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These two children have now been in Australian immigration detention for three years

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Biloela community gathers for dawn vigil, exactly three years after Tamil family were forcibly taken

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Linda Reynolds faces possible legal action over her 'lying cow' comments about Brittany Higgins

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Scott Morrison dismisses calls for independent inquiry into historical rape allegation against Christian Porter

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UN human rights chief demands Myanmar's military 'stop murdering protesters'

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Three earthquakes have struck off the New Zealand coast, sparking evacuation orders

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Voluntary assisted dying is now almost certain to be legalised in Tasmania

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Voluntary assisted dying is now almost certain to be legalised in Tasmania

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26 mins ago

Protests erupt for a second day after Senegal opposition leader arrested

Students at a university in central Dakar clashed with riot police for a second day after Senegal Opposition Leader Ousmane Sonko was arrested following a rape accusation.

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26 mins ago

Protests erupt for a second day after Senegal opposition leader arrested

Students at a university in central Dakar clashed with riot police for a second day after Senegal Opposition Leader Ousmane Sonko was arrested following a rape accusation.

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24 mins ago

French artists protest to urge re-opening of cultural venues

French workers in cultural sectors protest at Place de la Republique Square in France, calling on the government to re-open cultural venues.

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23 hours ago Coronavirus

German restaurant owners bang pots and pans for lockdown aid

Angry and desperate German restaurant owners and operators rattled their pots and banged their pans in a protest, calling on Chancellor Angela Merkel's government to ease COVID-19 restrictions and allow them to open their businesses again.

01:01

13 hours ago Coronavirus

Greece implements 'emergency plan' as daily COVID cases pressure health system

Greece tightened restrictions on movement and extended a lockdown in more areas of the country to stem the spread of the coronavirus pandemic after a surge in new infections has piled pressure on its health system.

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12 hours ago North America

Up to 35 train cars derail in California desert

A cargo train derailed in the Southern California desert on Wednesday, sending more than two dozen rail cars crashing into the sand. Nobody was hurt.

01:05

11 hours ago Middle East

Paragliders defy gravity and go around world's largest fountain

Paragliders Horacio Llorens and Rafael Goberna expertly glided around the world's largest fountain in Dubai.

01:25

21 hours ago Coronavirus

Floral Hearts Project memorialises pandemic dead

A New York artist, Kristina Libby, started The Floral Heart Project as a public memorial for COVID-19 victims and their families. The project has now expanded to other US states.

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21 hours ago Human Rights

Beirut protest after crash of Lebanese pound

Dozens of protesters in Beirut blocked roads with burnt tires for a second day over the crash of the Lebanese pound.

01:03

23 hours ago Europe

Northern lights dance over Finnish Lapland

A spectacular northern lights show dominated the skyline above Lake Toras-Sieppi in northern Finland's Lapland region.

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1 day ago Africa

Hundreds of Nigerian schoolgirls freed days after kidnapping

Freed schoolgirls were reunited with their families on Tuesday (March 2) in the Nigerian state of Zamfara. Gunmen released all 279 girls kidnapped from a boarding school in northwest Nigeria, the state governor said.

02:16

1 day ago Politics

Attorney-General Christian Porter breaks his silence

Liberal cabinet minister Christian Porter broke his silence on the matter to strongly reject the allegations.

01:17

1 day ago Arts

Sudan film lovers flock to first drive-in cinema

Sudanese moviegoers gathered in a Khartoum parking lot for a week-long film festival organised by the country's resurgent film scene.

01:34

1 day ago Australia

Grace Tame to Scott Morrison: 'Having children doesn't guarantee a conscience'

Australian of the Year Grace Tame called out the Prime Minister for his rhetoric around Brittany Higgins' rape allegation in a powerful speech in Canberra.

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1 day ago

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01:29

1 day ago Indigenous

Sterilisation case against Former Peruvian President Fujimori goes to court

Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori is on trial for his role in a 1990s government program in which many Indigenous women in poor communities say they were forcibly sterilised.

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2 days ago Asia-Pacific

Singapore PM says other countries can do 'very little' to help Myanmar

Singapore's Prime Minister called for Myanmar's military to release elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi to allow the country to move forward and said sanctions would hurt the people rather than the military.

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2 days ago Asia-Pacific

Police use tear gas on anti-coup protestors in Yangon

Myanmar protesters clashed with police after the bloodiest crackdown by security forces that killed 18 people on the previous day.

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2 days ago Australia

Victoria to implement all findings from mental health Royal Commission

Victoria's mental health system operates in crisis mode, fails the people it's designed to support and requires a complete rebuild, a royal commission says.

