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In astrophysics milestone, first photo of black hole expected 06 Apr 2019 - 02:23 pm
FILE PHOTO: A supermassive black hole with millions to billions times the mass of our sun is seen in an undated NASA artist's concept illustration. REUTERS/NASA/JPL-Caltech/Handout/File Photo
Mary Quant: queen of the mini-skirt 04 Apr 2019 - 09:37 pm
Garments are displayed during a photocall for the first international retrospective on the iconic fashion designer Dame Mary Quant, exploring the years between 1955 and 1975, at the Victoria and Albert Museum in central London on April 3, 2019.  AFP / Adr
The Sudanese cartoonist reaching out to the world 04 Apr 2019 - 09:37 pm
A video screengrab of Sudanese political cartoonist Khalid Albaih in Copenhagen, Denmark. PHOTO | AFP
Mandatory 'divorce course' for parents splitting up in Denmark 04 Apr 2019 - 08:48 pm
Representational image (AFP/Juan Barreto)
Bedouin women blaze new trail in Sinai 04 Apr 2019 - 08:48 pm
Umm Yasser (C), an Egyptian Bedouin woman guide from the Hamada tribe, leads a group of hikers in Wadi el-Sahu in South Sinai governorate on March 29, 2019, during the first
Roads deadlier than guns in Libya 04 Apr 2019 - 06:48 pm
Libyan traffic police direct cars during an operation at the Martyrs Square in the Libyan capital Tripoli, on March 12, 2019.  AFP / Mahmud Turkia
Heaven sent: Taiwan honours dead with lavish paper models 04 Apr 2019 - 06:38 pm
This picture taken on March 16, 2019 shows a relative (R) watching a 'villa' paper model, used as an offering for the dead, burn during a ceremony in Shanshia district in New Taipei City. AFP/Sam Yeh
No plans to delay livestreams despite NZ massacre: Facebook's Zuckerberg 04 Apr 2019 - 05:36 pm
:FILE PHOTO: Facebook's founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks at the Viva Tech start-up and technology summit in Paris, France, May 24, 2018. REUTERS/Charles Platiau
At Athens pinball museum, arcade gamers go back in time 04 Apr 2019 - 12:19 pm
Pinball machines are seen at the Athens Pinball Museum in Athens, Greece March 2, 2019. Picture taken March 2, 2019. REUTERS/Costas Baltas
Making a dent: Japan probe prepares to blast asteroid 04 Apr 2019 - 10:28 am
In this handout photograph taken and released by the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS) of Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) on April 4, 2019, researchers and employees receive data in the control room in Sagamihara, which confirm
Free driving courses with Alfardan Motorcycles’ latest offer 04 Apr 2019 - 08:23 am
KTM 390 Duke (left) and ‘DU 2017-09-07 MONSTER 1502’ models are among the latest promotional offers by Alfardan Motorcycles.
WhatsApp allows users to control who can add them to group chats 03 Apr 2019 - 10:25 pm
This file photo illustration taken on September 26, 2017 shows the Whatsapp application logo (C) on a smartphone screen in Beijing. AFP /Nicolas Asfouri
A tiny beetle is killing an urban forest and there's no solution 03 Apr 2019 - 10:25 pm
Many adult female polyphagous shot hole borers, shown by red arrows, can be seen in this cross section of an infested tree.  Photo: Akif Eskalen, University of California Riverside via plantheroes.org
Soap and superbugs: 2 billion people lack water at health facilities 03 Apr 2019 - 09:49 pm
A Congolese child washes her hands as a preventive measure against Ebola at the Church of Christ in Mbandaka, Democratic Republic of Congo May 20, 2018. Reuters/Kenny Katombe
Cameroon farmers spice up earnings with forest-friendly foods 03 Apr 2019 - 09:49 pm
A spice-grinding machine provided to a group of women farmers by the government is pictured in Mbalmayo, Cameroon, January 22, 2019. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Elias Ntungwe Ngalame
We feel free: South Africans cycle through apartheid's spatial divides 03 Apr 2019 - 09:49 pm
Maria Kgatitsoe, the only female cyclist to ride to Durban in South Africa with the Stokvel group, strikes a pose in the town of Ladysmith. Handout picture courtesy of: Lesego Button Konupi
Scottish 'Holocaust heroine' who saved Jewish girls lauded in book 03 Apr 2019 - 09:49 pm
Jane Haining, who looked after Jewish girls in Hungary during the Second World War, is seen with girls from the Scottish Mission School in Budapest on holiday at Lake Balaton in Hungary in this undated photo probably from the late 1930s.  Photo: Church of
Polluted air to shorten lives by 20 months, researchers say 03 Apr 2019 - 08:01 pm
A man wears mask as he sweeps the ground near a palace in Chiang Mai, Thailand April 3, 2019. Reuters/Soe Zeya Tun