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No More Bear Hugs: Biden Gives Up On Netanyahu Embrace

Days after the October 7 attack, Joe Biden walked onto the tarmac in Tel Aviv and offered a warm bear hug to Benjamin Netanyahu, a sign both of...

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Shaun Tandon

Federal Government Plans New Gas Projects Amid Climate Fears

The Antony Albanese government came under severe criticism for its gas strategy as it outlined investment plans to increase production and...

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Vidhya Ck

UniSuper Restores Services, Assures No Data Loss

UniSuper, on Thursday, began restoring its services after a week-long outage when its superannuation fund's Google cloud was deleted. UniSuper CEO...

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Vidhya Ck

Pro-Palestinian Protest Camp In Adelaide Attacked Again

Police began investigation and increased security after pro-Palestinian students, camping at the CBD campus at the University of Adelaide, were...

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Vidhya Ck

'Constant Terror' In Key Darfur City As Fighting Closes In

Sudanese shop owner Ishaq Mohammed has been trapped in his home for a month, sheltering from violence in El-Fasher, the last major city in the...

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Afp News

Israel Shells Rafah As Biden Vows Arms Suspension

Israel shelled Rafah on Thursday as US President Joe Biden offered his starkest warning yet over the conduct of its war against Hamas, vowing to...

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Afp News

Brazil Flooding Death Toll Surpasses 100

The death toll from devastating floods that have ravaged southern Brazil for days surpassed 100 on Wednesday, authorities said, as the search for...

yesterday 10

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Mauricio Rabuffetti

N. Macedonia Set For Rocky Ties With EU Neighbours As Opposition Wins Vote

North Macedonia appeared to be on a collision course with its EU neighbours Greece and Bulgaria, as the nationalist opposition swept parliamentary...

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Darko Duridanski

US Forges New 'Battery Belt' In Hopes Of Electric Future

Growing up, Devante Cuthbertson assumed he might have to leave his North Carolina hometown to pursue a career, but a new multi-billion-dollar...

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Beiyi Seow

Malaysian Team Pulls Out Of Season Opener After Footballer Acid Attack

One of Malaysia's top football clubs has pulled out of Friday's season-opening Charity Shield after a spate of assaults, including an acid attack,...

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M Jegathesan

Olympic Torch Relay Sets Off In Marseille

The Olympic torch relay began in Marseille on Thursday with football legend Basile Boli taking the flame in front of the iconic basilica of...

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Afp News

Putin Says Nuclear Forces 'Always' On Alert In Victory Day Speech

President Vladimir Putin on Thursday warned his nuclear forces were "always" on alert and added that Moscow would not tolerate any Western threats,...

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Afp News

Scientists Win World Food Prize For Work On Global Seed Vault

Scientists Geoffrey Hawtin and Cary Fowler, who on Thursday received the prestigious World Food Prize for "their work to preserve the world's...

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Juliette Michel

Israel Launches Fresh Gaza Strikes As Negotiators Work Towards Truce

Israel struck targets in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday after seizing the main border crossing with Egypt, where negotiators were working to make good...

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Afp News

Halting Bomb Delivery, Biden Sends Sternest Sign Yet To Israel

In halting a shipment of thousands of bombs, President Joe Biden has sent his most serious signal yet both to Israel and his domestic critics,...

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Shaun Tandon

Pro-Palestinian Campus Protests Spread To UK Universities

The grass outside SOAS University of London has been dotted with a handful of tents since the start of this week, with Palestinian flags and...

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Akshata Kapoor

Prince Harry In London, But Not Meeting King Charles

Prince Harry was in London Wednesday to mark the 10th anniversary of his Invictus Games for wounded military veterans, but no meeting was scheduled...

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Germain Moyon

MONA's Ladies Lounge To Install Toilet To Keep Men Away

Tasmania's Museum of Old and New Art (MONA) has appealed a court order allowing men to enter the "Ladies Lounge" under the anti-discrimination...

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Vidhya Ck

Aussie Supermarkets Battle Soaring Theft With High-Tech Tracking And Gates

Australia is seeing a serious increase in meat theft from supermarkets due to recent research that shows an abrupt rise in stealing. Meat theft...

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Shreyashi Chakraborty

Australian Banks Shower Investors With Cash As Profits Tumble

In the face of intense competition in the mortgage market, Australian banks want to return billions to shareholders, sparking worries that buybacks...

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Shreyashi Chakraborty

Australia Hikes Minimum Savings For Student Visa

In a move to address the surge in migration, Australia has announced several immigration policies including a raise in the visa amount for...

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Vidhya Ck

Avalon Eyes Opportunity As Victoria Threatens Station Shift

The already intense talks for a rail connection to Melbourne Airport took a drastic turn when Tim Pallas, the treasurer of Victoria, hinted at the...

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Shreyashi Chakraborty

Global Car Giants Seek Tech Allies In China's Cutthroat EV Market

Struggling foreign automakers in China are looking for help from local tech giants to try to stay competitive in the world's biggest electric car...

