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West faces 'authoritarian' alliance, says NATO head
7 Apr 2024Jens Stoltenberg says Russia, Iran, China and North Korea are increasingly aligned against Western democracies.
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Planes collide at Heathrow, no one hurt
7 Apr 2024Two planes have collided at Heathrow Airport, causing damage to both aircraft.
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Ecuador police storm Mexican embassy, seize former VP
7 Apr 2024Former vice president Jorge Glas, who is wanted on corruption charges, was granted asylum and had been staying at the embassy since December.
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Solar eclipse offers a window into the universe's secrets
7 Apr 2024Eclipse fever is building in North America, but for some those minutes of darkness will be an opportunity for often impossible science experiments - a chance to unravel the secrets of our universe.
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Israeli troops recover slain Gaza hostage, Egypt to host new truce talks
7 Apr 2024Hamas said it would take part in a new round of ceasefire talks in Cairo.
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Capitol rioters' families draw hope from Trump's promise of pardons
6 Apr 2024Every night since August 2022, a small crowd has gathered outside the Washington DC Central Jail, through frigid winter nights and under spring rain, to protest against the US justice system.
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Sierra Leone declares emergency over drug kush - made from human bones
6 Apr 2024Rampant use of kush, a psychoactive blend of addictive substances, has led Sierra Leone's president to declare a national emergency.
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More than 150 rescued from floodwaters in NSW deluge
6 Apr 2024Multiple rainfall records have been smashed by the deluge and scores rescued from floodwaters.
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'He was ours' - Seattle remembers Kurt Cobain on 30th anniversary of his death
6 Apr 2024Fans from around the world descended on Seattle this week to pay tribute to Kurt Cobain 30 years after the troubled lead singer of the seminal grunge rock band Nirvana took his own life.
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NZ-NATO deal to be settled in 'coming months' - Winston Peters
5 Apr 2024The Foreign Minister made the comments following meetings in Belgium.
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New York earthquake 'very strange and surreal' experience, NZer says
6 Apr 2024A New Zealander living in New York says the magnitude 4.8 quake that rocked the north-east US reminded her of home.
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Roads crack, flights grounded as rare earthquake hits US east coast
6 Apr 2024The Statue of Liberty swayed as a "violent rumble" swept through New York.
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Israel dismisses UN resolution on possible war crimes as 'distorted text'
6 Apr 2024The United Nations Human Rights Council has called for Israel to be held accountable for possible war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Gaza Strip,
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Biden surveys collapsed Baltimore bridge, third victim found
6 Apr 2024US President Joe Biden took an aerial tour of the collapsed Baltimore bridge that is blocking a key East Coast shipping lane, and he pledged federal help in rebuilding the span.
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NY police to pay $17.5m over hijab mugshot row
6 Apr 2024More than 3600 people are eligible for pay-outs in the class action case led by two Muslim women who were forced to remove their hijabs while having mugshots taken.
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Muhammad Ali's 'Thrilla in Manila' trunks expected to sell for $10m
6 Apr 2024Ali's iconic white satin shorts are up for sale with renowned auction house Sotheby's.
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Israeli military dismisses two officers over deadly drone strikes on aid workers
6 Apr 2024The strikes killed seven aid workers who were on a food delivery mission.
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Ukraine war: Six Russian planes destroyed by drones, says Kyiv
6 Apr 2024Ukraine has carried out a drone attack against targets in southern Russia.
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Six months into Gaza war, Israel faces deepening isolation
5 Apr 2024Six months into the war in Gaza, the killing of a group of aid workers summed up the dire humanitarian crisis and the lack of a clear way out of a conflict leaving Israel increasingly isolated.
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Taiwan earthquake rescuers face threat of landslides, rockfalls as death toll at 12
5 Apr 2024Rescuers in Taiwan faced the threat of further landslides and rockfalls in their search on Friday for a dozen people still missing from this week's earthquake, as the death toll rose to 12 and some of…
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Weather expected to worsen in NSW, Queensland
5 Apr 2024People are being urged to stay home and dozens of flights and trains have been cancelled as heavy rain continues in New South Wales.
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Samsung: Tech giant sees profits jump by more than 900%
5 Apr 2024Samsung Electronics says it expects its profits for the first three months of 2024 to jump by more than 10-fold compared to a year earlier.
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GPS disabled as Israel raises alert over Iran threat
5 Apr 2024GPS is being blocked across swathes of Israel in order to disrupt missiles and drones, as tensions rise with Iran.
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New cause of asthma damage revealed
5 Apr 2024UK scientists say they have found a new cause behind much of the damage asthma causes.
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