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Nine people are dead after a plane crashed shortly after take-off Saturday in Chamberlain, South Dakota, according to a statement from Brule County States Attorney Theresa Maule Rossow. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/34FCP44 https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern has cleared the way for an election year cash splash, closing the annual Labour party conference by writing bumper cheques for school repairs. from Breaking News | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2LbJcEN https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Ten suspected cartel gunmen and four police were killed during a daytime shootout on Saturday in a Mexican town near the U.S. border, days after U.S. President Donald Trump raised bilateral tensions by saying he would designate the gangs as terrorists. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2rGhedh https://ift.tt/HDXIyB

US aviation authorities say nine people have been killed in a plane crash in South Dakota. from Breaking News | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2Raq1yP https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

A five-year-old girl found in a car parked in the driveway of a home in NSW's Hunter region last week in searing weather has died in hospital. from Breaking News | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2RhRfDZ https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Freed Taliban hostage Timothy Weeks says he never gave up hope during his "long and tortuous" three years in captivity in Afghanistan. from Breaking News | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/33CNZFE https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Timothy Weeks, the Australian academic released by the Taliban in November after being kept hostage for more than three years, said on Sunday that hope helped him survive the ordeal. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2Y5a9PO https://ift.tt/HDXIyB

The Australian state of New South Wales, home to the country's largest city Sydney, rolled out mobile phone detection cameras on Sunday, hoping to cut the number of fatalities on its roads by a third over two years, transport authorities said. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2L6oHsY https://ift.tt/HDXIyB

Indonesian fisherman Miskan says the once-abundant catches he used to enjoy have been dwindling in recent years on this stretch of the Java Sea. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2rDmlLt https://ift.tt/HDXIyB

NSW Police are appealing for information after a pedestrian was killed and the vehicle involved failed to stop at Maitland. from Breaking News | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/37X4mQS https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Labor leader Anthony Albanese says the Morrison government thinks democracy is an "inconvenience". from Breaking News | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2R7kPM1 https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

A male and a female took a selfie in front of CCTV cameras and then allegedly stole a bottle of whiskey from a bottle shop in Melbourne, police say. from Breaking News | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2R2whsu https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

A new code of conditions for racing greyhounds in Victoria will be boosted by a $2 million fund when it comes into effect on the January 1, the government announced on Sunday. from Breaking News | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2rDo7w7 https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

With warmer temperatures and below average rainfall predicted for Victoria this summer, water restrictions might apply across the state as overall supplies are at half their storage capacity. from Breaking News | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2rHaxHU https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Ten suspected cartel gunmen and four police have been killed in a bloody shootout in a northern Mexican town near the US border. from Breaking News | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/35O0saR https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Beijing is insisting that a rollback of tariffs must be part of any phase one trade deal with the US, according to China's Global Times newspaper. from Breaking News | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2Y4YyzS https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Poorer Australian students are 18 months behind their better-off peers at school, a new report has found. from Breaking News | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2rCztQR https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Victoria has recorded its worst drowning toll in two decades, a new report has revealed. from Breaking News | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2rKthGI https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

A 20,000 hectare fire burning just east of Canberra in the Tallaganda National Park has been upgraded to "watch and act". from Breaking News | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/34DSAbJ https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Ten suspected cartel gunmen and four police were killed during a bloody shootout on Saturday in a Mexican town near the U.S. border, authorities from the state of Coahuila said, during a moment of heightened bilateral tension over violent gangs. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/34C5FCl https://ift.tt/HDXIyB

A church in Michigan denied Holy Communion to a state district court judge because she is married to a woman. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/33CpkRm https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

The tentative agreement makes Fiat Chrysler the last of the big three Detroit automakers to arrive at a deal with the United Auto Workers this year. (Image credit: Carlos Osorio/AP) from News : NPR https://ift.tt/2Y1TM6m https://ift.tt/35OXOl9