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Peter Catterall

Arman And The War Against Journalists: A Year Of Pain And Loss

The killing of the brilliant young AFP journalist Arman Soldin on the front lines in Ukraine one year ago remains a uniquely traumatic event for...

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Phil Chetwynd

Mongolia's Wildlife At Risk From Overgrazing

The icy peaks of Jargalant Mountain are supposed to belong to snow leopards, whose numbers have dwindled to fewer than 1,000 in Mongolia, but hard-...

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Khaliun Bayartsogt

Milking Venom From Australia's Deadly Marine Animals

Imagine feeling like an elephant is sitting on your chest, you can't breathe, there's a sense of impending doom and the pain is so intense you want...

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Laura Chung

US Centenarian To Marry At Normandy, 80 Years After Allied Landing

Americans Harold Terens and Jeanne Swerlin promise their courtship is "better than Romeo and Juliet": He is 100, she's 96, and they marry next...

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Gerard Martinez

China's Xi In Serbia For Talks To Boost Economic Ties

Serbia's President Aleksandar Vucic reaffirmed his strong support for China's sovereignty over Taiwan as he gave a lavish welcome to President Xi...

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Mina Pejakovic And Helen Roxburgh

Hong Kong Demands Online Platforms Remove Banned Protest Song

Hong Kong demanded Wednesday a protest song popular during pro-democracy demonstrations be removed from the internet after a court banned it,...

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Holmes Chan And Xinqi Su

$18B Allocated For Northern Territory Defence Infrastructure Upgrades

As the focus turns towards combatting security threats in the Indo-Pacific region, the Federal government will dedicate between $14 billion and $18...

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Vidhya Ck

TAC Condemns Coroner's Office For Inconsiderate Treatment Of Ancestral Remains

The disrespectful manner in which the coroner's office handled ancestral remains has angered the Aboriginal community in Tasmania. According to...

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Shreyashi Chakraborty

Rescuers Search For Survivors In Deadly S.Africa Building Collapse

Rescue workers reported on Tuesday making contact with 11 people under the rubble in a race to save dozens still unaccounted for after a building...

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Saawmiet Moos

Sydney Council Removes Same-Sex Parenting Books From Libraries, Sparking Concerns

A Sydney council decided to prohibit books regarding same-sex parenting from local libraries-- a decision that caused an uproar. The New South...

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Shreyashi Chakraborty

The National Digital ID was approved by the Australian Senate: Privacy Risk or Convenience?

Australia's national digital ID system is about to be implemented, which means a significant identity transformation is imminent. Although this...

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Shreyashi Chakraborty

Military Took Steps To Warn After Australian Aircraft's 'Risky Move', Says China

Reacting to Australia's claim that a Chinese fighter jet endangered its navy helicopter with flares over international waters, Beijing said the...

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Vidhya Ck

Non-payment Of Child Support Is Economic Abuse Of Women: Report

Australia has failed to recognize and respond to the grave issue of non-payment of child support that amounts to economic abuse of women, who make...

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Vidhya Ck

Stormy Daniels Recounts 2006 Sexual Encounter With Trump

Stormy Daniels, the porn star at the heart of Donald Trump's hush money case, testified in a rapt Manhattan courtroom Tuesday about a 2006 sexual...

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Gregory Walton

No Hike In Interest Rate: RBA

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) announced that the cash rates will be kept on hold at 4.35%, avoiding a tightening bias as demanded by...

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Vidhya Ck

Israel Bombards Rafah Ahead Of Talks Aimed At Sealing Truce Deal

Israel carried out strikes on the Gazan city of Rafah overnight as it sought to put "pressure" on Hamas ahead of talks in Egypt on Tuesday aimed at...

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Afp News

Israel Orders Evacuation From Rafah Area In South Gaza

Israel's military on Monday called for the evacuation of Palestinians from eastern Rafah, ahead of a long-threatened ground invasion of the...

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Afp News

Far Right Seen Making Gains In EU Elections

Surveys predict Europe's far right will surge in EU elections next month, giving it more influence in Brussels politics even if mainstream players...

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Anne-Laure Mondesert

Columbia Axes Graduation Ceremony As US Colleges Counter Gaza Protests

Columbia University, the epicenter of US student protests against the war in Gaza, on Monday canceled its main graduation ceremony, as colleges...

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Nicolas Revise

Crime Deterring Return Of South American Footballers

A wave of crimes against South American footballers has underscored the risks faced by players loath to return home from overseas clubs to a region...

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David Salazar In Bogota With Regional Offices

Macron Seeks To Sway China's Xi On Ukraine

French President Emmanuel Macron was on Monday set to warn Chinese leader Xi Jinping against backing Russia in the conflict over Ukraine but also...

