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  Second Taiwan-born panda cub makes media debut

  Agence France-Presse . Taipei | Updated at 10:49am on December 29, 2020

  A second Taiwan-born giant panda made her media debut on Monday, clambering over a wooden climbing frame and playing with sawdust to the sound of...

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  Macron’s dog in video pleas for sensible pet adoption

  Agence France-Presse . Paris | Updated at 04:59pm on December 24, 2020

  French president Emmanuel Macron’s dog has starred in a video urging people to adopt pets sensibly over the holidays. Nemo, a black Labrador-Griffin mix, was...

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  Journalist’s love for ‘most hated man’ goes viral

  Agence France-Presse .New York | Updated at 11:18am on December 22, 2020

  An ex-Bloomberg journalist had revealed how she fell for a jailed former pharmaceutical executive dubbed ‘the most hated man in America’ after covering his arrest,...

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  Ho hoho and ‘good to go’: Fauci gives Santa virus vaccine

  Agence France-Presse .Washington | Updated at 10:50am on December 20, 2020

  Santa Claus can safely deliver gifts to good girls and boys on Christmas, after a special visitor went all the way to the North Pole...

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  Frenchman sets world record in freezing glass cabin

  Agence France-Presse .Wattrelos, France | Updated at 10:26am on December 20, 2020

  Frenchman Romain Vandendorpe on Saturday set a world record for sitting immersed in ice cubes for the longest time, enduring the extreme challenge to raise...

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  Malaysian ministers wear PPE in parliament, opposition walks out

  Agence France-Presse. Kuala Lumpur | Updated at 05:11pm on December 14, 2020

  Two Malaysian ministers who should have been quarantining after being exposed to coronavirus voted in parliament in protective gear Monday, triggering an opposition walkout. The...

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  Iran TV issues correction after calling Roger Waters ‘political expert’

  Agence France-Presse . Tehran | Updated at 09:19pm on December 08, 2020

  Iran’s state television on Tuesday issued a correction after calling Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters a ‘political expert’ when airing his comments on US president-elect Joe...

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  China animal rescuer shares home with 1,300 dogs

  Agence France-Presse .Chongqing, China | Updated at 11:21am on December 07, 2020

  Twenty years ago, WenJunhong saved an abandoned dog from the streets of Chongqing in south-western China. She now shared her home with more than 1,300...

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  Indian jeweller's 12,638-diamond ring sets world record

  Agence France-Presse. New Delhi | Updated at 08:18pm on December 04, 2020

  An elaborate floral-shaped ring sporting 12,638 tiny diamonds has earned a place in the Guinness World Records -- but its Indian creator has no plans...

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  Philippine gangs ink over tattoos to combat jail violence

  Agence France-Presse .Manila | Updated at 10:44am on December 03, 2020

  Heavily tattooed Philippine prisoners wince in pain as fellow inmates use improvised tattooing machines to cover up gang symbols — an effort to reduce jail...