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Afghanistan: US service members killed in bomb explosionAfghanistan: US service members killed in bomb explosion
Image copyrightAFP/GettyImage caption US forces serving with Nato have been training Afghan forces since combat operations ended in 2014

Three US service members have been killed and three others wounded in an explosion near Ghazni in Afghanistan.

A US civilian contractor was also hurt by the improvised explosive

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No sale for Australia's enormous Knickers (who is, by the way, a bull)No sale for Australia's enormous Knickers (who is, by the way, a bull)
Image copyrightGeoff PearsonImage caption Knickers is often followed by a herd of wagyu cattle

Knickers looms above the thousands of other cattle that he feeds with in rural Western Australia.

At some 1,400kg (220st) and 194cm (6ft 4in), the seven-year-old is believed to be the biggest steer in a country home to

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Ben Lecomte: Swimmer abandons attempt to swim PacificBen Lecomte: Swimmer abandons attempt to swim Pacific
Image copyrightReutersImage caption He completed more than 2,700 kilometres of his journey

A French man has abandoned his bid to become the first person to swim across the Pacific Ocean after his support boat was damaged by a storm.

Ben Lecomte, 51, set off from the coast of Japan on 5 June and had covered more

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Why is Jack Ma a member of the Communist Party of ChinaWhy is Jack Ma a member of the Communist Party of China
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Does being a founder and executive chairman of a company worth about $400bn (£313bn), with a personal wealth said to be about $35bn, put you at odds with being a member of a communist party whose leader wants to "develop China, develop socialism and develop Marxism"

Or, put more simply, why is Jack Ma a member of the

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Lu Guang: Award-winning Chinese photographer disappears in XinjiangLu Guang: Award-winning Chinese photographer disappears in Xinjiang
Image copyrightTwitter/徐小莉Image caption Lu Guang is a three time World Press Photo award winner and focuses on environmental and societal issues in China

An award-winning Chinese photographer has disappeared while visiting China's Xinjiang region, says his wife.

Lu Guang, who lives in New York, was invited to

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New Zealand whale stranding: 'I will never forget their cries'New Zealand whale stranding: 'I will never forget their cries'
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"It was the worst night of my entire life." That's how Liz Carlson describes finding 145 whales beached and dying on a remote New Zealand beach.

The travel blogger from the US was on a five-day hike on the Rakiura or Stewart Island with a friend when they came across the tragic scene.

What would otherwise have a been a

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