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Koala mittens and joey pouches: Australian bushfires spark global knitting frenzy 06 Jan 2020 - 10:00 am
Completed knitted outer pouches for joeys affected by Australia bushfires are seen in this January 5, 2020 image obtained via social media, in Singapore. Leslie Kok via Reuters
Violent Mob Attack on University Escalates India Tensions 06 Jan 2020 - 09:50 am
 Police in riot gear stand guard inside the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) after clashes between students in new delhi, India, January 5, 2020. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
Fire-hit Australia gets $1.4bn recovery fund as troops deployed 06 Jan 2020 - 09:30 am
A woodchip mill burnt by bushfires is seen as smoke rises in Eden in Australia's New South Wales state on January 6, 2020. Reserve troops were deployed to fire-ravaged regions across three Australian states on January 6 after a torrid weekend that turned
Beijing's new top man in Hong Kong hopes city returns to "right path" 06 Jan 2020 - 09:26 am
Newly appointed head of Hong Kong Liaison Office Luo Huining speaks to media to mark his first day at office in Hong Kong, China January 6, 2020. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar
At least two injured in Jakarta building collapse 06 Jan 2020 - 08:43 am
People in a three-wheeler pass a partially-collapsed building in Jakarta, Indonesia, January 6, 2020. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan
Aussie PM defends response to fires; weather brings respite 05 Jan 2020 - 06:40 pm
Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison visits a wildflower farm in an area devastated by bushfires in Sarsfield, Victoria state on January 3, 2020.  AFP pool / James Ross
Hong Kong hospitalizes seven more people who traveled to Wuhan 05 Jan 2020 - 03:12 pm
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Dozens arrested after Hong Kong protest taking aim at Chinese traders 05 Jan 2020 - 12:24 pm
Pro-democracy protesters march along a street during a demonstration against parallel trading in Sheung Shui in Hong Kong on January 5, 2020. AFP / ISAAC LAWRENCE
Man killed in fatal shark attack in Australia 05 Jan 2020 - 11:40 am
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Australia's bushfire evacuees prepare for another night on the beaches 05 Jan 2020 - 11:28 am
Local resident Dave Iredale walks past ash from bushfires washed up on a beach in Merimbula, in Australia's New South Wales state on January 5, 2020. Australians on January 5 counted the cost from a day of catastrophic bushfires that caused
Australia's 'insurance' koala population halved by bushfires 05 Jan 2020 - 10:47 am
File photo of a rescued kaola receiving treatment in Port Macquarie. AFP
Biggest bloom: 'world's largest' flower spotted in Indonesia 05 Jan 2020 - 10:23 am
A fleshy red flower with white blister-like spots on its enormous petals and measuring a whopping 111 centimetres (3.6 feet) in diameter at the Maninjau nature preserve in Agam, West Sumatra. AFP / West Sumatra BKSDA
Australia reels after another day of fire fury 05 Jan 2020 - 09:26 am
Residents commute on a road through thick smoke from bushfires in Bemboka, in Australia's New South Wales state on January 5, 2020. AFP / SAEED KHAN
Cambodia building collapse kills 36 people, injures 23 others 05 Jan 2020 - 08:48 am
Rescue personnel work at the site where an under-construction building collapsed on January 3, in southern Cambodia's coastal Kep province on January 5, 2020. AFP / TANG CHHIN Sothy
After Indonesia's deadly floods, few hear climate 'wake up call' 05 Jan 2020 - 08:32 am
A man rides a motorbike through the mud after floods hit a residential area in Bekasi, West Java province, Indonesia, January 3, 2020. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan
Thousands in shelters as Indonesia flood death toll hits 60 04 Jan 2020 - 06:05 pm
Men collecting damaged items ride on the back of a car through the mud, at a residential area affected by floods in Bekasi, West Java province, Indonesia, January 3, 2020. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan
Tens of thousands march in southern India to protest citizenship law 04 Jan 2020 - 03:45 pm
Demonstrators hold placards and flags as they attend a protest rally against a new citizenship law, in Hyderabad, India, January 4, 2020. REUTERS/Vinod Babu
Ghosn lawyer feels betrayal, sympathy over tycoon's Japan escape 04 Jan 2020 - 02:04 pm
FILE PHOTO: Former Nissan Motor Chariman Carlos Ghosn leaves the Tokyo Detention House in Tokyo, Japan April 25, 2019. REUTERS/Issei Kato