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US billionaires Musk, Bezos race China to moon
14 Feb 2026Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos pivot their space firms toward the moon as NASA urges speed in the race with China.
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US jury finds Johnson & Johnson liable for cancer in latest talc trial
14 Feb 2026The jury sided with family members of Gayle Emerson, who claimed that Johnson & Johnson knew for years its talc-based products were dangerous but failed to warn consumers.
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Why being hopeful is more radical than ever now
14 Feb 2026For award-winning playwright Simon Stephens, theatre's enduring role is to remind us that human beings are complex and that polarisation is a lie.
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UK High Court ruling major blow to government
14 Feb 2026The UK High Court has ruled the government's decision to ban activist group Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation last summer was unlawful.
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Denmark's PM says she and Greenland's PM had constructive meeting with Rubio
14 Feb 2026A push by US President Donald Trump for the US to acquire Greenland has prompted severe tensions in recent months.
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Russia, Ukraine to hold talks in Geneva next week
14 Feb 2026The announcement by both countries signals the next leg in fraught US-brokered negotiations seeking to end the four-year war.
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Second US aircraft carrier to deploy to Middle East: reports
13 Feb 2026Washington and Tehran began indirect talks last week over the future of Iran's nuclear program, and Trump warned of "very traumatic" consequences for the country if it failed to make a nuclear deal.
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Former Norway PM charged with corruption over alleged ties to Epstein, lawyers say
13 Feb 2026Norway's former Prime Minister Thorbjørn Jagland has been charged with "aggravated corruption" after a police probe into his alleged ties to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, according to the law…
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ICE blocked detainees' access to lawyers in Minnesota, judge finds
13 Feb 2026Detainees are sometimes moved so quickly and frequently that ICE loses track of where they are, the judge found.
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The Gucci-wearing teen who may be North Korea's next leader
13 Feb 2026The Kim family has ruled North Korea with an iron grip for decades, and a cult of personality surrounding their "Paektu bloodline" dominates daily life in the isolated country.
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Dr Oz invited Epstein to a Valentine's Day party
13 Feb 2026Dr Oz sent the invite almost a decade after Epstein's first sex crime charges became public in July 2006.
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Australia's police watchdog to probe handling of Sydney CBD protest
13 Feb 2026Premier Chris Minns has defended the actions of police, saying officers did "everything possible" to avoid violent confrontations.
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Australia's Liberal Party elects new leader
13 Feb 2026He replaces Sussan Ley, the first woman to hold the role, who was removed after just nine months.
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What the online footprint of the Canada school shooter tells us
13 Feb 2026Canadian police named 18-year-old Jesse Van Rootselaar as the shooter.
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Donald Trump ends immigration crackdown in Minnesota
13 Feb 2026The operation triggered large protests and nationwide outrage following the killing of two US citizens.
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Trump repeals US environment agency's ability to regulate pollution
The Trump administration has delivered a deadly blow to longstanding US climate policy regulating climate pollution.
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Chilling images are the biggest break so far in the Nancy Guthrie case
13 Feb 2026Video and images showing an armed, masked individual outside the home of Nancy Guthrie have given new life to the search.
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Judge sets date for Trump's $10 billion lawsuit against BBC
13 Feb 2026Trump filed the suit against the British broadcaster last year over the editing of his speech ahead of the US Capitol riot in a documentary.
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The dangers of living by your 'love language'
13 Feb 2026An American pastor's theory that we each have a preferred way of giving and receiving love lacks scientific backing.
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James Van Der Beek was synonymous with one character - he embraced it
13 Feb 2026"The more you make fun of yourself and don't try to go for any kind of respect, the more people seem to respect you," he once said.
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UK nursery worker jailed for 'wicked' serial child sex abuse
13 Feb 2026Vincent Chan filmed himself abusing youngsters at a nursery where he worked and downloaded thousands of indecent images of children.
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Protesters march through Melbourne's CBD as Israeli President concludes visit
12 Feb 2026Isaac Herzog told a crowd in Southbank that he had come to Australia in solidarity following the Bondi attack.
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Russia blocks WhatsApp
13 Feb 2026Instead, it is directing Russian citizens to use its state-backed Max app.
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AI researchers sounding alarm on way out the door
12 Feb 2026Analysis: In just the past few days, a number of high-profile AI staffers have decided to call it quits.
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