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18:16 14/11/2019
Steve McCurry's photos show the complex relationship between humans and animals

But the influential American photographer, who has built his career around his daring coverage of armed conflict, has a lesser known passion: animals.

17:45 14/11/2019
Experimental Qantas ultra-long-haul London to Sydney flight takes off

Australian airline Qantas on Thursday launched a one-off research flight that will carry about 50 people from London to Sydney nonstop, clocking up the longest commercial passenger flight in recent aviation history in the process.

17:24 14/11/2019
Denmark holds neo-Nazi over Jewish cemetery attack

Jacob Vullum Andersen, 38, is a leader of the Nordic Resistance Movement (NRM), which is also active in Sweden.

17:00 14/11/2019
Washington teacher arrested for threatening to shoot students

When questioned by police at her home on Wednesday, the 58-year-old teacher did not back down from the threat and was taken into custody.

16:38 14/11/2019
15:45 14/11/2019
Norwegian wealth fund blacklists G4S shares over human rights concerns

Sovereign wealth fund cites risk of company contributing to ill-treatment of migrant labour in Qatar and UAE.

15:27 14/11/2019
Gaza attacks: tentative truce after Israel strike kills eight Palestinian family members

Islamic Jihad says truce has begun as Israel says ‘quiet will be answered with quiet’, following two days of clashes.

15:01 14/11/2019
Scandalous: behind the sordid inner workings of the National Enquirer

A new documentary traces the history of the publication from gore rag to sensational gossip magazine to its central role in the Trump presidency.

14:44 14/11/2019
Complementary cancer therapies 'do more harm than good'

Garlic, ginger and ginkgo pills, for example, can delay the healing of skin wounds when breast cancer spreads.

14:26 14/11/2019
Behrouz Boochani, voice of Manus Island refugees, is free in New Zealand

Kurdish Iranian refugee and journalist – a multiple award-winner for documenting life in Australia’s offshore detention system – has left Papua New Guinea.

14:02 14/11/2019
Secrets of Bangkok red light zone laid bare in new museum

Alongside 'Triple X,' 'fetish' and kinky cabaret exhibits are tamer displays highlighting David Bowie's 1983 visit to Bangkok, as well as other bits of pop culture, including a nod to 'The Deer Hunter' -- a 1978 war drama starring Robert De Niro that included scenes reportedly shot in former Patpong bar Mississippi Queen.

13:00 14/11/2019
Cows swept away by Hurricane Dorian found alive in North Carolina

The cows belong to a herd on the US state's Cedar Island but were swept away in September by a "mini tsunami" generated by Dorian.

12:43 14/11/2019
Australia bushfires: Death toll rises as communities remain on alert

The 58-year-old man's body was found in northern New South Wales (NSW) on Thursday, days after a fire ripped through the region.

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