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  1. Lion Air pilots fought against automated nose dive on doomed flight: report

    Lion Air pilots struggled to maintain control of their Boeing jet as an automatic safety system repeatedly pushed the plane's nose down, according to a draft of a preliminary report into last month's deadly crash.

  2. Russia puts captured Ukrainians on TV, begins prosecutions

    Ukraine demands Russia stop using "psychological and physical pressure" as three navy sailors appear on Russian TV to confess to intruding into Russian waters.

  3. US missionary John Chau's body should be left on North Sentinel Island, human rights group says

    Human rights group Survival International calls for attempts to retrieve the body of missionary John Allen Chau — who was killed while attempting to preach to people on North Sentinel Island — to be called off, saying the tribe could be wiped out by outside disease.

  4. 'Security risk': Huawei banned from New Zealand's 5G mobile network

    New Zealand follows Australia and the US by blocking a mobile phone company from using Chinese tech giant Huawei's equipment in its planned 5G network due to significant security risks.

  5. Scientist who claims he edited twins' genes apologises … for result being leaked

    Geneticist He Jiankui's claim that he edited the embryonic genes of twin baby girls was described by his peers as opening Pandora's box. Now he has apologised that the results were "leaked unexpectedly" and says his work has been submitted for scientific review.

  6. UN warns world must increase climate targets 5-fold

    The UN's 2018 Emissions Gap Report sounds yet another dire warning for global policy makers, signalling efforts to combat catastrophic climate change need to be increased significantly.

  7. Northern China chemical plant blast kills at least 22

    An explosion outside a chemical plant in north-eastern China kills at least 22 people, injures at least 22 more and destroys scores of vehicles.

  8. Trump adviser didn't listen to the Khashoggi murder tape because he doesn't speak Arabic

    John Bolton says he has read a transcript of an audio recording of the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashsoggi and he "wouldn't learn anything more" by listening to the tape personally.

  9. Republican Hyde-Smith wins divisive run-off despite 'public hanging' remark

    The senator keeps her seat despite the run-off being rocked by a video, in which Hyde-Smith said of a supporter, "If he invited me to a public hanging, I'd be on the front row."

  10. 'He was a beloved friend': SpongeBob SquarePants creator Stephen Hillenburg dies

    The creator of the animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants, Stephen Hillenburg, dies of Lou Gehrig's disease at the age of 57.

  11. Google faces staff protest over plans for censored China search engine

    Google is facing a growing staff revolt, including in its Australian office, over plans to build a censored search engine for the Chinese market.

  12. Dutch church holds non-stop service to prevent refugee deportation — 800 hours and counting

    For the past month, a church in the Netherlands has been worshipping continuously in an effort to protect an Armenian refugee family that is facing deportation from the country.

  13. Trump 'very disappointed' GM is closing five US factories, threatens to cut subsidies

    The US President warns the White House is "now looking at cutting all GM subsidies" in the wake of the company announcing it is closing five car factories and laying off 14,000 workers.

Features

  1. China's microloan boom

    A growing number of tech-savvy Chinese millennials are jumping onto the buy-now-pay-later bandwagon.

  2. APEC documents revealed

    Details of "new agreements" that China and Vanuatu signed at the APEC meeting in PNG are starting to seep out.

  3. Defining 'America First'

    Trump would like for the Saudis to get off for the murder of Jamal Khashoggi. But the newly powerful Democrats have another idea.

  4. China's Sky River project

    China's largest artificial rain project aims to divert rain clouds with rockets to create rainfall in drier parts of the country.

  5. Wake-up call

    The latest clash between Russia and Ukraine could spiral out of control, writes chief foreign correspondent Philip Williams.

  6. Student 'cash cows'

    Are the hundreds of thousands of Chinese students who flock to Australia every year to study getting what they pay for?

  7. PNG journalist reinstated

    A senior PNG journalist who was suspended after airing a story critical of government spending is reinstated by broadcaster EMTV.

  8. The Implant Files

    An investigation uncovers a trove of information that paints a global picture of the harm caused by faulty medical devices.

  9. 'Wisening up' on China

    Xi Jinping's face was pasted on billboards ahead of the APEC summit in Port Moresby. So how was he upstaged?

  10. Two visions of Europe

    Britain's Theresa May came to Brussels to leave the European Union.

  11. Taiwan's midterms

    Beijing was watching very closely as millions of people in Taiwan headed to the polls for the crucial midterm elections.

  12. The Khmer Rouge trials

    Officials in Cambodia say the trials may end as there are no Khmer Rouge leaders left. But is that true?

  13. Ireland's Brexit fears

    Many on both sides of the Irish border fear a return to the dark old days of violence and terror in the event of a no-deal Brexit.

  14. Last pre-Neolithic tribe

    The Sentinelese people wish to be left alone, and attack outsiders who try and visit. Here's how they have stayed away from progress.

  15. 'It'll never happen'

    Timor-Leste buys Shell's stake in the Greater Sunrise oil and gas fields as it advances plans to pipe the resources to its south coast.

Asia Pacific

  1. Gene-editing Chinese professor condemned

    Associate professor He Jiankui says he has used new technology to "cut and paste" DNA from babies whose parents were HIV-positive, but critics say, if true, the "experiment is monstrous" and a serious violation of ethics.

  1. Taiwan's shocking mid-terms

    Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen resigned as chairwoman of the ruling party after its major electoral defeat.

  2. D&G apologises to China

    After an advertising campaign sparked claims of racism in China, the Italian fashion house apologised in a video.

  3. Water crisis threatens China

    A water crisis could be the biggest threat to China's rise as a superpower, undercutting its growth and stability.

  4. Bamboo house wins top prize

    The house, known as CUBO, uses engineered bamboo and can be put together in just four hours.

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