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Molly the border collie rescued after a week waiting for injured owner in New Zealand’s remote backcountry
A rescue mission involving volunteer helicopter crew and public donations ended in joy after Molly was located…
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Family of Australian woman who died after Japanese ski lift accident remember their ‘beautiful girl’
Tributes for Queensland snowboarder Brooke Day recall a ‘cherished team mate’ who had an ‘infectious sense of …
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Nusantara, Indonesia’s planned new political capital – explained in 30 seconds
The new city remains under construction, one year on from its scheduled 2024 inauguration, and has been downgr…
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Leaders gather in Beijing for military display – as it happened
This blog is closedFull report: Xi, Kim and Putin appear together in BeijingThe parade has commenced, they are…
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New Zealand fugitive and one of his children spotted on CCTV after four years on the run, police believe
Footage from a small North Island town store is the first confirmed sighting of Tom Phillips in a year, nearly…
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Samoa’s election: Voting has begun after months of turmoil, here is everything you need to know
Samoans began voting on Friday in parliamentary elections amid personal rivalries and geopolitical tensions Sa…
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Piracy and armed robbery surge in the straits of Malacca and Singapore – report
In the first six months of this year there were 80 incidents of piracy and armed robbery in the strategic wate…
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Japan has opened its first osmotic power plant – so what is it and how does it work?
The site in Fukuoka is only the second power plant of its type in the world, harnessing the power of osmosis t…
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Malaysian state threatens to jail Muslim men who skip Friday prayers
Under the new laws in Malaysia’s Terengganu state, first-time offenders could be imprisoned for up to two year…