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Australia government loses bill blocking sick asylum seekersAustralia government loses bill blocking sick asylum seekers
Image copyrightGetty ImagesImage caption This comes as a defeat to Scott Morrison's government

Australian MPs have passed a landmark bill with an opposition amendment making it easier for sick refugees held offshore to be treated in the country.

This is the first time in decades a government has lost a vote on

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Teen Japan swimmer diagnosed with leukaemiaTeen Japan swimmer diagnosed with leukaemia
Rikako Ikee won six gold medals and two silvers at the 2018 Asian Games

Japanese swimmer Rikako Ikee, a medal favourite for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, has been diagnosed with leukaemia.

The 18-year-old won a record six gold, plus two silvers, at last year's Asian Games in Indonesia.

Ikee, who had left a training camp in Australia, announced the

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Hakeem al-Araibi returns home to Australia after Thai detentionHakeem al-Araibi returns home to Australia after Thai detention
Image:Hakeem al-Araibi thanked Australians for their support on arrival in Melbourne

Refugee footballer Hakeem al-Araibi has returned home to Australia after two months of detention in Thailand.

The Bahraini citizen was detained in Bangkok in November while on honeymoon, at the request of Bahrain authorities.

Following an international outcry and

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Bonsai theft: Japanese couple robbed of 400-year-old treeBonsai theft: Japanese couple robbed of 400-year-old tree
Image copyrightGetty ImagesImage caption Bonsai trees can live to be hundreds of years old (file picture)

Two Bonsai enthusiasts have launched an emotional plea to thieves who stole seven trees from them, offering care instructions for their "children".

Seiji Iimura and his wife Fuyumi said the prized miniature

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Hakeem al-Araibi thanks Australia for support on arrival in MelbourneHakeem al-Araibi thanks Australia for support on arrival in Melbourne
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Uighur crackdown: 'I spent seven days of hell in Chinese camps'Uighur crackdown: 'I spent seven days of hell in Chinese camps'
Image caption Aibota Serik says her father has disappeared into China's network of detention centres

The Chinese government calls them free "vocational training centres"; Aibota Serik, a Chinese Kazakh whose father was sent to one, calls them prisons.

Her father Kudaybergen Serik was a local imam in Tarbagatay

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