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Taiwan's political earthquake: Does China gain from Tsai Ing-wen's lossesTaiwan's political earthquake: Does China gain from Tsai Ing-wen's losses
Image copyrightEPAImage caption President Tsai Ing-wen's DPP framed the vote as one between freedom or a Chinese takeover

Taiwan is often hit by earthquakes, but over the weekend it was shaken by a political one.

In a series of local elections, the ruling pro-independence Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), which

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Huge sandstorm hits Chinese city of ZhangyeHuge sandstorm hits Chinese city of Zhangye
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Pakistan v New Zealand: Yasir Shah takes 8-41 to bowl tourists out for 90Pakistan v New Zealand: Yasir Shah takes 8-41 to bowl tourists out for 90
Yasir Shah (third from left) has taken 191 Test wickets
Second Test, Dubai (day three)
Pakistan 418-5 dec (Haris 147, Babar 127*)
New Zealand 90 (Yasir 8-41) - 131-2 (Taylor 49*)
New Zealand trail by 197 runs
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Pakistan leg-spinner Yasir Shah took a Test-best 8-41 to help bowl New Zealand out for 90 in the second Test in Dubai.

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Doubts over Chinese baby-editing claimDoubts over Chinese baby-editing claim
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Significant doubts have emerged about claims from a Chinese scientist that he has helped make the world's first genetically edited babies.

Prof He Jiankui says the twin girls, born a few weeks ago, had their DNA altered as embryos to prevent them from contracting HIV.

His claims, filmed by Associated Press, are unverified

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Uber driver found guilty over passenger's death in SydneyUber driver found guilty over passenger's death in Sydney
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An Uber driver has been convicted over the death of an English passenger in Sydney, Australia.

The passenger, 30-year-old Samuel Thomas, died when he fell from the Uber and was hit by a bus in June last year.

Mr Thomas, from Hertfordshire, had been getting out of the car when driver Nazrul Islam accelerated.

Islam, 32,

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John Allen Chau: What we could learn from remote tribesJohn Allen Chau: What we could learn from remote tribes
Image:John Allen Chau was killed by the Sentinelese tribe

When American John Allen Chau was killed by an endangered tribe in India last week, it brought a renewed focus on some of the world's most isolated people.

Officials in India said Chau was a missionary keen to convert the protected Sentinelese people on the Andaman and Nicobar islands.

But the

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