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Parents receive compensation from Sydney hospital mishap

The parents of a baby boy who died in a hospital gas mix-up 13 months ago still haven't seen a single cent in compensation or received an apology since the tragedy.The family of th [...]

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Water released from Houston dams as Harvey rages on

The army has started releasing water from two Houston dams in a desperate effort to stop them from overflowing, sending more water rushing down on the drowning city.The Addicks and [...]

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Trump to lift Obama-era ban on military equipment

President Trump and his administration are expected to release details on a new plan Monday that will overturn a military equipment ban for law enforcement officials, according to [...]

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Sydney retiree Bob Jarvis has not paid road toll

A Sydney man claims he has not paid a road toll since 2011, despite being an avid user of New South Wales' toll roads.Retiree Bob Jarvis revealed on Monday he refused to pay tolls [...]

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Mexico’s murder capital Acapulco shown in chilling photos

Harrowing photographs taken in Acapulco, Mexico, shed light on the city's ongoing battle with violent crime.The city was once a tropical playground for Hollywood stars, where the K [...]

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Millionaire businessman ‘orchestrated wife’s kidnapping’

Lawrence Michael Handley, 49, was arrested on August 11, four days after his estranged wife was kidnapped at gunpointA millionaire businessman orchestrated the kidnapping of his es [...]

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Harsher measures against ‘holidaying’ refugees

Angela Merkel has said harsher measures should be taken against asylum seekers if they take a holiday in their country of origin.It comes after she insisted she had no regrets abou [...]

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Southwest flies stranded passengers out of Houston airport

Southwest Airlines airlifted about 500 customers out of Houston's Hobby Airport on Sunday after they became trapped during Hurricane Harvey.The Federal Aviation Administration clos [...]

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Indonesian woman jailed for Jakarta palace bomb plot

An Indonesian woman who was planning to blow herself up outside Jakarta's presidential palace has been jailed for seven and a half years. Dian Yulia Novi, 28, was arrested late la [...]

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Trump’s firm pursued Moscow project during campaign

Donald Trump's company was pursuing a deal to build a Trump Tower in Moscow while he was campaigning to become US president in late 2015 and early 2016, it was revealed Sunday.The [...]

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What Trump repeatedly shouted at his top economic advisers

President Donald Trump tore into his own advisors and demanded the U.S. slap tariffs on trade rivals during an August Oval Office tirade.The lecture, which the White House didn't d [...]

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Coast Guard rescues 5 people stranded on a Houston rooftop

The U.S. Coast Guard was able to recuse five people from the floodwaters in Houston in the wake of Hurricane Harvey.Five of the victims were winched up from the rooftop of their ho [...]

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Princess Madeleine of Sweden expecting her third child

Sweden's royals are already looking forward to arrival of a new family member any way now when Princess Sofia gives birth, and he or she won't be waiting long for a new playmate. [...]

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Calorie counts do not make people healthier

Calorie counts on restaurant menus do not inspire people to live a healthier lifestyle, scientists claim.New York City is currently marred in a court fight to require all restauran [...]

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Baffled onlooker films bizarre insect writhing on rocks

Huang Meilan filmed the mysterious creature on rocks in Hsinchu, Taiwan After Huang appealed online, many people suggested the brittle looking insect appeared to be several 'horse [...]

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80-year-olds are just as street-savvy as 18-year-olds

Our gut instinct about whether a stranger poses a threat is as good when we're 80 as when we're 18, according to new research.Older people are as good as young adults at knowing wh [...]

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Victorian overweight mum loses 30kg for bodybuilding comp

A 36-year-old Victorian mum challenged herself to lose 30 kilos in a single year in order to enter a bodybuilding competition, and the results are astounding. Alysha Frigo appeare [...]

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Leah Costa CONFIRMS relationship with David Witko

Speculation that Bachelor reject Leah Costa, 24 is dating former Bachelorette hunk David Witko, 34, has been swirling since July this year. And on Monday, the former topless waitr [...]

