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Chang'e-4: China Moon probes take snaps of each otherChang'e-4: China Moon probes take snaps of each other
Image copyrightCLEPImage caption An image of the rover taken with the lander's terrain camera (TCAM)

A Chinese rover and lander have taken images of each other on the Moon's surface.

The Chinese space agency says the spacecraft are in good working order after touching down on the lunar far side on 3 January.

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Tokyo 2020 Games: Japan Olympics chief 'investigated in French corruption probe'Tokyo 2020 Games: Japan Olympics chief 'investigated in French corruption probe'
Image copyrightReutersImage caption Tsunekazu Takeda shown celebrating in 2013 with the award of the Games to Tokyo

The head of Japan's Olympic Committee is being formally investigated in France for alleged corruption in the awarding of the 2020 Games to Tokyo, a French judicial source has said.

Prosecutors have

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'Colourism is big in the Asian community''Colourism is big in the Asian community'
'Colourism is big in the Asian community' - TheIndianSubcontinent News
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Myanmar rejects Reuters journalists' appealsMyanmar rejects Reuters journalists' appeals
Image copyrightAFPImage caption Kyaw Soe Oo (left) and Wa Lone have been in prison for one year

A court in Myanmar has rejected an appeal by two Reuters reporters jailed for breaking a state secrets act.

Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo were sentenced to seven years in September in a case condemned around the world.

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Carlos Ghosn: Ex-Nissan chair faces two new chargesCarlos Ghosn: Ex-Nissan chair faces two new charges
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Prosecutors in Japan have indicted former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn with two fresh charges involving financial crimes.

Mr Ghosn, who has been detained since November, was charged with aggravated breach of trust and understating his income.

He had already been indicted on a separate charge of underreporting his pay

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Iran ignores US warnings over plan to send satellites into space
Iran will put two satellites into orbit in coming weeks using domestically made missiles, President Hassan Rouhani said yesterday, a week after Washington warned it not to pursue three planned space rocket launches.
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