CANBERRA -- Australia has rejected a claim from a U.S. counterpart that aluminum exports are "killing" the American market.

Don Farrell, minister for trade and tourism, said on Thursday that Australia increased exports of aluminum to the United States with the approval of former President Joe Biden's administration. (Australia-U.S.-Trade Issue)

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KABUL -- One person was killed and three others injured in a suicide attack which led to a blast at the Ministry of Urban Development and Housing in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, on Thursday morning, a local official confirmed to the media.

The blast happened when a suicide bomber attempted to enter the ministry, but was identified and neutralized by security personnel at the entrance gate, local media TOLOnews quoted Mohammad Kamal Afghan, spokesman for the Ministry of Urban Development and Housing, as saying. (Afghanistan-Suicide Attack)

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SYDNEY -- One person has died and four more have been injured in a house fire northwest of Melbourne in the Australian state of Victoria.

Victoria Police said that emergency services were called to reports of a fire at a residential property in the small town of Maryborough, about 140 km northwest of Melbourne, shortly before midday local time on Thursday. (Australia-Fire-Death)

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SEOUL -- Six people went missing in a fishing boat fire that broke out in waters off southwestern South Korea on Thursday, according to Yonhap news agency.

It was reported to the coast guard at around 8:39 a.m. local time (2339 GMT on Wednesday) that the 34-ton fishing vessel caught fire in waters off Buan County, about 200 km southwest of the capital Seoul. (South Korea-Fishing boat fire) Enditem

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