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US approves $7b in aircraft sales to Arab allies
Qatar, meanwhile, has requested eight C-17 military jets in a pair of contracts totalling $781 million
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Muslim alternative to Peppa Pig planned in Australia
It is not however, because they think the popular cartoon series corrupts children
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American space legend John Glenn dead at 95
On February 20, 1962, Glenn became the first American to orbit Earth
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UN calls on Myanmar's Suu Kyi to visit crisis-hit Rakhine
The Nobel peace prize winner has faced growing international criticism for not stopping the military's campaign
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DiCaprio, Trump discuss green job creation
A long-standing environmental champion, DiCaprio recently made the climate-change documentary "Before the Flood"
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Bolivia air official alleges pressure over crashed Chapecoense flight
The crash on November 28 wiped out most of the Chapecoense football team from Brazil
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American space legend John Glenn dead at 95: university
John Glenn a pioneer in space travel
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Danish great Elvstrom dies aged 88
He was named Denmark's Sportsman of the Century in 1996
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Strong quake strikes off northern California, no tsunami threat
US Geological Survey said there was "a low likelihood of casualties and damage" from the quake
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Indian villages to receive card-swiping machines amid cash crunch
Cash accounts for 90% of transactions in India where millions rely heavily on notes for their daily transactions
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Google says it will run entirely on renewable energy by 2017
The tech giant will purchase 2.6 gigawatts of wind and solar energy, globally
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Giraffes 'threatened with extinction'
The population of the world's tallest land mammal dropped to below 100,000 in 2015
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White South African men accused of forcing black man into coffin denied bail
The case has laid bare the racial tensions that endure more than two decades after the end of apartheid rule
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British foreign minister says Saudi and Iran stoking proxy wars in Middle East
Johnson said absence of real leadership in the Middle East had allowed people to twist religion and stoke proxy wars
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China should build more nuclear arms to prepare for Trump: media
The paper is not part of the official state media, but has close ties to the ruling Communist Party
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Crown prince captures stunning footage of Dubai blanketed in clouds
Is there anything he can't do?
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Afghan female skier fights taboos -- with aid of mullahs
Hasani for years suffered hostility, abuse from men unaccustomed to unveiled women dressed in figure-hugging ski suits
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Germany's top court rules Muslim schoolgirls must join swimming lessons
Wednesday's ruling could give more credibility to future attempts by the government to ban the full-face veil
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Japan Inc warns of global trade contraction under Trump presidency
Japanese firms are worried about protectionism in Trump presidency
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Mr President? Turkish anchor remembers Erdogan coup call
His call through the Apple app FaceTime is seen as a crucial turning point in the coup
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Boeing promises Trump to control costs on Air Force One
Boeing CE congratulated Trump on his election win and committed to working with the new administration
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Mars One puts back planned colonisation of Red Planet
The Mars One consortium said its first manned mission to the Red Planet would now not happen until 2031
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Israel's Netanyahu gives conditional 'No' to meeting Abbas in Paris
Israeli Prime Minister said told Francois Hollande he would not meet Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas
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Thousands of geese die after landing in toxic US water
As many as 10,000 snow geese descended on the abandoned open Berkeley Pit in Butte, Montana
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Court blocks New York City from discarding illegal immigrants' data
City officials were considering destroying records of hundreds of thousands of municipal ID card holders
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Quake of magnitude 6.2 strikes China's Xinjiang
There were no immediate reports of major damage or casualties from the quake
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John Glenn, former US astronaut, hospitalised
John Glenn is the last surviving member of the original seven 'Right Stuff' Mercury astronauts
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First US Somali lawmaker gets 'Islamophobic threats' from cab driver
Ilhan Omar who wears the hijab was subjected to the most hateful, derogatory, Islamophobic, sexist taunts and threats
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Trump says union head who accused him of lying has 'done a terrible job'
Chuck Jones accused the president-elect of lying about the number of jobs saved in the Carrier deal
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New Zealand finance minister set to become next PM after rivals drop out
Bill English is set to be confirmed as the country's next leader after both his competitors dropped out of the race
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China top court rules in favor of Michael Jordan in trademark case
The basketball star won a long-running trademark case against a sportswear firm using the Chinese version of his name
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Austrian, Chinese victims of PIA crash worked on hydropower project for Andritz group
Andritz builds machinery and provides services for hydro-power plants and the steel and paper industry
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Tata Steel commits to staying in Britain
Tata put its European long products division up for sale as it refocussed on strip steel
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Apple Music attracts 20 million subscribers
With new innovations, Apple has successfully reached out to more customers
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Assange releases testimony from London questioning, says he is innocent
Wikileaks founder was questioned for two days at the Ecuadorian embassy in London in November
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TIME names Trump its 2016 'Person of the Year'
The president-elect welcomed the accolade as a "very, very great honour
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New Zealand passport robot tells applicant of Asian descent to open eyes
The automated system told the 22-year-old engineering student the photo was invalid because his eyes were closed
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Feeling intimidated, Jews and Muslims band together in Trump's America
'You have to have a plan'
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Earth's days getting longer, slower
Over the past 27 centuries, the average day has lengthened at a rate of about 1.8 milliseconds per century
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Polar bear numbers to plunge a third as sea ice melts
Study classifies sea-faring polar bear at high risk of extinction
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Restaurant owned by Pakistani-American vandalised with bacon in Texas
He has reported the incident to Galveston police
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Why India's poor are devoted to 'god-like' leaders
Hundreds of thousands of people attended funeral in Chennai for the veteran Tamil leader Jayalalithaa
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Klan leaders charged after stabbing ahead of pro-Trump rally
Official says the men had gotten into an argument with the victim that turned violent
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Saffron, rural Spain's crisis-beating spice
Spain's devastating economic crisis in 2008 pushed many to return to growing what is known as "red gold"
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Trump boasts of $50b investment at victory rally
The US president-elect provided no details on the jobs or investment, which he spent all day trumpeting
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Dutch MP Wilders faces verdict in hate speech trial
The MP faces charges of insulting a racial group and inciting racial hatred after comments he made about Moroccans
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93 killed after quake hits Indonesia's Aceh
'Many of the victims were killed or injured not because of the quake itself but because of collapsing buildings'
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Obama’s top aide voices concern over LoC tensions
Antony Blinken lauds Islamabad’s efforts to bring stability to South Asia
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US Muslims eye future under Trump with apprehension
Trump’s election win has emboldened anti-Muslim miscreants
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EU approves Microsoft buyout of LinkedIn with conditions
Microsoft's $26 billion acquisition of LinkedIn was announced in June

















































