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Several ill after 'suspicious' package opened at US base

Multiple people have fallen ill and an investigation is under way after a suspicious package was delivered to a military base near Washington, US media reported.
US • 07 Nov

China's exports fall for first time in eight months

China's exports fell in October for the first time in eight months, official data showed today, as trade tensions flared in the weeks before Chinese President Xi Jinping met US counterpart Donald Trump.
Business • 07 Nov

British woman on Indonesia death row repatriated

Two Britons convicted of drugs offences in Indonesia, including a 69-year-old woman on death row, were repatriated early this morning, as part of a deal to return them to the UK on humanitarian grounds.
Asia • 07 Nov

Sudan's RSF agrees to mediators' humanitarian truce

Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, at war with the regular army for more than two years, has announced that it has agreed to a proposal for a humanitarian truce put forward by mediators.
Africa • 07 Nov

Andrew asked to testify in US as titles formally removed

US politicians have written to Britain's disgraced former prince Andrew requesting he sit for an interview about his friendship with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
World • 06 Nov

Israel declares Egypt border area a closed military zone

Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz has said he instructed the army to turn the area at the border with Egypt into a closed military zone to combat weapons smuggling via drones.
Middle East • 06 Nov

Typhoon hits Vietnam after killing 140 in Philippines

Typhoon Kalmaegi made landfall in Vietnam's already storm-battered central belt today, where thousands have been evacuated from areas in the path of one of the world's deadliest cyclones this year.
Asia • 07 Nov

Putin mulls resuming nuclear tests after Trump comments

Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that Russia would consider resuming nuclear tests if the United States did so, convening a security council meeting after US President Donald Trump's comments on testing.
World • 05 Nov

18 arrested in global fake subscription scams

Eighteen people have been arrested in a crackdown on three international credit card fraud and money laundering rings, German authorities have said.
World • 05 Nov

Shein opens its first permanent store in Paris

Shein opened its first brick-and-mortar store in the world in Paris today amid a heavy police presence, as controversy swirled over the Asian e-commerce giant's fast fashion business model and sale of childlike sex dolls online.
Business • 05 Nov

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