NZ police shut Dunedin airport after report of a suspicious package

New Zealand's police said on Sunday that the airport in the city of Dunedin had been closed following a report of a suspicious package on the airfield.

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Thais flock to early voting in first election since 2014 coup

Many Thais queued on Sunday, some for hours, to vote early in parliamentary elections scheduled for March 24, the country's first since a 2014 military coup.

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At least one dead in Palestinian shooting attack in West Bank: Israel Radio

At least one person was killed and two others were wounded in a Palestinian shooting attack in the occupied West Bank on Sunday, Israel Radio said.

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Accounts emerge of heroism in New Zealand mosques; bodies to be released

Accounts emerged on Sunday of heroic attempts to tackle a gunman who slaughtered 50 people at two mosques in New Zealand, as authorities prepared to begin releasing the bodies of victims to their families for burial.

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'You are safe now': moments of heroism in Christchurch massacre

As New Zealanders struggled to cope with the deadly mayhem in Christchurch, stories of heroism have emerged from the tragedy, including a worshiper who chased away the gunman armed only with a credit card machine.

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Joe Biden says he's running in 2020 - then corrects himself

The former vice-president appeared to say he was a candidate - before insisting he 'didn't mean it'

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At least one person critically wounded in West Bank shooting: ambulance service

At least one person was wounded in a suspected Palestinian shooting attack in the occupied West Bank on Sunday, an Israeli ambulance service and Israel Radio said.

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At Ethiopia flight memorial, white roses mark passing of lives

An aircraft hangar in the Ethiopian capital was filled with the white roses as aviation staff gathered on Sunday to remember the two pilots and six crew, who perished along with 149 passengers in the Ethiopia Airlines crash a week ago.

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How climate change is sinking an Indian island

Thousands of people still live on the Indian island, which has shrunk in size to just 4.5 sq km.

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Christchurch shootings: Attacker was 'lone gunman'

Others arrested after the attacks in Christchurch that killed 50 are not believed to be involved, police say.

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Ethiopian Airlines: Boeing 737 Max crash relatives offered earth for ceremony

Relatives of victims of last Sunday's air crash are told it could take six months to identify remains.

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Big pro-Catalan rally staged in Madrid

Tens of thousands of supporters of Catalan independence protest in Spain's capital.

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Yellow vest protests: Violence returns to streets of Paris

French "anti-elitist" protests increase in size - and violence - after weeks of dwindling numbers.

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Anti-corruption candidate Zuzana Caputova leads Slovak poll

Lawyer Zuzana Caputova has a clear lead, but the presidential election will go to a second round.

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Cyclone Idai: Many dead in Zimbabwe and Mozambique

The tropical storm had already caused death and destruction in neighbouring Mozambique.

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Christchurch shootings: Flowers and Haka

The Christchurch community remembered those killed with a large floral memorial and an outpouring of grief.

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Christchurch shootings: 'My father took a bullet for me'

Ali Adeeba was praying at the Al Noor Mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand, when a gunman opened fire.

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The village in Ghana where childbirth is banned

Women are sent away from Mamfe Dove community in Ghana to give birth to avoid "offending the gods".

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ICYMI: A coloured flour fight and lifesaving jeans

Some stories you might have missed this week.

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'Yellow vests' protests: Violence returns to Paris streets

Police fire tear gas at demonstrators rioting, looting and setting barricades alight in France's capital.

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Viral cat videos and the man who watches thousands of them

Will Braden runs CatVideoFest - a project that raises thousands of dollars for animal shelters.

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The Gypsy mayor who wants Gypsies to mix with everyone else

France has about 500,000 gypsies but only one gypsy mayor - and he is not popular with gypsy voters.

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Mopping up Dieselgate: The boss transforming Volkswagen

Hiltrud Werner is the only woman on the board of the troubled German car giant.

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Justice remains elusive for victims of war crimes in Syria

UN investigators have spent years collecting evidence, but turning that into prosecutions is difficult, says Jeremy Bowen.

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Like a dog with a bone: The Bolivian helping strays

Why a Bolivian businessman gave up his career to feed hundreds of street dogs in La Paz.

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Can you murder a robot?

Does it matter if we hurt a robot? And should we have rules to make sure they don't hurt us?

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Historic floods hit Nebraska after 'bomb cyclone' storm

Large parts of Nebraska and the U.S. Central Plains were underwater on Saturday after a late-winter "bomb cyclone" storm triggered historic flooding along the Missouri and Platte rivers, causing two deaths, tearing apart homes and swallowing roadways.

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Police have man in custody for murder of New York Mafia boss

Police have a 24-year-old suspect in custody in the slaying of reputed Mafia boss Francesco "Franky Boy" Cali in New York City, authorities said on Saturday.

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Trump urges General Motors to reopen Ohio plant in tweet

U.S. President Donald Trump urged General Motors Co to reopen Ohio plant in a tweet on Saturday, ten days after the plant made its last Chevrolet Cruze.

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U.S. seizes 1 million pounds of pork from China on swine fever concerns

U.S. border agents have seized around 1 million pounds of pork from China, a spokesman for the agency said on Friday, over suspicions that it might contain African swine flu disease which has hit Chinese pork output.

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Death Toll Rises to 50 in New Zealand Mosque Shootings

The death toll in the massacres at two New Zealand mosques rose to 50 on Sunday after police found another victim while removing bodies from the crime scenes, and authorities announced they do not believe three people who had been arrested were involved in the shootings allegedly carried out by a 28-year-old white supremacist.

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Cyclone Idai Hits Mozambique, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Killing 140

Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi have been hit by a vicious cyclone that has killed more than 140 people, left hundreds more missing and stranded tens of thousands who are cut off from roads and telephones in mainly poor, rural areas.

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NZ mosque shootings toll rises to 50, authorities to begin releasing bodies

The bodies of some of the victims in New Zealand's mosque shootings will be released on Sunday to loved ones for burial, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said, as the death toll rose to 50 when police found another body.

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Facebook says it removed 1.5 million videos of the New Zealand mosque attack

Facebook Inc said it removed 1.5 million videos globally of the New Zealand mosque attack in the first 24 hours after the attack.

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