Ten suspected suicide attack plotters to appear in Indian court

Ten people suspected of planning imminent suicide attacks in the New Delhi region will appear in court in the capital on Thursday, India's federal counter-terrorism agency said.

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Sydney Opal Tower: Residents forced to leave for second time

Residents are told to leave for a second time so investigators and engineers can work around the clock.

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Anak Krakatau: Indonesia flights rerouted as volcano alert level raised

The alert level of Anak Krakatau is now up to the second highest possible after several eruptions.

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New best story on Hacker News: Chinese may take over Mombasa port: Ouko

Chinese may take over Mombasa port: Ouko
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New best story on Hacker News: Human blood cells can be directly reprogrammed into neural stem cells

Human blood cells can be directly reprogrammed into neural stem cells
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New best story on Hacker News: Netflix Pulls the Plug on Feature Designed to Get Kids Addicted to Netflix

Netflix Pulls the Plug on Feature Designed to Get Kids Addicted to Netflix
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Huawei: 'Deep concerns' over firm's role in UK 5G upgrade

Chinese state sometimes acts in a "malign way", Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson is reported as saying.

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Indonesia reroutes all flights around erupting Anak Krakatau volcano

Indonesia on Thursday rerouted all flights around the erupting Anak Krakatau volcano between Java and Sumatra islands, as it spewed columns of ash into the air, days after it triggered a deadly tsunami.

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Lost idol: New wave of Myanmar youth activists look beyond Suu Kyi

(This December 1 story is refiled to fix typographical errors in paragraphs 16 and 22.)

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Firefighters revisit the scene of Armenia's earthquake in 1988.

Two British firefighters revisit Spitak, the scene of a devastating earthquake in 1988.

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U.S. expands medical checks after Guatemala boy dies; mother 'in despair'

Migrant children will receive more thorough medical checks after an 8-year-old Guatemalan boy died in U.S. custody this week, the U.S. government said on Wednesday, and his mother expressed grief and despair over his death.

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Frenchman sets off to cross Atlantic in a barrel

Jean Jacques Savin hopes ocean currents alone will propel him from the Canaries to the Caribbean.

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China to try Canadian citizen on drugs charges: news report

A Chinese court will try a Canadian citizen on drugs charges on Saturday, a government-run news portal said, in a case that could further test already difficult relations between Beijing and Ottawa.

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Slime - it's a slippery business

Kids love the mess and parents love the prices - but can slime keep selling?

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Letter from Africa: 'Guilty until proven innocent in Nigeria'

Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani takes on the naming, shaming and parading of police suspects in Nigeria.

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Lost in Asia's deepest cave

How one man's disappearance in the Uzbek mountains led to the discovery of Asia's deepest cave.

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Florida school shooting: What happened next?

In February, 17 people were killed in a school shooting in Florida. Did it change anything?

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EU's Oettinger sees chance British parliament votes for Brexit deal in January

European Commissioner Guenther Oettinger said on Thursday there is still a chance that Britain's parliament will vote in favor of the Brexit agreement in January and that there was no public support for a disorderly Brexit or another referendum.

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Britain's ethnic workers face £3.2bn 'pay penalty'

A research group says Britain's black and ethnic minority staff are paid less than white counterparts.

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Questions the world asked Google in 2018

From Prince Harry's age to the floss, can Washington DC tackle some of the year's most searched questions?

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Miley Cyrus confirms marriage to Liam Hemsworth

The American pop star confirms her marriage to the Australian actor on social media.

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Iraqi lawmakers criticize Trump visit as blow to Iraqi sovereignty

Iraqi political and militia leaders condemned U.S. President Donald Trump's surprise visit to U.S. troops in Iraq on Wednesday as a violation of Iraq's sovereignty, and lawmakers said a meeting between Trump and Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi was canceled due to a disagreement over venue.

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Plastic bag fee 'to double to 10p' and include every shop

The government wants to double the charge and extend it to all shops in England, to cut plastic use.

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African women we celebrated in 2018

An Afropop artist, a veteran mechanic and other women's stories BBC Africa featured in 2018.

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Slums on the rise in Chile

The number of slums in Chile, one of Latin America's most prosperous and stable economies, has nearly doubled since 2011, the government said on Wednesday, as an influx of migrants increasingly face a lack of low-income housing and rising rents.

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US stock markets rally after pre-Christmas slump

The Dow Jones is up by nearly 5% and the technology-focused Nasdaq rises by nearly 6%.

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US stock markets rally after pre-Christmas slump

The Dow Jones is up by nearly 5% and the technology-focused Nasdaq rises by nearly 6%.

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Ex-Insys CEO to plead guilty to opioid kickback scheme

The former chief executive of Insys Therapeutics Inc has agreed to plead guilty to participating in a scheme to bribe doctors to prescribe a powerful opioid medication sold by the company, U.S. prosecutors said on Wednesday.

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Former Insys CEO to plead guilty to opioid kickback scheme

The former chief executive of Insys Therapeutics Inc has agreed to plead guilty to participating in a scheme to bribe doctors to prescribe a powerful opioid medication sold by the company, U.S. prosecutors said on Wednesday.

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Meeting between Trump and Iraq's leadership scrapped over 'disagreements': Iraq PM

A meeting between Iraq's leadership and U.S. President Donald Trump, who made a surprise visit to U.S. troops in Iraq on Wednesday, was scrapped over disagreements in how to conduct the session, according to a statement from the Iraqi PM's office.

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U.S. Coast Guard searches for cruise ship crew member who went overboard

The U.S. Coast Guard said on Wednesday it was searching for a British crew member who went overboard from a Royal Caribbean cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean.

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After death of Guatemalan boy, U.S. to step up medical screenings

An 8-year-old Guatemalan boy who died in U.S. custody this week had trekked to the border with his father from a rural northwestern village, Guatemala's government said on Wednesday, following thousands of others who have made the area a hot spot of migration.

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