Foundation Eleanor Smeal (2nd L), and Actress Alyssa Milano (R) attend a news conferen
Putin expands list of Ukrainians, others eligible for fast-track Russian passports 01 May 2019 - 08:26 pm
An official of a migration department under Russia's Interior Ministry receives and registers passport applications of Ukrainian separatist-controlled Donetsk and Luhansk Regions' residents, after Russia's President Vladimir Putin signed an order simplify
UK's May seeks Brexit deal 'soon' as delayed exit costs rise 01 May 2019 - 07:05 pm
Theresa May
China seeks loophole as UN nears pact banning toxic chemical 01 May 2019 - 07:05 pm
PFOA (perfluorooctanoic acid) and other fluorinated organic compounds known as PFAS are used widely, including in non-stick kitchen ware such as Teflon, textiles, food packaging, photo-imaging, and fire-fighting foams on oil rigs and at airports.
Rare conviction of officer in shooting spurs race concerns 01 May 2019 - 07:05 pm
Former Minneapolis police officer Mohamed Noor walks out of the courthouse during a recess on the first day of opening arguments of his trial, where he is charged in the 2017 fatal shooting of 40-year-old Australian woman Justine Ruszczyk Damond, in Minne
UN genocide expert says Europe's far right recalls rise of Nazis 01 May 2019 - 07:05 pm
Adama Dieng urged Europe's centre-left to do more to oppose a resurgence of xenophobia, alluding to a spreading backlash over an influx of migrants since 2015 that propelled far-right populists into national parliaments across Europe. (Twitter/@UNGeneva)

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