CLARE Hollingworth, the war correspondent who reported the outbreak of Wortd War II, has died in Hong Kong aged 105.
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Suit and tie stripped from dress code
THINK it’s hot in Australia? In Sri Lanka, the weather is so sticky that the government has officially abandoned suits and ties.
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Assad says he is willing to quit
SYRIAN President Bashar al-Assad has indicated he is open to stepping down in free elections if rebels agree to restart peace talks.
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NATO’s ‘how-to’ tank-trap guide
NATO has joined the YouTube ‘do-it-yourself’ brigade — detailing how to trap advancing tanks just days after a US armoured brigade arrived to reinforce Eastern Europe.
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Sex accused ‘would be beaten to a puddle’
The child sex accusations against an Australian man who allegedly had a “spanking fetish” have been described by a Florida sheriff as “horrific”.
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$144k a month to turn home into jail
THE nephew of a Chinese billionaire is willing to pay $144,000 per month to turn the place into a private jail.
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Son-in-law to be Trump’s senior adviser
US PRESIDENT-ELECT Donald Trump is set to appoint his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, senior adviser to the president.
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Aussie found dead in Bali pool
AN Australian man has been found dead in a resort swimming pool, in Ubud, Bali. Foul play is not suspected.
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Former Iran president Rafsanjani dies
FORMER Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, a moderate in the ultra conservative state, has died aged 82.
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Pope backs breastfeeding in Vatican
POPE Francis has struck a blow for breastfeeding in public, telling mums it’s okay do it in Rome’s Sistine Chapel.
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