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China’s astronauts are aiming to land on the moon by 2030. They now have a new spacesuit to do it
China has taken a step forward in its ambitious plan to land astronauts on the moon by 2030 – unveiling...
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Rescuers use zip lines and boats to reach survivors as Nepal flooding and landslides kill nearly 200 people
Days of heavy monsoon rains in Nepal have triggered widespread flooding and landslides across the Himalayan nation, killing almost 200...
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South Korea court sentences highest-ranking police officer yet to jail over Halloween crush
The former head of a local police station in Seoul has been sentenced to three years in jail over a...
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CNN aboard Israeli tanker for strike on Houthi-controlled port in Yemen
Aboard an aging Boeing 707, thousands of feet above the Red Sea, I don a set of high-tech 3D goggles...
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Hezbollah mulls response after leader’s killing – but Israel’s next steps matter most
After Hezbollah confirmed the death of its leader Hassan Nasrallah in an Israeli strike, what – if anything – can it do...
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Koalas are up power poles, on roads, in schools. Why the outlook for Australia’s listed icons remains ‘poor’
One was a koala. The other was a husky. Both were arguably out of place on a warm August night...
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What might come next as Hezbollah reels from Nasrallah’s killing and Israel mulls a Lebanon ground incursion?
The last 48 hours in the Middle East – in which Israel killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and continued to...
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Hezbollah: What weapons does it have? A visual guide
Hezbollah is believed to be the most heavily armed non-state group in the world. Backed by Iran and based in...
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Pope vows to root out ‘scourge’ of sexual abuse after unusually frank plea from Belgian PM
Pope Francis has pledged to root out the “scourge” of clerical sexual abuse after Belgium’s prime minster urged him in...
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Thai farmer forced to kill more than 100 endangered crocodiles after a typhoon damaged their enclosure
A Thai crocodile farmer who goes by the nickname “Crocodile X” said he killed more than 100 critically endangered reptiles...
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