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The exterior of the Koryo restaurant Hanoi is seen on March 1.

The North Korean restaurant accused by a think tank of using software sales to bypass sanctions

Same-sex marriage supporters cheer outside the Legislative Yuan in Taipei, Taiwan, on May 17, 2019 after Taiwan's legislature passed a law allowing same-sex marriage.

Taiwan legalizes same-sex marriage in historic first for Asia

Plastic found on Cocos (Keeling) Island.

414 million pieces of plastic found on remote Australian islands: Study

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - 1994: Bob Hawke Prime Minister of Australia (1983 - 1991) at Hawke memoirs launch in 1994 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Patrick Riviere/Getty Images)

Bob Hawke, former Australian prime minister, dead at 89

Environmental activists rally outside the Philippine Senate in Manila on September 9, 2015 to demand that scores of containers filled with household rubbish be shipped back to Canada and to push for the ratification of the Basel Ban Amendment which prohibits the export of hazardous waste from developed to developing countries. Philippine officials said in July, 2015 that tonnes of imported Canadian rubbish had been sent to a northern Philippines landfill, ending a two-year standoff with activists who called for the waste to be returned to Canada. AFP PHOTO / Jay DIRECTO (Photo credit should read JAY DIRECTO/AFP/Getty Images)

Philippines recalls ambassador to Canada over trash row

China formally arrests two Canadians on national security grounds

Chinese president Xi Jinping delivers a speech during the opening ceremony of the Conference on Dialogue of Asian Civilizations at the National Convention Center in Beijing on May 15, 2019. (Photo by NICOLAS ASFOURI / AFP) (Photo credit should read NICOLAS ASFOURI/AFP/Getty Images)

No civilization is superior, says China's Xi as US trade war heats up

A rickshaw driver passes campaign posters in front of Baseco Elementary School in Manila on May 13, 2019. - Filipinos headed to the polls on May 13 in a vote that is expected to strengthen President Rodrigo Duterte's grip on power, opening the way for him to deliver on pledges to restore the death penalty and rewrite the constitution. (Photo by Noel CELIS / AFP) (Photo credit should read NOEL CELIS/AFP/Getty Images)

Duterte's children elected as Philippines President consolidates power in midterms

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced a ban on military-style semi-automatic weapons just days after the Christchurch attacks

New Zealand's Jacinda Ardern 'does not understand' why US has failed to toughen gun laws

A Muslim man stands in front of the Jumha mosque after a mob attack in Minuwangoda on May 14, 2019. - A Sri Lankan province north of the capital was under indefinite curfew after the first death in anti-Muslim riots in the wake of the Easter terror attacks, police said. (Photo by LAKRUWAN WANNIARACHCHI / AFP) (Photo credit should read LAKRUWAN WANNIARACHCHI/AFP/Getty Images)

One dead as Sri Lanka town gripped by another bout of anti-Muslim violence

Runners compete in the Qingdao international sea marathon held on Jiaozhou Bay Bridge on 19th November 2017 in Qingdao, Shandong, China.

Chinese marathon official directs race winner the wrong way

People walk past the Forbidden City near Tiananmen Square to mark May Day, also known as Labour Day, in Beijing on May 1, 2019. (Photo by FRED DUFOUR / AFP) (Photo credit should read FRED DUFOUR/AFP/Getty Images)

Chinese media calls for 'people's war' as US trade war heats up

The 37 kiloton "Priscilla" nuclear test, detonated at the Nevada Test Site in 1957.

Radioactive carbon from Cold War nuclear tests has been found deep in the ocean

MANILA, PHILIPPINES - MAY 13: Filipinos cast their votes at a polling precinct on May 13, 2019 in Manila, Philippines. About 60 millions of Filipino voters will head to the polls on May 13 for the congressional midterm elections and bring a set of winners and losers for lawmakers and local government officials in the Philippines. Based on reports, Mondays midterm elections will be a test on Filipino President Rodrigo Dutertes popularity as recent polls show that his administration remains popular ahead of the midterm elections despite receiving largely negative attention overseas. (Photo by Ezra Acayan/Getty Images)

Philippines midterms could strengthen Duterte's hold on Senate

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan attends a welcome ceremony hosted by China's Premier Li Keqiang at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on November 3, 2018. (Photo by JASON LEE / POOL / AFP) (Photo credit should read JASON LEE/AFP/Getty Images)

Pakistan agrees to 13th bailout in 30 years from the IMF

TOPSHOT - This picture taken on March 8, 2019 shows a general view of the five-star Zaver Pearl Continental hotel known as the Pearl Continental, located on a hill in the southwestern Pakistani city of Gwadar, where gunmen stormed the building. - At least one person has been killed after three gunmen stormed a five-star hotel in the southwestern Pakistani city of Gwadar, the centrepiece of a multi-billion dollar Chinese infrastructure project, the military said on May 11. (Photo by BANARAS KHAN / AFP) (Photo credit should read BANARAS KHAN/AFP/Getty Images)

Five killed in attack on luxury Pakistan hotel, military says

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