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The rise of self-driving cars is fuelled by the belief computers can drive more safely than humans. But that view is now in question.

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UK's Justice Secretary Michael Gove has made his leadership pitch, arguing that he should be Britain's next leader because he is passionately committed to leaving the European Union.

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Protesters marched against Hong Kong's top leader Friday in a demonstration that was aimed at underscoring widening social rifts as the Asian financial hub heads into a year of intense politicking.

The Taiwanese navy has mistakenly launched a supersonic "aircraft carrier killer" missile in the direction of mainland China as the Communist Party marked its 95th anniversary in Beijing, in a costly blunder which killed a Taiwanese fisherman and injured three others.

A Palestinian teenager scrambled over a fence, ran into a house and stabbed an Israeli-American girl to death as she slept.

Boris Johnson has withdrawn from the race to be the next British prime minister, less than a week after leading the Leave campaign to victory.

The possibility that women could lead the United States, Britain and Germany at the same time is now a very real one.

More than 100 Nobel laureates have a message for Greenpeace: Quit the GMO-bashing.

One of the three suspected Islamic State bomber who killed 43 people was from Dagestan, which borders Chechnya, a Turkish official says.

Johnson-backer Nigel Evans MP was asked whether Boris Johnson had been stabbed him in the back. "That's about it," he said. "It makes House of Cards look like Teletubbies."

Brisbane mother Sally Faulkner tells of "parental alienation".

What are the chances of UK still being in the European Union for another four years and beyond? About the same as Donald Trump winning the U.S. presidency, according to oddsmakers.

Police say a naked man shouting about presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump jumped off the back of a large grandstand in Times Square above the booth where discounted Broadway tickets are sold.

"We are concerned that an Australian citizen has been sentenced to death in Vietnam," the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade said.

Brisbane mother Sally Faulkner and child recovery agent Adam Whittington have been charged with kidnapping her two children in Lebanon.

Officials at a US military base near Washington DC have given the all clear after it was placed on lockdown on Thursday due to a report of an active shooter.

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A brand of angry nationalism is flowering across Europe, polarising communities and and fuelling the rise of right-wing parties.

Putting his name on products and services - and collecting fees - was often where Trump's actual involvement began and ended.

Fathi Bayoudh and his wife were hoping to be reunited with their radicalised son. Instead he became a victim of terrorism.

Climbing experts say the couple's timeline and photos from the expedition don't make sense.