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Ukrainian ex-minister accused of stashing laundered millions offshore
Ukraine’s anti-corruption police have accused its ex-energy minister of helping launder kickbacks and stashing millions offshore, a day after he was detained trying to leave the country. Source link
North Korea builds homes for families of people killed fighting for Russia
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un unveils new housing development in the country’s capital, Pyongyang, to repay the “young martyrs” killed fighting in Ukraine. Source link
Australian women and children with links to ISIS forced to head back to camp in Syria
A group of Australian families with links to Islamic State fighters are forced to turn around after leaving a camp in Syria to try and begin their journey home to Australia. Source link
Inside the widening Olympic curling controversy and allegations of cheating
Controversy is swirling in curling at the Winter Olympics after the Canadian team was accused of cheating. Here’s a look at the whole controversy and why it matters. Source link
'Signal sniffers' used to detect missing person Nancy Guthrie's pacemaker
The FBI is using “sophisticated” technology to try to locate Nancy Guthrie’s pacemaker, as the search for the mother of US TV host Savannah Guthrie enters its third week. Source link
Israeli air strikes in Gaza just days before Trump's Board of Peace meeting
US President Donald Trump says the first meeting of his newly created Board of Peace will take place on Thursday, with over $7 billion to be pledged for reconstruction and humanitarian efforts in Gaza. Source link
Glove appearing to match Guthrie footage found as DNA tested
The FBI says a glove containing DNA was found near the home of US TV show host Savannah Guthrie’s mother and appears to match those worn by a masked person outside her front door the night she vanished. Source link
Ukrainian drone strikes Russian Black Sea oil port
Two people are wounded in an attack on the port of Taman in the Krasnodar region, ahead of US-brokered peace talks between Ukraine and Russia. Source link
New Zealand's North Island braces for more rain amid widespread flooding
Floods cause power outages, road collapses, home evacuations and are linked to the death of a man whose vehicle was submerged on a highway. Source link
Obama deplores lack of shame after Trump shares monkey clip
Former US president Barack Obama has criticised a lack of shame and decorum in the country’s political discourse, responding for the first time to a post on Donald Trump’s social media account that depicted him and first lady Michelle as monkeys. Source link