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• Sunak v Starmer: How different are the men who want to run Britain

  26-05-2024 21:45 via smh.com.au
  
  The contenders in the much anticipated July election will be doing their best to argue the other guy can’t be trusted.
  
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• German leader’s call to Putin ends Western isolation over Ukraine, infuriates allies

  16-11-2024 02:06 via smh.com.au
  
  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said this was “exactly what Putin wanted” after Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s conversation.
  
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• Vivek Ramaswamy’s government ‘efficiency’ would involve over 1 million lay-offs

  16-11-2024 01:00 via smh.com.au
  
  Trump tapped the pharma entrepreneur and Elon Musk to lead panel whose mission is to propose dramatic cuts to the federal workforce and spending.
  
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• Trump’s new ‘efficiency’ department could involve 1.65m government lay-offs

  16-11-2024 01:00 via smh.com.au
  
  Pharma entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy and billionaire Elon Musk have been tapped to co-lead a panel focused on dramatic cuts to the federal workforce and spending.
  
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• Trump weaponised the border crisis to get elected. Now he must deliver

  15-11-2024 20:00 via smh.com.au
  
  A 12-year-old was raped and killed by illegal immigrants. Her mother’s pain served as an illustration for Trump’s signature policy. But will he succeed in deporting 11 million people?
  
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• Murdoch’s Ruddicide will fail. Here’s why Trump will warm to our Kevin

  15-11-2024 19:00 via smh.com.au
  
  News Corp wants Kevin Rudd removed from his Washington post, but the envoy has already built a network within the Trump 2.0 White House.
  
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• Human in bear suit was used to defraud insurance companies, officials say

  15-11-2024 09:30 via smh.com.au
  
  A video in a California insurance claim appeared to capture a disturbing scene: a brown bear ransacking a Rolls-Royce.
  
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• A bit clingy? Trump jokes he ‘can’t get Elon Musk out of Mar-a-Lago’

  15-11-2024 09:30 via smh.com.au
  
  The president-elect’s aides have grown annoyed by the constant presence of the world’s richest man.
  
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• Trump’s cabinet is good, mad or indifferent, but above all loyal

  15-11-2024 06:18 via smh.com.au
  
  President-elect Donald Trump has picked an oddball Cabinet, buthow long will it hold?
  
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• Security fears as China opens huge port in Peru to extend Latin America reach

  15-11-2024 05:30 via smh.com.au
  
  Chinese involvement has drawn US warnings about Peru potentially being used by Chinese military ships as a foothold in the Americas.
  
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• He’s the vile QC who disgraced the church. At least I derailed his Australian mission

  15-11-2024 05:30 via smh.com.au
  
  Vile child abuser John Smyth, QC, and morals crusader Mary Whitehouse came to Australia in the 1980s to spread the word of “muscular Christianity”. I’m glad I could scuttle their attempt to meet the attorney-general.
  
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• Fake bear attacks for insurance payouts

  15-11-2024 04:39 via smh.com.au
  
  Operation Bear Claw in Los Angeles reveals suspects allegedly wore bear costume to commit insurance fraud
  
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• Four arrested after videos show fake bear attacks for insurance payouts

  15-11-2024 04:13 via smh.com.au
  
  Footage of someone in a bear suit searching luxury cars led to $140,000 in insurance payouts.
  
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• Prosecutors seek jail sentence for Marine Le Pen over EU jobs scandal

  15-11-2024 01:39 via smh.com.au
  
  The request puts the French far-right leader’s ability to participate in the 2027 presidential race at stake.
  
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• Making the Democrats great again might require a dash of Trumpism

  15-11-2024 01:30 via smh.com.au
  
  How to respond to Trump’s triumph recalls how the Democrats answered Reagan. Bill Clinton’s election-winning shift had Reaganite notes, but what made for good politics often made for terrible policy.
  
