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After evolving a digital heart (not the pacemaker kind) out of inky veins, Jamie just wants an excuse to learn something new. But he’s fully aware his 32 years’ experience in the news industry has given him just enough knowledge to be dangerous. International affairs. History. Defence. Science. Space. Technology. He has a fascination for them all – particularly when it comes to social fallout. Translating tough concepts into common terms is his craft. His passion is to explore the big picture encompassing world events.

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China's J-20 stealth fighter is now in full operational service, Beijing state-based media says. Picture: People's Daily

China’s great military advance

THE Chengdu J-20 stealth fighter — China’s most advanced combat jet — is ready to go. It’s a game-changer in the arms race.

China's J-20 stealth fighter is now in full operational service, Beijing state-based media says. Picture: People's Daily

China’s great military advance

THE Chengdu J-20 stealth fighter — China’s most advanced combat jet — is ready to go. It’s a game-changer in the arms race.

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A Korean Central News Agency image showing Kim Jong-un inspecting a North Korean shoe factory.

Kim’s violent outburst at Trump

KIM Jong-un’s back on the world stage. This time he’s slinging more threats at Donald Trump as tensions with the US intensify.

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One of the North Korean pamphlets found in Seoul. Here a fully armed North Korean soldier is shown trampling on President Donald Trump's head.

Kim just ‘balloon-bombed’ Trump

FORGET nuclear warheads. Kim Jong-un has just ‘balloon-bombed’ Seoul with propaganda leaflets lambasting “mad dog” Donald Trump.

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FILE - in this Aug. 29, 2017 file photo distributed on Aug. 30, 2017, by the North Korean government shows what was said to be the test launch of a Hwasong-12 intermediate range missile in Pyongyang, North Korea. North Korea launched an intermediate-range missile that flew over Japan in its longest-ever flight on Friday, Sept. 15, 2017, showing that leader Kim Jong Un is defiantly pushing to bolster his weapons programs despite U.S.-led international pressure. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified.(Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File)

‘Nuclear war at any moment’

A NORTH Korean diplomat has declared “the entire US mainland is within our firing range” and warned the war-of-words has reached a “touch-and-go point”.

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The Kurdish force of female Peshmerga fighters soard to international fame during the 2014 'siege of Kobane' where they helped repel attacking Islamic State forces.

Iraq attacks famed ‘angels of death’

THE women who defeated Islamic State are being attacked by Iraq. At stake is the oil-rich province of Kirkuk, and the Kurds — including the ‘angels of death’ — are resisting.

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In this Aug. 10, 2017, file photo, a man watches a TV screen showing a local news program reporting on North Korea's threats to strike Guam with ballistic missiles, at the Seoul Train Station in Seoul, South Korea. If, after all the fanfare, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un doesnâ€™t actually launch missiles toward Guam, many may write the whole episode off as another of the Northâ€™s seemingly endless bluffs. But from Pyongyangâ€™s perspective and in the eyes of some U.S. military experts, Kim and his generals have already won this round. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-Joon, File)

Kim vows: ‘Tame Guam with fire’

KIM Jong-un has again warned his ‘hand is closer to the trigger’ to unleash a ‘salvo of missiles’ against the the US territory of Guam.

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Current Affairs

The tongue-in-cheek “Open Letter to Australia” from New Zealand’s The Project presenter Jesse Mulligan

Kiwis mock us: ‘Australia, don’t do it!’

THE Kiwis are mocking us. They’ve taken a cheap shot at Australia’s same-sex marriage debate on their version of The Project, issuing a dire “warning”.

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060622-N-0000X-001 Pacific Ocean (June 22, 2006) - A Standard Missile Three (SM-3) is launched from the guided missile cruiser USS Shiloh (CG 67) during a joint Missile Defense Agency, U.S. Navy ballistic missile flight test. Two minutes later, the SM-3 intercepted a separating ballistic missile threat target, launched from the Pacific Missile Range Facility, Barking Sands, Kauai, Hawaii. The test was the seventh intercept, in eight program flight tests, by the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense. The maritime capability is designed to intercept short to medium-range ballistic missile threats in the midcourse phase of flight. U.S. Navy photo (RELEASED)

North Korea guard ship on cusp of mutiny

“PRAY we never have to shoot down a missile,” warns the crew of a US warship tasked with defending against North Korea.

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funny evil gray striped cat on the table

Why cats will steal dogs’ jobs

SOON, your very survival could depend on a cat. Research shows they have a much more sensitive sense of smell than dogs. It’s just that we haven’t convinced them to use it. Yet.

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