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  • Stuck NASA astronauts one step closer to home after SpaceX crew-swap launch

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    World space
    15 Mar 2025
    CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA - JUNE 05: NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test Commander Butch Wilmore (L) and Pilot Suni Williams walk out of the Operations and Checkout Building on June 05, 2024 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The astronauts are heading to Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft, which sits atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket at Space Launch Complex 41 for NASA’s Boeing crew flight test to the International Space Station.   Joe Raedle/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by JOE RAEDLE / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

    SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida carrying four astronauts who will replace Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams.

    Stuck NASA astronauts one step closer to home after SpaceX crew-swap launch
  • SpaceX calls off flight to retrieve astronauts

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    World
    13 Mar 2025
    In this photo from NASA, astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams appear inside the vestibule between the forward port on the International Space Station's Harmony module and Boeing's Starliner spacecraft in June.

    After an eight-day stay turned into nine months in space, astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams were due to finally return to Earth.

    SpaceX calls off flight to retrieve astronauts stuck in space
  • Trump triggers trade war, price hikes with tariffs on Canada, China and Mexico

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    5 Mar 2025
    US Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) and Vice President JD Vance (L) applaud as US President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on March 4, 2025. (Photo by Win McNamee / POOL / AFP)

    In an address to Congress, Trump said further tariffs would follow, including "reciprocal tariffs" and non-tariff actions aimed balancing out years of trade imbalances. Video

    Trump triggers trade war, price hikes with tariffs on Canada, China and Mexico
  • Seven decades on, Marshall Islands still reeling from nuclear testing legacy

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    Pacific Marshall Islands
    4 Mar 2025
    The Marshall Islands experienced 67 known atmospheric nuclear tests between 1946 and 1958, resulting in an ongoing legacy of death, illness, and contamination.

    The Micronesian nation experienced 67 known atmospheric nuclear tests between 1946 and 1958, resulting in an ongoing legacy of death, illness, and contamination. Audio

    Seven decades on, Marshall Islands still reeling from nuclear testing legacy
  • Fact check: Zelensky has thanked the US at least 33 times

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    World conflict
    2 Mar 2025
    The US and Ukrainian flags appear behind Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky during a press conference with US President Joe Biden at the East Room of the White House, in Washington, DC, on December 21, 2022. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP)

    During a combative meeting US President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance berated Zelensky for being insufficiently thankful. Here are 33 examples of the Ukrainian President thanking the US.

    Fact check: 33 times Zelensky thanked Americans and US leaders
  • US congressman wants end to Chinese visa-free travel

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    Pacific
    17 Feb 2025
    A snorkeler enjoys the waters of the CNMI.

    Wisconsin lawmaker Tom tiffany wants the Homeland Security to put a stop to a Biden-era policy that allows Chinese tourists to enter the CNMI and Guam without applying for a US visa.

    US congressman wants end to Chinese visa-free travel to CNMI, Guam
  • Trump to create religious office in White House

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    World politics
    7 Feb 2025
    CWA president Penny Nance led the group in prayer with former President Trump after his speech

    The US president has previously claimed that the Biden administration used the federal government to target Christians specifically.

    Trump to create religious office in White House to target 'anti-Christian bias'
  • Trump deportations roil Pacific waters

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    Pacific Marshall Islands
    6 Feb 2025
    US President Donald Trump speaks to journalists in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on January 30, 2025.

    Donald Trump administration's aggressive action to deport illegal aliens is reverberating around the Pacific, writes Giff Johnson.

    Trump deportations roil Pacific waters
  • No clear reason yet for Washington air disaster that killed 67, officials say

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    World
    31 Jan 2025
    An American Eagle plane lands at Reagan National Airport as investigators use a temporary shed to gather pieces of wreckage after American Airlines flight 5342 on approach to the airport collided with a US Army helicopter, near Washington, DC, on January 30, 2025. There are likely no survivors from a collision between a passenger jet and US Army helicopter in Washington, officials said Thursday, as recovery operations pulled 28 bodies from the river into which both crashed.

