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Yulia Skripal: 'My life has been turned upside down'

Yulia Skripal: 'My life has been turned upside down'

Yulia Skripal, who was poisoned with her ex-spy father in a nerve agent attack, said on Wednesday her recovery has been "slow and painful".

  • by Guy Faulconbridge

Opinion & Perspectives

Irish abortion vote puts spotlight on outdated Australian laws

It is a critical time for those Australian governments with outdated abortion laws to reflect on why they continue to defy community values.

Adrianne Walters

    China calls checkmate on South China Sea

    The land masses are now there. And they are occupied. It's time Australia got off the back foot and worked with China to see if the new islands can be of joint benefit.

    John Powers

      Trump backers fear he's deserting them on China

      The Trump administration is de-escalating its trade confrontation with China, leaving some in the US to ask why

      Tory Newmyer
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        'I didn't care if they cut my leg off': Lava bomb survivor describes agony

        'I didn't care if they cut my leg off': Lava bomb survivor describes agony

        After doctors saved his leg that was hit by a projectile of molten rock, Darryl Clinton said witnessing the lava up close, had been "the event of a lifetime".

        • by Amy B Wang
        Ukraine paid Trump lawyer Cohen to arrange White House talks: BBC

        Ukraine paid Trump lawyer Cohen to arrange White House talks: BBC

        Michael Cohen received a secret payment to arrange talks between Trump and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko last year, the BBC reported.

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        Asia

        In a first, UK mum jailed for forcing daughter to marry

        In a first, UK mum jailed for forcing daughter to marry

        A mother tricked her teenage daughter into travelling to Pakistan to marry an older man.

        • by Emma Batha
        Fate of US-North Korea summit rests with Kim Jong-un: Pompeo

        Fate of US-North Korea summit rests with Kim Jong-un: Pompeo

        Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said he's "very hopeful" that a planned summit will proceed but laid the fate of the historic meeting squarely with Kim Jong-un.

        • by Matthew Lee and Matthew Pennington

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        Private jet from Texas crashes in Honduras, all passengers survive

        Private jet from Texas crashes in Honduras, all passengers survive

        Video images posted online showed what appeared to be area residents pulling people out of the damaged fuselage of the white Gulfstream jet.

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