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Russia testing cloned 'designer' dogs with enhanced sniffing abilities in drugs, explosives war

Russia has unveiled its new weapon in the war on explosives and drugs - cloned 'designer' dogs, genetically modified to have enhanced sniffing abilities.

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Soul Mate stars make history with joint Golden Horse Best Actress win

They play best friends who fall for the same guy in an acclaimed movie adapted from an Internet novel.

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Ivanka Trump separates personal and business social media accounts

Mr Donald Trump's daughter Ivanka, accused of a potential conflict of interest as she helms her own brand while making frequent appearances with her President-elect father, is separating her business and personal social media accounts.

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Nazi-obsessed Briton found guilty of murdering lawmaker

A Briton obsessed with Nazi Germany and far-right politics was yesterday found guilty of murdering British lawmaker Jo Cox a week before Britain's highly charged Brexit referendum, and sentenced to life in prison.

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EU vote on whether to halt Turkey membership talks has no value: Erdogan

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday (Nov 23) that a vote by the European Parliament on whether to halt EU membership talks with Ankara "has no value in our eyes" and again accused Europe of siding with terrorist organisations.

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Britain rejects Donald Trump's call for Nigel Farage to be made ambassador to US

Once again, US President-elect Donald Trump seems to have gone out of his way to embarrass the British government.

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At least five children killed in US school bus crash

At least five children were killed on Monday (Nov 21) in the US state of Tennessee when a school bus carrying nearly three dozen elementary school students overturned and crashed into a tree, according to local officials.

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Infrastructure to be key focus of Britain's post-Brexit budget

Britain's first post-Brexit budget will focus on infrastructure and could spell an end to the previous government's rigid fiscal targets, according to a treasury statement released yesterday.

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All hospitals in eastern Aleppo closed after air strikes: WHO

All hospitals in Syria's besieged rebel-held eastern Aleppo are out of service after days of heavy air strikes, its health directorate and the World Health Organisation (WHO) said, though a war monitor said some were still functioning.

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CIA director nominee Mike Pompeo supports domestic surveillance, opposes Iran deal

Representative Mike Pompeo, President-elect Donald Trump's surprise choice to head the CIA, supports the US government's sweeping collection of Americans' communications data and wants to scrap the nuclear deal with Iran.

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Japanese woman builds feline-friendly house for her cats

Chiaki Ono is among an increasing number of people who consider their pets to be family members. But Ono has taken her fondness for her pets a step further than most: She has designed and built a cat-friendly house for her and her beloved felines.

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Second day of anti-Trump rallies in US cities, more planned on weekend

Demonstrators took to the streets across the United States for a second day on Thursday (Nov 10) to protest the Republican presidential election victory of real estate mogul Donald Trump, voicing fears that his triumph would strike a blow against civil rights.

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Scramble as India scraps large banknotes

Indian petrol stations were swamped yesterday with people keen to spend their 500-rupee (S$10.50) and 1,000-rupee bank- notes, as they reacted to an unexpected government move to scrap the use of these notes.

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Woman pushed to her death in front of New York subway train

A woman shoved an unsuspecting traveller off a New York City subway platform into the path of an approaching train on Monday (Nov 7) afternoon, killing the victim instantly as bystanders watched in horror, police said.

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US elections: Small town of Dixville Notch keeps up tradition of being first to vote, Clinton wins with four votes

The first result from the US presidential election on Tuesday (Nov 8) is out. Democrat candidate Hillary Clinton has won in Dixville Notch, a tiny town in New Hampshire with just eight votes.

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Donald Trump says Hillary Clinton protected by 'rigged system' after FBI exoneration

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump cried foul after the FBI cleared his rival Hillary Clinton of criminal conduct in a new inquiry into the Democrat candidate's e-mails.