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Virginia Giuffre raped by 'well-known Prime Minister,' memoir claims
22 Oct 2025In her posthumous book, the Epstein victim said she feared she might die a sex slave.
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Former NZ police commissioner apologises for using helicopter for travel to Tasmania
22 Oct 2025Victoria Police Chief Commissioner Mike Bush, who was once the Commissioner of the NZ police, was flown to Tasmania in a police helicopter for a conference.
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Trump officials worry Gaza ceasefire could fall apart
22 Oct 2025JD Vance also declined to put a timeline on both the return of all Israeli hostage remains and Hamas' disarmament, saying it will "take a little bit of time".
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France's ex-president escorted to jail over funding conviction
21 Oct 2025France's ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy has headed to jail after being found guilty of seeking to acquire Libyan funding for his 2007 presidential run.
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Putin, Trump summit preparations appear to stall
22 Oct 2025A planned summit put on hold Tuesday, as Moscow's rejection of an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine cast a cloud over attempts at negotiations.
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Do we need to be saying 'please' and 'thanks' to AI?
22 Oct 2025Why are people being nice to AI? And does it actually make any difference?
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How reading romance has helped keep the spark alive for this couple
22 Oct 2025Joseph says books he has enjoyed hearing about from Laura include A Broken Promise and Until The Heart Stops. He says erotic literature acts as an 'imagination gym'.
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Demolition begins to replace White House East Wing with Trump’s ballroom
21 Oct 2025Renderings depict a vast space with gold and crystal chandeliers, gilded Corinthian columns, a coffered ceiling with gold inlays, gold floor lamps and a checkered marble floor.
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Hardliner Takaichi elected as Japanese premier, shattering glass ceiling
21 Oct 2025Sanae Takaichi is an acolyte of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and an admirer of Britain's Margaret Thatcher
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What is task paralysis and how do you overcome it?
21 Oct 2025Experts say task paralysis manifests when there is an overload of tasks or information.
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Amazon cloud service back to normal after major outage
21 Oct 2025The internet outage that caused global turmoil among thousands of sites has been largely resolved, says Amazon.
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Like 'a bad smell': Prince Andrew and what losing a title means
21 Oct 2025Prince Andrew finally fell on his sword on the weekend and announced he would give up using his titles.
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'I don't like you': Trump insults former Australian PM to his face
21 Oct 2025Austalian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese laughed off the interaction at the White House.
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The Mona Lisa, a gold toilet and the Louvre's royal jewels: A history of art heists
21 Oct 2025The latest heist at the Louvre highlights the vulnerability of objects in public collections.
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US steps up diplomacy after Gaza truce shaken
21 Oct 2025US envoys met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday aiming to corral Israel and Hamas to get the Gaza ceasefire plan back on track.
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Massive outage takes websites down around the world
21 Oct 2025Some of the world's most popular apps were knocked offline after problems at Amazon's cloud services unit. Audio
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How do I know if my teen is getting into 'toxic masculinity'?
21 Oct 2025What does it mean? How can you tell? And what to do about it if you think it's picking up steam.
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Harper Lee’s newly discovered short stories set to be published
21 Oct 2025It's a series of newly discovered short stories Harper Lee wrote in the years before To Kill a Mockingbird, as well as previously published essays and magazine pieces.
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French police may nab Louvre thieves but unlikely to recover their loot
The objects could be quickly broken down into component parts and sold on because they aren't recognisable, an expert says.
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Chinese fighter jet released flares 'very close' to Australian aircraft
21 Oct 2025Australia has lodged a diplomatic protest with Beijing after a close encounter between an Australian plane in the South China Sea and a Chinese fighter jet.
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Trump, Albanese sign critical minerals agreement
21 Oct 2025The US has been looking for access to rare earths and critical minerals around the world as China tightens control over global supply. Audio
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Gaza ceasefire, aid to resume after Israeli strikes kill 26 people
20 Oct 2025The air attacks came after two Israeli soliders were killed on Sunday by an launched an anti-tank missile.
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Trump to Zelensky: Accept Russia's demands or be destroyed
20 Oct 2025In a tense, profanity-laced meeting, the US president pushed the Ukrainian President to give up swaths of territory to Russia, sources say.
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Centrist Rodrigo Paz wins Bolivian presidency, ending nearly 20 years of leftist rule
20 Oct 2025The country's worst economic crisis in a generation helped propel the end of nearly two decades of leftist rule.
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