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For the seventh straight day, India's capital city remains shrouded in a thick layer of toxic smog.
With pollution levels showing no signs of dipping, for the first time the city-state's government plans to deploy artificial rain to help clear the air.
Priyata Brajabasi has more from New Delhi
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India's top anti-terror body has arrested 44 people in its latest crackdown on illegal migration.
The National Investigation Agency alleges that the accused were trafficking migrants from Bangladesh.
Ishan Garg has more from New Delhi.
IN: The National Investigation...CUE: And while America and Europe battle IN-flation, China is suffering from DE-flation. The prices paid by consumers in October were one-fifth of one per cent lower than a year earlier… that's twice-as-bad as expected. Here's Andrew Wood in Hong Kong to explain why deflation is bad for China's weak economic recovery.
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After 51 years at the US's National Zoo, the last Chinese giant pandas have left the US capital and returned to their ancestral homeland.
The departure comes just as diplomatic ties between the two countries are at their lowest point in decades.
Kate Fisher reports from Washington
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Lawmakers in the United States have subpoenaed Joe Biden's son and brother as part of their impeachment inquiry into the US President and his family.
Congress's House Oversight Committee is seeking depositions from Hunter and James Biden, as well as business associate Rob Walker.
From Washington, Benji Hyer reports.
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Donald Trump's daughter is testifying in her father's fraud trial on Wednesday.
Ivanka Trump is giving evidence in the civil case, which accuses the former President of the United States of inflating his wealth to secure better loans from banks.
He denies any wrongdoing, calling the trial 'politically motivated'.
Sally Patterson reports from New York.
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The first international summit dedicated to glaciers and poles is under way in Paris.
The 'One Planet: Polar Summit' is among the events in the French capital tied to the upcoming Paris Peace Forum which begins on Friday.
The theme for this year's Paris Peace Forum is "Seeking Common Ground in a World of Rivalry".
Rebecca Bundhun reports from Paris.
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