Namibia's success in the fight against HIV

Namibia's data-driven approach to HIV has helped it become successful in tackling its spread.

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'Spiritual' end to around Britain swim

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Girl, 4, saves mum with 999 ambulance call

Kaitlyn Wright showed "wisdom beyond her years" talking to the call handler when her mum fell ill.

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Excess winter deaths highest since 1970s, says ONS

Most of the excess deaths occurred in women and people over 85, Office for National Statistics data shows.

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Ebola outbreak in DR Congo now second worst in history

More than 400 people have been hit in eastern DR Congo, where rebel attacks have hampered operations.

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The art gallery tour that costs $42,000

Michelangelo's magnificent "David" epitomizes the creativity that flowed in Florence, Italy, during the Renaissance, and nothing quite compares to seeing his much-celebrated sculpture up close without the crowds.

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French Jews live in fear amid rising anti-Semitic acts

In a Parisian suburb, Myriam sits at her parents' dinner table, the Shabbat candles flickering before her. Together with her husband and newborn son she takes stock of the painful week she's had. It's a regular conversation for many French Jews.

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Australian school children defy prime minister with climate strike

Thousands of Australian children skipped school on Friday in defiance of the prime minister to protest for greater action on climate change.

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Trump's whirlwind G20 set to begin after he cancels Putin meeting

President Donald Trump was only a half-hour into his nine-hour flight to the G20 summit here in the Argentine capital when he decided to pull the plug on the most hotly anticipated moment of his trip: a lengthy face-to-face with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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Type 2 diabetes: NHS to offer 800-calorie diet treatment

A diet of soups and shakes that can reverse type 2 diabetes is to be trialled by the NHS in England.

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Congo Ebola outbreak is 2nd largest, 2nd deadliest

The current Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo -- with 426 total cases, including 245 deaths -- is now the second largest and second deadliest in history, according to Thursday's report from the nation's Ministry of Health.

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Japan may be about to upset Asia's balance of power

Japan is preparing an order for roughly 100 US-designed F-35 stealth fighter jets in a deal that could potentially upend the balance of power in Asia, according to sources familiar with the process.

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Angela Merkel's plane diverted after technical issue

German Chancellor Angela Merkel's plane was forced to turn around and make an unscheduled landing due a technical problem, a government spokesman told CNN. Merkel was heading to Argentina for the G-20.

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Maria Ressa, Rappler formally indicted by the Philippines on tax evasion charges

Philippines news website Rappler and its chief executive have been indicted on tax evasion charges, the latest in a case that free speech and civil liberties advocates have warned is part of a wider crackdown on dissent by President Rodrigo Duterte's administration.

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China suspends scientists who claim to have produced first gene-edited babies

China has suspended the research activities of the scientists who claimed to have created the world's first gene-edited babies, state-run Xinhua news reported Thursday.

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Measles resurgence 'due to vaccine hesitancy', WHO warns

There were 110,000 measles related deaths last year, a worldwide report shows.

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Rebekah Vardy praised for 'open legs' smear test photo

Rebekah Vardy's photo has prompted women to have smear tests, a cervical cancer charity has said.

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Deutsche Bank raided in money laundering probe

Deutsche Bank's head office in Frankfurt was raided by 170 police officers and tax investigators on Thursday as part of a money laundering probe.

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Bayer cuts jobs after Monsanto deal

Bayer plans to slash thousands of jobs as part of a corporate overhaul following its acquisition of Monsanto.

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Billionaire pushes ahead with controversial coal mine

One of India's richest men is pushing ahead with a controversial coal mine in Australia, but the project will be scaled back after plans for state subsidies were dropped following huge protests.

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Lloyd Russell-Moyle: MP announces in Commons he is HIV positive

Lloyd Russell-Moyle reveals he has been HIV positive for nearly 10 years, in a World Aids Day debate.

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World Aids Day: Lloyd Russell-Moyle MP on HIV positive status

A Labour MP revealed he has been HIV positive for nearly 10 years, as the Commons debated World Aids Day.

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Why a dad quit his high-paying job to build beds

A simple project to help a family in need stopped Luke Mickelson in his tracks.

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Helping immigrants settle in is her passion

Florence Phillips was born in New York to Jewish parents who fled Europe before the Holocaust.

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'Gene-edited babies': China halts work of He Jiankui

He Jiankui shocked the world by claiming he had created the first genetically edited children.

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Woman's ovarian cyst 'weight of seven newborn babies'

When Keely Favell's was asked when her baby was due, she thought she was "just fat".

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Giroud says it's 'impossible' for gay players to come out. Stonewall FC aims to change that

Over the top challenges, elbows, spitting, constant name calling and homophobic songs sung in their faces.

