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Residents, plantation workers, and security officials gather around a large charred metallic fragment, suspected to be rocket debris, at an oil palm plantation in East Kotawaringin Regency, in Indonesia's Central Kalimantan province. Indonesian authorities were investigating after a piece of rocket the size of a car crashed into an oil palm plantation on Indonesian Borneo.
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Space junk falls from sky in US one day and Borneo the next

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A barge on the Congo River, where a weekend boat collision has left at least 30 people dead.

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A fire has killed at least 19 girls and five boys, an official in ?South Kivu province says. (AP PHOTO)

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A woman accused of leaving her four young children at home alone to go on a three-day cruise has faced court.

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Residents, plantation workers, and security officials gather around a large charred metallic fragment, suspected to be rocket debris, at an oil palm plantation in East Kotawaringin Regency, in Indonesia's Central Kalimantan province. Indonesian authorities were investigating after a piece of rocket the size of a car crashed into an oil palm plantation on Indonesian Borneo.

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An interactive display featuring artificial intelligence in Guangzhou.
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Rescuers carried bloodied children to waiting ambulances after a school roof collapsed in Pakistan. (AP PHOTO)
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Children’s death toll rises in horror school roof collapse

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The flight was met with ambulances upon landing.

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President Vladimir Putin says Ukraine's oil refinery strikes cost Russia one per cent of its GDP. (AP PHOTO)

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Stephen Hubbard had pleaded guilty to being a mercenary for Ukraine, Russian state media said. (AP PHOTO)

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Israeli forces were ordered to cordon off Hebron and prepare for a full closure of the West Bank. (AP PHOTO)
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Israel orders West Bank closure after two ‘attackers’ killed

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Houthi forces have reportedly attacked a military camp with missiles, killing at least 20 soldiers.
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Israeli settlers target Palestinians across West Bank

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Houthi missiles have reportedly hit the presidential palace used by the Yemeni government in Aden.

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US President Donald Trump asked Elon Musk to fully restore Starshield’s satellite network.

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Police made a shocking discovery after intervening in a heated argument outside a popular bar.

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Diego Hernandez and Zoe Vandeloo were scheduled to be married on November 20 of this year.

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Indi MP Helen Haines and, inset, British MP Jo Cox who was stabbed to death by a constituent.
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Tommy Robinson will face two harassment charges in a London court. (EPA PHOTO)

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