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World
Australia vows to cut emissions by 62-70% by 2035
Thursday, 18 September 2025, 3:50pmAustralia today pledged to slash greenhouse gas emissions by 62% to 70% from 2005 levels over the next decade, after warnings...
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World
Trump says designating Antifa 'a major terrorist organisation'
Thursday, 18 September 2025, 1:15pmUnited States President Donald Trump today said he would designate “Antifa” - a shorthand term for “anti-fascist” used to...
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Entertainment
ABC pulls Jimmy Kimmel off air for Charlie Kirk comments
Thursday, 18 September 2025, 11:42amABC will take its late-night show Jimmy Kimmel Live! off the air following conservative backlash to comments Kimmel made...
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World
'It's a death sentence': Brazil's largest wildlife trafficking ring smashed
Wednesday, 17 September 2025, 3:18pmBrazilian police have arrested 45 people and rescued hundreds of exotic animals in the biggest ever operation against wildlife...
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World
Protesters beam Epstein video at UK castle before Trump visit
Wednesday, 17 September 2025, 2:04pmProtesters today projected images of Donald Trump and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein on to the castle in England where the...
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Sport
Italian ski racer dies in training accident
Tuesday, 16 September 2025, 1:33pmItalian ski racer Matteo Franzoso has died following an accident in Chile, where he was training with his country’s Olympic...
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World
Ozone layer 'healing', on track to recover by mid-century, UN says
Tuesday, 16 September 2025, 1:08pmThe Earth’s protective ozone layer is healing and the hole should fully disappear in coming decades, the United Nations said...
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World
Trump heads for historic second UK state visit
Monday, 15 September 2025, 4:34pmDonald Trump will get the red-carpet treatment this week on an unprecedented second state visit, as Britain counts on royal...
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World
Bloody Sunday trial of British ex-soldier to open in Belfast
Monday, 15 September 2025, 3:12pmThe first ever trial of a former British soldier accused of murdering victims of the ‘Bloody Sunday’ massacre opens on Monday...
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World
Climate report: 1.5m Australians at risk from rising seas by 2050
Monday, 15 September 2025, 2:20pmRising oceans and flooding caused by climate change stand to impact 1.5 million Australians by 2050, a landmark report warned...
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World
North Korea declares nuclear status 'irreversible' in law
Monday, 15 September 2025, 1:36pmNorth Korea said its status as a nuclear-armed state is “permanently enshrined” in its law and “irreversible”, state media...
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World
Qatar PM urges world to reject 'double standards' and punish Israel
Monday, 15 September 2025, 9:06amQatar’s prime minister urged the international community to reject “double standards” and hold Israel accountable, speaking...
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World
Gas leak suspected after Madrid explosion leaves building gutted
Sunday, 14 September 2025, 3:58pmAn explosion has gutted a bar in Madrid, injuring 25 people, three of them seriously, Spanish authorities said, while ruling...
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World
Magnitude 7.4 quake strikes off Russian far east, tsunami warning issued
Saturday, 13 September 2025, 3:38pmA 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Kamchatka in Russia’s far east on Saturday, the United States Geological...
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World
Watch: 'We got him' - Charlie Kirk shooting suspect arrested
Saturday, 13 September 2025, 8:14amAuthorities have taken into custody the person they believe shot dead Charlie Kirk, a political activist and close ally of...
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World
Charlie Kirk killing: FBI releases photos of wanted man
Friday, 12 September 2025, 7:18amUS authorities investigating the killing of right-wing youth leader Charlie Kirk have released pictures of a man they were...
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World
Surveillance camera captures tornado in eastern Australia
Thursday, 11 September 2025, 1:40pmAn Australian fire surveillance camera captured dramatic video images yesterday of a tornado towering over a thunderstorm-struck...
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World
Lost 400-year-old Rubens found in Paris mansion
Thursday, 11 September 2025, 1:09pmA long-lost painting by 17th-century Flemish master Peter Paul Rubens has been found in a Paris mansion, a French auctioneer...
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World
Who was Trump ally Charlie Kirk?
Thursday, 11 September 2025, 12:52pmCharlie Kirk, who was fatally shot at a US university today, was the eloquent spokesman for a younger generation of Donald...
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World
Person detained then released after major Trump ally Charlie Kirk shot dead in front of crowd
Thursday, 11 September 2025, 8:31amRight-wing youth activist and influencer Charlie Kirk, a major ally of President Donald Trump, has been shot dead Wednesday...
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World
Poland reports Russian drones 'repeatedly violated' its airspace during Ukraine attack
Wednesday, 10 September 2025, 4:41pm“Hostile objects” have been downed by Polish or allied aircraft scrambled in response to multiple violations of its airspace...
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World
US judge blocks firing of Fed Governor, for now
Wednesday, 10 September 2025, 3:48pmA federal judge today temporarily blocked United States President Donald Trump from removing Federal Reserve Governor Lisa...
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World
Australia to deploy fleet of underwater strike drones
Wednesday, 10 September 2025, 3:15pmAustralia will deploy a fleet of large underwater “Ghost Shark” attack drones in a US$1.1 billion defence programme, the...
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World
Saving shot: Australia approves chlamydia vaccine for koalas
Wednesday, 10 September 2025, 2:55pmAustralian regulators have approved a chlamydia vaccine for koalas, researchers said today, as they seek to stamp out a sexually...