    Authorities say it is not yet clear why a jet crashed into an Army helicopter, killing 67 people in the deadliest US air disaster in more than 20 years.

    No clear reason yet for Washington air disaster that killed 67, officials say
  • No survivors after jet, helicopter crash in US

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    World
    31 Jan 2025
    Rescue boats search the waters of the Potomac River after a plane on approach to Reagan National Airport crashed into the river outside Washington, DC, January 30, 2025. A regional jet from Kansas crashed into Washington's Potomac River after colliding mid-air with a military helicopter near Reagan National Airport, officials said January 29, prompting a major emergency response and grounding all flights. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)

    Twenty-eight bodies have been recovered so far, and officials do not believe there are any survivors. Audio

    Potomac crash: More than 60 dead in Washington after jet, helicopter collide
  • No survivors after jet, helicopter crash in US

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    World
    31 Jan 2025
    Rescue boats search the waters of the Potomac River after a plane on approach to Reagan National Airport crashed into the river outside Washington, DC, January 30, 2025. A regional jet from Kansas crashed into Washington's Potomac River after colliding mid-air with a military helicopter near Reagan National Airport, officials said January 29, prompting a major emergency response and grounding all flights. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)

    Twenty-eight bodies have been recovered so far, and officials do not believe there are any survivors.

    Potomac crash: More than 60 dead in Washington after jet, helicopter collide
  • Trump names Australia basketball team owner new Ambassador to NZ

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    Politics world
    25 Jan 2025
    CAIRNS, AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 19: Illawarra Hawks owner Jared Novelly is seen in the crowd during the round five NBL match between Cairns Taipans and Illawarra Hawks at Cairns Convention Centre, on October 19, 2024, in Cairns, Australia. (Photo by Emily Barker/Getty Images)

    US President Donald Trump has announced the new US Ambassador to New Zealand, as Minister for Foreign Affairs Winston Peters speaks to the new US Secretary of state.

    Winston Peters speaks with new US Secretary of State
  • Flights cancelled for refugees who were slated to travel to US

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    World
    23 Jan 2025
    DULLES, VIRGINIA - AUGUST 31: An Afghan boy walks with a U.S. service member as he and his family are led through the Dulles International Airport to board a bus that will take them to a refugee processing center after being evacuated from Kabul following the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan on August 31, 2021 in Dulles, Virginia. The Department of Defense announced yesterday that the U.S. military had completed its withdrawal from Afghanistan, ending 20 years of war.   Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by Anna Moneymaker / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

    Refugees who were slated to travel to the United States after a years-long and often cumbersome process have had their flights cancelled, according to a State Department memo.

    Flights cancelled for refugees who were slated to travel to US
  • Police officer bashed in Capitol riot fears freed attackers will come after him

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    World
    22 Jan 2025
    NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 28: Former DC police officer Michael Fanone outside of Manhattan Criminal Court on May 28, 2024 in New York City. Closing arguments begin in former U.S. President Trump's hush money trial. The former president faces 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in the first of his criminal cases to go to trial.  David Dee Delgado/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by David Dee Delgado / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

    Michael Fanone, who was beaten and repeatedly tasered at the US Capitol, has asked for court protection after Donald Trump pardoned the rioters.

    Police officer bashed in 6 January Capitol riot fears freed attackers will come after him
  • Trump supporters who stormed US Capitol begin to leave prison after pardons

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    World
    22 Jan 2025
    WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 21: Stewart Rhodes, Oath Keepers founder, poses for a portrait after being released last night after spending the past 3 years in Cumberland, Maryland at the Federal Correctional Institution on January 21, 2025 in Washington, DC. On January 20th, Donald Trump pardoned around 1,500 criminal defendants who were charged in the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

    US President Donald Trump's pardon has quashed hundreds of pending cases with leaders of the far-right Proud Boys and Oath Keepers among those pardoned.

    Trump supporters who stormed US Capitol begin to leave prison after pardons
  • The promise of a 'golden age' amid a flurry of divisive orders

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    World world politics
    21 Jan 2025
    US President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on 20 January 2025. (Photo by Jim WATSON / POOL / AFP)

    Donald Trump has clamped down on immigration and pardoned supporters who attacked the US Capitol on his return to the White House.

