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THE WORLD: Oil prices fall as US stockpiles hit record high

Oil prices fell more than 2% on Thursday on worries about slow demand growth with coronavirus cases rising, US crude…

June 11, 2020

Pope Francis donates €1m for COVID-19 charity efforts

Pope Francis has offered one million euros for a new charity fund targeting people in Rome left in dire straits…

June 10, 2020

China will treat vaccine as ‘global public goods’ – Sci-Tech Minister

China has vowed to strengthen international cooperation in future COVID-19 clinical vaccine trials. The country is expending great efforts in…

June 9, 2020

Treasure chest worth over a million-dollar found after decade-long search

A bronze chest filled with gold, jewels and other valuables worth more than $US1 million ($A1.4 million) and hidden a…

June 8, 2020

THE WORLD: 10-foot shark kills surfer off Australia’s east coast

A 60-year-old surfer was attacked and killed by a 3-meter (10-foot) shark off the coast of northern New South Wales…

June 7, 2020

French forces execute al-Qaeda leader in the Islamic Maghreb

French forces have killed the leader of Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, Algerian Abdelmalek Droukdel, in northern Mali, France's…

June 6, 2020

THE WORLD: Twitter disables Trump’s campaign video on George Floyd

Twitter gunned for U.S. President Donald Trump once again by disabling his campaign tribute video to George Floyd on its…

June 5, 2020

Tunisia plans to resume commercial flights late June

Tunisia moves to resume commercial flights as it plans to reopen its airspace, land and sea borders on June 27,…

June 4, 2020

George Floyd died of ‘asphyxiation,’ autopsy commissioned by family finds

An autopsy commissioned for George Floyd’s family found that he died of asphyxiation due to neck and back compression when…

June 2, 2020

The World: Trump to invite Russia and other non-member G7 countries to summit

President Trump told reporters on Saturday evening he would postpone the G7 summit to September and expand the meeting to…

May 31, 2020

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