Pope departs Thailand for Japan, bringing anti-nuclear message

Pope Francis left Thailand on Saturday after a three-day visit and headed to Japan, where he is to visit the ground zeros of Hiroshima and Nagasaki as part of his campaign against nuclear weapons.

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Amid singing and dancing, PNG's Bougainville starts independence vote

Amid singing, dancing and the beat of drums, John Momis, the president of Papua New Guinea's region of Bougainville, was one of the first to cast his ballot early on Saturday in a referendum on whether to become the world's newest nation.

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University campus siege nears end as Hong Kong gears up for election

A Hong Kong university campus under siege for more than a week was a deserted wasteland on Saturday, with a handful of protesters holed up in hidden refuges across the trashed grounds, as the city's focus turned to local elections.

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Nicaraguan mothers who waged hunger strike in church taken to hospital

A group of nine Nicaraguan mothers whose hunger strike became emblematic of protests roiling the Central American country were transported on Friday to a hospital in stable condition, according to a doctor treating the group and a Reuters witness.

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Thousands gather for renewed Colombia protests, curfew called in Bogota

Thousands of Colombians gathered for renewed protests on Friday and sporadic looting erupted in several parts of the capital Bogota, after mass marches on Thursday ended in three deaths.

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Texas teacher faces backlash for telling student to 'speak English'

A Latino civil rights group on Friday called for a Texas teacher to be banned from instructing students after she was shown on video appearing to tell a Latino high school pupil to "speak English; we're in America."

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Amazon files lawsuit contesting Pentagon's $10 billion cloud contract to Microsoft

Amazon.com Inc on Friday filed a lawsuit in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims contesting the Pentagon's award of an up to $10 billion cloud computing contract to Microsoft Corp.

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Justice Department backs Trump in Supreme Court fight over his tax returns

The U.S. Justice Department on Friday backed President Donald Trump in his fight at the Supreme Court to prevent his tax returns from being disclosed to a New York prosecutor.

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Colombia protests: Curfew covers all Bogotá amid fresh protests

Tear gas is used to disperse protesters marching against the government of President Iván Duque.

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'Freehold charges cost us our dream home'

A family says rentcharges on their home meant their move fell through and cost them thousands in fees.

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Cuba acknowledges 'vestiges' of racism, launches program to fight it

Cuba's government has launched a program to combat racism, acknowledging that a problem that Fidel Castro tried to eliminate after the 1959 leftist revolution remains unresolved.

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Two dead, nine missing as fishing boat sinks off Morocco

A boat capsized off the coast of Morocco's port of Tan Tan, 856 km (537 miles), south of capital Rabat, leaving two fishermen dead while at least nine others were still missing, the fisheries department said late on Friday.

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Australia bushfires: Which animals typically fare best and worst?

As Australian forests burn, some species are better equipped to survive danger and habitat loss.

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Dinosaurs: Restoring Mongolia's fossil heritage

The Gobi Desert produces stunning fossils but many Mongolians never get the chance to see them.

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Should workers be allowed to nap at work?

The US government has issued a directive banning sleeping at work. But sleep experts say they should reconsider.

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The best photos rejected from the National Portrait Gallery's Taylor Wessing prize

Celebrating the best images that failed to win the prestigious Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize.

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Extreme queuing: Five days in line to see favourite band

For music fans who want to get close to their favourite band, there's only one way to do it.

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U.S. Army cadets told not to use TikTok in uniform

U.S. Army cadets were this week instructed not to use China-owned social media app TikTok while representing the military, an Army spokeswoman said on Friday, amid concerns over the app's handling of user data.

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Ex-Trump ally Bolton says Twitter account 'liberated' from White House control

U.S. President Donald Trump's former national security adviser John Bolton said on Friday that Twitter Inc had returned control of his personal account to him after it had been taken over by the White House.

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What happened to Mary Boyle? No body recovered

How can a six-year-old child vanish without a trace for more than 40 years – the story of Ireland’s Mary Boyle?

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Week in Pictures: 16-22 November 2019

A selection of news photographs taken around the world this week.

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Teal Swan: The woman encouraging her followers to visualise death

The BBC has heard testimony that the teachings of spiritual influencer Teal Swan may have contributed to the suicides of at least two of her followers.

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Bolivia prosecutors probing Morales over accusations he encouraged unrest

Bolivia's attorney general said on Friday that his office has opened a probe into former President Evo Morales for alleged sedition and terrorism, related to accusations from the interim government that he has been stirring unrest since resigning.

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