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First Russia-Ukraine peace talks in three years yielded prisoner swap deal, Russia says
17 May 2025Negotiators met at Dolmabahce Palace in Istanbul and made an agreement to keep talking.
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What is the Indus Waters Treaty between India and Pakistan?
17 May 2025India suspended its participation in the Indus Waters Treaty with Pakistan last month after the killing of 26 civilians in Kashmir, which New Delhi blames on Islamabad.
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Potential deadliness of death cap mushrooms explained to murder trial
16 May 2025Lawyers for accused killer Erin Patterson have suggested a person could survive mushroom poisoning.
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Two climbers, from India and Philippines, die on Everest
16 May 2025At least 345 people have died on Everest in more than 100 years since summiting expeditions were known to have started.
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America's biggest health insurer is imploding
16 May 2025The crisis engulfing UnitedHealth hit a crescendo.
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Trump announces US$14.5 billion Etihad order for 28 Boeing planes with GE engines
16 May 2025The Abu Dhabi-based airline said the planes were expected to join the fleet starting in 2028.
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'Serious problem': Afghan capital losing race against water
16 May 2025Kabul faces a looming water crisis, driven by unruly and rapid urbanisation, mismanagement over years of conflict, and climate change.
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Smokey Robinson accused of sexual assault by four former employees
16 May 2025Motown singing legend Smokey Robinson has been accused of sexual assault by four women who used to work for him, according to a workplace harassment complaint filed on 8 May at a Los Angeles…
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Sean 'Diddy' Combs' chief accuser challenged over abuse claims, 'Freak Offs'
16 May 2025Combs' legal team wants to show jurors that Cassie Ventura was at fault for her own actions including infidelity, and being financially motivated to get back at him.
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Ben Roberts-Smith loses appeal bid to overturn defamation case loss
16 May 2025Roberts-Smith sued over a series of articles five years earlier on allegations of war crimes in Afghanistan, bullying and domestic violence against a woman in Canberra.
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Harvard settles Jewish student's lawsuit over alleged antisemitism
16 May 2025It comes four months after Harvard promised additional protections for Jewish students.
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'Alarming' plunge in vaccination rates among Australian children
16 May 2025Experts are are warning deaths are inevitable if Australia does not do more to turn around a steady decline in immunisation rates.
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Ukraine peace process going exactly how Moscow wants it
16 May 2025Analysis: In the end, it's the Kremlin's plan playing out, and there appears to be little the White House will do.
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Israel concedes error in video claiming to show Hamas tunnels under Gaza hospital
16 May 2025The video the military released was actually of a different building.
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Eurovision semi starts with milkshake and space odyssey
16 May 2025Sixteen countries have ramped up the drama and kitsch in a bid for the last 10 places in the final.
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Strikes in Gaza kill 120 as Trump talks of turning territory into 'freedom zone'
It also warned that Gaza was not "for sale" hours after US President Donald Trump again floated taking over the territory and turning it into "a freedom zone".
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Trump says Iran has 'sort of' agreed to a nuclear deal
16 May 2025Speaking at a business roundtable in the Qatari capital Doha, the US President reiterated that Iran "can't have a nuclear weapon",
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Trump announces billions in deals during UAE visit, AI agreement signed
16 May 2025The deals equate to over NZ$340 billion.
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UK PM in talks over third country 'return hubs' for migrants
16 May 2025Keir Starmer is under pressure to reduce immigration and cut the number of irregular migrants arriving on British shores.
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Tariffs devastated America's ports. Soon, they could face a surge from stockpiling
16 May 2025US ports are facing a dramatic slowdown in cargo - but they could see the exact opposite in a matter of weeks.
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Australia ramps up travel warnings for USA
16 May 2025The Department of Foreign Affairs has toughened its travel advice for the USA three times in just over a month in response to the Trump administration's increasingly harsh border controls.
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Singer Chris Brown arrested in UK - reports
16 May 2025Police arrested the Grammy winner for allegedly attacking a music producer with a bottle at a nightclub in 2023.
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Peace breakthrough unlikely as Putin declines to meet Zelensky in Turkey
16 May 2025Neither the Ukrainian nor the Russian president will attend the peace talks, and it's still unclear when they'll get underway.
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NASA's Perseverance rover films first auroras from the surface of Mars
15 May 2025Auroras on Mars don't look quite like they do on Earth.
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