Australian Senator Pauline Hanson has been barred from Parliament for seven sitting days after entering the Senate wearing a burqa in protest against colleagues who refused to consider her bill to ban the garment nationwide.
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China launches spacecraft to help with astronauts’ eventual return
BEIJING (AP) — China launched the Shenzhou 22 spacecraft on Tuesday to help bring back a team of astronauts after a damaged spacecraft left them temporarily stranded on China’s space station.
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France’s Sorbonne suspends lecture after antisemitic hate speech remarks
By Serge Duchêne with Euronews
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The Sorbonne University in Paris has referred a case to prosecutors after antisemitic and other…
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Britain’s unpopular government prepares a high-stakes budget and hopes for growth
LONDON — After being elected in a landslide last year, Britain’s Labour Party government delivered a budget it billed as a one-off dose of tax hikes to fix the public finances, get debt down, ease the cost of living and spur economic growth.
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Two climbers dead after fall on New Zealand's Aoraki Mount Cook
Authorities say they were alerted late on Monday night local time that four climbers needed help as they attempted to climb Mount Cook. Two people were rescued and airlifted by helicopters as authorities work to recover the bodies of the two remaining climbers who were found dead.
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‘Once-in-300-years’ rain leaves Thai city flooded and maternity ward stranded
Bangkok, Thailand
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A “once in 300 year” storm has battered southern Thailand, bringing floodwaters more than eight feet high that in one city cut off access to a maternity…
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