World in brief – Four killed, seven injured in Port Moresby student rally
Four people have been shot dead and seven left injured in a police shooting at a student rally in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.
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Japanese boy found alive after six days abandoned in forest
Yamoto Tanooka, the seven-year-old abandoned by his parents as punishment in a mountainous forest, has been found.
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EgyptAir flight recorder believed located in Mediterranean depths
A French Navy ship searching for the black box of an EgyptAir aircraft which disappeared over the Mediterranean Sea last month has detected a signal.
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World in brief – Aleppo hit by new wave of airstrikes
The UN has called on the US and Russia to salvage the fragile Syrian ceasefire as waves of airstrikes caused a human “catastrophe” in the city of Aleppo.
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World in brief – Trump and Clinton dominate east coast primaries
Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump strengthened their standings in the US presidential nomination races yesterday, winning most of the delegate votes on offer in five East Coast states.
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Jury finds 96 Liverpool fans “unlawfully killed” in 1989
A UK jury has concluded that 96 Liverpool fans who died in the 1989 Hillsborough disaster were unlawfully killed.
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Nepal still rebuilding after quake’s devastation
“I saw the walls crack around me as I crouched in the centre of the swaying room,” Australian student Johanne Donovan recalls.
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World in brief – Up to 500 refugees feared dead off Libyan coast
Up to 500 African migrants may have drowned off the Libyan coast after their boat sank in the Mediterranean last week.
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World in brief – Kabul Taliban attack kills dozens
Taliban mujahideen targeting a security team protecting government officials killed at least 28 people in the Afghan capital Kabul yesterday.
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World in brief – Earthquake kills at least nine in Japan
At least nine people are dead and 250 injured after a 6.4 magnitude earthquake hit southern Japan.
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