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Trump hails 'tremendous day' as leaders sign Gaza declaration
Trump made a lightning visit to Israel, where he lauded Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in an address to parliament, before flying to Egypt for a Gaza summit where he and the leaders of Egypt, Qatar…
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Nauru's 'controversial' president re-elected unopposed
David Adeang, 55, has been re-elected as president unopposed at the inaugural sitting of the 25th Parliament on Tuesday.
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Frustration mounts among Qantas customers over data breach
14 Oct 2025The airline's customers voice their concerns and disappointment after cybercriminals release their personal data on the dark web.
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Live: Families reunited as Israel releases nearly 2000 Palestinian prisoners
Meanwhile, praise has been heaped on US President Donald Trump as he arrived in the region. Audio
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Mass-produced AI podcasts disrupt a fragile industry
13 Oct 2025No studio, no humans at the microphone, not even a recording - yet out comes a lively podcast, banter and all.
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Search for missing boy Gus in Australia's outback resumes
13 Oct 2025The four-year-old went missing on September 27, with his disappearance leading to extensive ground and air searches in South Australia.
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Profiting from presidency: Trump's crypto ventures rake in hundreds of millions
13 Oct 2025Critics say Trump is operating like no president has before, mixing business and politics in a way that may threaten the very foundations of American democracy.
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Two Kiwis charged in $15m Sydney cocaine bust
13 Oct 2025The 21-year-olds were charged after border force officials allegedly found cocaine in two suitcases at Sydney Airport.
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Trump says Gaza war has ended, Israel awaits hostage release
13 Oct 2025The US president was flying to Israel which was waiting for Hamas to release Israeli hostages. Audio
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Four dead, at least 20 injured in South Carolina shooting
13 Oct 2025Hundreds of people were there at the time of the shooting at a restaurant in a South Carolina island town.
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Diane Keaton's death shocked many: her family kept her decline private
13 Oct 2025Actress Diane Keaton has died at age 79. Details were not immediately available and Keaton's loved ones have asked for privacy, a family spokesperson said.
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The retired, amateur sleuth who uncovered Nazi-looted art
12 Oct 2025When Paul Post opened his late father's wartime notebooks, he never imagined they'd lead him to Argentina - and the daughter of a Nazi officer guarding a stolen masterpiece.
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Chicago ICE crackdown's first casualty, father of two, shot after school dropoff
12 Oct 2025Federal agents say Villegas Gonzalez drove at them, while family and coworkers recall a gentle man working to support his sons.
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China says it will fire back over Donald Trump's 100% tariff threat
13 Oct 2025Trump's latest threat came after China unleashed a raft of export restrictions on rare earth minerals last week.
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Why the Gaza ceasefire could collapse very soon
There is any number of ways the ceasefire could fall over - perhaps within days.
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Trump's son-in-law Kushner key broker in Israel-Hamas peace deal
12 Oct 2025White House insiders say Jared Kushner played a vital role in clinching the first phase of a peace plan.
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Something alarming is seeping out from beneath the ocean around Antarctica
12 Oct 2025New seeps of methane are being discovered at an "astonishing rate," scientists have found.
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Biya seeks to extend four-decade iron grip in Cameroon election
12 Oct 2025His divide-and-rule tactics should serve the 92-year-old incumbent one more time.
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Hackers release Qantas customers' data on dark web
12 Oct 2025The Australian airline says there's no impact to frequent flyer accounts and that financial details have not been compromised.
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Obama’s warnings about democracy fading sound increasingly directed toward the US
12 Oct 2025Former US President Barack Obama warns about "rising wave of authoritarianism sweeping the globe".
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Possible Nobel leak was 'likely' espionage - report
12 Oct 2025The odds of Machado winning the prize jumped from 3.75 percent to nearly 73 percent overnight on a predictive betting platform - but why?
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Oscar-winning actress Diane Keaton dies at 79
12 Oct 2025US actress Diane Keaton, famed for roles in Father of the Bride and First Wives Club, has died at the age of 79.
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Fighting erupts along the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan
12 Oct 2025Gun and artillery fire lit up the night sky, as tensions continue to rise following a Pakistani airstrike against Kabul this week.
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Palestinians return to devastated Gaza City as truce holds
12 Oct 2025Hundreds of thousands of exhausted Palestinians returned to their devastated homes Gaza City on Saturday, one day after Israel declared a ceasefire.
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