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• North Koreans speak of awful prison conditions

  24-03-2023 23:40 via smh.com.au
  
  Survivors of North Korean prisoners have spoken of the awful conditions they endured.
  
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• UN decries killing of Ukrainian, Russian POWs, as strikes kill 10 civilians

  24-03-2023 20:31 via smh.com.au
  
  The UN agency laid out abuses allegedly committed by both sides but noted Russia’s invasion was at the root of the violence against civilians and POWs.
  
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• Real-life hero who inspired Hotel Rwanda released from prison

  24-03-2023 19:26 via smh.com.au
  
  Rwanda says it will release Paul Rusesabagina, a former hotel manager portrayed as a hero in a film about the 1994 genocide.
  
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• Murders in the Philippines

  24-03-2023 19:05 via smh.com.au
  
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• King Charles’ visit to France cancelled amid threats, protests

  24-03-2023 19:02 via smh.com.au
  
  The King’s first state visit has been postponed as protests against pensions reform continue to rage across France.
  
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• ‘Do you know the guillotine?‘: King Charles’ visit to France cancelled amid threats, protests

  24-03-2023 19:02 via smh.com.au
  
  The King’s first state visit has been postponed as protests against pensions reform continue to rage across France.
  
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• King Charles’ historic visit to France cancelled amid violent protests

  24-03-2023 12:14 via smh.com.au
  
  The King’s first state visit has been postponed as protests against pensions reform continue across France.
  
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• TikTok CEO fronts US hearing

  24-03-2023 08:43 via smh.com.au
  
  TikTok's CEO has fronted a hearing in the US and was grilled over the app’s links with the Chinese government.
  
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• World Athletics bans transgender women

  24-03-2023 08:33 via smh.com.au
  
  World Athletics has banned transgender women from competing in elite female track and field events.
  
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• Beware of dangerous disinformation. Taiwan is not part of China

  24-03-2023 06:05 via smh.com.au
  
  China wants to make its control of Taiwan a fait accompli by convincing the world to accept its view that the island is rightfully a province of the PRC.
  
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• ‘No orbit’: 3D-printed reusable rocket debut ends in failure

  24-03-2023 05:29 via smh.com.au
  
  The start-up wanted to put the Terran into a 200-kilometre-high orbit for several days before having it plunge through the atmosphere.
  
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• US strikes Iran-aligned base in Syria in retaliation for drone attack

  24-03-2023 04:43 via smh.com.au
  
  US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin said he authorised the “precision airstrikes” at the direction of President Joe Biden.
  
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• Political assassination in the Philippines

  24-03-2023 04:14 via smh.com.au
  
  CCTV of the moments before a shooting of a governor in the Philippines.
  
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• Russia signals it will take more Ukrainian children

  24-03-2023 03:27 via smh.com.au
  
  Staff at Kherson Regional Hospital “put lung ventilation devices near all the children” when Russian soldiers arrived, said a doctor, saving 14 babies from being taken.
  
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• ‘Unlawful incursion’: Manhattan DA fires back as Trump probe goes quiet

  24-03-2023 02:29 via smh.com.au
  
  Americans continue to wait on a decision by the grand jury to examine whether Trump committed any crimes relating to a payment made to a porn star before the 2016 election.
  
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• ‘They are afraid’: A country accustomed to violence has been rocked by a brazen murder

  24-03-2023 02:17 via smh.com.au
  
  The killing of provincial governor Roel Degamo inside his own compound has shocked the Philippines, a country well accustomed to political violence
  
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• Zebra roams through Seoul streets after escaping zoo

  24-03-2023 00:22 via smh.com.au
  
  A Zebra was caught on camera wandering through Seoul, South Korea after it escaped from Seoul Children's Grand Park Zoo on Thursday.
  
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• Zebra runs through South Korean streets following zoo escape

  24-03-2023 00:08 via smh.com.au
  
  Shocked residents filmed the moment a zebra wandered onto the streets of Seoul.
  
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