Australia government warns released student not to return to North Korea

Australia's government warned a student on Friday not to return to North Korea a day after he was released from detention by Pyongyang under mysterious circumstances.

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Why are menstruating women in India removing their wombs?

It is a shocking new example of India's troubled relationship with women and their periods.

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How do Westerners come to live and work in North Korea?

An Australian who was detained and was one of a handful of Western students in North Korea.

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Boeing 737 Max: 'I lost my family in the Ethiopian plane crash'

Families of the victims of the Ethiopian Airlines crash want to know why the Boeing 737 Max was allowed to fly.

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Africa's top shots: 28 June - 4 June 2019

A selection of the week's best photos from across the continent and beyond.

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Greek general election: Five issues that matter

From austerity to name-calling controversies; why Alexis Tsipras's leadership hangs in the balance.

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Venezuela’s trans community fears hormone shortages

Venezuelan trans people are being hit by shortages of the medication they need for their transition.

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'Under siege': Fear and defiance mark life for Pakistan's minority Hazaras

High walls around the neighborhoods of Pakistan's embattled Hazara community in the southwestern city of Quetta are designed to protect them from extremist militants, but also serve as a constant reminder of the threat they face.

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Australian student released from North Korea in 'good spirits'

An Australian student who was detained in North Korea has been released and has safely left the country, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Thursday.

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Royal Marines detain oil tanker on way to Syria

Authorities say they had reason to believe the ship was carrying crude oil to a sanctioned refinery.

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Alek Sigley: Australian PM confirms North Korea detainee's release

The Australian student had been reported missing last week in North Korea.

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Australian student missing in North Korea is released

An Australian student who went missing in North Korea has been released, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Thursday.

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Quake of magnitude 6.5 hits northwest of Canada's Vancouver island: USGS

An earthquake of magnitude 6.5 struck northwest of Canada's Vancouver island, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said on Thursday.

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India's monsoon rain below average for fifth straight week

India's monsoon rains in the week ending on Wednesday were below average for the fifth time in a row, although the deficit was the lowest since the start of the season, after it revived in central and western regions.

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Australian student missing in N. Korea is safe in China: NK News

An Australian student who went missing in North Korea is safe and sound in China, North Korea-focused news site NK News reported on Thursday, citing unidentified sources.

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Alek Sigley: Australian missing in North Korea released

Australian Alek Sigley who went missing in North Korea is "released and safe", Australian PM confirms.

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Census 2020: Trump reverses course in citizenship question row

The US president contradicts his own officials and says he will work to add a citizenship question.

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New best story on Hacker News: YouTube's ban on “hacking techniques” threatens to shut down infosec YouTube

YouTube's ban on “hacking techniques” threatens to shut down infosec YouTube
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Mexican police protest against joining new national guard

Officers of the Mexican federal police protested on Wednesday against the newly created National Guard, saying their superiors had threatened firings if they did not join the security force, in which they face pay cuts and loss of seniority benefits.

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Chinese state media says 'Western ideologues' to blame for Hong Kong unrest

Chinese state media blamed meddling by Western governments on Thursday for unrest in Hong Kong amid an escalating diplomatic spat between China and the United Kingdom over protests in the former British colony.

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Chinese state media blames 'Western ideologues' for Hong Kong protests

Chinese official English-language newspapers blamed meddling by Western governments on Thursday for unrest in Hong Kong amid an escalating diplomatic spat between China and the United Kingdom over protests in the former British colony.

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Japan upper house poll begins, Abe's constitutional reform hopes at stake

Campaigning began on Thursday for Japan's July 21 upper house election, with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling bloc expected to keep a majority but perhaps with fewer seats, clouding hopes of achieving his goal of revising the pacifist constitution.

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Honduras fishing boat capsizes killing 26

Another 47 people are rescued from the vessel, which sank off the country's eastern Mosquitia region.

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Mexico arrests five suspects in kidnapping of Cancun call center workers

Five suspects have been arrested in the kidnapping of more than two dozen call center workers who were likely caught in a business dispute in the Mexican tourist city of Cancun, a state official said on Wednesday.

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Trump officials say U.S.-China trade talks to resume next week

Top representatives from the United States and China are arranging to resume talks next week to try to resolve a year-long trade war between the world's two largest economies, Trump administration officials said on Wednesday.

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US 'hell-bent' on hostility despite talks, North Korea says

Pyongyang harshly criticises the US just days after the countries' leaders had a historic meeting.

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