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Australia makes rare arrest in international 'sextortion' case 28 Nov 2019 - 11:27 pm
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Talk to me: counsellors help child workers win justice in India 28 Nov 2019 - 11:27 pm
Counsellor Arti Sharma in her office at the Taabar shelter home for children in Jaipur, India, November 12, 2019. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Anuradha Nagaraj
China furious, Hong Kong celebrates after US move on bills 28 Nov 2019 - 06:49 pm
Damaged and vandalized facilities inside the polytechnic university campus as police and firefighters entered the polytechnic university after 10 days since the siege by anti-government protesters began at the Hung Hom campus to remove hazardous items suc
Seoul says North Korea has fired 2 short-range projectiles 28 Nov 2019 - 06:49 pm
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visits the Changrindo defensive position on the west front, in this undated picture released by North Korea's Central News Agency on November 25, 2019, via Reuters
Blogger tests Singapore's fake news law by rebuffing correction order 28 Nov 2019 - 12:35 pm
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Cyber bullying, star suicides: The dark side of South Korea's K-pop world 28 Nov 2019 - 11:37 am
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Vietnam families to bury victims of UK truck tragedy 28 Nov 2019 - 11:20 am
The family of Vo Van Linh transport his coffin bearing his remains on a funeral van for cremation in Can Loc district, Ha Tinh province on November 28, 2019. The first remains of the 39 people found dead in a truck in Britain last month arrived in Vietnam
N.Korea fires unidentified projectile - S.Korea military 28 Nov 2019 - 11:14 am
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Furious China threatens retaliation over US law on Hong Kong 28 Nov 2019 - 10:07 am
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump meets with China's President Xi Jinping at the start of their bilateral meeting at the G20 leaders summit in Osaka, Japan, June 29, 2019. Reuters/Kevin Lamarque
Thailand's 'floating' crosswalk makes drivers stop and look 28 Nov 2019 - 09:40 am
People paint a 3D pedestrian crossing in Kanchanaburi province, Thailand October 25, 2019. Picture taken October 25, 2019. REUTERS/Prapan Chankaew
Thailand reverses ban of chemicals use in pesticides 28 Nov 2019 - 09:29 am
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Roadside bomb kills 15 Afghan civilians 28 Nov 2019 - 08:52 am
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Hong Kong police to enter university as hunt for protesters turns up empty 27 Nov 2019 - 02:06 pm
A 'Statue of Democracy' is seen in a hallway of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in the Hung Hom district of Hong Kong on November 26, 2019, over a week after police surrounded the building while protesters were still barricaded inside. AFP / Anthony
With tears and white roses, Vietnam receives first bodies found in British truck 27 Nov 2019 - 10:16 am
Ambulances carrying the bodies of John Hoang Van Tiep and John Nguyen Van Hung, victims who were found dead in the back of a British truck last month, are surrounded by relatives and villagers in front of a church at homeland in Nghe An province, Vietnam
Bangladesh sentences seven to death for 2016 cafe attack 27 Nov 2019 - 10:03 am
Police escort detainees (C) accused of allegedly plotting the Holey Artisan Bakery cafe attack, carried out by Islamist militants, to a courtroom for their trial in Dhaka on November 27, 2019. AFP / Munir UZ ZAMAN
4 dead, 8 missing in Southwest China tunnel collapse 27 Nov 2019 - 09:14 am
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Taiwanese-Canadian model Godfrey Gao dies while filming in China 27 Nov 2019 - 08:41 am
(FILES) In this file photo taken on November 20, 2017 Canadian actor Godfrey Gao a.k.a. Godfrey Tsao poses on the
Riding high on Myanmar's human-powered Ferris wheels 26 Nov 2019 - 07:24 pm
This photo taken on November 6, 2019 shows crew members operating a human-powered ferris wheel in Taunggyi, Shan state. AFP / Ye Aung Thu