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Australia’s lost radioactive capsule found on the side of the road

A tiny but dangerously radioactive capsule which fell off a truck along a remote stretch of outback highway in Australia…

Second Indonesia tiger attack in days, hunt ongoing

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AFP) -- A Sumatran tiger attacked and injured two farmers in a small Indonesian town Wednesday, the…

NATO chief hails Japan plans to expand defense spending

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- NATO's chief on Wednesday applauded Japan's plan to double its defense spending, saying that the pledge…

Netanyahu says considering military aid to Ukraine, mediation

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in an interview aired Tuesday he was considering military…

Australian Church mourns cardinal Pell, despite protests

SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Australia's Catholic Church held a prayer vigil for late cardinal George Pell who lay in state…

Ukraine hopes for progress on path to EU at Kyiv summit

by Stanislav DOSHCHITSYN with Arman SOLDIN in Bogoyavlenka Agence France-Presse KYIV, Ukraine (AFP) -- Ukraine will hold a summit with…

Boeing celebrates 747 at final commercial delivery of ‘jumbo jet’

by Jason REDMOND with Juliette MICHEL in New York Agence France-Presse EVERETT, United States (AFP) -- Boeing marked its final…

China’s Sichuan to scrap three-child limit as birth rates drop

  Southwest China's Sichuan province will lift its three-child birth limit and remove restrictions on single parents as the world's…

Myanmar junta hints may extend state of emergency, delay polls

Myanmar's junta on Tuesday said the country had "not returned to normalcy" almost two years after its coup, casting doubt…

Russian President Vladimir Putin backs military training centres with Belarus

President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday backed a plan to set up joint military training centres with Belarus, with fears mounting…

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