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One in five children in rich countries live in relative poverty: UN
June 15, 2017
Nearly 13 per cent of children in those countries lack access to sufficient safe and nutritious food with that number rising to 20 per cent in the US and Britain, according to a Unicef report.
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Airbus A330 lands safely in Australia after gaping hole emerges in engine casing
June 12, 2017
Passengers told Australian media they heard a massive noise and smelled something burning.
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Australian bodyboarder survives bump from shark
June 11, 2017
A bodyboarder swimming close to shore survived a close encounter with a large shark on Sunday after being bumped by the predator off Western Australia.
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Malaysia Airlines jet diverted in Australia after passenger threatened to detonate bomb
June 1, 2017
Flight 128 was about 10 minutes into a flight from Melbourne when the man walked from his economy seat to the cockpit door clutching an electronic device and threatening to blow up the plane, creating panic among passengers.
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The quirky mailboxes in the Australian bush - video
June 1, 2017
Take a look at some ingenious and some outright odd mailboxes in towns in rural New South Wales.
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Passenger tries to enter cockpit of Malaysia Airlines flight in Australia - video
June 1, 2017
A Malaysia Airlines plane returned to Australia after a mentally ill passenger threatened to detonate a bomb.
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‘There’s a shark in my boat’: Great white jumps into Australian fisherman’s small vessel
May 29, 2017
An elderly Australian fisherman has lived to tell the tale after a great white shark leapt into his boat, surviving with only an injured arm after he was sent flying by the thrashing beast.
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3D-printed rocket blasts off into space - video
May 25, 2017
Rocket Lab, a Silicon Valley-funded space company, launches the maiden flight of its battery-powered, 3-D printed rocket from New Zealand’s remote Mahia Peninsula.
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Sydney siege coroner criticises police for not storming building earlier
May 24, 2017
The coroner’s findings follow intense criticism from many of the 18 hostages and families of the victims, who have long questioned why police waited nearly 17 hours to enter the Lindt Cafe.
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Omar in the running to be crowned the world’s longest cat - video
May 18, 2017
Omar from Australia could be the world’s longest cat after Guinness World Records contacted his owner following a picture she posted of him on Instagram.
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Luxury boomerang comes back to bite Chanel
May 17, 2017
Chanel is accused of turning the hunting weapon, an important part of Aboriginal heritage, into a status symbol by offering a black wood and resin boomerang for sale in its spring-summer collection.
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World in focus – best photos for May 16, 2017
May 16, 2017
Take a look at some of the best photos from around the world today.
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This is Trash Island: Scientists alarmed to find 38 million pieces of rubbish in Pacific outpost
May 16, 2017
Almost all of the garbage they found on Henderson Island was made from plastic.
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Seventeen inmates shot dead during Papua New Guinea prison break
May 15, 2017
Fifty prisoners were still on the run from the Buimo prison in the city of Lae on Papua New Guinea’s north coast, with police warning the public of a likely increase in carjackings and robberies.
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World in focus - best photos for May 11, 2017
May 11, 2017
Take a look at some of the best photos from around the world today.
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Australia says ‘no’ to hitchhiking toads
May 11, 2017
Australian quarantine authorities on Thursday urged travellers through Asia to avoid bringing in hitchhiking amphibians after a passenger arrived at an airport with a dead Indonesian toad in his shoe.
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Centuries-old rare French flowers destroyed in Australian quarantine drama
May 9, 2017
Australian quarantine officials have acknowledged that they reacted a bit too hastily when they destroyed a rare, centuries-old collection of plants from France due to paperwork problems.
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ISIL fighter’s son, 6, can return to Australia, prime minister says
May 8, 2017
But such children who returned from the battlefields of Syria and Iraq would be subjected to 'the closest attention' to ensure Australians were safe, Malcolm Turnbull said.
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Vanuatu villagers pray for Prince Philip’s second coming — video
May 7, 2017
An isolated tribe on Vanuatu that worships Britain’s Prince Philip were dismayed when they learnt this week that he was retiring from public office.
Global Talk podcast: Meet the Palestinian trying to set up Gaza’s first English-language library
In the latest episode of Global Talk, Laura Mackenzie talks to Mosab Abu Toha, a 25-year-old English language teacher, about the highs and lows of his journey to establish the first library in Gaza dedicated to books in English
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