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Australia's famed Uluru outback monolith to be closed to climbers

Australia’sworld-famousUluru,formerlyknownasAyersRock,willbeclosedtoclimbersfrom2019,itsmanagementboardsaidonWednesday,endingadecades-longcampaignbyAboriginesto

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Immigrants across the U.S. skip work, school in anti-Trump protest

Businesses shut their doors, students skipped class and thousands of demonstrators took to the streets in cities across the United States on Thursday to protest President Donald Trump's immigration policies.

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Qomolangma Tibet base camp to reopen

The base camp on the north face of Mount Qomolangma in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region will reopen to climbers on Wednesday, according to local tourism authorities.

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Indonesia shuts down airport amid volcano eruption

Indonesia closed an airport in Ternate of North Maluku province on Friday and warned planes to avoid the routes around the erupting volcano, an official said.

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Turkey reopens border gate after blast on Syrian side

Turkey's southern Cilvegozu border gate reopened on Thursday just days after two vehicles exploded in Syria's Bab al-Hawa border crossing on Monday, semi-official Anadolu Agency reported.

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Blizzard batters traffic in NE China

Traffic and schools have been hit in northeast China's Heilongjiang and Jilin provinces as a blizzard closed expressways and schools and delayed flights.

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Snow closes New Zealand North Island highways

Main roads in New Zealand's central North Island remain closed on Wednesday due to snow in the second day of a cold snap that has moved up the country.