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Vanuatu uses drones to deliver vaccines to remote islandVanuatu uses drones to deliver vaccines to remote island
Image copyrightunicefImage caption The drone carried the medicine in a small styrofoam box

A baby on a small Pacific island has become the first person given a vaccine delivered by a commercial drone.

Unicef arranged for the drone to be flown some 40km (25 miles) across rugged mountains in Vanuatu that otherwise

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Six baby seals found decapitated in New Zealand baySix baby seals found decapitated in New Zealand bay
Image copyrightGetty ImagesImage caption The "cruel and senseless" killing of six baby seals took place at Scenery Nook

The bodies of six fur seal pups have been found decapitated in a popular bay on New Zealand's South Island.

The 11-month-old seals were discovered on Monday by a tourism operator in Scenery Nook

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Softbank shares down as mobile unit makes Tokyo debutSoftbank shares down as mobile unit makes Tokyo debut
Image:How the Softbank share sale could change your life

The mobile unit of Japanese tech giant Softbank has had a disappointing debut on the Tokyo stock market.

The firm aims to raise up to 2.6 trillion yen ($23bn; £18bn) by selling shares at 1,500 yen each in one of the world's largest ever stock offerings.

But as markets opened in Tokyo on

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Softbank: How this Japanese share sale could change your lifeSoftbank: How this Japanese share sale could change your life
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How Greenland could become China's Arctic baseHow Greenland could become China's Arctic base
Image caption Greenland's capital, Nuuk, needs investment - but could it come from China

China is flexing its muscles. As the second richest economy in the world, its businessmen and politicians are involved just about everywhere in Asia, Africa and Latin America.

Now, though, China is taking a big interest in a

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Transgender women pray at India's Sabarimala templeTransgender women pray at India's Sabarimala temple
Image copyrightA S SatheeshImage caption The transwomen were accompanied by some 20 police officers

Four transgender women have been allowed to pray at an Indian temple at the centre of a bitter row over whether women should be permitted to enter.

Despite a Supreme Court ruling allowing women devotees into the

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