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First international flight leaves Western Sydney Airport

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Air New Zealand's NZ166 left for Auckland at 9:17 a.m. local time on Monday, the first international departure from Western Sydney International Airport, which opened to passengers on Sunday. The airline will fly the route three times a week.

Flash floods and mudslides hit Phuket

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Flash floods hit all three districts of Phuket on Monday after heavy overnight rain, the provincial deputy governor said. Mudslides also struck parts of the island, and water began to recede by late morning.

Mexican truckers strike over highway security

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On Monday, truckers' groups partly closed lanes on the highways into Mexico City, including the Querétaro, Pachuca and Toluca roads, in a national strike. They demand safer federal roads after robberies, assaults, killings of drivers and extortion.

Indonesia cuts gas exports to Singapore to power its own grid

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Indonesia began diverting 31 million standard cubic feet of gas a day from Singapore to domestic electricity on Saturday, its upstream regulator said.

Nigeria evacuates its only Ebola patient to Switzerland

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The 42-year-old woman left Abuja on a medical flight on Monday with her husband, who has no symptoms. Health minister Muhammad Ali Pate said she is much improved and stable.

Yandex moves its three supercomputers after Ukrainian drone strikes on its data centres

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"They have been removed from the locations where they were until now and are currently being deployed at new computing sites." The company says none of the three was damaged.

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Macron makes a surprise visit to Marseille after the Oct 17 looting

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The French president met mayor Benoît Payan at city hall, where protesters had broken the bust of Marianne, then police officers and shopkeepers at the prefecture.

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French Senate rejects constitutional reform that would give Corsica autonomy

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The Senate rejected the reform on Monday, Oct 26, after rewriting the text the National Assembly had passed in June.