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  • G7 adopts spending plan to rival China's influence

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    World business
    13 Jun 2021
    Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson (L) listen to US President Joe Biden at a working sesssion during the G7 summit in Carbis Bay, Cornwall on June 12, 2021.

    G7 countries say they will support poorer countries in a "values-driven" and transparent partnership.

    G7 summit: Spending plan to rival China adopted
  • The Week in Detail: The Queen's big bash, newsprint shortages and the PM's US trip

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    4 Jun 2022

    The Detail brings you the issues that matter every weekday. Here's what we covered this week.

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    The Week in Detail: The Queen's big bash, newsprint shortages and the PM's US trip
  • Zelensky vows Ukraine will do everything in 2025 to stop Russia

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    1 Jan 2025
    This handout picture taken and released by Ukrainian Presidential Press Service on 26 December, 2024 shows Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (L) stands for the National anthem of Ukraine during an award ceremony in Kyiv, amid the Russian invasion in Ukraine. (Photo by Handout / UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL PRESS SERVICE / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / HANDOUT / UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL PRESS SERVICE" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

    The Ukrainian leader's address caps a difficult year for the war-battered country.

    Zelensky vows Ukraine will do everything in 2025 to stop Russia
  • George Floyd murder suspect has bail set at $1.25m

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    9 Jun 2020
    Booking photos of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin

    The white police officer is accused of killing the black man whose death sparked global protests.

    George Floyd murder suspect Derek Chauvin has bail set at $1.25m
  • 'Stop the pain', Floyd's brother tells US Congress

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    11 Jun 2020
    Philonise Floyd, brother of George Floyd, testifies before the House Judiciary Committee on police brutality and racial profiling on 10 June 2020.

    The brother of the African American man whose death in police custody has sparked global protests has urged the US Congress to pass reforms on police brutality and "stop the pain".

    George Floyd's brother urges US Congress to pass police reforms
  • Trump picks daughter's father-in-law as top advisor

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    2 Dec 2024
    Tiffany Trump, pictured at the Republican convention in Milwaukee on July 15.

    Massad Boulos will be the new administration's adviser on Arab and Middle Eastern affairs.

    Donald Trump picks Massad Boulos to serve as adviser on Arab, Middle Eastern affairs
  • Ukraine fires US long-range missiles into Russia for first time

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    20 Nov 2024
    File photo. This handout photo taken on October 5, 2022 and released by South Korea's Defence Ministry in Seoul shows the Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) firing a missile from an undisclosed location on South Korea's east coast during a South Korea-US joint live-fire exercise aimed to counter North Korea’s missile test.

    Ukraine say it had struck an arms depot around 110 km inside Russia. Audio

    Ukraine hits Russia with US missiles for first time on war's 1000th day
  • Harris faces sexism, racism in struggle to secure union votes

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    1 Nov 2024
    LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - OCTOBER 18: Union workers applaud as they attend a campaign rally for U.S. Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-NV) at Carpenters Local 1977, one day after Rosen debated her opponent, Nevada Republican U.S. Senate candidate Sam Brown, on October 18, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Early voting in the battleground state for the general election starts on October 19 and continues through November 1.   Ethan Miller/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by Ethan Miller / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

    Most labour unions have long supported Democratic candidates, but Trump is making inroads, posing a challenge for Harris.

    Kamala Harris struggles to secure men's support in labour unions
  • Six months into Gaza war, Israel faces deepening isolation

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    5 Apr 2024
    Left-wing protestors hold a sign that says "ceasefire now, this war must end" at a demonstration for a ceasefire and hostage deal outside the Knesset in Jerusalem on March 31, 2024. (Photo by Emily Glick / Middle East Images / Middle East Images via AFP)

    Six 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.

    Six months into Gaza war, Israel faces deepening isolation
  • UK judge rejects extradition of Assange to US

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    5 Jan 2021
    In this file photo taken on May 19, 2017 Wikileaks founder Julian Assange raises his fist prior to addressing the media on the balcony of the Embassy of Ecuador in London on May 19, 2017.

    A British judge has ruled against the extradition of the WikiLeaks founder, saying his mental health problems meant he would be at risk of suicide.

