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• Prince Harry accused of widespread harassment and bullying

  30-03-2025 21:18 via smh.com.au
  
  Prince Harry's been accused of harassment and bullying at scale after quitting a charity that he set up.
  
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• Musk in public spat with Trump’s top adviser over tariffs

  06-04-2025 18:46 via smh.com.au
  
  The world’s richest man attacked Peter Navarro, the president’s hawkish pro-tariff trade adviser who has been a bete noire of Australia in negotiations.
  
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• Video contradicts Israel's claims over aid worker deaths

  06-04-2025 10:41 via smh.com.au
  
  Israel's account of a shooting in Gaza, in which 15 aid workers were killed, is being contradicted by new video of the attack.
  
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• Tens of thousands protest against Trump

  06-04-2025 10:41 via smh.com.au
  
  Just months after he was voted back into the White House, tens of thousands of Americans have taken to the streets, protesting against Donald Trump.
  
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• World of photos, April 7, 2025

  06-04-2025 09:01 via smh.com.au
  
  The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by SMH picture editors
  
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• Guardians of famed Scotch whisky want to ensure Australians are getting what they pay for

  06-04-2025 08:45 via smh.com.au
  
  In a rapidly evolving global market, protecting this centuries-old product has become a full-scale legal battle.
  
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• How the West was lost by Trump, a predator upon his own allies

  06-04-2025 05:30 via smh.com.au
  
  Donald Trump has abandoned “the West” and, with it, America’s role as “leader of the free world”.
  
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• Video emerges of aid workers being killed in Gaza

  06-04-2025 04:04 via smh.com.au
  
  A new video has emerged of the killing of more than a dozen aid workers in Gaza that appears to contradict Israel's version of events.
  
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• Israel admits initial account of medic killings was partly ‘mistaken’ after phone footage emerges

  06-04-2025 03:44 via smh.com.au
  
  The video appeared to contradict Israel’s earlier version of events, which said the vehicles were “advancing suspiciously” without headlights or emergency signals.
  
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• Protesters tee off against Trump and Musk in ‘Hands Off!’ rallies across the US

  06-04-2025 01:35 via smh.com.au
  
  From the National Mall and Midtown Manhattan to Boston Common and multiple state capitols, thousands of protesters assailed Trump and billionaire Elon Musk’s actions.
  
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• Angry protesters from New York to Alaska assail Trump and Musk in ‘Hands Off!’ rallies

  06-04-2025 01:35 via smh.com.au
  
  The day of demonstrations is the biggest yet by an opposition movement trying to regain its momentum after the shock of Trump’s first weeks in office.
  
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• Trillions wiped from world financial markets

  05-04-2025 12:21 via smh.com.au
  
  Trillions-of-dollars have been wiped off markets around the world, as Donald Trump's tariffs continue to cause economic turmoil.
  
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• Myanmar chief feted by leaders as bombs fall

  05-04-2025 06:46 via smh.com.au
  
  As the junta leader shook hands in Bangkok, the UN said it had received 14 reports of attacks despite a promised halt to the bombing after the earthquake.
  
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• Junta chief feted by leaders as bombs fall

  05-04-2025 06:46 via smh.com.au
  
  As the junta leader shook hands in Bangkok, the UN said it had received 14 reports of attacks – including from aircraft, drones and artillery – despite a promised halt to the bombing after the earthquake.
  
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• Rare mass grave of Roman soldiers under soccer field points to birth of Vienna

  05-04-2025 05:59 via smh.com.au
  
  Twenty centuries ago, Roman soldiers battled Germanic tribes in present day Vienna. Their rare remains suggest a catastrophic military confrontation and hasty retreat.
  
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• Myanmar junta accused of ‘hoax’ ceasefire as shunned general welcomed back by regional powers

  05-04-2025 03:47 via smh.com.au
  
  As the junta leader shook hands in Bangkok, the UN said it had received 14 reports of attacks – including from aircraft, drones and artillery – despite a promised halt to the bombing after the earthquake.
  
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• After $10.4 trillion wipeout, US expected to fall into recession ‘under weight of tariffs’

  05-04-2025 02:41 via smh.com.au
  
  While the White House says Trump’s plan is working, some Republicans have joined Democrats to introduce a bill to terminate new tariffs unless the US Congress approves them.
  
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• Australian sugar gliders dumped in Scotland, carrying joeys

  05-04-2025 00:51 via smh.com.au
  
  The small marsupials, native to Australia and Papua New Guinea, were likely pets found abandoned in a box outside a supermarket
  
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• How Trump's trade war will hit the economy

  04-04-2025 23:01 via smh.com.au
  
  Political scientist Simon Jackman explains how Donald Trump's trade war will impact the economy.
  
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• Australian among astronauts returned from space flight

  04-04-2025 22:35 via smh.com.au
  
  Australian astronaut Eric Phillips is safely back on earth this morning, splashing down off the coast of California, after spending four days in orbit.
  
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• Russell Brand charged with rape and sexual assault

  04-04-2025 22:14 via smh.com.au
  
  British police charged actor and comedian Russell Brand with rape and multiple counts of assault over a number of allegations between 1999 and 2005.
  
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• Trump extends lifeline for TikTok amid growing trade war with Beijing

  04-04-2025 21:19 via smh.com.au
  
  The US president acknowledged the tariffs on China may complicate a potential deal, and said he did not want the app to “go dark” in the meantime.
  
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• After ‘Adolescence’: How a TV show made Britain confront its problem with lost boys

  04-04-2025 20:00 via smh.com.au
  
  Boys are falling into a dangerous world full of anger and entitlement, experts say, and it shouldn’t take a TV show to stop it.
  
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• Russell Brand charged by UK police with rape and sexual assault

  04-04-2025 16:00 via smh.com.au
  
  The charges follow an 18-month investigation that was sparked when four women alleged they had been assaulted by the controversial comedian.
  
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• China fires back with 34 per cent tariffs on American goods

  04-04-2025 13:55 via smh.com.au
  
  Beijing’s response, its most comprehensive to date in the ratching tit-for-tat tariff exchange, signals it has no intention of surrendering to US President Donald Trump’s punitive trade measures.
  
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• China fires back at Trump with 34 per cent tariffs on American goods

  04-04-2025 13:55 via smh.com.au
  
  Beijing’s response, its most comprehensive to date in the ratcheting tariff exchange, signals it has no intention of surrendering to the US president’s punitive trade measures.
  
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• Markets in turmoil after Trump's tariffs

  04-04-2025 07:30 via smh.com.au
  
  Global markets are in turmoil as the world tries to come to grips with Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs.
  
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• Trump ousts national security boss after meeting with conspiracy theorist

  04-04-2025 07:12 via smh.com.au
  
  A US official said Laura Loomer, a far-right activist and outside adviser to President Donald Trump, called for Timothy Haugh’s removal during an extraordinary meeting in the Oval Office.
  
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• Danish PM addresses US on Greenland

  04-04-2025 06:44 via smh.com.au
  
  At a media event in Greenland, Mette Frederiksen switched to speaking in English to make a direct appeal to the US.
  
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• Dramatic fall for former star lawyer who went from political novice to president in just a year

  04-04-2025 05:58 via smh.com.au
  
  South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol’s political rise was fast. But his downfall was even faster.
  
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