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With "Anniversary Update" for Windows 10, Microsoft aims to win converts

Microsoft has a birthday present for Windows 10 users: more capabilities for its Cortana digital assistant and new ways to ditch passwords.

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Youngest victim in Dhaka just wanted to make a difference

Rui Shimodaira spent her life helping others, but at the age of 27 it was cut short by the terrorist outrage in Bangladesh.

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Myanmar official charged for racial slur against Aung San Suu Kyi

An official in Myanmar has been charged with defamation for referring to Aung San Suu Kyi with a slur parroted by the former junta she spent decades campaigning against, police said Tuesday.

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Thai government rules out death penalty for rapists despite mounting pressure

Thailand’s Justice Ministry says it has no plan to execute rapists who murder their victims, saying such a harsh penalty would provoke more rapists to kill.

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No criminal charges over Clinton's e-mail practice, FBI advises

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has said it will not recommend charges over Mrs Hillary Clinton's use of a private e-mail server as secretary of state, although she was found "extremely careless" in handling highly classified information.

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We spent a day with a professional psychic

The terms "psychic" and "medium" are often used interchangeably. While a psychic can see into the future, a medium can communicate with those who have died, or, perhaps more accurately, "passed on."

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Clinton, Obama, Stand-Ins Emphasize Her Trustworthiness

Hillary Clinton and her high-powered campaign stand-ins are talking about trust everywhere they speak these days, and for good reason.

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Smriti Irani: India’s highest-profile cabinet minister and its most trolled

When a television journalist asked Smriti Irani what qualities Prime Minister Narendra Modi saw in her to give her the education portfolio, she chose not to answer. Instead, she turned to the studio audience and repeated his question. It was enough to enrage them.

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Meryl Streep’s reason for doing Devil Wears Prada was more badass than you thought

​The feminist found a societal flaw in the Lauren Weisberger novel that she wanted to correct.

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Remember her? Anti-immigration firebrand Pauline Hanson on cusp of return to Australian politics

Divisive Australian politician Pauline Hanson, who once claimed Asians were in danger of swamping the country, was Sunday on the cusp of being re-elected to parliament after a near 20-year absence.

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Elizabeth Warren finally opens her arms to Hillary Clinton

​​Two years ago, when they campaigned together, the Massachusetts senator barely mentioned Clinton. On Monday, she was Clinton’s biggest fan and her most valuable voice against Trump. “That was fun!”

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Hillary Clinton campaigns with Washington liberal superstar to woo Sanders' supporters

​In a major step to woo the disgruntled progressive wing within the Democratic Party, presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton on Monday displayed an unusual and powerful alliance with liberal superstar Senator Elizabeth Warren.

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Two critical after central China bus fire

Two people who were seriously burnt in a fatal bus fire in central China's Hunan Province on Sunday are in a critical condition.

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Nepal set to start probe into civil war crimes

A handful of faded photographs has long been Suntali Rasaili’s only treasured moments of her teenage daughter, allegedly executed by Nepali soldiers at the height of the Maoist insurgency.

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In reversal of fortunes, Myanmar’s Suu Kyi courts Thai junta

Aung San Suu Kyi leaves democratically led Myanmar this week for military-ruled Thailand on an official visit that highlights the changing fortunes of the Southeast Asian neighbours.

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Queen Elizabeth II makes front pages as Britain prepares to decide on EU membership

​Buckingham Palace was forced on Wednesday to insist that Queen Elizabeth II did not take part in politics after two of Britain's big selling morning newspapers brought the monarch into the Brexit discussion.