In an industry where stars face immense pressure to portray themselves as the immaculate image of happiness, K-pop duo Goo Hara and Sulli appeared to be different. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/2rEGRew https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Josh Shaw, a defensive back for the Arizona Cardinals, has been suspended through at least the 2020 season for betting on NFL games, the league said Friday. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/34yz68z https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Three children in Arizona are missing after floodwater swept up their vehicle in central Arizona. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/2R5Ji4o https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Factory activity in China has unexpectedly returned to growth for the first time in seven months, as domestic demand picked up on Beijing's accelerated stimulus measures to steady growth. from Breaking News | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2L7QTMa https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

The Morrison government will be issuing revised draft religious discrimination laws before the end of the year to take into account issues that have been raised during the consultation process. from Breaking News | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2L4Frkw https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Conversations about how diet impacts the climate crisis have ramped up this past year, with a UN report published in August 2019 suggesting that eating less meat and reducing food waste could help save the planet. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/35IwVPT https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Calves bulging and back rippling with sinewy muscles, Du Xing -- a bandit in the Chinese martial arts novel "Water Margin" -- moves towards a precipice. His arms are raised overhead, clutching a massive, imposing bell. With piercing focus, his eyes lock on a demon splayed at his feet. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/34yFe0o https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Guatemala's human rights prosecutor on Friday indicted another former top military official for genocide and crimes against humanity committed during the bloodiest phase of the Central American country's 36-year civil war. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/37UgemG https://ift.tt/HDXIyB

President Hage Geingob took a commanding lead in Namibia's presidential election with roughly two-thirds of the votes counted following Wednesday's vote, official data showed on Friday. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2L7poT4 https://ift.tt/HDXIyB

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro claimed on Friday that Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio financed fires being set in the Amazon rainforest, without presenting any evidence, the right-wing leader's latest broadside in casting blame over forest fires that have generated international concern. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/34uxuN3 https://ift.tt/HDXIyB

Peruvian opposition leader Keiko Fujimori walked free from prison on Friday night after being jailed for more than a year pending a trial over allegations she accepted illegal campaign contributions from Brazilian construction firm Odebrecht. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2P3yLnY https://ift.tt/HDXIyB

The remains of 39 Vietnamese people found dead in a truck near London last month have been brought to Vietnam, bringing to a close a tragic saga that has devastated rural communities in the Southeast Asian country. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/35XcGOL https://ift.tt/HDXIyB

Former Republican congressman Charlie Dent said Thursday some of his former colleagues in the House of Representatives have privately told him they are "absolutely disgusted and exhausted by the President's behavior." from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/2Y94jNn https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Peruvian opposition leader Keiko Fujimori walked free from prison on Friday night after being jailed for more than a year pending a trial over allegations she accepted illegal campaign contributions from Brazilian construction firm Odebrecht. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/34CxVEY https://ift.tt/HDXIyB

A man who helped tackle a knife-wielding terrorist who killed two people near London Bridge said he intervened because it was "what any Londoner would do". from Breaking News | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2R3rUNR https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Tones and I has revealed she's been "hiding in a black hole" and battling "relentless bullying" amid her record-breaking success. from Breaking News | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/35L6id3 https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Federal Labor frontbencher Kristina Keneally says it is up to security agencies to decide whether a man claiming to be a high-level Chinese spy should be given asylum. from Breaking News | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2rE6ADQ https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Federal Labor frontbencher Jason Clare is urging people to have any skin moles checked if they start changing colour, having recently suffered his own health scare. from Breaking News | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2DwiHFO https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Labor frontbencher Jason Clare says it is "pretty stupid" for the federal government to attack Pauline Hanson for not supporting its so-called 'union bashing bill', then expect her to support it when it returns to the Senate. from Breaking News | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2P0bWkH https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

British police named the man who stabbed two people to death in London on Friday in what the authorities called a terrorist attack as 28-year-old Usman Khan, who had been convicted of terrorism offenses and was released from prison last year. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/35SPTDH https://ift.tt/HDXIyB

Australia's top attorneys agreed on Friday to standardize laws across the country forcing priests to report child abuse revealed to them during confessions in a move that could widen a schism between the church and the government. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2OztjKv https://ift.tt/HDXIyB