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Australia will join the US, Japan and New Zealand to roll out new electricity infrastructure in Papua New Guinea, promising to provide power to 70 per cent of its population by 2030.

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More than 40 people have been killed and dozens wounded in Central African Republic (CAR), in an attack on a Catholic mission sheltering 20,000 refugees, according to a regional legislator.

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Facebook investors call on Mark Zuckerberg to resign as chairman following damaging report

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Jewish Americans are "more offended by Jared" Kushner and Ivanka Trump than by president amid anti-Semitic attacks

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Telegraph Reporter Reveals Lengths Israel Goes to in Effort to Avoid Harming Palestinian Civilians in Gaza Airstrikes

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Chechnya: woman blows herself up at checkpoint in Grozny - Nobody else killed or injured in attack on police in the Chechen capital in southern Russia

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Dubai police have started using drone bikes

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British Prime Minister Theresa May says she sees no alternative to the Brexit deal she presented earlier this week, amid reports that some of her senior ministers want her to renegotiate the draft agreement before meeting EU leaders next weekend.

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'I earn around a million euros', German conservative Merz, who is running to replace Chancellor Angela Merkel as leader of the Christian Democratic party.

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U.S. allies counter China with alternative electricity plan for PNG

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S. Korea-Japan Dispute Threatens N. Korea Peace Talks

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J.Crew CEO James Brett steps down after short tenure

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U.S. allies counter China with alternative electricity plan for PNG

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Argentine sub found partially 'imploded' after yearlong search

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China ups cash rewards for citizens who report Porn

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American actor Pamela Anderson has lashed out at Prime Minister Scott Morrison via an open letter, saying he "trivialised" the suffering of Australian WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, and made "lewd" comments about her.

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The US has welcomed Cambodia’s landmark genocide verdict and said it served as a warning that perpetrators of mass atrocities, “even those at the highest levels,” will eventually face justice for their crimes.

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A journalist close to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has defended her view that Korean women who were sent to Japanese wartime military brothels were not sex slaves, and accused a newspaper of fabrication.

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Brussels tells Theresa May - delaying Brexit will cost UK £10bn - EU says longer transition would lead to a bigger bill as PM prepares for critical week

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Government spending foreign aid money to promote fracking in China: ‘It is a flagrant misuse of the UK’s aid budget to fund the fossil fuel industry overseas when the priority must be shifting to low carbon energy and boosting climate resilience’

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Authorities in Azerbaijan have arrested two opposition leaders in the capital for attempting to organize a procession, including the laying of flowers, at a national cemetery known as the Alley of Martyr

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Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu is set to meet his finance minister on Sunday, in what is being seen as a last-ditch attempt to avert early elections. Moshe Kahlon's Kulanu party is vital to the coalition's survival.

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Russian interior ministry veteran named as likely head of Interpol

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The controversial businessman Arron Banks was keen to involve Donald Trump’s former chief strategist Steve Bannon in a scheme to raise US cash for his Brexit campaign as far back as 2015.

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New Evidence Emerges of Steve Bannon and Cambridge Analytica’s Role in Brexit

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Thai military government has given the Election Commission power to freely redraw constituencies for the upcoming election

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Pro-Brexit British ministers are “not living in the real world” if they think they can renegotiate the divorce treaty agreed with the EU last week, Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney said on Saturday.

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'It blows my mind': How British Columbia destroys a key natural wildfire defence every year - Provincial rules require spraying of fire-resistant aspen trees to make way for valuable conifers

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Health authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo have suspended efforts to contain an Ebola virus outbreak in the town of Beni because of worsening rebel attacks. Staff of the World Health Organization (WHO) were forced to leave as a shell hit the building they were in.

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World News on Nov. 17, 2018

Australia will join the US, Japan and New Zealand to roll out new electricity infrastructure in Papua New Guinea, promising to provide power to 70 per cent of its population by 2030.

More than 40 people have been killed and dozens wounded in Central African Republic (CAR), in an attack on a Catholic mission sheltering 20,000 refugees, according to a regional legislator.

Facebook investors call on Mark Zuckerberg to resign as chairman following damaging report

Jewish Americans are "more offended by Jared" Kushner and Ivanka Trump than by president amid anti-Semitic attacks

Facebook accused of concealing information on Russian attempts to influence voters

Telegraph Reporter Reveals Lengths Israel Goes to in Effort to Avoid Harming Palestinian Civilians in Gaza Airstrikes

Chechnya: woman blows herself up at checkpoint in Grozny - Nobody else killed or injured in attack on police in the Chechen capital in southern Russia

Dubai police have started using drone bikes

British Prime Minister Theresa May says she sees no alternative to the Brexit deal she presented earlier this week, amid reports that some of her senior ministers want her to renegotiate the draft agreement before meeting EU leaders next weekend.

'I earn around a million euros', German conservative Merz, who is running to replace Chancellor Angela Merkel as leader of the Christian Democratic party.

U.S. allies counter China with alternative electricity plan for PNG

S. Korea-Japan Dispute Threatens N. Korea Peace Talks

J.Crew CEO James Brett steps down after short tenure

U.S. allies counter China with alternative electricity plan for PNG

Argentine sub found partially 'imploded' after yearlong search

China ups cash rewards for citizens who report Porn

American actor Pamela Anderson has lashed out at Prime Minister Scott Morrison via an open letter, saying he "trivialised" the suffering of Australian WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, and made "lewd" comments about her.

The US has welcomed Cambodia’s landmark genocide verdict and said it served as a warning that perpetrators of mass atrocities, “even those at the highest levels,” will eventually face justice for their crimes.

A journalist close to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has defended her view that Korean women who were sent to Japanese wartime military brothels were not sex slaves, and accused a newspaper of fabrication.

Brussels tells Theresa May - delaying Brexit will cost UK £10bn - EU says longer transition would lead to a bigger bill as PM prepares for critical week

Government spending foreign aid money to promote fracking in China: ‘It is a flagrant misuse of the UK’s aid budget to fund the fossil fuel industry overseas when the priority must be shifting to low carbon energy and boosting climate resilience’

Authorities in Azerbaijan have arrested two opposition leaders in the capital for attempting to organize a procession, including the laying of flowers, at a national cemetery known as the Alley of Martyr

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu is set to meet his finance minister on Sunday, in what is being seen as a last-ditch attempt to avert early elections. Moshe Kahlon's Kulanu party is vital to the coalition's survival.

Argentina locates missing submarine one year later

Russian interior ministry veteran named as likely head of Interpol

The controversial businessman Arron Banks was keen to involve Donald Trump’s former chief strategist Steve Bannon in a scheme to raise US cash for his Brexit campaign as far back as 2015.

New Evidence Emerges of Steve Bannon and Cambridge Analytica’s Role in Brexit

Thai military government has given the Election Commission power to freely redraw constituencies for the upcoming election

Pro-Brexit British ministers are “not living in the real world” if they think they can renegotiate the divorce treaty agreed with the EU last week, Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney said on Saturday.

'It blows my mind': How British Columbia destroys a key natural wildfire defence every year - Provincial rules require spraying of fire-resistant aspen trees to make way for valuable conifers

Health authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo have suspended efforts to contain an Ebola virus outbreak in the town of Beni because of worsening rebel attacks. Staff of the World Health Organization (WHO) were forced to leave as a shell hit the building they were in.