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US court suspends naming restrictions on fake meat firms 12 Dec 2019 - 11:19 am
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Trump ramps up Facebook ads against impeachment 'witch hunt' 11 Dec 2019 - 11:02 pm
Donald Trump speaks to the press after announcing and initial deal with China at the South Lawn of the White House on October 11, 2019. AFP / Nicholas Kamm
Colombia's Amazon forest gets boost with $366 million protection fund 11 Dec 2019 - 11:02 pm
FILE PHOTO: A man from the Embera tribe cuts trees which had been cut by a private logging company in the community of La Pulida in Darien, Panama, in an area used by Colombian rebels to smuggle drugs, February 17, 2010.
Toyota North America CEO Jim Lentz to retire after 38 years 11 Dec 2019 - 07:42 pm
Jim Lentz pauses during an interview in New York, March 28, 2013. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
US aviation chief says Boeing 737 MAX won't be recertified until 2020 11 Dec 2019 - 06:26 pm
A number of Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 MAX aircraft are parked at Southern California Logistics Airport .NORTH AMERICA . March 26, 2019  / AFP / MARIO TAMA
Multiple people killed in New Jersey shooting, including cop 11 Dec 2019 - 10:50 am
JERSEY CITY, NJ - DECEMBER 10: Emergency personnel are shown on the scene of a shooting that left multiple people dead on December 10, 2019 in Jersey City, New Jersey. In a raging gun battle that by some accounts lasted in excess of an hour, six people -
Trump on impeachment brink, but far from falling 11 Dec 2019 - 09:22 am
US President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally on December 10, 2019 at Giant Center in Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States. ( Lev Radin - Anadolu Agency )
Closing down: aging residents, falling fish stocks spell end for Canadian town 10 Dec 2019 - 08:54 pm
Michael Parsons watches the sunrise from Back Beach, Little Bay Islands, Canada, November 2, 2019. Photo handout by Michael Parsons
Five ways women protested against sexual violence this year 10 Dec 2019 - 08:54 pm
This file photo taken on June 11, 2019 shows a demonstrator holding a placard during a protest against the lack of substantial legal protection for sexual assault victims in Tokyo. AFP / Charly Triballeau
Consulting firm allows Buttigieg to release names of clients 10 Dec 2019 - 07:59 pm
Pete Buttigieg participates in the Black Economic Alliance Forum at the Charleston Music Hall on June 15, 2019 in Charleston, South Carolina. Sean Rayford / Getty Images / AFP
Detroit tops list of hard-to-count cities ahead of census 10 Dec 2019 - 06:54 pm
An informational pamphlet is displayed at an event to mark the one-year-out launch of the 2020 Census efforts in Boston, Massachusetts, April 1, 2019. Reuters / Brian Snyder
A free pass for Trump? GOP presses edge in key battlegrounds 10 Dec 2019 - 06:54 pm
A Trump 2020 campaign poster is seen on a fir alarm during a campaign rally by Donald Trump in Fayetteville, North Carolina, US, September 9, 2019. Reuters / Kevin Lamarque
Democrats announce two impeachment charges against Trump 10 Dec 2019 - 05:50 pm
Adam Schiff, Jerry Nadler(2ndL), Nancy Pelosi(L), Eliot Engel(R), Maxine Waters(3rdL), Democrat of California, and Carolyn Maloney(2ndR) announces articles of impeachment for US President Donald Trump during a press conference, December 10, 2019. AFP / Sa
2 police officers fired over Facebook posts 10 Dec 2019 - 05:50 pm
Silhouettes of laptop users are seen next to a screen projection of Facebook logo in this picture illustration, March 28, 2018. Reuters / Dado Ruvic
Chile military plane disappears with 38 aboard: Air Force 10 Dec 2019 - 09:08 am
View of the rescue planes that searched the open sea between the southern tip of South America and Antarctic for the Chilean Air Force C-130 Hercules cargo plane that went missing in the sea on the eve with 38 people aboard at Chabunco army base in Punta
Union leaders harassed in Brazil's textile factories 09 Dec 2019 - 11:20 pm
Brazilian workers give a colour on a piece of leather which will be used as leather to make shoes during a shoe-making process at a factory in Novo Hamburgo in the state of Rio Grande do Sul August 5, 2010.
With climate discontent rising, scientists warn of social 'tipping point' 09 Dec 2019 - 11:20 pm
Protesters march during the G20 Not Welcome protests against G20 Leaders Summit on its second day in Hamburg, Germany, on July 08, 2017. Michele Tantussi / Anadolu Agency
Conserve or develop? Protecting floodplains could cut flood costs - researchers 09 Dec 2019 - 10:14 pm
The Union Point Park Complex is seen flooded in New Bern North Carolina, September 13, 2018. Reuters / Eduardo Munoz