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6 men first to cross Drake Passage unassisted
Associated Press, Published on 29/12/2019
» LOS ANGELES: As freezing water thrashed their rowboat in some of the most treacherous waters in the world, six men fought for 13 days to make history, becoming the first people to traverse the infamous Drake Passage with nothing other than sheer manpower.
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Qantas completes test 19-hour London-Sydney flight
Associated Press, Published on 15/11/2019
» PERTH, Australia: Australian national carrier Qantas on Friday completed a 19-and-a-half hour non-stop flight from London to Sydney, used to run a series of tests to assess the effects of ultra long-haul flights on crew fatigue and passenger jetlag.
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China seizes Uighurs, abducts children as 'orphans'
Associated Press, Published on 24/09/2018
» ISTANBUL: Every morning, Meripet wakes up to her nightmare: The Chinese government has turned four of her children into orphans, even though she and their father are alive.
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Tesla's Musk says stress, overwork taking heavy toll
Associated Press, Published on 17/08/2018
» Electric car maker Tesla's CEO Elon Musk admitted to a newspaper that stress is taking a heavy toll on him personally in what he calls an "excruciating" year.
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Probe clears Haspel on destruction of tapes
Associated Press, Published on 21/04/2018
» WASHINGTON: Countering resistance to President Donald Trump's pick for CIA director, the spy agency has given lawmakers a declassified memo showing she was cleared years ago of wrongdoing in the destruction of videotapes showing terror suspects being waterboarded after 9/11.
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Dead site walking 'Newsweek' guts its staff
Associated Press, Published on 07/02/2018
» NEW YORK: <i>Newsweek</i>, whose iconic history as a news organisation has spanned eight decades, is making headlines of a different sort this week: Its top editors have been fired amid a maelstrom of controversy in the newsroom.
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Bruno Mars, Ed Sheeran, Kendrick Lamar win Grammys
Associated Press, Published on 29/01/2018
» Bruno Mars, Ed Sheeran, Kendrick Lamar and Alessia Cara were among the winners at the Grammy Awards, announced Sunday by The Recording Academy in Los Angeles.
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Tsunami alert cancelled after 7.9 Alaska quake
Associated Press, Published on 23/01/2018
» ANCHORAGE, Alaska: A powerful earthquake struck off an island in the Gulf of Alaska, prompting a tsunami threat that sent the state's residents along the southern coast and western Canada fleeing for higher ground just after midnight Tuesday.
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Iran arrests, jails 3,700 to halt protests
Associated Press, Published on 10/01/2018
» DUBAI: Iranian security forces arrested some 3,700 people during widespread protests and unrest over the past two weeks, a lawmaker said Tuesday, offering a far higher number than authorities previously released.
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Tokyo's baby panda appears before selected guests, media
Associated Press, Published on 18/12/2017
» TOKYO: A baby panda made a special appearance Monday before Tokyo's governor, a group of local schoolchildren and the media one day ahead of its official public debut, and quickly captured their hearts.
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