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2 days ago Asia-Pacific

Indonesia's Mount Sinabung spews volcanic ash

Mount Sinabung erupted and spewed volcanic materials and hot ash in North Sumatra, Indonesia

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2 days ago North America

FBI Director says Capitol riots were 'domestic terrorism'

FBI Director Chris Wray sought to beat back right-wing conspiracy theories suggesting that fake supporters of former President Donald Trump stormed the US Capitol on January 6, telling lawmakers the FBI has "not seen evidence of that." In his opening statement, Wray accused supporters of Donald Trump who carried out the attack on the US Capitol of domestic terrorism and vowed to hold them accountable.

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2 days ago Coronavirus

Israel offers incoming travelers alternative to quarantine: tracking bracelet

Israelis returning home from abroad have a new option that will exempt them from being sent to a quarantine hotel: They can wear a bracelet monitor that will notify authorities should they violate a mandatory isolation period.

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2 days ago Coronavirus

WHO says 'unrealistic' that COVID-19 pandemic will finish in 2021

As global COVID-19 cases rise, WHO says it's 'unrealistic' to think the pandemic will end this year.

02:39

2 days ago Identity

Neo-Nazi films alleged assault of security guard

This neo-Nazi filmed himself repeatedly punching a security guard at a Channel Nine building. Experts say extremists are willing to use violence as a media strategy to increase their presence online.

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2 days ago Middle East

The craft of making the 'sultan of instruments'

In a small village in Lebanon's Bekaa valley, Nazih Ghadban spends his days in his workshop handmaking the traditional Arab ‘oud’ instrument. He's one of the few remaining oud makers in Lebanon.

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3 days ago Coronavirus

Global COVID-19 infections up for first time in seven weeks, WHO says

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the increase in cases was “disappointing but not surprising”, noting that the upward trend was taking place everywhere in the world apart from Africa and the Western Pacific region.

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3 days ago World

Thousands in Haiti protest against President Jovenel Moise

Thousands of Haitians took to the streets of Port-au-Prince in Haiti to demand an end to President Jovenel Moise's term in office.

01:46

3 days ago Human Rights

Hong Kong activists chant protest slogans as crowds gather for subversion hearing

Protest slogans rang out as about 1,000 people gathered outside a Hong Kong court for the hearing of 47 democracy activists charged with conspiracy to commit subversion, amid an intensifying crackdown on the opposition by authorities. Security was tight, with more than 100 police officers deployed outside the West Kowloon court, in the largest rally this year despite social-distancing rules to curb the spread of coronavirus.

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3 days ago Environment

Huge iceberg size of Geelong breaks off Antarctica

A huge chunk of the Brunt Ice Shelf in Antarctica, roughly 1,270 square kilometres in size, broke off 10 years after scientists noticed the first cracks.

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4 days ago Asia-Pacific

Myanmar police use deadly force on protesters

Protesters in Yangon hurled Molotov cocktails at police who fired back at them on Sunday (February 28) morning as a crackdown on anti-military coup demonstrations entered a second day. At least 18 have been killed in the bloodiest day of protests against the coup.

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5 days ago Environment

Low tide leaves canals almost empty in Venice

Traditional gondolas and boats could be seen almost beached in the canals as water levels reached a peak of -48 cm, creating an unusual landscape in the lagoon city. Venice, beloved around the world for its canals, historic architecture and art, has always lived in a fragile balance between low and high tides, that usually create variations of around 50 cm in sea levels.

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5 days ago North America

She survived childhood cancer. Now she's headed to space

Haley Arceneaux is a 29-year-old who has been beating the odds since childhood when she survived bone cancer. Now, she could become the youngest person ever to fly into space. Arceneaux, a physician assistant at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital where she was treated as a child, was chosen by the hospital and billionaire philanthropist Jared Isaacman to fly on the private Inspiration4 SpaceX mission later this year on the first space flight without an astronaut aboard.

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6 days ago Asia-Pacific

Russian diplomats push their way home from North Korea

Russian diplomats working in the Pyongyang embassy had to use a handcar as they returned home from North Korea with their family members. According to the Ministry, the diplomats had to push the handcar for more than a kilometer to reach the border. The usual railroad communication between Russia and North Korea has been closed due to coronavirus.

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26/02/2021 Coronavirus

Crowds of youth defy lockdown restrictions and party in Belgian park

Warm weather brought crowds of young people out to party in a Belgian park with most abandoning their face masks and ignoring social distancing guidelines, despite government COVID rules.

02:34

6 days ago Coronavirus

Families reunited in virus-secure inflatable tunnel

Residents at an Italian nursing home are getting to hold their relatives thanks to a protective plastic hug tunnel. For one 82-year-old it was a special birthday surprise to be able to kiss his wife after the virus kept them apart.

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26/02/2021 Coronavirus

Fiji rugby league team sing in hotel quarantine to thank staff

The Fijian rugby league team, the Kaiviti Silktails, paid thanks to hotel staff through a musical tribute. The team were in a mandatory two-week quarantine in the Sofitel Wentworth hotel in Sydney.

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