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World
Amnesty accuses Hamas of crimes against humanity on Oct 7 and afterwards
Thursday, 11 December 2025, 1:53pmAmnesty International today accused Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups for the first time of crimes against humanity,...
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World
Airlines head for record passenger numbers, show resilience
Wednesday, 10 December 2025, 1:23pmInternational airlines expect to transport a record 5.2 billion passengers in 2026 despite global headwinds affecting the...
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World
Reddit says Australia’s under-16 social media ban ‘legally erroneous’
Tuesday, 9 December 2025, 2:42pmOnline discussion site Reddit has condemned Australia’s imminent social media ban for under-16s as “legally erroneous” but...
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World
Show storm: Brigitte Macron used a slur against protesters
Tuesday, 9 December 2025, 2:33pmFeminists expressed outrage today after footage circulated of France’s first lady Brigitte Macron using a slur against activists...
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Sport
Mohamed Salah labelled a ‘disgrace’ for Liverpool outburst
Tuesday, 9 December 2025, 2:07pmFormer Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher labelled Mohamed Salah “a disgrace” after the Egypt star’s stunning outburst at...
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World
Indonesia suffers food, medical shortages as Asia flood tolls rise
Tuesday, 9 December 2025, 1:36pmRegions hit by floods that killed hundreds in Indonesia were suffering from food and medical shortages, authorities said,...
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World
Wave kills four bathers in Spain’s Tenerife tourist hotspot
Tuesday, 9 December 2025, 1:16pmFour people died in Tenerife over the weekend and one remained missing after a wave swept away bathers on the Spanish tourist...
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World
Magnitude 7.6 earthquake strikes off Japan triggering tsunami waves
Tuesday, 9 December 2025, 7:04amA major earthquake has rocked Japan’s northern coast, with the country’s meteorological agency recording several tsunami...
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Entertainment
'It could be a problem': Trump airs doubt about Netflix acquisition of Warner Bros
Monday, 8 December 2025, 3:44pmUnited States President Donald Trump commented today on Netflix’s effort to acquire famous Hollywood studio Warner Bros,...
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World
Drone strikes on Sudan kindergarten, hospital kill dozens: local official
Monday, 8 December 2025, 2:18pmA recent paramilitary drone attack on the army-held town of Kalogi in Sudan’s South Kordofan state hit a kindergarten and...
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World
Tokyo says Chinese jets locked radar onto its fighters
Monday, 8 December 2025, 11:55amChinese military aircraft locked radar onto Japanese fighter jets southeast of Okinawa’s main island, Japan’s Defence Ministry...
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World
Netanyahu expects to move soon to Gaza truce second phase
Monday, 8 December 2025, 11:21amIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced today that he expected the second phase of the United States-sponsored...
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Sport
Back-to-back: Alice Robinson tops World Cup podium again
Sunday, 7 December 2025, 6:07pmAlice Robinson has won twice in as many weeks. Photo / Geoff Robins, AFP New Zealand’s Alice Robinson bagged her second...
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World
Goa nightclub fire kills at least 23, including tourists
Sunday, 7 December 2025, 5:10pmGoa beach nightlife turned deadly as a nightclub blaze killed at least 23 people. Photo / Getty Images At least 23 people...
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World
‘No compromise’: Putin digs in on territory as US peace push hits wall
Wednesday, 3 December 2025, 2:16pmHigh-stakes US-Russia talks on ending the war in Ukraine have failed to yield a breakthrough, as the Kremlin said “no compromise”...
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World
US offers Maduro exit route as Trump warns Venezuela airspace is ‘closed’
Monday, 1 December 2025, 8:49pmThe United States has offered Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro the chance to leave his country for Russia or elsewhere,...
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Sport
McLaren chief admits strategy blunder costs Qatar win and podium
Monday, 1 December 2025, 1:25pmMcLaren team chief Andrea Stella admitted his team made a costly strategic blunder at this morning’s Qatar Grand Prix that...
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World
Long-lost Rubens ‘masterpiece’ sells at auction in France for $5.5m
Monday, 1 December 2025, 10:20amA long-lost painting by 17th-century Flemish master Peter Paul Rubens sold at auction in France today for almost €3 million...
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Sport
Alice Robinson storms to giant slalom win at Copper Mountain World Cup
Sunday, 30 November 2025, 1:37pmNew Zealand’s Alice Robinson captured her fifth World Cup victory in dominant style on Saturday (local time), clocking the...
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Sport
Springboks crush Wales 73-0 in historic test demolition
Sunday, 30 November 2025, 8:32amSacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu starred as South Africa ran in 11 unanswered tries to inflict a record 73-0 home defeat on Wales...
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World
Monsoon floods in Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia leave more than 300 dead
Saturday, 29 November 2025, 3:49pmDays of devastating flooding across Southeast Asia have killed more than 300 people in Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia,...
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World
Hong Kong fire toll climbs to at least 83, hundreds still missing
Friday, 28 November 2025, 8:41amHong Kong authorities say the death toll from the city’s worst fire in decades has risen to at least 83, with the blaze almost...
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World
At least 36 dead as fire engulfs Hong Kong apartment towers
Thursday, 27 November 2025, 7:13amA huge fire that engulfed a Hong Kong residential estate has killed at least 36 people and left more than 200 unaccounted...
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World
US envoy reportedly advised Russian official on Ukraine deal and how to handle Trump
Wednesday, 26 November 2025, 1:07pmUnited States presidential envoy Steve Witkoff advised a senior Kremlin official on how President Vladimir Putin should pitch...