    UK judge rejects extradition of Julian Assange to United States
  • Salman Rushdie reportedly awake; attacker's movements probed

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    14 Aug 2022
    A file picture of Salman Rushdie speaking at a Positive Economy Forum in Le Havre in France in 2016. He was stabbed on stage while speaking at an event in New York on 13 August 2022.

    Acclaimed author Salman Rushdie remained hospitalized with serious injuries but is reportedly awake and removed from a ventilator a day after he was repeatedly stabbed at a public appearance in New…

    Salman Rushdie stabbing suspect charged with attempted murder
  • 'Prepping' for disaster diversifies as more Americans lose trust

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    10 Mar 2024
    A storage room stacked with food is seen at Fortitude Ranch in Mathias, West Virginia, on March 13, 2020. The narrow, worn track in West Virginia, close to the foothills of the Appalachians, leads to a camp set back in the woods, where a group of US survivalists began preparing for the collapse of civilization long before the arrival of the new coronavirus that has brought so much of the world to a halt. The Fortitude Ranch's motto embraces both End Times and more normal times: "Prepare for the Worst... Enjoy the Present!" Members have up to two weeks each year to revel in this rural retreat, enjoying nature, hiking or trout fishing in the appropriately named Lost River. (Photo by NICHOLAS KAMM / AFP)

    The prepper movement has doubled in size since 2017, and its proponents increasingly come from outside the far right.

    US 'prepper' culture diversifies amid fear of disaster and political unrest
  • Henry Puna wants another crack at Pacific Islands Forum top job

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    Pacific
    26 Jan 2023
    Henry Puna

    The current Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) wants another term in the job.

    Henry Puna wants another crack at Pacific Islands Forum top job
  • Is China's economy a 'ticking time bomb'?

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    31 Aug 2023
    QINGZHOU, CHINA - AUGUST 27, 2023 - A worker welds at a temperature control equipment manufacturing enterprise in Qingzhou Economic Development Zone, East China's Shandong province, Aug. 27, 2023. On the same day, the National Bureau of Statistics released data, from January to July, the total profit of industrial enterprises above designated size in the country was 3,943.98 billion yuan, down 15.5% year-on-year, and the decline was 1.3 percentage points narrower than that in January to June. (Photo by Costfoto/NurPhoto) (Photo by CFOTO / NurPhoto / NurPhoto via AFP)

    The past six months has brought a stream of bad news for China's economy: Slow growth, record youth unemployment, low foreign investment, weak exports and currency, and a property sector in crisis.

    Is China's economy a 'ticking time bomb'?
  • A timeline of Donald Trump's US presidency

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    21 Jan 2021
    President Donald Trump speaks to supporters at Joint Base Andrews before boarding Air Force One for his last time as President.

    Since descending from the golden escalator in the Trump Tower in 2015, it's been a wild ride and like him or loathe him, Donald Trump's presidency will be one for the history books.

    A timeline of Donald Trump's US presidency
  • Hurricane Helene: more than 100 dead, millions without power and communications

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    1 Oct 2024
    OLD FORT, NORTH CAROLINA - SEPTEMBER 30: Storm damaged cars sit along Mill Creek in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene on September 30, 2024 in Old Fort, North Carolina. According to reports, at least 90 people have been killed across the southeastern U.S., and millions are without power due to the storm, which made landfall as a Category 4 hurricane on Thursday. The White House has approved disaster declarations in North Carolina, Florida, South Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, Virginia and Alabama, freeing up federal emergency management money and resources for those states.   Sean Rayford/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by Sean Rayford / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

    Authorities are rushing to check on those missing in parts of North Carolina.

    100 dead, more missing after Hurricane Helene hits US
  • UN says many bullet wounds among Gaza convoy injured

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    World war
    2 Mar 2024
    Palestinians run along a street as humanitarian aid is airdropped in Gaza City on March 1, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Hamas militant group. For months, aid workers have warned of an increasingly desperate situation for Gazan civilians, and on February 26 an official from the UN humanitarian office OCHA said widespread starvation was "almost inevitable". (Photo by AFP)

    Many of the people treated for injuries following a rush on an aid convoy in Gaza on Thursday suffered gunshot wounds, the UN has said.

