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Claims by Dinesh and Tarakeshwari Rathod to have climbed world’s highest peak were verified by authorities but later doubted
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Last-minute decision by Nauruan authorities to block MPs’ visit to Australian-run centre triggers accusations of an ‘undemocratic’ process
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Stock worth NZ$1m taken from South Island property in extraordinary theft that surprises industry chiefs
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Farming community of Oamaru attracts visitors from around the globe after community embraced subculture where wrought iron meets science fiction
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Australia brought before permanent court of arbitration in The Hague after refusal to negotiate with northern neighbour over long-running dispute
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Women's rights and gender equality Girls learn app coding to navigate a way out of their Mumbai slum
With apps to reduce queues for water and to protect women in danger, a project teaching computer skills to girls in India’s Dharavi slum is changing aspirations -
Foreign arrivals issued with welcome kit including safety advice for women, after high-profile assaults
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Kerry Jane Wilson, who was abducted while working for an Afghan NGO, is ‘safe and well’ after being held since 28 April
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Firefighters work at the scene of a blaze which resulted in the deaths of at least 16 migrant workers in Moscow, Russia on Saturday morning
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A baby orangutan in Borneo called Didik undergoes surgery to have a bullet removed from his shoulder
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Supporters of the powerful political party Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) held a protest and attacked a television station in Pakistan’s southern city of Karachi held a protest on Monday
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Visitors flock to cross the longest glass-bottomed bridge in the world after it opens in Zhangjiajie park in Hunan province, China
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Singapore prime minister Lee Hsien Loong pauses before collapsing off-camera during a televised National Day Rally speech live to the nation.
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Rumours of Uzbek president's death raise questions over succession