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Stuart Williams

Vietnam Marks 70th Anniversary Of Dien Bien Phu Victory Over France

War veterans, soldiers and dignitaries gathered in Vietnam's Dien Bien Phu on Tuesday to mark the 70th anniversary of the battle that ultimately...

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Alexis Hontang

Chinese Mill Blamed For Turning Serbia Village Red With Pollution

In the eight years since Chinese company HBIS bought a steel mill near the eastern Serbian city of Smederevo, locals say they have been plagued by...

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Mina Pejakovic

'Where Can We Go?' Ask Rafah Residents As Israel Demands Evacuation

Palestinian civilians in the southern Gazan city of Rafah voiced despair on Monday as Israel dropped fliers urging them to evacuate for their own "...

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Afp News

Military-ruled Chad Votes For President In Bloody Transition

Chadians voted Monday in an election aimed at ending three years of military rule but dismissed by opponents of junta leader Mahamat Idriss Deby...

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Lea Nkamleun Fosso

PM Modi Votes As India's Marathon Election Heats Up

Hindu nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi cast his ballot Tuesday in India's ongoing general election after giving several inflammatory...

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Sajjad Hussain With Arunabh Saikia In Agra

'Taboo': French Women Speak Out On Rapes By US Soldiers During WWII

Aimee Dupre had always kept silent about the rape of her mother by two American soldiers after the Normandy landings in June 1944. But 80 years...

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Anais Llobet

Olympic Flame To Arrive In France Ahead Of Paris Olympics

The Olympic flame is set to arrive in the French port of Marseille on Wednesday in front of a crowd of up to 150,000 people in a first major test...

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Stanislas Touchot

Ghost Flights Case: Qantas Agrees To Pay A$120M

In a largest settlement for a corporate penalty, the airline company Qantas has agreed to pay A$20 million to consumers for the sale of over...

tuesday 10

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Vidhya Ck

WA Minister Warned About Perth Attacker's Behavior

The education minister of Western Australia, Tony Buti, had received a letter regarding the behavior of the teenager, who was shot dead in a...

tuesday 10

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Vidhya Ck

Labor Government To Cut $3 Billion In Student Debt

The Federal government has announced to cut $3 billion in student debt through changes in the HECS and HELP programs, a move that will ease...

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Vidhya Ck

Chinese Fighter Jet Drops Flares Near Australian Helicopter In International Waters

Australia's helicopter was conducting a normal patrol in international waters when Canberra claimed that a Chinese fighter plane had dropped flares...

tuesday 10

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Shreyashi Chakraborty

Australian Housing Market Experiencing Unaffordability Crisis Without Clear Way Out

Australia's rental housing market is getting more and more costly, and there's no slowdown in sight. Throughout the nation, rent rises to all-time...

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Shreyashi Chakraborty

Melbourne School Suspends Students Over 'Girl Rating' Spreadsheet

A group of boys at a Melbourne private school were suspended after compiling a spreadsheet that ranked their female classmates and objectified them...

tuesday 10

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Shreyashi Chakraborty

'Everybody Is Vulnerable': Fake US School Audio Stokes AI Alarm

A fabricated audio clip of a US high school principal prompted a torrent of outrage, leaving him battling allegations of racism and anti-Semitism in...

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Bill Mccarthy And Anuj Chopra

Exiled Russian Historian Rallies Fellow Emigrants In Dark Times

Russian dissident historian Tamara Eidelman was on vacation in Greece when Moscow's tanks rolled into Ukraine in February 2022 and she realized...

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Maria Danilova

Student Protests Against Israel's Offensive In Gaza Spread

Student protests against the Israeli military assault on Gaza following the unprecedented October 7 attack by Hamas on Israel have spread to...

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Afp News

Race Against Time To Rescue Brazil Flood Victims After Dozens Killed

Authorities were racing against time on Sunday to rescue people from raging floods and mudslides that have killed more than 50 and forced nearly...

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Carlos Fabal

Latest Round Of Gaza Truce Talks Expected In Egypt

Talks to strike a Gaza truce were expected to resume Sunday after Hamas rejected any deal that failed to end the war in the Palestinian territory...

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Afp News

Mexico Tourist Train An Environmental 'Nightmare,' Activists Say

In a cave in Mexico's Riviera Maya, where nature has sculpted a subterranean landscape of stunning beauty, thick steel columns supporting a...

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Jean Arce

'Revolution' In Air As Actor Stumps For Hungary Opposition

Pounding the campaign trail ahead of European elections, emerging Hungarian opposition leader Peter Magyar drew tens of thousands on Sunday in a...

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Andras Rostovanyi

China's Xi In France For Macron Talks On Ukraine

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Sunday arrived in France on a state visit hosted by Emmanuel Macron where the French leader will seek to push his...

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Stuart Williams

Panama Votes In Presidential Election With Eight Contenders

Panamanians voted Sunday in presidential elections featuring a crowded field of eight candidates led by the protege of a former head of state...

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Maria Isabel Sanchez

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