    Trump delivers first day blitz while promising a new 'golden age' for US
  • Melania Trump's hat steals the show at inauguration

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    World life and society
    21 Jan 2025
    US President-elect Donald Trump kisses Melania Trump as he arrives for the inauguration ceremony before he is sworn in as the 47th US President in the US Capitol Rotunda in Washington, DC, on January 20, 2025.

    The only sign that this was the coldest inauguration ceremony in 40 years came from her black leather gloves. But it was the millinery that turned heads. Video

    Melania Trump's boater-style hat and other key inauguration looks
  • Trump outlines sweeping border crackdown

    News 21 Jan 2025
    US President-elect Donald Trump takes the oath of office from US Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts.

    Trump, a Republican, recaptured the White House after promising to intensify border security and deport record numbers of migrants.

    Trump outlines sweeping border crackdown, mass deportation push
  • Watch: Donald Trump's full 2025 inauguration speech

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    World
    21 Jan 2025
    US President Donald Trump delivers his inaugural address after being sworn in as the 47th president of the United States in the Rotunda of the US Capitol on January 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. Trump takes office for his second non-consecutive term as the 47th president of the United States. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla / POOL / AFP)

    Trump said he was "saved by God" from an assassination attempt to make America great again.

    Watch: Donald Trump’s full 2025 inauguration speech, with the full text
  • Donald Trump says he was 'saved by God' to rescue America in inauguration speech

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    World world politics
    21 Jan 2025
    (L-R) US Vice President J.D. Vance applauds as President Donald Trump raises his fist after finishing his remarks after being sworn in as the 47th President in the US Capitol Rotunda in Washington, DC, on January 20, 2025. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / POOL / AFP)

    Donald Trump has pledged to rescue America from what he described as years of betrayal and decline, portraying himself as a national saviour chosen by God.

    Donald Trump says he was 'saved by God' to rescue America in inauguration speech
  • Biden issues last-minute preemptive pardons for targets of Trump's ire

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    World world politics
    21 Jan 2025
    Anthony Fauci, director of National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, pictured in the US Capitol, Washington DC, on 11 May 2022.

    The president issued pardons for Liz Cheney and Anthony Fauci as he left office.

    Joe Biden issues preemptive pardons for Liz Cheney, Anthony Fauci
  • Trump's comeback will begin with a blast of executive power

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    World Comment & Analysis
    21 Jan 2025
    US President-elect Donald Trump takes the oath of office from U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts.

    Analysis - Donald Trump will flex one of the most intense demonstrations of presidential power, seeking to change America's course by sundown.

    Analysis: Donald Trump’s comeback will begin with a blast of executive power
  • How will history remember Joe Biden?

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    World
    20 Jan 2025
    US President Joe Biden speaks during a Sunday service at the Royal Missionary Baptist Church in North Charleston, South Carolina, on January 19, 2025.

    As Biden was making one final lap this week, his appearances belied a grim reality: This is not how he'd hoped his career in Washington would end.

    Biden leaves office nostalgic about five-decade career, and frustrated by how it ended
  • Ceasefire brings hope in Gaza; freed Israeli hostages reunited with mothers

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    World conflict
    20 Jan 2025
    Displaced Palestinians waving national flags cheer as they return to Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on January 19, 2025, hours after a ceasefire deal in the war between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas was expected to be implemented. (Photo by Eyad BABA / AFP)

    "The nightmare of death and starvation is over," one displaced woman says, as the Red Cross retrieves hostages freed under the deal.

    Ceasefire brings hope in Gaza; freed Israeli hostages reunited with mothers
  • Israel, Hamas ceasefire followed by airstrikes on Gaza, residents say

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    World war
    16 Jan 2025
    Smoke billows over buildings in Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, during Israeli bombardment on January 10, 2024, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. (Photo by AFP)

    While people celebrated the pact, Israel's military escalated attacks after the announcement, the civil emergency service and residents said.

    Israel, Hamas ceasefire accord followed by airstrikes on Gaza, residents say
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