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Boeing tells pilots to check seats after plane drop
16 Mar 2024Boeing has told airlines operating 787 Dreamliners that pilots need to check their seats as an investigation into an incident on a LATAM flight continues.
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Russian arrests as ballot boxes targeted in Putin vote
16 Mar 2024Several people have been detained for vandalism at polling stations on the first day of voting in presidential elections, Russian officials say.
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AI to outsmart humans, take 'charge of everything' - godfather of AI says
15 Mar 2024The man widely regarded as the architect of AI as we know it is worried the technology is becoming too powerful. Audio
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Vladimir Putin is running for president, and he's going to win. Again.
15 Mar 2024In a Russia at war, there is only one real candidate and only one winner: Vladimir Putin.
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Israeli strikes kill at least 29 Gazans awaiting aid, say Palestinian officials
15 Mar 2024At least 29 Palestinians have been killed while waiting for aid in two separate Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip, Gaza's health ministry says.
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Australian farm grows world's biggest blueberry
15 Mar 2024An Australian farm has smashed the record for the world's largest blueberry with a fruit the size of a ping-pong ball.
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Michigan school shooter's father convicted of manslaughter
15 Mar 2024James Crumbley ignored warning signs that his son was deeply disturbed, and did not do enough to safely store the firearm in the family home, prosecutors said.
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Australia to resume funding to UN Palestinian aid agency UNRWA
15 Mar 2024Australia will resume funding to the United Nations aid agency for Palestinians, UNRWA, Foreign Minister Penny Wong has announced.
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Alec Baldwin asks judge to dismiss charges in 'Rust' shooting
15 Mar 2024Actor Alec Baldwin's lawyers asked a judge to dismiss manslaughter charges against him for the shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins during filming of the Western movie Rust.
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Ukraine official: Two Russian border regions are now active combat zones
15 Mar 2024A senior Ukrainian intelligence official said armed groups he described as Russians opposed to the Kremlin had turned two border regions into "active combat zones".
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Peters clarifies comments about Canadian Sikh leader's killing
14 Mar 2024The foreign affairs minister has clarified comments he gave to Indian media about the killing, alleged to have Indian government involvement.
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A royal dilemma as public curiosity over Kate grows
1 Mar 2024Analysis - The health problems of both the King and the Princess of Wales have raised questions around what Buckingham Palace and Kensington Palace want the public to know.
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Bees force world number 2 off tennis court at tournament
15 Mar 2024World number two Carlos Alcaraz has been forced off court due to a bee swarm in the US.
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Murder suspect stands for re-election in Australia
15 Mar 2024Ryan Bayldon-Lumsden is fighting both a political battle and a murder charge in Queensland.
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No evidence from Israel to back UN accusations - EU chief
15 Mar 2024The European Commission's head of humanitarian aid said Israel had not provided any evidence to him nor anybody else at the EU executive.
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SpaceX confirms loss of rocket at end of third test flight
15 Mar 2024Starship still believed to have had a sucessful test flight having completed most of the intended trip.
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Major internet disruptions in west and central Africa
15 Mar 2024Undersea cable failures are being blamed for major internet outages in several African countries.
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Denmark to start conscripting women for military service
15 Mar 2024It will become only the third European nation - alongside Norway and Sweden - to require women to serve in the armed forces.
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China attacks 'bandit logic' of TikTok vote in US
15 Mar 2024Beijing vows to take 'necessary measures' as US continues with bill that would ban TikTok.
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60 migrants die in dinghy in Mediterranean, survivors say
15 Mar 2024The migrants are believed to have died from dehydration and hunger, not drowning.
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Who is Mohammad Mustafa, the new Palestinian PM?
15 Mar 2024A US-educated economist, he once ran the Palestinian telecoms company Paltel and more recently the PA's public Palestine Investment Fund (PIF), with nearly US$1 billion in assets.
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LATAM flight: Movement of pilot's seat a key focus of probe
14 Mar 2024The plane dropped abruptly before stabilising, causing those on board to be thrown about the cabin.
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Chocolate prices expected to soar
14 Mar 2024Processing plants in Africa can't get enough cocoa beans to meet demand.
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Miner killed after being pinned by rockfall in Australia
14 Mar 2024A miner has been killed, and another critically injured, in a rockfall at an Australian gold mine.
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