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SBS World News bulletin: 22/02/20
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SBS World News bulletin: 22/02/20
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Giant Moon inside UK cathedral
"Museum of the Moon" by UK artist Luke Jerram is a three-dimensional model of the real moon, measuring seven metres in diameter. It features detailed NASA imagery of the lunar surface that is sourced from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, a NASA robotic spacecraft currently orbiting the moon. Each centimetre of Jerram's moon represents five kilometres of the moon's surface.
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Vigil held for victims of Hanau shooting
Crowds have gathered for a vigil and a solidarity march in the German town of Hanau just two days after a racially motivated shooting left nine people dead.
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Blizzard buries Turkish village under snow
A blizzard buried a village in Turkey's southeastern city of Yuksekova and left residents without power and water. The entire community was buried under a white blanket of snow approximately 20 feet deep.
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Meet China's Banksy: Badiucao
Chinese-Australian artist, Badiucao, has been called 'China's Banksy'. But he's no longer hiding his identity, despite threats for targeting the Chinese government in his art.
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Meet the 16-year-old who runs two IT companies after school
16-year-old Kaushal Ottem is a student by day and IT entrepreneur by night.
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African refugee puts players in his race for survival
When Lual Mayen designed his first video game inside a refugee camp. He hoped to provide some joy to the other young refugees like him. With his latest version, he's hoping to teach the rest of the world what it's like to be in their shoes.
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'Ghost ship' washes onto Irish coast
An abandoned cargo ship washed onto the west coast of Ireland after strong winds triggered by Storm Dennis. The ship named as MV Alta floated out in the Atlantic for more than a year after being abandoned off Bermuda in September 2018 after the crew were rescued by their US counterparts.
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Exiled Tibetans in India dream of homeland on Dalai Lama’s enthronement anniversary
It has been six decades since the Tibetan Buddhist leader fled to India after a failed uprising against Chinese rule and has since worked to draw global support for linguistic and cultural autonomy in his remote and mountainous homeland.
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Australian family stuck in Japan after daughter tests positive for coronavirus
Australian teenager Kaitlyn Soh tested positive for coronavirus right before she was about to be evacuated off a cruise ship in Japan. Now, she and her family are not sure when they'll return home.
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11 million people remain indoors in Wuhan for nearly a month
It's been nearly a month after China's Wuhan went into lockdown due to the coronavirus. Streets remain deserted in the city of 11 million people.
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Candles burn for Hanau victims at Brandenburg Gate
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier told a crowd of mourners gathered at Hanau's market square that Germans must refrain from a "language of ostracism and vilification that paves the way for violence" after an overnight shooting rampage in the city.
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Protesters scuffle with police as China evacuees arrive in Ukrainian village
Scuffles broke out between police and residents of a village in central Ukraine as they protested the arrival of a plane carrying evacuees from China's Hubei province, fearing they could be infected with the coronavirus despite authorities insisting there was no danger.
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Hundreds of women protest for legalised abortion in Argentina
Hundreds of women gathered in downtown Buenos Aires to protest with green handkerchiefs in favour of the legalisation of abortion in Argentina.
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Global warming causing 'irreversible' mass melting in Antarctica, Aussie scientist says
Global warming was leading to an "irreversible" mass melting of the Antarctic ice and purging carbon from the atmosphere was the only solution to slow the process, an Australian climate scientist claims.
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India's slum residents accuse government of 'hiding' the poor ahead of Trump visit
Local residents of a slum in India's Ahmedabad were outraged on Tuesday (February 18) after a wall was erected along their shanties ahead of US President Donald Trump.
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