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Primodos: 'I will die feeling guilty' says mum over test

A mother who took the hormonal pregnancy test still feels guilt for taking the tablets she believes harmed her child.

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Shropshire baby deaths: Hospital trust 'has bullying culture'

Inspectors say emergency and maternity services at Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust are unsafe.

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'Dad's dementia broke me and I find him hard to love'

Hayley, 25, describes her dad as being a different person since he was diagnosed two years ago.

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Primodos: Mum 'will always feel guilty' for pregnancy test drug

A woman whose daughter was born disabled believes the pregnancy test drug Primodos hurt her child.

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The wild new passenger jet with no middle seats, ever

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Kellogg's gives in on government's 'traffic light' labels

The maker of Coco Pops and Corn Flakes will start to roll out new nutritional labelling in January.

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UK meets global HIV targets as diagnoses keep falling

HIV diagnoses are falling in the UK as public health experts say prevention efforts are working.

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How long does it take to poo Lego out if a child eats it?

Parents naturally worry if their child swallows a small object but this experiment means they can relax a little.

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Dundee street valium crisis: The highest rate of drug deaths in Europe

As Scotland launches its first drugs strategy for a decade, we speak to friends and family of "street valium" victims.

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Climate change is already here, report says

Climate change is here and affecting our health, with extreme heat in particular also having effects on productivity, food supply and disease transmission, a new global report finds.

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Swastikas in textbooks: German schools' anti-Semitism problem

Rachel always thought it was best to hide her religion from her high school students. The trouble started a few years ago when she let slip to a student that she was Jewish.

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Award-winning Chinese photographer Lu Guang disappears in Xinjiang, wife says

An award-winning Chinese photographer has disappeared in China after reportedly being taken away by authorities in Xinjiang province.

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Making iPhones in the US would cost Apple more than Trump's tariffs

President Donald Trump is considering new tariffs on China that could make iPhones way more expensive for Americans.

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Chinese tourists are spending less at Tiffany's

Chinese tourists in the United States slowed their spending at Tiffany during its most recent quarter, a troubling sign for the jeweler.

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Suicide man 'let down' by Norfolk and Suffolk mental health trust

Karen Smith said her husband was "desperate" after hearing of a five-week wait for treatment.

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Some locum doctors costing hospital trust £100 an hour

The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust has called off plans to shut Telford's A&E overnight.

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Why nobody can read this book until 2114

On a lone tree in the Nordmarka forest just north of Oslo, there's a sign that reads "Framtidsbiblioteket - Future Library."

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How low can oil prices go before Saudi Arabia starts hurting?

Oil prices have crashed 30% in a matter of weeks but Saudi Arabia isn't hurting just yet.

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Restaurant chain bans mobile phones

Kids will eat free at Frankie & Benny's this week if their parents surrender their phones to staff.

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'I was addicted to celebrity diet tea'

Jameela Jamil is campaigning on social media against influencers claiming they lost weight by with tea.

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Chinese gene-editing scientist defends research and raises possibility of third baby

The Chinese scientist who sparked an international outcry after alleging to have helped create the world's first genetically edited babies, has raised the possibility of a third child being born, after announcing that a separate woman was pregnant at an early stage with a modified embryo.

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Lion Air pilots fought automatic safety system before plane crashed into sea

The pilots of Lion Air Flight 610 were engaged in a futile tug-of-war with the plane's automatic systems in the minutes before it plunged into the ocean, killing all 189 people on board.

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It's official: Brexit deal will hurt the UK economy

It's official: The British government's plan for leaving the European Union will be bad for the economy.

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How Trump and the anthem protest empowered NFL players

In an era marked by divided opinions in the US, a crop of NFL players is quietly trying to bridge the cultural divide with messages of inclusion and charitable work.

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इंटरनेट का भविष्य भारतीय है - Read this story in Hindi

जमना देवी को अपना पहला मोबाइल क़रीब एक साल पहले मिला था। यह उन छोटे से स्क्रीन और नंबर्ड कीपैड वाले फ़ोनों में से था जो एंड्रॉइड और आईफ़ोन के इस युग में तेज़ी से दुर्लभ होते जा रहे हैं।

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'World's oldest rebel' Harry Leslie Smith dies

The World War Two veteran was a vocal advocate for social justice and the NHS.

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Petrol bomb thrown at soccer fans

Ajax reached the knockout phase of the Champions League for the first time in 13 years but full celebrations were likely put on hold after violent clashes broke out in the stadium prior to its 2-0 win at AEK Athens.

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'Period poverty' sanitary products 'improve school attendance'

A school says attendance has risen after providing pupils with free menstrual products.

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Chinese scientist defends 'world's first gene-edited babies'

He Jiankui shocked the world by claiming he had created the world's first genetically edited children.

