Girl attacked in ‘horrendous’ New Year’s Eve sexual assault in Melbourne’s CBD

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Russia detains U.S. citizen in Moscow for suspected spying

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Sex abuse victims can finally sue churches in New South Wales as 'Ellis defence' abolished - Previously churches were protected from being sued by a legal precedent which said they did not legally exist

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Putin Claimed His Hypersonic Missiles Were Invincible. Then He Jailed the Developers.

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In about 10 hours, the New Horizons mission will flyby Ultima Thule, making it the most distant object ever visited by a spacecraft. Though the icy world is more than 4 billion miles from Earth, New Horizons will pass within about 2,200 miles of the 18.5-mile-wide rock at more than 30,000 mph.

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Mexican president decrees tax cuts for U.S. border region

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Canada and 5 other nations pull trigger on world’s biggest trade deal — leaving America out in the cold

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Spain Will Close Every Single Coal Mine by 2019

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Video shows Saudi hit team carrying bags believed to contain the remains of Khashoggi's into the consul-general's residence.

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Plastic made from seaweed could help fight against pollution

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Brexit ferry contract worth £13.8 million awarded to company with no ships or trading history

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Facebook is the least trusted tech company followed by twitter, amazon: survey

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Call for air-conditioners in 'inhumane' cells after outback heatwave triggers prison riot in Australia

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There has been a wave of criticism after Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte said he sexually assaulted a maid, having recalled confessing to a priest how he reached into the maid's underwear as she slept. Women's rights group Gabriela said Duterte was "unworthy of his position and should resign".

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College track star warned police about her ex-boyfriend 6 times in the 10 days before he killed her

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Footage shows Saudi hit team carrying bags believed to contain body parts of murdered journalist, Turkish reports say

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Korea to ban use of disposable shopping bags at supermarkets

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Bacteria found in ancient Irish soil halts growth of superbugs—new hope for tackling antibiotic resistance

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Trump is “worst perpetrator of false information” in America, U.N. official monitoring freedom of expression says

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Venice to charge visitors to enter city

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Putin tells Trump that Moscow is ready for talks on an ‘extensive agenda’

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Kuwait rejects law providing citizenship to non-Muslims.

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History will be made today when Nasa's New Horizons probe sweeps past the icy world known as Ultima Thule. The flyby will set a new record for the most distant ever exploration of a Solar System object by a spacecraft.

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Bangladesh TV station shut, seven journalists assaulted on election day

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Beavers are back in Italy after an absence of nearly 500 years as big mammals rebound in Europe

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Spain’s state-owned chain of paradores, the grand hotels often housed in ancient castles and monasteries, has announced that all 97 of its establishments will use only electricity from renewable sources from the start of the new year.

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Israel demolished 538 homes, facilities in West Bank in 2018

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Belarus warns Putin is destroying countries to re-create Soviet bloc under Russian flag

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Gorilla inbreeding linked to webbed feet and fertility problems in endangered apes, study suggests - Smaller gene pool leaving apes vulnerable to disease outbreaks and habitat change

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Thousands of Serbians protested against President Aleksandar Vucic and his ruling Serbian Progressive Party in downtown Belgrade, chanting "Vucic thief". They demanded media freedoms, an end to attacks on journalists and opposition politicians.

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Kim Jong-un letter to Seoul asks for more summits in 2019 - North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un has vowed to "frequently" meet South Korea's President Moon Jae-in next year to discuss denuclearisation.

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Donald Trump blames child border deaths on Democrats

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French hero who saved hundreds of Jewish children during WWII dies aged 108

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Tory education reforms are giving private school pupils a huge additional advantage in the hunt for university places and jobs by allowing them to sit easier GCSEs than the more rigorous exams that are being forced upon state schools, new official figures suggest.

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Cyberattack from outside the U.S. hits newspapers across the country, preventing distribution, source says

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Duterte 'confesses' he molested their maid as a teen

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Following Report on Saudi Use of Child Soldiers in Yemen, Anti-War Voices Offer This Reminder: American Tax Dollars 'Help Pay for It'. "Children paid to kill children. This is how our 'ally,' Saudi Arabia, wages its disgusting war in Yemen."

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UK Trade Minister says '50-50' chance Brexit may be stopped

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Saudi Arabia and UAE recruit African child soldiers to fight in Yemen war

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British cave rescue diver falsely branded ‘pedo guy’ by Elon Musk honoured by Queen

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Trump Campaign Manager Paul Manafort Was Pressured by Former Russian Spy Over His Debts in 2016

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Government accused of ‘dodging responsibility’ as study reveals most English people live with illegal air pollution

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Trump hasn’t ordered Pentagon to withdraw troops from Afghanistan

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Stop adding cancer-causing chemicals to our bacon, experts tell meat industry | The reputation of the meat industry will sink to that of big tobacco unless it removes cancer-causing chemicals from processed products such as bacon and ham, a coalition of experts and politicians warn

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Chinese scientist who allegedly created the first genetically engineered babies is being detained

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Russian Ex-Spy Pressured Manafort Over Debts to an Oligarch

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Russians under 18 who have led nationwide anti-government rallies in recent years now banned from attending unauthorized protests under newly signed law. New amendments impose 15 days of jail and fines of up to one million rubles on organizers who “involve minors” in unauthorized rallies.

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Trump pulled out of a massive trade deal. Now 11 countries are going ahead without the US

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Philippine's Department of Environment stops "130,000 Balloon Drop" Guinness Record Attempt due to the public's concern over the garbage it will generate

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Six men were arrested in Vietnam for killing and eating endangered monkey while livestreaming it on social media site. The trafficking and consumption of rare and endangered species is widespread in Vietnam as many still believe in healing and medicinal qualities of animals' body parts.

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