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'Lovely lunch': Guest was raving about fatal beef Wellington, trial hears
7 May 2025She was unaware the meal would ultimately cause her death.
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South Asian communities fear for relatives in Kashmir conflict
7 May 2025New Zealand communities have expressed concern for the safety of relatives caught up in hostilities between India and Pakistan.
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Multiple civilians killed, planes shot down in Pakistan-India clash
7 May 2025The worst fighting in more than two decades has erupted between the two nuclear-armed enemies.
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India and Pakistan: a history of armed conflict
7 May 2025The two sides have fought multiple conflicts - ranging from skirmishes to all-out war - since their bloody partition in 1947.
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Could this be the next Pope?
7 May 2025"He's really like Pope Francis in terms of his love for the poor, his approachability," one of Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle's students says.
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Why an India-Pakistan hotline is vital to bring them back from the brink
7 May 2025Analysis - India and Pakistan are getting perilously close to a dangerous military confrontation.
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What the India-Pakistan Kashmir conflict is about: a timeline
India, Pakistan and China all claim partial or complete ownership of the region, but how did that become the case?
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From 'saucy' popes to 'simple' ones, this tailor styles the pontiff
7 May 2025In a corner of central Rome, a family tailor shop has been hand-stitching the robes worn by the last eight popes over the past 200 years.
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Death toll rises from India missile strike, Pakistan says it's shot down Indian planes
7 May 2025The worst fighting in more than two decades has erupted between the two nuclear-armed enemies.
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What cardinals are being told as election of next Pope begins
7 May 2025When the cardinals enter the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday at the start of conclave, the process of electing a new pope, they will be sealed off from the world.
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Trump’s Hollywood tariff threat is already unravelling
Analysis: As we've come to expect with Trump 2.0, it's not clear whether the president is serious, Allison Morrow writes.
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'Won't be for sale - ever': Trump and Carney meet
7 May 2025But the US president warned his Canadian counterpart: "Never say never". Audio
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