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'Disaster tourists' aid survivors

A decade ago a mud volcano erupted and buried entire villages

South Korean novelist Han wins Man Booker International Prize

South Korean author Han Kang won the Man Booker International Prize for fiction on Monday for her novel The Vegetarian, a dark, surreal story about a woman who gives up eating meat and seeks to become a tree.

'Untouchables' caught in crossfire

A marginalized ethnic group in Yemen faces even more hardship as the country's civil war continues unabated

Divers find trove of shipwrecked Roman treasure

A chance discovery by two divers uncovered Israel's biggest find of underwater Roman-era artifacts in three decades, archaeologists said on Monday as the priceless objects were showcased for the first time.

'Backpacker tax' put on hold after farmers complain

Working vacationers and travelers from overseas were given a reprieve on Tuesday from being hit with a so-called "backpacker tax" in Australia after a campaign by farmers and the tourism industry.

Fishing ban urged to help save porpoise

Mexican authorities faced calls on Monday to ban all fishing in the upper Gulf of California or permanently prohibit gillnets to save the vaquita marina, the world's smallest porpoise, from extinction.

Workers evacuated from Alberta oil camps due to wildfire

Some 8,000 workers at oil camps north of the fire-ravaged Canadian city of Fort McMurray were ordered to evacuate late on Monday as authorities continued the battle to bring wildfires under control.

Protests cloud political honeymoon

Street protests and controversy over the absence of female ministers clouded Brazilian acting president Michel Temer's political honeymoon on Monday as he began his first full week in power.

Envoys meet in attempt to save shaky cease-fire

Talks include top officials from about 20 countries, including the US and Russia

ISS completes 100,000th orbit of Earth

The International Space Station, the space laboratory that showcases cooperation between Russia and the United States, orbited Earth for the 100,000th time on Monday, Russian mission control said.

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