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US DoJ seeks permissiong to release Epstein, Maxwell investigation records
27 Nov 2025The Justice Department asked a judge for permission to publicly release financial records, travel documents, and notes of victim interviews obtained during the investigations to comply with a new law.
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Yes, shouting at seagulls actually works
27 Nov 2025Seagulls who hear a raised voice are more likely to flinch, stop pecking at food and leave the area, a new study has found.
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UK's Finance Minister takes tax burden to post-war high to bolster finances
27 Nov 2025British finance minister Rachel Reeves announced a big tax-raising budget. Audio
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British driver sobs as he admits ploughing car into Liverpool football parade
27 Nov 2025Paul Doyle has for months denied 31 criminal charges but on the second day of his trial, the 54-year-old sensationally changed his plea.
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Global demand for rare earths wreaks havoc on important river
26 Nov 2025Rare earths are at the centre of furious geopolitical competition, especially between the United States and China.
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US peace plan for Ukraine drew from Russian document, sources say
26 Nov 2025The Russians shared the paper, which outlined Moscow's conditions for ending the war, with senior US officials in mid-October, sources say.
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Move against war hero shows Trump's quest for vengeance is endless
26 Nov 2025Analysis: The US President's retribution campaign just took two embarrassing steps back and one giant leap forward.
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Trump administration moves to reinterview refugees admitted to US under Biden
26 Nov 2025The effort marks an unprecedented step in President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown.
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No new evidence found after mine shaft search for missing Australian 4yo Gus
26 Nov 2025Police said this week's search involved the inspection of six mine shafts.
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Taiwan president says he will propose extra $70 billion in defence spending
26 Nov 2025The move comes as China, which views democratically-governed Taiwan as its own territory, has ramped up military and political pressure.
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Scientists discover four major turning points for human brain
26 Nov 2025The first ever study of its kind found the brain doesn't shift into 'adult mode' until a person is in their early 30s.
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Police search powers in Melbourne CBD criticised as 'gross invasion'
26 Nov 2025Victoria Police has declared part of Melbourne's CBD a designated area, giving police greater search powers.
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Could the latest Ukraine talks actually end the war?
26 Nov 2025Explainer: Meetings in Switzerland. Talks in the United Arab Emirates. A possible Ukrainian presidential visit to the United States.
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Everyone agrees drunk plane passengers are a problem - nobody agrees on how to fix it
26 Nov 2025Frustrated passengers plus alcohol can be a dangerous combination.
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Australia's east to get extreme weather with heat, winds and catastrophic fire danger
The weather across NSW represents a nightmare for fire authorities, thanks to baking heat, strong winds, low humidity and drying soils.
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The turkeys getting a Thanksgiving pardon
26 Nov 2025Gobble and Waddle have been granted a "full, absolute and unconditional presidential pardon". Here's why the White House does it.
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Why posture during movement matters more than how you sit or stand
26 Nov 2025The old advice to "sit up straight" and "pull your shoulders back" can also cause a cascade of unwanted problems.
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Ukraine backs 'essence' of peace deal with Russia but sensitive issues linger
26 Nov 2025Kyiv's message hinted that an intense diplomatic push by the Trump administration could be yielding some fruit but any optimism could be short-lived, especially as Russia stressed it would not let any…
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Italian man accused of dressing up as his dead mum to claim her pension
26 Nov 2025Police say the man, a former nurse who is currently unemployed, did not report his mother's death to authorities.
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Brazil's former president exhausts appeals, to serve 27-year sentence
26 Nov 2025The former president has been under house arrest until Saturday, when he was detained at police headquarters in the capital for tampering with his ankle monitor.
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Peter Jackson's firm plays part in new extended Beatles Anthology
26 Nov 2025It's the same technology Jackson used to make The Beatles: Get Back documentary, which premiered in 2021.
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Four more arrested over Louvre heist
26 Nov 2025French authorities have arrested two men and two women, from Paris, in the probe into last month's spectacular daylight theft of imperial jewels from the museum, the top Paris prosecutor says.
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A volcano in Ethiopia erupted for the first time in 10,000 years
25 Nov 2025The long-dormant Hayli Gubbi volcano in the Afar region in Ethiopia's northeast roared to life, covering the neighboring villages in dust.
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'Nothing out of the ordinary' before deadly helicopter crash on Gold Coast
25 Nov 2025Former Sea World Helicopters employee Grace Hickey told a Queensland court she loaded passengers onto the aircraft on 2 January 2023.
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