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Elephant herd tramples car after baby struck along Malaysian highway
A herd of wild elephants in Malaysia trampled on a car traveling along a major highway after it struck a...
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Climate summit host UAE planned to use the event to make oil deals, leaked notes suggest
The United Arab Emirates’ team organizing the COP28 climate talks that begin this week was planning to use its position...
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New Zealand’s new government scraps world-leading smoking ban to fund tax cuts
As any smoker will tell you, quitting tobacco isn’t easy – and it’s something New Zealand’s new government just isn’t...
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‘You have to accept that you can be killed. But it is always scary.’ The story of one bloody battle in a trench in eastern Ukraine
“Guys, leave me here. I can’t walk,” pleads a Ukrainian soldier sitting in a narrow trench under constant Russian bombardment. His...
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Teenage siblings freed from Hamas captivity, only to learn their mother had been murdered
Throughout the 50 days Noam and Alma Or were held captive in Gaza, one thought kept the siblings going: reuniting...
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Opponents vow ‘beginning of the end’ for Myanmar’s junta as resistance launches nationwide offensive
Almost three years on from its bloody coup, Myanmar’s military junta is facing the biggest threat to its hold on...
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This photographer uncovers Hong Kong’s creatures of the night
A green pit viper coiled around a drainpipe, three blue-banded bees sleeping on a grass blade, and a gecko climbing...
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Rescuers successfully drill through to trapped men in Himalayan tunnel in breakthrough for perilous operation
Rescuers on Tuesday successfully drilled through to 41 men trapped inside a collapsed Himalayan tunnel, as a weekslong evacuation effort fraught...
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Russia destroys Ukrainian drones including over Moscow, defense ministry says
Russia has foiled more than 20 Ukrainian drone attacks over Russian territory in the past day, including on the capital,...
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Who are the hostages released so far in the Israel-Hamas deal?
A third group of hostages has been transferred out of Gaza on Sunday under a temporary truce after weeks of...
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