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World
‘We’re done with Teams’: German state hits uninstall on Microsoft
Saturday, 14 June 2025, 8:59amAt a time of growing concern over the power of the world’s mighty tech companies, one German state is turning its back on...
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World
Iran strikes Israel with ballistic missiles after 78 reportedly killed
Saturday, 14 June 2025, 8:09amIran has fired a barrage of ballistic missiles at Israel in a counter-strike, after an unprecedented onslaught hammered the...
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World
Watch: Israel conducts ‘preemptive strike’ on Iran
Friday, 13 June 2025, 12:51pmIsrael has launched a “preemptive strike” on Iran, the country’s defence minister said, after US President Donald Trump had...
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World
Live: People seen jumping from building after Air India plane crashed into it - reports
Friday, 13 June 2025, 7:12amA passenger airliner has crashed in a residential area in India, killing at least 265 people on board and on the ground. One...
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World
Trump booed, cheered while attending play premiere amid boycott controversy
Thursday, 12 June 2025, 4:10pmCheers and boos met US President Donald Trump as he attended a performance of Les Miserables at Washington’s premier cultural...
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World
New vaccine panel: RFK jnr appoints critics after dismissal
Thursday, 12 June 2025, 3:58pmUS Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr has appointed a new vaccine advisory group to replace the one he dismissed earlier...
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World
US-backed Gaza aid group says five members killed
Thursday, 12 June 2025, 1:59pmThe United States-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation has accused militant group Hamas of attacking a bus carrying its staffers...
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World
'We feel positive': US-China trade officials optimistic after talks
Wednesday, 11 June 2025, 3:47pmTop officials from the United States and China say they have agreed on a “framework” to move forward on trade after two days...
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Business
Switch 2 outsells all previous Nintendo consoles at launch
Wednesday, 11 June 2025, 3:42pmNintendo says it has sold a record 3.5 million Switch 2 units worldwide in the first four days after the console was launched. “This...
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World
Mayor issues overnight curfew for downtown LA; Trump vows to 'liberate' city
Wednesday, 11 June 2025, 1:29pmLos Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has declared an overnight curfew in the downtown area of the United States’ second-largest city,...
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World
US Marines deploy to LA as Trump considers 'insurrection' move
Wednesday, 11 June 2025, 11:40amHundreds of US Marines were expected in Los Angeles on Wednesday as President Donald Trump again mused about declaring a...
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Politics
‘Extremely unhelpful’: US denounces NZ’s travel ban on Israeli ministers
Wednesday, 11 June 2025, 10:27amThe United States has denounced sanctions by Britain and four mutual allies, including New Zealand, against Israeli far-right...
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World
'Rediscovered' Rodin sculpture sells for $1.6m
Tuesday, 10 June 2025, 3:25pmRennes, France: The owners thought the sculpture perched for years on the corner of a piano was a Rodin copy. After being...
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World
Trump sends in 700 Marines to protest-hit Los Angeles, Governor calls move ‘deranged’
Tuesday, 10 June 2025, 12:48pmUS President Donald Trump has ordered active-duty Marines into Los Angeles, vowing those protesting immigration arrests would...
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Entertainment
Funk icon Sly Stone dies at 82, leaves enduring musical legacy
Tuesday, 10 June 2025, 9:25amFunk master and innovator Sly Stone, whose music drove a civil rights-inflected soul explosion in the 1960s, sparking influential...
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World
Tear gas fired at protesters in Los Angeles as Donald Trump warns of ‘troops everywhere’
Monday, 9 June 2025, 2:16pmSecurity forces have clashed with protesters in Los Angeles as National Guard troops deployed by Donald Trump fanned out...
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World
Watch: Greta Thunberg says Israeli forces have ‘kidnapped’ her
Monday, 9 June 2025, 1:46pmThe organisers of a Gaza-bound humanitarian aid ship carrying activists including Swedish campaigner Greta Thunberg said...
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World
Skydiving plane carrying 20 people crashes in Tennessee: US authorities
Monday, 9 June 2025, 1:43pmNo one was killed but several people were injured and taken to hospital today when a skydiving plane carrying 20 passengers...
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World
Colombian presidential candidate reportedly shot and wounded
Sunday, 8 June 2025, 2:10pmA Colombian right-wing Opposition senator and candidate in next year’s presidential election was shot and wounded in Bogota...
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World
Aid ship with Greta Thunberg onboard nears Gaza
Sunday, 8 June 2025, 9:13amAn aid ship with 12 activists on board, including Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg, is nearing Gaza, having reached...
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World
Trump orders inquiry into 'conspiracy' to hide Biden's health decline
Thursday, 5 June 2025, 4:53pmUS President Donald Trump has ordered an investigation into what Republicans claim was a “conspiracy” to cover up Joe Biden’s...
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World
Trump signs travel ban targeting 12 countries
Thursday, 5 June 2025, 12:32pmUS President Donald Trump signed a new travel ban Wednesday targeting 12 countries, saying it was spurred by an attack on...
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Sport
Eleven dead, 47 injured in stampede at IPL victory celebration
Thursday, 5 June 2025, 12:13pmPacked crowds in India celebrating their cricket team’s victory ended in a deadly stampede today with 11 mainly young fans...
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World
Israel strikes Syria after projectiles launched, blames Syrian leader
Wednesday, 4 June 2025, 3:18pmThe Israeli military said it was shelling targets in Syria today NZT in response to a pair of projectile launches, with Defence...