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• What to know about Robert F. Kennedy Jr, Trump’s pick for health secretary

  15-11-2024 00:05 via smh.com.au
  
  A scion of a famous Democratic dynasty, Kennedy made a name as an environmental attorney before turning against scientific consensus on a number of medical issues.
  
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• Haka interrupts New Zealand parliament

  14-11-2024 23:16 via smh.com.au
  
  A vote over a contentious treaty bill saw New Zealand MPs interrupt parliamentary proceedings with a spirited haka.
  
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• Trump to tap Robert Kennedy Jr to lead Health Department

  14-11-2024 21:51 via smh.com.au
  
  Trump’s nominee for attorney-general, Matt Gaetz, meanwhile, came under increasing scrutiny with calls to review an unreleased report examining allegations of sexual misconduct.
  
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• Trump taps Robert Kennedy Jr to lead Department of Health and Human Services

  14-11-2024 21:51 via smh.com.au
  
  Trump’s nominee for attorney-general, Matt Gaetz, meanwhile, came under increasing scrutiny with calls to review an unreleased report examining allegations of sexual misconduct.
  
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• Trump expected to tap Robert Kennedy Jr to lead Health Department: media report

  14-11-2024 21:51 via smh.com.au
  
  Trump’s nominee for attorney-general, Matt Gaetz, meanwhile, came under increasing scrutiny with calls to review an unreleased report examining allegations of sexual misconduct.
  
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• Soccer club ditches Musk’s ‘hate machine’ X ahead of German election

  14-11-2024 21:21 via smh.com.au
  
  St Pauli encouraged its 250,000 followers to switch to Bluesky, the rival social network championed by former Twitter chief executive Jack Dorsey.
  
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• Anxious Singapore urges Trump to stay engaged in South-east Asia

  14-11-2024 19:55 via smh.com.au
  
  Leaders across the globe are coming to terms with what a second Trump presidency will mean for their patch. Here, he’s among the three most important players.
  
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• Pressure mounts for release of ethics report on Matt Gaetz, Trump’s attorney-general pick

  14-11-2024 19:32 via smh.com.au
  
  Senator John Cornyn, who holds a top spot on the committee that will consider Gaetz’s nomination next year, said he “absolutely” wants to see the report.
  
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• Pressure mounts for release of ethics report on Matt Gaetz, Trump’s AG pick

  14-11-2024 19:32 via smh.com.au
  
  Senator John Cornyn, who holds a top spot on the committee that will consider Gaetz’s nomination next year, said he ‘absolutely’ wants to see the report.
  
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• Republicans win 218 House seats, giving Donald Trump control of government

  14-11-2024 09:42 via smh.com.au
  
  With hard-fought yet thin majorities, Republican leaders are envisioning a mandate to upend the federal government and swiftly implement Trump’s vision for the country.
  
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• Haka interrupts NZ parliament, MPs kicked out, as treaty bill arrives

  14-11-2024 08:42 via smh.com.au
  
  Tempers flared in New Zealand’s parliament during an extraordinary debate on the Treaty Principles Bill.
  
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• Parts of Spain again under water weeks after devastating floods

  14-11-2024 08:38 via smh.com.au
  
  Parts of Spain are again under water, two weeks after the country's worst flooding disaster in decades.
  
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• Tech billionaires, chat show hosts and old rivals: Who’s who in Trump’s administration?

  14-11-2024 05:53 via smh.com.au
  
  Donald Trump has announced a flurry of surprising cabinet selections as he prepares to return to the Oval Office.
  
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• Israel prepares Lebanon ceasefire plan as ‘gift’ to Trump, officials say

  14-11-2024 05:31 via smh.com.au
  
  Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could be aiming for a temporary agreement with Biden still in office, leaving a final settlement for Trump to take credit for, say analysts.
  
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• Why Melania Trump rejected Jill Biden’s White House invitation

  14-11-2024 05:30 via smh.com.au
  
  Melania Trump’s snub of Biden was particularly striking because the two husbands were meeting after exchanging ugly insults in a bitter campaign.
  
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