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Hong Kong mops up after 180 arrested in violent National Day protests 02 Oct 2019 - 08:10 am
Policemen are seen in a vandalized store in Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong, China, October 2, 2019. REUTERS/Susana Vera
Asian palm oil giants take action over green group's rainforest probe 01 Oct 2019 - 11:03 pm
 A baby orangutan hangs from a tree at Camp Leakey in Tanjung Puting National Park in Central Kalimantan province, Indonesia, June 15, 2015. Reuters/Darren Whiteside
A goat can cost you: Coal India stops work as locals spar over animal death 01 Oct 2019 - 04:55 pm
 Workers walk on a heap of coal at a stockyard of an underground coal mine in the Mahanadi coal fields at Dera, near Talcher town in the eastern Indian state of Orissa March 28, 2012. Reuters/Rupak De Chowdhuri
Streets of Hong Kong become protest battlefield on China National Day 01 Oct 2019 - 01:13 pm
An anti-government protester shelters with a traffic sign during a demonstration in Sha Tin district, on China's National Day in Hong Kong, China October 1, 2019. REUTERS/Jorge Silva
China parades its latest missiles in challenge to US, others 01 Oct 2019 - 11:16 am
A DF-17 missile is presented during a military parade at Tiananmen Square in Beijing on October 1, 2019, to mark the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. / AFP / GREG BAKER
At least 11 Afghan police killed in Taliban attack 01 Oct 2019 - 11:11 am
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South Korean fighter jets patrol over islands disputed by Japan 01 Oct 2019 - 09:46 am
A South Korean fighter pilot stands next to his F-35 stealth fighter during a ceremony to mark the 71st Armed Forces Day at the Air Force Base in Daegu, South Korea, October 1, 2019. Jeon Heon-kyun/Pool via REUTERS
Deaths from heavy monsoon rise to nearly 140 in eastern India 01 Oct 2019 - 09:29 am
Commuters make their way on a waterlogged road following heavy rainfalls in Patna on September 30, 2019. / AFP / Sachin KUMAR
China celebrates 70 years of communism as Hong Kong seethes 01 Oct 2019 - 09:26 am
People take part in the National Day parade at Tiananmen Square in Beijing on October 1, 2019, to mark the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. / AFP / GREG BAKER
Towering arch bridge falls in Taiwan bay, 5 feared missing 01 Oct 2019 - 08:23 am
This general view shows a bridge after it collapsed in the Nanfangao fish harbour in Suao township on October 1, 2019. AFP / Sam YEH
Barricades up, shutters down as Hong Kong marks Communist China's birthday 01 Oct 2019 - 07:43 am
A closure notice by officials sits on the gates of the MTR underground rail system in the Admiralty area in Hong Kong on October 1, 2019, after officials closed off numerous stations across the city as intense protests were expected on the 70th anniversar
China quietly doubles troop levels in Hong Kong 30 Sep 2019 - 11:36 pm
Chinese troops conduct riot drills inside a PeopleÕs Liberation Army (PLA) base in Tam Mei, Hong Kong, China September 28, 2019. Reuters/James Pomfret
Bolton rejects Trump claims of success on North Korea 30 Sep 2019 - 11:12 pm
Donald Trump, Mike Pompeo, John Bolton and Mick Mulvaney attend a meeting in the Metropole hotel with Kim Jong Un and delegation in Hanoi, February 28, 2019. Reuters / Leah Millis
Palm oil from 'orangutan capital of world' sold to major brands, says forest group 30 Sep 2019 - 08:28 pm
An orphaned orangutan in the Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Programme Quarantine Centre in Medan, Indonesia, on August 22, 2016. Handout: Paul Hilton
Bangladesh promises to improve local flood warnings after complaints 30 Sep 2019 - 06:47 pm
A Rohingya shelter gets flooded after heavy rain in Coxs’ Bazar, Bangladesh, July 25, 2018. Reuters/Clare Baldwin
Floods kill 113 in north India in late monsoon burst, jail, hospital submerged 30 Sep 2019 - 11:59 am
Patients wade through floodwaters on their way to hospital during heavy monsoon rain in Patna in the northeastern state of Bihar on September 28, 2019. / AFP / Sachin KUMAR
Indonesian agency says it expects rainy season to help end forest fires soon 30 Sep 2019 - 08:50 am
An Indonesian National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) helicopter dumps water on a burning forest near Banjarmasin in South Kalimantan province, Indonesia, September 29, 2019. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan
Taiwan orders markets, schools closed as strong typhoon approaches 30 Sep 2019 - 08:06 am
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