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Scientists tap ‘secret’ fresh water under the ocean, raising hopes for a thirsty world

Veteran politician Anutin Charnvirakul elected Thai prime minister in parliamentary vote

European human rights body denounces arrest of Turkish activist critical of Erdogan

Pakistan prime minister signs $8.5 billion in investment deals with China

UN decries crimes including gang rape, murder, torture in Congo conflict over last year

A wildly popular 15-year-old computer whiz is becoming the Catholic Church’s first millennial saint

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Philippine forces deliver supplies and personnel to disputed South China Sea shoal despite tensions

UK deputy prime minister Angela Rayner resigns after ethics inquiry into underpayment of tax on home purchase

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Police in Portugal say that 11 of the 16 people killed when a streetcar derailed in Lisbon were foreigners

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Australia and US fighting for last quarterfinal spot at Women’s Rugby World Cup

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Veteran Thai politician Anutin Charnvirakul wins vote in Parliament to become country’s next prime minister

Australian friends claim world record for longest beach touch rugby game

Suspect among 2 dead in mass stabbing in Canada, 8 injured

Japan welcomes Trump’s order to implement lower tariffs on autos and other goods

A passenger bus skids off a cliff in Sri Lanka, killing 15 and injuring 16 others

Promise and peril drive the fascination with rain in the parched deserts of the United Arab Emirates

102-year-old becomes oldest person to summit Mount Fuji

Ukraine moves to ban an Orthodox church it says is linked with pro-war Moscow church

Wallabies seek Rugby Championship redemption after last year’s record loss in Argentina