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FRIDAY 17 FEBRUARY 2017

IS-claimed bomb kills 70, injures 150 at Pakistani shrine

At least 70 people died Thursday when a bomb ripped through a crowded Sufi shrine in Pakistan, police said, in the deadliest attack to hit the militancy-plagued country so far in 2017.

'Like a fine-tuned machine': Trump denies chaos reigns in White House

Donald Trump has defended his administration's first four weeks, denying claims the White House is in chaos.

Senate votes to scrap gold pass for MPs

New laws axing the gold travel pass for federal politicians and establishing an expenses watchdog to hold them to account have cleared parliament.

Trump drops appeal of travel ban order suspension: reports

News agencies are reporting that Donald Trump is dropping judicial appeals against the suspension of his administration's travel ban in favour of a new executive order.

US ready to work with Russia 'if it benefits Americans': Tillerson

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Thursday said his country will work with Russia if doing so benefits Americans, as Moscow pressed the Trump administration to live up to its promises of improving ties.

IS car bomb kills dozens in Baghdad

A massive car bomb ripped through a used car market in the south of Iraq's capital Thursday, killing more than 50 people in the deadliest such attack this year, security officials said.

Third person arrested over Kim Jong-nam murder

A third person has been arrested in connection with the death of Kim Jong-un's half brother, Malaysian police say.

Why sitting is not the 'new smoking'

Sitting down at work all day may not be so bad for you after all, writes Emmanuel Stamatakis.

Indian couple found guilty of orchestrating 16 sham marriages in visa scam

An Indian couple has been found guilty in a Brisbane court on a total of 66 charges related to running a marriage visa scam for Indian men to marry Australian women for money

How other countries address affordable childcare

From Stockholm to San Francisco, this is how the world attempts to make childcare an affordable way for parents to balance work and family life.

Vitamin D: key to beating colds and flu

Vitamin D supplements could be the key to preventing winter colds and flu as well as other acute respiratory tract infections.

Wilders prepares law to protect 'Zwarte Piet' holiday blackface

The law is important for the survival of Dutch culture, proponents say.

'Definitely not safe': Tamil asylum seekers still risk torture on return to Sri Lanka

A Tamil man seeking political asylum in Melbourne has described as 'absurd' the Sri Lankan prime minister's promise that asylum seekers who fled the country in a bid to reach Australia would be safe if they returned home.