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Hayabusa-2: Japan spacecraft touches down on asteroidHayabusa-2: Japan spacecraft touches down on asteroid
Image copyrightReutersImage caption Artwork: Hayabusa-2 successfully touched down on asteroid Ryugu

A Japanese spacecraft has touched down on an asteroid in an attempt to collect a sample of rock from the surface.

The Hayabusa-2 probe was trying to grab the sample from a pre-chosen site on the asteroid Ryugu just

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Australia seeks clarification on China coal import 'block'Australia seeks clarification on China coal import 'block'
Image copyrightGetty ImagesImage caption One of China's biggest ports is reported to have halted Australian coal imports

The Australian government says it is seeking an "urgent" clarification from Beijing over reports that a major Chinese port has halted imports of Australian coal.

Australia is a top supplier of

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Melbourne car rampage: James Gargasoulas jailed for six murdersMelbourne car rampage: James Gargasoulas jailed for six murders
Image copyrightEPAImage caption James Gargasoulas drove his car into pedestrians in Melbourne in 2017

An Australian man has been sentenced to life in jail for murdering six people and injuring 27 more in a vehicle attack in Melbourne.

James Gargasoulas, 29, deliberately ploughed a stolen car into pedestrians in

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Singapore HIV data leak shakes a vulnerable communitySingapore HIV data leak shakes a vulnerable community
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Just a few weeks ago, "Joyce" received a phone call that threw her life in the air.

Joyce is HIV positive, and was told in the call that this information - along with details of more than 14,000 other infected people in Singapore - had been made public in a massive data breach.

"I'm still very shocked and sad at how this

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Trump-Kim summit: The sorry fate of North Korea's diplomat defectorsTrump-Kim summit: The sorry fate of North Korea's diplomat defectors
Image copyrightED JONESImage caption North Korean defector activists like to float supplies with news of the South towards the North - increasingly something of a dilemma for the authorities in Seoul

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is about to attend his second summit with US President Donald Trump. But as the

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Brexit: Japan trade deal will not be ready by deadlineBrexit: Japan trade deal will not be ready by deadline
Image:Trade Secretary Liam Fox rejected calls to rule out a no-deal Brexit

The UK won't be able to roll over an EU trade deal with Japan in time for a no-deal Brexit, Trade Secretary Liam Fox has said.

It was one of the most important EU trade deals the UK hoped to replicate ahead of the 29 March withdrawal date.

The trade department also said it

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