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US military strikes 2 boats, killing 6 in Eastern Pacific
11 Nov 2025The military launched two lethal strikes against two separate vessels "operated by designated terrorist organisations," the US Defence Secretary says.
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Darfuri diaspora - grief and hope from afar
Today, in Darfur, we are seeing history tragically repeat itself. Families who once escaped the violence share a sense of grief and hope.
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FBI chief's secret visit to China
10 Nov 2025The United States federal law enforcement agency boss visited China last week to discuss fentanyl and law enforcement issues, sources say.
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Canada loses measles elimination status after three decades
11 Nov 2025There have now been 18 confirmed cases in New Zealand's outbreak - 17 of them are no longer infectious.
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Password blunders: Nuclear codes, voicemail hacks and businesses going bust
10 Nov 2025The Louvre's security password was just 'Louvre', but that's not as worrying as the fact just eight zeros once separated the US from launching a nuclear attack.
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US Senate advances bill to end federal shutdown
10 Nov 2025The shutdown has sidelined federal workers and affected food aid, parks and travel, while air traffic control staffing shortages threaten to derail travel.
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Boat with Rohingya migrants sinks off Malaysia, hundreds missing
10 Nov 2025The boat had 300 people on board.
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US senate reaches deal in major sign shutdown is poised to end
10 Nov 2025The deal includes a reversal of Trump's firings of federal employees and provisions to prevent such actions in the future, a source says.
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'I never thought I'd be here': Millions of Americans go hungry amid record shutdown
10 Nov 2025Maria Garcia is one of the 1.4 million US government employees going without pay.
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No pause for relief
10 Nov 2025Nearly 1 million residents have fled the looming destructive winds and life-threatening storm surges. Audio
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BBC boss resigns over Trump documentary edit
10 Nov 2025The broadcaster's director general and news chief have both quit after criticism of a documentary.
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Why UK and Germany are accusing Russia of threatening their satellites
10 Nov 2025The countries have highlighted frequent instances of Russia stalking, jamming and interfering with their satellites in space.
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Are young people more narcissistic than ever?
10 Nov 2025Narcissism scores in the 2000s were significantly higher than in the 1980s and 1990s.
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Is it healthier to stop eating when you’re 80 percent full?
Some of the world's longest-living people follow the Japanese meal practice of hara hachi bu.
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How Taiwan is leading the way in fight against disinformation
10 Nov 2025In a country swamped by disinformation, two entrepreneurs have come up with solutions to tackle the problem on and offline.
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'It's just a misunderstanding' - Life in a peaceful country with war on its doorstep
8 Nov 2025The Detail's Sharon Brettkelly visits Jordan, where the tourism industry propping up the country's economy has been all but decimated by the war in neighbouring Israel.
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Winds, rain lash Philippines as super typhoon nears
9 Nov 2025A typhoon in the Philippines which has killed at least 204 people and left 109 missing, is set to reach super typhoon status
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Tornado kills six, injures 750, as it wrecks southern Brazil town
9 Nov 2025The storm lasted only minutes, but hit with ferocious winds swirling at up to 250 km/h.
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Rare genetic disorder shortening life span of boys
9 Nov 2025When Skye Scott took her son to a paediatrician, she never imagined he would be diagnosed with the life-changing Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
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Prince George attends first fallen soldiers memorial
9 Nov 2025The event marked the 80th anniversary of the end of the WWII and the 25 years since the end of the ban on LGBTQ people serving in the British military.
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World's first sex worker statue returns home after 30 years
9 Nov 2025Leaning against a red frame, cigarette in hand, a divisive sculpture captured Sydney's attention over a whirlwind 18 months.
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Airlines cancel more than 1000 flights due to US govt shutdown
9 Nov 2025During the record shutdown, tens of thousands of airport workers have been forced to work without pay.
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Russia strikes nuclear substations, killing seven, Ukraine says
9 Nov 2025President Zelensky is calling for fresh sanctions against Russia, which claims the attacks are a response to Kyiv's strikes against Russian oil refineries, depots and logistics hubs.
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Russia poised to capture Pokrovsk
9 Nov 2025The battle for the Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk is no longer a fight for a strategically important logistics hub, but a symbolic battle.
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