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Emergency warnings for bushfires have been issued across parts of Australia - with some locals being urged to take shelter indoors because it is now too late to evacuate.
It comes after an estimated 30,000 holidaymakers were urged to evacuate a popular Australian tourist hotspot as soaring temperatures and strong winds continue to fan massive
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Write comment (94 Comments)French officials have revealed that coastguards rescued 31 migrants in the Channel overnight after their small boats hit trouble.
It marked the latest in a string of recent incidents on both sides of the water.
The Home Office said that a boat with 11 suspected migrants on board was intercepted in the early hours of Sunday and brought in to the
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A prisoner swap has taken place between Ukrainian forces and Russia-backed rebels in eastern Ukraine, in the hope of ending their five-year-long war.
The move on Sunday was part of an agreement made earlier this month at a summit between Ukraine, Russia, Germany and France.
Some 200 prisoners were swapped at a checkpoint near Horlivka in eastern
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Write comment (93 Comments)A cyber spy group "likely" linked to the Chinese state has targeted human rights campaigners working on issues about the country for up to five years, a new report claims.
The espionage group, dubbed Bronze President, deployed malware against its alleged victims to
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Write comment (94 Comments)It was a year which saw two royal reasons to celebrate, with the birth of Prince William and Kate's third child and, of course, Prince Harry and Meghan's wedding.
But 2018 was the year that brought us the Salisbury novichok attack and the tragic helicopter crash at Leicester City Football Club.
The world also witnessed the dramatic rescue of a group
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Write comment (94 Comments)There's a place on our planet where it's so cold that humans could only take a few breaths before their lungs would haemorrhage.
It's on the high dome of the East Antarctic ice sheet, where, during the long, dark polar night, satellites have recorded the temperature plunging as low as -98C.
Antarctica is a hostile continent. The katabatic winds that
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