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Assange, who denies the accusation, has avoided extradition to Sweden for seven years after seeking refuge at the Ecuadorean embassy in London in 2012.

Australia is prone to bushfires in its dry, hot summers, but fierce blazes have been sparked early, in the southern spring, by a long drought and soaring temperatures.

The documents, which were published by the New York Times on Saturday, represent one of the largest ever data leaks from inside the Chinese government. Their disclosure provides a rare window into the secretive policy decisions around the continued mass incarceration of religious and ethnic minorities.

The university has been occupied by hundreds of protesters, including many high school students, since last week.

White sheets of sea ice surround the ship on all sides. Even the wake of the vessel, normally a 25m-wide trail of slush and broken ice, has closed up into a neat seam.

Those inside Polytechnic University are said to be running low on supplies.

Dr George Frodsham, came up with the idea while studying how magnetic nanoparticles can be made to bind to cells in the body, to allow, for example those cells to show up on scanners.

The United States on Monday effectively backed Israel’s right to build Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank by abandoning its four-decade-old position that they were “inconsistent with international law”.

On Monday, Disney rose 2.1% to $147.65, just shy of its record high close on Nov. 13, while Netflix climbed 2.6% to its highest close since August.

Scientists at Penn State University say the coating cuts the amount of water required to flush excrement by 90%.

Those inside Polytechnic University are said to be running low on supplies.

The annual interactive 'Travel Risk Map' reveals the countries where people are most likely to have trouble when it comes to road safety, security and medical matters.

Heliogen uses mirrors to concentrate solar energy that can power heavy industry.

It is believed that the Duchess of Sussex began the process shortly after her engagement to Prince Harry was announced in November 2017.

The eight-man patrol was close to 19,000 feet (5,800 metres) up in the Himalayas when the avalanche hit.

Strong winds overnight brought smoke from fires inland, pushing the air quality in Australia's largest city to beyond "hazardous" levels at times.

And now, that data has helped scientists put together the first global geological map of the intriguing icy moon, according to a new study published Monday in the journal Nature Astronomy.

Wildfires have so far this month claimed at least four lives, burnt about 2.5 million acres (1 million hectares) of farmland and bush and destroyed more than 300 homes.