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Debra loves being the first to know information which makes it easy for her to respond to breaking news quickly for news.com.au. Debra has 17 years’ experience in the national and international press and online media, with almost half of that spent working overseas. Debra spent six years in the UK working for the Mirror Group, including the Mail Online.

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World Economy

FILE - In this June 14, 2000 file photo, North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, right, and South Korean President Kim Dae-jung raise their arms together before signing a joint declaration at the end of the second day of a three-day summit in Pyongyang. Seven months ahead of the Pyeongchang Olympics, many in South Korea, including new liberal President Moon Jae-in, hope to use the Games as a venue to promote peace with rival North Korea. To do so, the Northâ€™s participation is essential, but an ongoing nuclear tension and a lack of winter sports athletes in North Korea could ruin the attempts at reconciliation. (Yonhap via AP, File)

The handshake you won’t see again

IF YOU’RE old enough to remember this moment, you know it was a big deal. But there’s a reason why it won’t be repeated soon.

Leaders

US President Donald Trump looks on during the announcement of a a newly designed, Made in America pharmaceutical glass bottle jointly developed by Merck, Pfizer and Corning during a Made in America Week event in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC, July 20, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / SAUL LOEB

Trump on ‘edge of the abyss’

DONALD Trump has been in power for six months, but a new report suggests his presidency is on the brink of disaster.

Current Affairs

Paul Milat told A Current Affair he hadn't paid the rent he was supposed to. Picture: Channel 9

Milat’s brother: Australia’s worst tenant?

THE brother of convicted serial killer Ivan Milat doesn’t pay rent, trashes houses and clashes badly with his landlords, it has been claimed.

Asia

Suspected sites where killings have taken place in North Korea. Picture: Courtesy: The Transnational Justice Working Group

Kim Jong-un’s chilling death map

A NEW report has revealed in stone cold detail how the notoriously secretive Kim Jong-un disposes of people he doesn’t want.

Asia

(EDITOR'S NOTE: JAPAN'S JUSTICE MINISTRY REQUESTS THAT THESE PICTURES NOT BE CROPPED FOR SECURITY REASONS) This photo taken during a media tour conducted by Japan's Justice Ministry on August 27, 2010 shows the meeting room where prisoners meet with a chaplain next to the execution room at the Tokyo detention house in Tokyo. Japan, one of the few industrialised democracies to maintain the death penalty, threw open the doors to its mystery-shrouded execution chamber for the first time to media. AFP PHOTO / JIJI PRESS / AFP PHOTO / JIJI PRESS / JIJI PRESS

Japan’s secretive death chambers

THERE’S polished floors, clean surroundings and symbolic statues. But Tokyo’s death house is far from peaceful.

Middle East

Saudi Crown Prince and Interior Minister Prince Mohammed bin Nayef bin Abdulaziz arrives to attend a graduation ceremony of members of Saudi Special Forces in the capital Riyadh, on May 19, 2015. AFP PHOTO / FAYEZ NURELDINE / AFP / FAYEZ NURELDINE

Heir ‘pressured to give up the throne’

THE former crown prince of Saudi Arabia was reportedly held against his will in a palace and pressured for hours to give up his seat.

Middle East

A girl believed to be Linda Wenzel has been captured in Mosul, Iraq.

Schoolgirl turned IS sniper caught

A SCHOOLGIRL who ran away from home to join IS before being captured was reportedly a sniper for the terror group.

Travel Incidents

New supplied photo of accused drug smuggler Cassie Sainsbury. supplied by a source

Cassie wants Aussies to fund legal costs

THE lawyer for accused cocaine trafficker Cassie Sainsbury has launched an urgent appeal for taxpayer funding as her trial date nears.

Social Media

The authorities in Saudi Arabia are investigating a young woman who posted a video of herself wearing a miniskirt and crop-top in public.The video has circulated across social media via a Twitter post.

Woman arrested for wearing skirt released

A WOMAN who was arrested after walking around a conservative Saudi village wearing a short skirt and black crop top has been released without charge.

Leaders

Australia's view on the US influence with Donald Trump as President. Picture: US Studies Centrre

What Australians really think of the US

DONALD Trump’s only been in the job for six months, but he’s already skewed Australian views and helped shift the balance of power towards China.

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