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  • 11 September 2018: Russians protest against pension reform
  • 9 September 2018: US rapper Mac Miller dies at home in Los Angeles
  • 4 September 2018: Creativity celebrated at Fan Expo Canada 2018 in Toronto
  • 30 August 2018: Brisbane, Australia Magistrates Court charges two cotton farmers with $20m fraud
  • 25 August 2018: Fossil genome shows hybrid of two extinct species of human
  • 18 August 2018: Singer Aretha Franklin, ‘queen of soul’, dies aged 76
  • 10 August 2018: New South Wales, Australia government says entire state in winter 2018 drought
  • 9 August 2018: Real Madrid agrees with Chelsea FC to sign goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois
  • 8 August 2018: Football: Manchester City beats Chelsea 2-0 to win English Community Shield
  • 6 August 2018: Brazilian footballer Gabriel Jesus signs contract extension with Manchester City

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  • Brisbane, Australia Magistrates Court charges two cotton farmers with $20m fraud
  • Israeli Knesset passes ‘Jewish nation-state’ bill
  • Indian Supreme Court: unconstitutional to bar women of certain age group from entering Sabarimala temple
  • US rapper Mac Miller dies at home in Los Angeles
  • Creativity celebrated at Fan Expo Canada 2018 in Toronto
  • US director James Gunn fired from Marvel Studios for decade-old offensive tweets
  • Hawaii’s K?lauea volcano releases ash plumes to 30,000 feet, prompting aviation alerts
  • Deadly fire below US President’s Trump Tower residence
  • Thirteen-year-old boy in Los Angeles, California thanks city personnel for rescue from sewage pipe
  • Microsoft announces plan to acquire GitHub for US$7.5 billion
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  • Charles Lazarus, founder of US-based toy retail giant Toys ‘R’ Us, dies at 94
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  • Algeria blocks internet across nation to prevent cheating in diploma exams
  • Principal, teacher arrested for allegedly whipping two students late for school in Ayetoro, Nigeria
  • India: Jammu and Kashmir government orders private tuitions to shut down for 90 days
  • Brisbane, Australia Magistrates Court charges two cotton farmers with $20m fraud
  • New South Wales, Australia government says entire state in winter 2018 drought
  • India: Maharashtra plastic ban comes into force
  • Hawaii’s K?lauea volcano releases ash plumes to 30,000 feet, prompting aviation alerts
  • Healthy cloned monkeys born in Shanghai
  • British surfers catch more than waves: Scientists find antibiotic-resistant bacteria
  • US rapper Mac Miller dies at home in Los Angeles
  • Singer Aretha Franklin, ‘queen of soul’, dies aged 76
  • Hindi poet and songwriter Gopal Das Neeraj dies, aged 93
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  • Russians protest against pension reform
  • 40th Berlin Christopher Street Day celebration attracts thousands: in pictures
  • Palestine elected as G-77’s presiding country, ambassador Riyad Mansour confirms
  • Fossil genome shows hybrid of two extinct species of human
  • Total lunar eclipse occurs in July 2018
  • Cretaceous baby snake fossil found in Myanmar
  • Real Madrid agrees with Chelsea FC to sign goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois
  • Football: Manchester City beats Chelsea 2-0 to win English Community Shield
  • Brazilian footballer Gabriel Jesus signs contract extension with Manchester City
  • Airborne sedan smashes into dental office in Santa Ana, California, US
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  • Russians protest against pension reform
  • Fossil genome shows hybrid of two extinct species of human
  • German footballer Mesut Özil announces retirement from international football over ‘racism’
  • Brisbane, Australia Magistrates Court charges two cotton farmers with $20m fraud
  • New South Wales, Australia government says entire state in winter 2018 drought
  • FIFA World Cup 2018 day eight, nine, ten, eleven: Belgium, England confirm knockout phase qualification; Poland, Costa Rica miss out Last 16
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  • Russians protest against pension reform
  • Fossil genome shows hybrid of two extinct species of human
  • Real Madrid agrees with Chelsea FC to sign goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois
  • Palestine elected as G-77’s presiding country, ambassador Riyad Mansour confirms
  • Israeli Knesset passes ‘Jewish nation-state’ bill
  • English football: Mohamed Salah signs contract extension with Liverpool
  • US rapper Mac Miller dies at home in Los Angeles
  • Creativity celebrated at Fan Expo Canada 2018 in Toronto
  • Singer Aretha Franklin, ‘queen of soul’, dies aged 76
  • FC Barcelona signs Chilean footballer Arturo Vidal from Bayern
  • US astronomers announce discovering ten tiny Jovian satellites
  • FIFA World Cup 2018 quarterfinals: France, Belgium beat Uruguay, Brazil


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