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The opposition says the government ordered the move to avoid broadcasting their win.

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Survivors of the Florida school shooting hit out after the comic poked fun at them in a stand-up set.

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Chinese schools enforce 'smart uniforms' with GPS tracking to surveil students



Ten schools in China have new "intelligent uniforms" that will track students' attendance and whereabouts with embedded computer chips. 

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President Donald Trump has ordered a slowdown to the withdrawal of US forces in Syria. Nevertheless, for some Syrian Christians, the pending US pullout is hard to accept.

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A man was arrested on suspicion of causing a public nuisance after a 30-minute closure.

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The US president confirms reports that the withdrawal of US forces will be slower than he promised.

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The US Democratic senator announces she has set up an exploratory committee to consider a 2020 bid.

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Dr Roberts was chief scientist in charge of designing and building the tech that became the internet.

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Alexandra Black, 22, had recently graduated and started working at the centre only 10 days before.

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Breaking up (with Facebook) is hard to do. Here’s how



Every relationship has a breaking point. Even yours with Facebook.

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A regional channel showed Jackie Chan's Shinjuku Incident without censoring an "immoral" part.

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Organisers had planned to release 130,000 balloons at a Manila nightclub to ring in the new year.

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The NYPD will use camera-equipped drones to watch over New Year's Eve celebrations.

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Amal Fathy faces two years in jail for criticising the state for failing to tackle sexual harassment.

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Dr Nancy Grace Roman, the first woman to hold a senior leadership position at Nasa, has died at 93.

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Roger Federer and Serena Williams will meet on court for the first time at the Hopman Cup on Tuesday.

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Auckland has said goodbye to 2018 and got the world's New Year celebrations officially underway.

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Paul Mock filmed the cane toads riding the python, known as Monty, after a bad storm in Kununurra.

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The FSB security agency says a US man named Paul Whelan has been charged with spying.

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At least three people died in a suspected gas explosion in the city of Magnitogorsk.

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Rights groups call Rodrigo Duterte's comments "repulsive" and "unworthy of his position".

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Larry Roberts has died
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