Australia has come under global fire for its boat turnback and offshore detention policies at a UN Human Rights Council performance review in Geneva.
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AMMAN - A Jordanian policeman has shot dead two US instructors, a South African and a fellow Jordanian at a police academy before being gunned down, officials and the US embassy say.
NAYPYITAW - Myanmar's ruling party has conceded defeat in a general election as the opposition led by democracy figurehead Aung San Suu Kyi appeared on course for a landslide victory that could ensure it forms the next government.
LONDON - Australian cricketing great Rod Marsh's refusal to autograph a bat previously signed by Chris Cairns has been raised at the New Zealander's London trial.
PARIS - Rising seas from global warming could submerge swathes of New York and Shanghai, and drive millions of people into poverty worldwide, researchers have warned as climate-altering carbon levels broke new records.
GENEVA - A Rolex watch worn by Roger Moore in the James Bond film Live and Let Die has sold at auction in Geneva for 365,000 Swiss francs ($A515,000).
BERLIN - Germany's biggest airline Lufthansa has scrapped 929 flights, grounding 113,000 passengers, as cabin crew expanded their strike, with the company and union trading blame over the industrial action.
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