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Why is Russia resurrecting a Soviet ghost town on Norwegian soil?
Pyramiden was abandoned after the fall of the Soviet Union, but plans for its revival are adding to growing tensions with NATO in the Arctic.
These WWII shipwrecks are an ecological ticking timebomb in the Pacific
An untold amount of black, toxic oil is contained within the corroding wrecks of World War II ships scattered around the Pacific. And it's leaking into the ocean.
Photo shows Shipwreck in the Solomon Islands.The great divide: How 'chaos' at the border could decide the US election
On the southern border of the US, the Texas governor has taken drastic steps to keep migrants out of the country, and to reshape the political debate inside it.
Photo shows Thaddeus wears a cowboy hat, checked shirt and sheriff badge. Jessie wears a life jacket under another jacket. A map is overlaidThe women taking on Putin’s propaganda machine from the bunkers of eastern Ukraine
Across Ukraine, women are doing the dangerous work of reporting on the war from the front line and keeping newsrooms going.
Photo shows A woman standing in a bombed out office.The Japanese women fighting for a place in one of the last bastions of male sport
An ancient sport shrouded in mystery, professional sumo wrestling in Japan is reserved only for men. A group of young female warriors wants to change that.
Photo shows A woman in shorts crouched downThe reality of Italy's one-euro-house dream
Small towns across Italy are selling homes for just 1 euro to survive terminal population decline. Foreign Correspondent travelled to Sicily to see what life's really like after you buy one.
Photo shows The town of Mussomeli in Sicily.Weeks before his alleged murder, Indian agents searched a separatist's home
India has denied killing Hardeep Singh Nijjar, but an ABC investigation has found evidence government agencies were searching his family home in Punjab in the weeks before his death.
Photo shows A pink building.Deep in the jungles of Borneo, the most ambitious project in Indonesia's history is taking shape
Indonesia's outgoing president is leaving his utopian vision for a jungle capital to his successors to build. Will they pull the plug?
Photo shows A building site in the forest.'Easy cash': How fake handbags are funnelling millions to organised crime
It's never been easier to buy convincing fake luxury fashion online. But many buyers would be shocked to learn where their money goes.
Photo shows Fake fashion Foreign Correspondent.The tiny Caribbean nation demanding a reckoning for Britain's history of slavery
Barbados has been called the "first slave society". Now it's becoming a global leader in the fight for compensation over the horrors of slavery.
Photo shows A man with a knife cuts sugar cane.