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Hundreds rally in Australia over deaths in police custody
8 Jun 2025Rallies were held across the nation, including in Brisbane, Sydney and Alice Springs.
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Rio Tinto in bailout talks for Australian aluminium smelter
7 Jun 2025The future of the facility has been uncertain for months due in part to spiralling energy costs.
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'Fragile' networks: Call for action to prevent repeat of warship internet outages
7 Jun 2025Experts say the government must do more to prevent a repeat of an Australian navy ship knocking out services to parts of the country.
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Australian navy ship accidentally blocks internet and radio in NZ
7 Jun 2025It happened earlier this week during a visit intended to celebrate the sister city relationship between Canberra and Wellington.
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Ukraine denies postponing prisoner swaps with Russia
8 Jun 2025Kremlin aide Vladimir Medinsky said Kyiv had unexpectedly postponed the exchanges indefinitely.
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Psychologist explains Musk-Trump break-up
8 Jun 2025Analysis - Psychologically, Musk's rejection of Trump is an attempt to simultaneously elevate himself and diminish the man behind the bill, writes Geoff Beattie.
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Body of Thai hostage retrieved from Gaza
7 Jun 2025Nattapong Pinta had been held in Gaza since Hamas' 7 October 2023 attack, Israel's Defence Minister says.
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ICE raids spark protests in downtown Los Angeles
7 Jun 2025Helmeted riot police used tear gas, pepper spray and "flash-bang" concussion rounds in a tense confrontation with protesters, after a day of federal immigration raids.
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Can the intellectually disabled be executed? US Supreme Court to reconsider
In 1997 Joseph Smith killed a with a hammer and saw but avoided execution after US courts found him intellectually disabled. That decision is now being appealed.
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Russian Kharkiv attack kills three, wounds 22
Among those killed was a one-and-a-half-month-old baby, according to the city's mayor.
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Israel arming Hamas rivals, opposition calls it 'complete madness'
7 Jun 2025Israel has confirmed it is arming local militias in Gaza in an effort to counter Hamas in the besieged enclave.
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New push in Europe to curb children's social media use
7 Jun 2025France, Greece and Denmark believe there should be a ban on social media for under-15s, while Spain has suggested a ban for under-16s.
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World's highest railway bridge opens in conflict-hit Kashmir
7 Jun 2025Decades in the making, the arched Chenab Bridge sits 359 meters above the river of the same name.
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Community grieves as police find remains of Queensland teenager Pheobe Bishop
Floral tributes line the street as a community in mourning plans a candlelit vigil for 17-year-old Pheobe Bishop, as police work to identify remains found in dense bushland.
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North Korea's internet hit by a major outage
7 Jun 2025North Korea's internet is experiencing a major outage, said a UK-based researcher, but the cause may be internal rather than a cyberattack.
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Trump-Musk divorce threatens a business empire
7 Jun 2025Analysis - Elon Musk's decision to go all in on Donald Trump never made much sense. His scorched-earth approach to breaking up with Trump is even harder to square.
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Second machete incident sends Melbourne mall into lockdown
7 Jun 2025The Victorian government enacted a total sales ban on machetes last month after a previous incident.
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Trump-inspired Cantonese opera aims to bring love and peace
7 Jun 2025The sold-out show, Trump, The Twins President, was performed in Hong Kong as Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke this week.
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Weinstein concedes he acted 'immorally' as jury deliberations pause
However, in a TV interview the disgraced Hollywood mogul insisted he did nothing criminal.
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US Supreme Court grants DOGE access to social security data
7 Jun 2025The decision came after the Trump administration appealed to the top court to lift an order by a district judge restricting access to Social Security Administration records.
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Mistakenly deported man returns to US to face charges
7 Jun 2025Abrego Garcia's lawyer said it would now be up to the US judicial system to ensure he received due process.
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Four killed, 80 wounded in intense Russian air attacks on Ukraine
7 Jun 2025The casualties came as powerful explosions reverberated across the country.
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Norwegian gynaecologist jailed for dozens of rapes
7 Jun 2025Arne Bye, 55, was found guilty of committing 70 counts of rape and sexual assault during gynaecological examinations of his patients.
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Taiwan accuses China of 'provocative' military patrol near island
7 Jun 2025Taiwan routinely reports Chinese military activity nearby but this time it's used unusually strong wording to condemn the patrol.
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