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Surging suicide rate among young girls raises questions about role of social media 17 May 2019 - 08:01 pm
A woman looks towards dark clouds over the Houses of Parliament in central London August 11, 2014. Reuters/Luke MacGregor
Less fat, more fruit may cut risk of dying of breast cancer 17 May 2019 - 08:00 pm
A monitor shows the image of breast cancer affected area at a centre run by the Reto Group for Full Recovery of Breast Cancer in Mexico City, October 18, 2012. Reuters/Edgard Garrido
San Francisco ban of facial recognition use by police and govt highlights privacy fears 16 May 2019 - 01:34 am
A facial recognition software is demonstrated at the Intel booth at CES 2019 consumer electronics show at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada on January 10, 2019. AFP / Robyn Beck
Stop soil erosion now or face starvation soon, scientists warn 15 May 2019 - 11:43 pm
Cracked soil waits for rain at Tapan Mondals fields in Chouldari, Andaman, India March 6, 2019. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Colin Daileda
Could online takeout help prove home ownership? 15 May 2019 - 11:42 pm
An UberEATS food delivery scooter is seen parked in London, September 7, 2016. Reuters/Neil Hall
Tel Aviv eyes tourism boon with 'amazing' Eurovision week 15 May 2019 - 09:13 pm
The Eurovision Village, an area dedicated for fans of the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest, is seen from above along the shoreline in Tel Aviv, Israel May 15, 2019. Reuters/Corinna Kern
In Iraq, academics restock Mosul's barren bookshelves 15 May 2019 - 09:10 pm
Iraqi women sit at the new library of Mosul University in Iraq's northern city of Mosul on April 17, 2019.  AFP / Zaid Al-Obeidi
Masters of puppets: Indonesia's 'Ondel-Ondel' kids 15 May 2019 - 09:10 pm
This picture taken on April 26, 2019 shows people walking past Ondel-ondel effigies worn by children busking for money on a street in Jakarta.  AFP / Goh Chai Hin
Driverless electric truck starts deliveries on Swedish public road 15 May 2019 - 09:56 am
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Sherpa climber scales Mount Everest for record 23rd time 15 May 2019 - 09:17 am
In this file photo taken on March 28, 2018, Nepali mountaineer Kami Rita Sherpa spins prayer wheels at Boudhanath Stupa on the outskirts of Kathmandu. AFP / Prakash Mathema
Exclusive Ramadan offer for Genesis announced 15 May 2019 - 09:07 am
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First aid in years lifts hope for cut-off towns in Central African Republic 15 May 2019 - 12:34 am
A Central African internally displaced woman holds a child inside an emergency room of the MSF-run hospital in Bangassou on May 26, 2017. AFP/Saber Jendoubi
'Rise up': Papua New Guinea female police chief's battle cry to women 14 May 2019 - 09:31 pm
This picture taken on March 4, 2019 shows parade commander Julie Palakai (L) escorting East New Britain’s new residential Judge Justice Stephen Kassman (R) during a guard of honour parade outside Kokopo Police station in Kokopo, Papua New Guinea. AFP / El
In robotics classes, Armenian teens dream of high-tech future 14 May 2019 - 09:31 pm
A view of the Tumo Center for Creative Technologies in Yerevan on April 30, 2019. AFP / Karen Minasyan
Brazilian giant's comeback shows preservation and development of Amazon is possible 14 May 2019 - 09:31 pm
A fisherman removing a large Pirarucus (Arapaima gigas) fish from the water at the Amana Sustainable Develpment Reserve, in Amazonas State, northern Brazil on November 27, 2018.  AFP/Mamiraua Institute of Sustainable Development/Bernardo Oliveira
When science is no match for a California lawyer 14 May 2019 - 08:31 pm
A protestor stands with a bee smoker and a placard reading
Environmental activists turn up heat on polluting businesses 14 May 2019 - 08:30 pm
Environmental activists protesting against the merger of Germany's pharmaceutical and chemical maker Bayer AG with U.S. seeds and agrochemicals company Monsanto, march through Germany's former capital Bonn before Bayer's annual general shareholders meetin
Glyphosate under fire from San Francisco to Sri Lanka 14 May 2019 - 08:30 pm
In this file photo taken on July 9, 2018, Customer Gary Harms shops for Roundup products at a store in San Rafael, California.  AFP / Josh Edelson