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Qantas repatriation flight sets aviation record

CNN Lilit Marcus Australian airline Qantas has set a company record by flying a one-off direct flight from Buenos Aires to the city of Darwin in Australia’s Northern Territory. The flight repatriated 107 Australians and set two Qantas records in the process: longest distance covered (15,020 km or 9,333 miles) and longest time in the

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Vietnam to fully reopen by June 2022

Reuters Vietnam is planning to reopen key tourist destinations to vaccinated visitors from countries deemed a low COVID-19 risk from December, the government said on Wednesday, October 6, ahead of a full resumption targeted for June next year. Vietnam imposed tight border controls at the start of the pandemic in an effort to keep out

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The war inside Ecuador’s prisons

By Stefano Pozzebon and Ana Maria Canizares Daniel Villacís stood outside the morgue in Guayaquil, Ecuador, with photos of his three sons: David, Darwin, and Johnny, all killed last week during the deadliest prison riot in the country’s history. His fourth son is alive but remains incarcerated in the same prison — leaving him terrifyingly

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Alberto Fujimori, ex-president of Peru, in ‘delicate’ health after hospitalization

By Abel Alvarado and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN Peru’s former president, Alberto Fujimori, is currently in “delicate” condition, after suffering heart issues, according to his daughter. “His heart problem has worsened,” tweeted Keiko Fujimori of her 83-year-old father on Monday. Fujimori was hospitalized on Friday due to oxygen saturation issues, according to his lawyer, César Nakazaki.

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London police officer charged with rape

CNN By Samantha Beech and Pierre Meilhan, CNN The UK’s Crown Prosecution Service has authorized local police to charge a London Metropolitan Police officer with one count of rape, amid ongoing public outcry over women’s safety in the country. The news comes one month after the alleged attack on September 4. The officer, David Carrick,

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