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The future of the internet is Indian

• इंटरनेट का भविष्य भारतीय है - Read this story in Hindi

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Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust remains 'inadequate'

Inspectors say patients were repeatedly failed as a charity calls for the government to intervene.

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Post-natal PTSD: 'I relived childbirth over and over again'

A woman who suffered PTSD from a traumatic birth shares her story, as experts warn about misdiagnosis.

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NHS crackdown on silk garment prescriptions

There is limited evidence they are effective for patients with eczema and dermatitis, draft guidance says.

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Buy your own piece of the Eiffel Tower

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Alibaba's Jack Ma is a member of the Communist Party

China's most famous entrepreneur and billionaire has been outed as a card-carrying communist.

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Terminally-ill Noel Conway loses Supreme Court appeal

Noel Conway said he was "extremely disappointed" as his court battle for assisted dying ends.

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Why nobody can read this book until 2114

On a lone tree in the Nordmarka forest just north of Oslo, there's a sign that reads "Framtidsbiblioteket - Future Library."

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Trump threatens iPhone tariff, could block China trade deal

President Donald Trump appears to be shutting the door on a temporary ceasefire in an ongoing tit-for-tat trade war with China just days ahead of an upcoming summit in Argentina.

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How the UK Parliament ended up with secret Facebook documents

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US 'slams the brakes' on UN Yemen ceasefire resolution

The US has "slammed the brakes on" a United Nations Security Council resolution calling for a limited ceasefire and increased humanitarian aid in Yemen over concerns about angering Saudi Arabia, two sources tell CNN.

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China reveals third aircraft carrier is under construction

The Chinese government has revealed for the first time it has started construction on a new domestically-made aircraft carrier, the third overall in the navy fleet of the 2 million-strong People's Liberation Army.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez makes shoe history

New York congresswoman-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says she won her seat in the US House of Representatives because of all the doors she knocked on.

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Terrifying photoshoot of Concorde's last trip

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India's 30 most beautiful places

India might just be the most colorful country in the world.

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इंटरनेट का भविष्य भारतीय है - The future of the internet is Indian

जमना देवी को अपना पहला मोबाइल क़रीब एक साल पहले मिला था। यह उन छोटे से स्क्रीन और नंबर्ड कीपैड वाले फ़ोनों में से था जो एंड्रॉइड और आईफ़ोन के इस युग में तेज़ी से दुर्लभ होते जा रहे हैं।

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Google and Facebook are racing to bring the internet to 'every Indian'

Only a fraction of India's 1.3 billion people have access to the internet. Now Western tech companies are vying to change that and rake in billions in the process. This is what India coming online means for the internet everywhere else.

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Facebook's top exec in India: We must build 'a safe environment'

Facebook (FB) has more users in India than any other country. But its biggest market is also a tough one.

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My journey from India's Silicon Valley to its 'no network' zone

We had left from Jaisalmer, a small city in the Western Indian desert state of Rajasthan, that morning. After driving past tents, camels and sand dunes for about an hour, we took a sharp left.

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Boy, 10, meets his 'superman' life-saver

Rupert Cross has made a full recovery from a rare blood disease thanks to a bone marrow donor.

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Fentanyl in cocaine: The deadly truth of new drugs cocktail

A surge in cocaine deaths is being blamed on fentanyl, a synthetic opioid far stronger than morphine.

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Nurse had menopause symptoms twice before turning 40

Cardiac nurse Nicky Williams says she wants to break the taboo over the menopause.

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Cancer care: England still lagging behind the best

Experts say 10,000 lives a year could be saved if England was as good as the best-performing nations on cancer.

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NASA probe lands on Mars

After seven months of traveling through space, the NASA InSight mission has landed on Mars. A few minutes after landing, InSight sent the official "beep" to NASA to signal that it was alive and well, including a photo of the Martian surface where it landed.

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Ukraine approves martial law as Russia tensions escalate

Ukrainian lawmakers on Monday voted to introduce martial law in the border areas with Russia after it seized three Ukrainian navy ships and detained 24 sailors in a key waterway that holds strategic importance for both countries.

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Australia's PM rebukes kids for climate action

Most politicians go to great lengths to avoid alienating large sections of the population, but Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison apparently didn't get the memo as he blasted schoolchildren who are organizing protests for climate action.

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Outrage over first alleged gene-edited babies

A Chinese hospital has denied involvement in the alleged delivery of the world's first genetically edited babies, and experts worldwide have voiced outrage at such use of the technology.

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Strawberry needle scare strikes again in New Zealand

Another needle has been found inside a strawberry in New Zealand, the second such incident in the country and just weeks after a nationwide food scare hit Australia over needles found in fruit.

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