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A boat carrying 31 people, including 28 Chinese tourists, is missing off the coast of Borneo, Malaysian maritime authorities say.
Topics: accidents, maritime, disasters-and-accidents, malaysia, china, asia
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| UpdatedPresident Donald Trump's order to restrict people from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the US sparks outrage but hits a roadblock when a federal judge says stranded travellers can stay in the country.
Topics: world-politics, law-crime-and-justice, immigration, united-states
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The US President looks to partially fulfil his promise to "drain the swamp" in Washington by banning administration officials from ever lobbying the US on behalf of a foreign government and imposing a separate five-year ban on other lobbying.
Topics: world-politics, government-and-politics, activism-and-lobbying, united-states
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| UpdatedHundreds of protesters are descending upon major airports across the US in response to President Donald Trump's sweeping ban Muslim immigration.
Topics: immigration, world-politics, refugees, united-states
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| UpdatedDonald Trump's new immigration ban includes those who hold US green cards. Here's a quick explainer on what it means to hold one.
Topics: immigration, us-elections, world-politics, government-and-politics, united-states
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| UpdatedTo mark the 20th anniversary of Princess Diana's death, her sons Princes William and Harry commission a statue in her honour to be erected at Kensington Palace.
Topics: royal-and-imperial-matters, united-kingdom, england
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The Syrian military says its forces have taken control of the main water source for the capital Damascus after reaching a deal for rebel fighters to withdraw from the region.
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| UpdatedThe mayor of a town on the outskirts of Palermo in Sicily says at first he thought it was a joke when he was told a tiger had escaped from a circus and was roaming the streets.
Topics: animals, human-interest, italy
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| UpdatedRussian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump have said they want their nations to cooperate to defeat terrorists, including the Islamic State group.
Topics: world-politics, government-and-politics, terrorism, united-states, russian-federation, germany
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| UpdatedWhile Donald Trump's indefinite ban on Syrian refugees entering the US was expected, it has left many who had already begun the immigration process with more questions than answers.
Topics: immigration, refugees, community-and-society, human-interest, syrian-arab-republic, jordan, united-states
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| UpdatedNew restrictions on immigrants and refugees in an executive order signed by President Donald Trump mean legal permanent residents who have passports from seven Muslim-majority countries have to be cleared back into the United States on a case-by-case basis, officials say.
Topics: world-politics, government-and-politics, immigration, refugees, united-states
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| UpdatedDonald Trump hails his sweeping ban on people from seven Muslim-majority nations entering the United States as several travellers are detained and others barred from boarding US-bound flights.
Topics: immigration, world-politics, refugees, united-states
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British Prime Minister Theresa May signs a $165.6 million defence equipment deal with Turkey and promises to push for more trade between the NATO allies, but cautions Ankara on human rights following last year's failed coup.
Topics: world-politics, turkey, united-kingdom
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| UpdatedThe United Nations refugee agency and International Organisation for Migration (IOM) call on the Trump administration to continue offering asylum to people fleeing war and persecution, saying its resettlement program was vital.
Topics: world-politics, refugees, defence-forces, united-states
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| UpdatedNASA marks the 50th anniversary of its Moon program's fatal Apollo launch pad fire with the first public display of the scorched hatch that trapped three astronauts inside their spaceship during a routine pre-launch test.
Topics: space-exploration, astronomy-space, spacecraft, science-and-technology, air-and-space, accidents, united-states
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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says he is dropping lawsuits seeking to buy out Native Hawaiians who own small pieces of land within his sprawling estate on the island of Kauai, promising instead to work with the community on "a new approach".
Topics: community-and-society, law-crime-and-justice, house-and-home, hawaii, united-states
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| UpdatedThe white woman who testified black boy Emmitt Till had physically and verbally harassed her, resulting in the boy's brutal murder, has confessed she lied.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, crime, law-crime-and-justice, rights, united-states
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| UpdatedVeteran actor Sir John Hurt, famous for his roles in Alien, Harry Potter and The Elephant Man dies aged 77.
Topics: death, film-movies, actor, theatre, united-kingdom
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| UpdatedPresident Donald Trump signs an executive order making major changes to America's policies on refugees and immigration.
Topics: refugees, immigration, world-politics, government-and-politics, united-states
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| UpdatedAn enormous cache of historical documents detailing the reign of King George III, who suffered from a rare blood disorder giving him symptoms considered to be signs of insanity, will go online as part of the Royal family's effort to rehabilitate his legacy.
Topics: history, royal-and-imperial-matters, england, united-kingdom