Barnaby Joyce: Australia deputy PM disqualified from office
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Barnaby Joyce: Australia deputy PM disqualified from office
Barnaby Joyce and four others were wrongly elected because they held dual citizenship, a court says.
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Catalan crisis: Spain Senate to vote on emergency powers
Spain's Senate is due to curb the region's powers, as the Catalan parliament debates its options.
JFK assassination: Trump declassifies some documents
Some 2,800 records on the assassination are declassified, but the president withholds some others.
Americans break 'unbeatable' El Capitan record
Brad Gobright and Jim Reynolds break the speed climbing record for El Capitan.
 
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US sailors rescued after five months adrift in Pacific
Two US mariners and their two dogs are rescued by the US Navy after a voyage from Hawaii went wrong.
Sport
England ready for Australia opener - vote on who will win World Cup
Wayne Bennett's England arguably have the toughest test of their World Cup credentials in Friday's opener against Australia.
Rangers: Pedro Caixinha sacked as manager after board meeting
Rangers dismiss manager Pedro Caixinha after seven months in charge, with Graeme Murty taking over on an interim basis.
Mexican Grand Prix: Lewis Hamilton wants to win title 'the right way'
Lewis Hamilton says he wants to clinch his fourth drivers' world title "the right way" by winning Sunday's Mexican Grand Prix.
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Opioid crisis: Trump shares brother's fatal addiction story
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Kenya Election: Two very different voter experiences
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JFK files: What will documents reveal about Kennedy's killer?
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Hong Kong Exchange trading floor closes for good
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Resignation syndrome: Sweden's mystery illness
For nearly two decades Sweden has been battling a mysterious illness, which affects only the children of asylum-seekers.
Business
Amazon and Alphabet report sales surge
Tech giants Amazon, Google-owner Alphabet, and Microsoft see shares jump as quarterly sales climb.
ECB to halve €60bn bond-buying programme
From January, the European Central Bank will cut its bond-buying programme to €30bn.
 
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Technology
NHS 'could have prevented' WannaCry ransomware attack
Recommendations which could have stopped the WannaCry ransomware attack were ignored, a report says.
Twitter bans RT and Sputnik ads amid election interference fears
The social media platform will no longer accept adverts from Russia Today or Sputnik.
Capital
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The art and science behind charisma
Powerful leaders use it to get their way – but you can learn it too
 
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Where job tests require a psychologist
Why do some job candidates have to draw themselves standing in the rain?
Culture
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Why tyrants love to write poetry
Nero, Stalin and Bin Laden were all fans of verse
 
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Who was the real Mata Hari?
The dancer who became a spy remains an enigma 100 years after her death
Earth
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BBC Earth nominated for Lovie Awards
A finalist in three categories ‘honouring the best of the European internet'
 
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New BBC Earth film coming soon
Earth: One Amazing Day, the long awaited sequel to box-office hit Earth
Future
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What if the VW Beetle never existed?
What could have been the world’s favourite car…
 
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The end of an American era
With automation, trucker culture is dying - and potentially, millions of jobs
Travel
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The mysterious hill covered in crosses
No-one knows how this hill came to be, or why it can’t be destroyed
 
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Why Romanians are obsessed with garlic
It’s not just to ward of vampires
 
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