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US 'troubled' over Malaysia's detention of activist and Najib critic

​Maria Chin Abdullah, who has called for resignation of prime minister Najib Razak, in solitary confinement under law intended to curb extremism

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Cambodian court upholds life sentences for Khmer Rouge leaders

​Cambodia’s UN-backed court upheld life sentences for two top former Khmer Rouge leaders on Wednesday for crimes against humanity, delivering a blow to their hopes of release as they face a second trial for genocide.

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Turmoil in east Asia: sensitive moment for region unsettled by Trump

With Japan distracted by worries over security and South Korea in political turmoil, DPRK’s missile development programmes advance unchecked

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Fantastic riches and where to find them: how to grow a $22bn franchise

Those you think are dead are not dead, Johnny Depp is charmingly evil, we’ll always have Paris, and it will all end with a duel … we think

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Samsung and Panasonic accused over supply chain labour abuses in Malaysia

​Nepalese migrants claimed they paid recruitment agents in Nepal to secure their jobs in Malaysia, and claimed that their passports were confiscated on arrival in the country

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France's burkini ban row divides government

France’s prime minister, Manuel Valls, has clashed with his education minister amid growing divisions in the government over the controversial burkini bans on some beaches.

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At least 11 dead after Saudi-led coalition bombs Yemen hospital

At least 11 people have been killed and 19 injured in an airstrike by the Saudi-led coalition on a Yemeni hospital supported by Médecins Sans Frontières as the conflict escalates following the collapse of peace talks.

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Pokémon Go accounts are being sold for thousands of pounds on eBay

​The Pokémon Go craze continues unabated, with accounts being sold on auction sites such as eBay for thousands of pounds, despite contravening developer Niantic’s terms of service.

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Cybertwee: the artists fighting male-dominated tech with pink cutesiness

What would the tech landscape look like if girly tropes were championed, rather than ridiculed? Three artists are seeking to find out

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Pokémon Go: where does augmented reality go next?

It’s the hottest game in the world right now, but what do games developers think of Pokémon Go, and where do they think its success will take augmented reality?

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Social media may have been blocked during Turkey coup attempt

Reports emerge during attempted military coup of people struggling to access social media in a country described as a ‘bastion of internet censorship’

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How the internet was invented

​In 40 years, the internet has morphed from a military communication network into a vast global cyberspace. And it all started in a California beer garden

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Man v Fat Football: the league where weight loss is the goal

​There’s a male obesity crisis in the UK, but could a new scheme that combines the beautiful game with diet programmes for men score where others haven’t?

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New Zealand flag change: poll shows little hope for new design as voting ends

​Historic referendum to decide whether to change the country’s flag to a black and blue design with a silver fern may end in anticlimax, with survey showing two-thirds of people wanting to maintain the status quo

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Hillary Clinton defeats Bernie Sanders to win South Carolina primary

·Resounding victory gives Clinton momentum for Super Tuesday ·Sanders leaves state early to focus on Texas and Minnesota

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Australia pays $207,000 compensation to 2,800 Afghans over six years

More than 2,800 Afghans have received payments totalling $207,000 as Australian compensation for “collateral damage to property, injury or loss of life” during military operations in their country.