    UN says many bullet wounds among Gaza convoy injured
  • Trump calls on Alabama to protect IVF treatment after court ruling

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    24 Feb 2024
    Former US President and 2024 presidential hopeful Donald Trump attends a 'Get Out the Vote' Rally in Conway, South Carolina, on 10 February, 2024.

    Donald Trump has said he supports the availability of IVF treatment, joining a growing number of Republicans who are seeking to distance themselves from an Alabama court ruling on the issue.

    Trump calls on Alabama to protect IVF treatment after court ruling
  • 'I love you' - Navalny's wife pays tribute

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    World war
    19 Feb 2024
    An image posted by Yulia Navalnaya on Instagram of her and husband Alexei Navalny.

    The Russian dissident, 47, died last week after a walk at the "Polar Wolf" penal colony in the Arctic.

    'I love you,' Navalny's widow Yulia says beside a picture of them together
  • Israel-Gaza war: Hamas responds to proposed Gaza ceasefire plan

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    World conflict
    7 Feb 2024
    Smoke billows during Israeli bombardment in Rafah on the southern Gaza Strip on February 6, 2024 amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. (Photo by Mahmud Hams / AFP)

    The details of the deal - set out by Israel, the US, Qatar and Egypt - have not been released.

    Israel-Gaza war: Hamas responds to proposed Gaza ceasefire plan
  • Indiana abortion doctor: Caitlin Bernard fined for speaking about 10-year-old

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    World health
    27 May 2023
    Lindsey Mauldin, Vice President of Advocacy and Public Policy at Planned Parenthood, speaks at a "Bans Off Our Bodies" abortion rights rally at Old Bucks County Courthouse in Doylestown, Pennsylvania on September 29, 2022. In Pennsylvania, the northeastern US state where a tight battle for a Senate seat is shaping up that could give Republicans a majority in the Senate, Democrats have clearly identified the stakes and their campaign sometimes takes on the appearance of a referendum to save abortion rights. With bans or restrictions on abortion rights in neighboring states, "patients are coming in from Ohio or West Virginia," Mauldin tells AFP, making "Pennsylvania a vital state for providing this care in the Northeast." (Photo by ANGELA WEISS / AFP)

    A US doctor who provided an abortion to a 10-year-old rape victim has been fined by a medical board after speaking to media about the case.

    Indiana abortion doctor: Caitlin Bernard fined for speaking about 10-year-old
  • Pacific Islands Forum chairman 'reassured' over massive nuclear submarine deal

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    Pacific
    11 Apr 2023
    US President Joe Biden (R) meets with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (L) during the AUKUS summit at Naval Base Point Loma in San Diego California on March 13, 2023. - AUKUS is a trilateral security pact announced on September 15, 2021, for the Indo-Pacific region. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP)

    The Pacific Islands Forum chairman has been assured by the US that the AUKUS agreement will honour the Treaty of Rarotonga after initially saying he felt it would go against it.

    Pacific Islands Forum chairman 'reassured' over massive nuclear submarine deal
  • 'People's Convoy' rolls into Washington DC

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    World Covid-19
    6 Mar 2022
    An aerial view of a huge USA flag is seen as 'The People's Convoy' are seen in Hagerstown of Maryland, United States on March 5, 2022 as they are planned head to nation's capital on Sunday.

    More than a thousand large trucks, recreational vehicles and cars are gathering on the outskirts of Washington as part of a protest against Covid-19 restrictions.

    Trucks, RVs and cars flock to Washington area to protest Covid-19 restrictions
  • Michigan school shooting: Student kills three and wounds eight

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    1 Dec 2021
    Oxford High students stand holding candles during a vigil after a shooting at Oxford High School at Lake Pointe Community Church in Lake Orion, Michigan.

    A 15-year-old has killed three fellow students and injured eight others, including a teacher, in a high school shooting in the US state of Michigan.

    Michigan school shooting: Student kills three and wounds eight
  • Hostages freed after stand-off at Texas synagogue

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    World crime
    16 Jan 2022
    Colleyville law enforcement sit parked near the Congregation Beth Israel synagogue in Colleyville, Texas.

    All the remaining hostages being held at a synagogue in Colleyville, Texas, were safely released on Saturday night more than 10 hours after a gunman disrupted a religious service and began a tense…

    Hostages freed after stand-off at Texas synagogue
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