Australia says Iran frees couple held for months; drops charges

Iran has freed an Australian couple detained for several months and dropped its charges against them, Australia's Foreign Minister Marise Payne said on Saturday.

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New Zealand bishop resigns after woman's complaint of unacceptable behavior

A Catholic bishop in New Zealand has resigned after a church body investigated a young woman's complaint against him regarding "unacceptable behavior of a sexual nature", a top church official has said.

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Bernie Sanders: Senator, 78, had a heart attack, doctors confirm

The Democratic presidential candidate, 78, says he feels “great” as he’s discharged from hospital.

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Australian-British blogger and boyfriend freed from Iran jail

British-Australian Jolie King and her Australian boyfriend Mark Firkin have been returned home.

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Palestinians to resume taking Israeli collected tax money

The cash-strapped Palestinian Authority (PA) will once again accept tax revenues collected on its behalf by Israel, after rejecting the money for months, Israeli and Palestinian officials said on Friday.

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'My home's freehold isn't worth the paper it's written on'

Denise Sullivan says restrictive covenants mean her freehold home is effectively a leasehold.

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Exclusive: Iran not 'drawing back' militarily after Saudi attack - U.S. admiral

Iran has not drawn back to a less threatening military posture in the region following the Sept. 14 attack on Saudi Arabia, the top U.S. admiral in the Middle East told Reuters, suggesting persistent concern despite a lull in violence.

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Harrogate: What happened when the shops left town

Harrogate is one of the UK towns most hit by retail closures, but the locals are rising to the challenge.

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Hong Kong metro stays shut after night of violent protests

Hong Kong's metro system will stay shut on Saturday, the rail operator said, paralyzing transport in the Asian financial hub after a night of chaos in which police shot a teenage boy and pro-democracy protesters torched businesses and metro stations.

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U.S. agency reviews whether 2,000 Teslas should have been recalled

U.S. regulators said on Friday they were reviewing whether Tesla Inc should have recalled 2,000 of its electric cars in May instead of issuing a software upgrade to fix a potential defect that could have resulted in battery fires.

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Trump-Ukraine inquiry: Democrats demand documents from White House

“The president has chosen the path of defiance, obstruction, and cover-up,” Democrats say.

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Canada opposition chief pressed on U.S. citizenship, drops candidate for anti-gay comments

Andrew Scheer, the head of Canada's opposition Conservatives, on Friday dropped one of his candidates for the Oct. 21 election and faced repeated questions about why he had not revealed that he has dual U.S. citizenship.

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Trump suspends entry of immigrants who cannot pay for healthcare

U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday signed a proclamation suspending entry of immigrants who cannot pay for their healthcare costs and will not be covered by health insurance within 30 days of entering the United States.

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Hong Kong metro system to remain shut as city reels from night of violent protests

Hong Kong's rail operator said the entire metro system would remain shut on Saturday in an unprecedented move as the city braced for more demonstrations after a night of chaos when police shot a teenage boy and pro-democracy protesters torched businesses and metro stations.

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Hong Kong rail operator MTR suspends all services due to vandalism

Hong Kong rail operator MTR Corp said all services would be suspended on Saturday due to "malicious vandalism" as violent protests erupted across the Chinese-ruled city hours after the government invoked emergency powers.

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Ecuador unions call off anti-austerity protests after 370 arrests in two days

Ecuador's transport unions on Friday called off protests against the scrapping of fuel subsidies by President Lenin Moreno after two days of unrest that halted transport nationwide and resulted in almost 370 arrests.

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EU rejects Britain's request to run weekend Brexit talks: The Times

The European Union rejected a British government request to allow Brexit talks to run through weekend, The Times newspaper reported https://bit.ly/2Ipq7gM on Saturday.

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Ecuador transport unions suspend protests against cuts to fuel-subsidy

Ecuadorean transport unions agreed on Friday to suspend protests against President Lenin Moreno's scrapping of fuel-subsidies, a union spokesman said, after two days of unrest that halted transport nation-wide and resulted in almost 370 arrests.

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