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Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner head to the White House

Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner were spotted up bright and early Monday as they headed to work at the White House. The smiling pair were spotted stepping out of their W [...]

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Swiss sex sadist is jailed for eight years

A perverted sex sadist in Switzerland who drugged African women and tortured them on camera in his homemade dungeon has been jailed for eight years.A regional court in Brugg senten [...]

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Nine-year-old girl lifts the lid on gypsy lifestyle

Constantly on the move, not going to school and facing a future as an uneducated homemaker is the life many young gypsy girls lead.For one nine-year-old Irish traveller the threat [...]

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Babbel’s list of phrases Brit holidaymakers should avoid

The cliché of a socially-awkward British tourist is nothing new. But, according to research conducted by language app Babbel, the gaffes we commit in other countries aren't just [...]

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Suicide bomber ‘abandons mission and runs away in fear’

A suicide bomber was captured on video abandoning his mission and running away in fear after coming under fire from troops in Iraq. The clip, thought to have been shot near Mosul, [...]

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In new leap for AI: computer chips that can smell

A technology expert has created a computer chip based on mice neurons that could recognise the smell of explosives.The device could be implanted into the brain of future robots, [...]

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India says troops ‘disengaging’ from stand-off with China

India said Monday it had agreed with China to end a months-long military stand-off at a strategically important disputed area in the Himalayas and troops had begun disengaging.Indi [...]

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Yoga benefits the central nervous system and immunity

Yoga benefits the central nervous system, strengthens immunity and gives people a sense of focus, new research reveals.Practicing the ancient spiritual exercise reduces anxiety and [...]

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Bodies of all ten sailors recovered from USS John S McCain

Divers from the Navy and Marine Corps have located all ten of the sailors who were killed when an oil tanker collided with the USS John S McCain on August 21.Two bodies had been re [...]

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CNN reporter helps stranded Texas pensioner from flood

A CNN correspondent shadowing a rescue team during Tropical Storm Harvey helped an elderly couple and their daughter out of a home in Texas after it was left completely flooded.Cor [...]

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Jetstar running huge spring sale, but you better be quick!

Jetstar is having a spring sale with cheap tickets to several overseas destinationsThe prices allow holidaymakers to fly as far away as Honolulu for less than $300Other much sought [...]

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Moment moped rider in China is nearly killed twice

Footage from Shangrao, China, shows the unsuspecting moped driver narrowly escaping death as he is knocked off his bike by an approaching truckJust a few seconds later, a second tr [...]

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New York real estate exec in murder suicide was being sued

A wealthy real estate executive who shot his wife and daughter before turning the gun on himself in a gruesome double murder suicide was being sued for stealing money from clients, [...]

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Elderly Sydney woman May Ritchie was beaten and strangled

The battered body of an elderly woman was found partially covered in newspapers, shopping bags and pillows on the floor of her unit in Sydney's northern beaches, a court has heard. [...]

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Muslim immigrant from Sydney is jailed for funding ISIS

A Sydney man, disturbed from time spent in Australian immigration detention as a child, has been jailed for financing Islamic State.Ali Al-Talebi was sentenced to a maximum of 12 y [...]

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Tillerson lunches with Trump amid Charlottesville discord

President Donald Trump with break bread with Secretary of State Rex Tillerson this afternoon.He's invited Tillerson to his weekly luncheon with the vice president.The trio will din [...]

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Hastings father who lost his son pens emotional letter

The father of a three-year-old boy who died from a brain haemorrhage last year has posted a touching letter of the lessons he has learnt since losing his son.Hughie Pringle, from H [...]

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Moment father is snared by paedophile hunters in Warwick

Paedophile hunters have shared the moment they confronted a 51-year-old father who thought he was meeting a child for sex. Mark Wood thought he had been talking to a 14-year-old b [...]