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Lorde crashes Lorde-themed club night, astonishing fans
27 May 2025The Grammy award-winning Kiwi singer made a surprise appearance at a Lorde-themed night at Mary's Underground nightclub.
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Samoa to go to early election as PM concedes
Samoa's Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata'afa has announced she will seek a dissolution of parliament.
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On one street, half the residents lost entire homes to floods in NSW
27 May 2025Hundreds of homes are uninhabitable after record NSW floods. This is what it looks like returning to a street where most homes were underwater.
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Car hits pedestrians during Liverpool parade
27 May 2025Video appears to show angry fans trying to reach the driver after a car drove at speed into large crowds lining the street. Audio
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Macron dismisses viral video showing apparent shove from wife
27 May 2025French President Emmanuel Macron has dismissed a viral video showing his wife Brigitte pushing his face away as they disembarked from a plane in Vietnam for the first leg of a Southeast Asia tour.
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Palestinian official says Hamas agrees to Gaza proposal, Israel dismisses it
27 May 2025The proposal would see the release of 10 hostages and a 70-day ceasefire.
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Performance with a purpose - Trump on South Africa
27 May 2025Donald Trump's claims of a white genocide in South Africa betray the influence of his billionaire expat friends, including Elon Musk
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Four arrested over failed North Korean warship launch
26 May 2025Pyongyang announced 'a serious accident' at Wednesday's launch ceremony.
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Australian could face death penalty for allegedly smuggling 1.8kgs of cocaine in Bali
26 May 2025Police claim they confiscated a total of 206 packages of cocaine following a tip-off.
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Trump lashes out at 'crazy' Putin, warns of Russia's 'downfall'
26 May 2025US President Donald Trump has warned Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin that any attempt at a total takeover of Ukraine would 'lead to the downfall of Russia'.
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Trump delays another set of tariffs
26 May 2025It's the latest instance of the US president throwing markets into confusion and backing out.
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'Unimaginable': Australian floods force out enormous number of families
26 May 2025People are being warned that the number homes declared uninhabitable will also increase.
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Russia launches war's largest air attack on Ukraine, kills at least 12 people
The assault came as Ukraine and Russia prepared to conduct the third and final day of a prisoner swap.
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Gaza doctor on duty at hospital when her own children showed up, dead
25 May 2025Only one of her children - critically injured - survived the reported Israeli airstrike.
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Fungi that can 'eat you from the inside out' could spread as the world heats up
25 May 2025Yet we are still very far from understanding them.
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Misinformation war rages online amid India-Pakistan tensions
26 May 2025Spreading like wildfire: The online deepfake war surrounding the conflict between India and Pakistan.
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What's life really like for people around the Pacific?
25 May 2025Samoan-Kiwi filmmaker Tuki Laumea checks in with indigenous communities in ten Pacific nations for a new Al Jazeera documentary series.
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Aussie state all but outlaws pet shops selling puppies
25 May 2025Law changes mean pet shops that want to keep selling dogs can only do so if they get them from a rescue centre.
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Supplies airdropped to Australian farmers stranded by floods
25 May 2025About 32,000 residents remained isolated due to floodwaters.
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Is Trump threatening US 'soft power'?
25 May 2025Critics argue Trump has in fact facilitated the opposite of 'soft power'.
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UK renationalises train operator
25 May 2025The privatisation of rail operations took place in the mid-1990s.
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Iranian director wins Cannes' top prize
25 May 2025Revenge thriller It Was Just An Accident by Iranian director Jafar Panahi won the Palme d'Or - the second Iranian film in history to do so.
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Russia, Ukraine soldier swap brings war-torn families back together
There should be 1000 prisoners released on each side over three days.
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Judge blocks Trump's mass federal layoffs, White House appeals
24 May 2025The White House has appealed a judge's block on mass layoffs by federal agencies, a key piece of Trump's plan to downsize the government.
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