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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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• Operation begins to recover a sunken superyacht off Sicily

  04-05-2025 22:24 via smh.com.au
  
  Complex recovery begins off Sicily of superyacht that sunk and killed seven, including UK tech magnate and his daughter.
  
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• Brazilian police thwart planned bomb attack at Lady Gaga concert

  04-05-2025 22:19 via smh.com.au
  
  Brazilian police say they have thwarted a bomb attack which was planned for Lady Gaga's historic concert in Rio de Janeiro.
  
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• US President Donald Trump dismisses recession fears

  04-05-2025 22:05 via smh.com.au
  
  US President Donald Trump has dismissed concerns that his global tariffs could lead to a recession.
  
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• Gratitude isn’t acceptable among Trump’s cabinet. It’s mandatory

  04-05-2025 21:05 via smh.com.au
  
  Critics look at the US president’s star line-up and see a group of people that bear more resemblance to North Korean generals than a traditional US cabinet.
  
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• Popemobile converted into clinic for Gaza’s wounded children

  04-05-2025 17:55 via smh.com.au
  
  An iconic popemobile once used by Pope Francis will be deployed on a very different mission – serving as a mobile health clinic for children in Gaza.
  
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• Massive hail storm hammers Paris

  04-05-2025 08:18 via smh.com.au
  
  A hail storm has wreaked havoc in Paris, France, with massive hail stones and flash flooding causing the closure of several metro stations.
  
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• Indian navy holds missile drills as tensions with Pakistan rise

  04-05-2025 06:28 via smh.com.au
  
  The Indian navy has held test missile launches amid rising tensions with neighbour Pakistan.
  
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• Singapore’s ruling party extends its unbroken six-decade rule

  04-05-2025 04:07 via smh.com.au
  
  The outcome will be seen as a public endorsement of Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, after the opposition failed to extend gains made in previous contests.
  
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• Singapore’s ruling party dominates again, boosting new PM

  04-05-2025 04:07 via smh.com.au
  
  The outcome will be seen as a public endorsement of Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, after the opposition failed to extend gains made in previous contests.
  
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• Chimney up, Sistine Chapel primped as cardinals prepare to elect next pope

  04-05-2025 03:33 via smh.com.au
  
  The complex and secretive election process is set to begin this week, following the death of Pope Francis.
  
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• Trump posts AI-generated photo of himself as pope, drawing internet outrage

  04-05-2025 01:56 via smh.com.au
  
  Donald Trump posted the image just days after joking he would “like to be pope” and less than a week after attending Pope Francis’ funeral.
  
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• Singapore’s ruling party wins election, official results show

  03-05-2025 20:21 via smh.com.au
  
  Singapore’s People’s Action Party (PAP) won its 14th successive election on Saturday with 87 of 97 seats in parliament, according to results from the election commission, extending its six-decade rule over the Asian financial hub.
  
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• ‘Take a​n​ Uber’: Pentagon helicopter ‘scenic’ flight force​s aborted landings at​ crash airport

  03-05-2025 08:30 via smh.com.au
  
  Two commercial flights were impeded by an army helicopter, just months after 67 people were killed in an eerily similar incident at the same Washington airport.
  
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• German spy agency brands main opposition party as ‘extremist’. The US is not happy

  03-05-2025 04:23 via smh.com.au
  
  A report found the far-right AfD to be racist and anti-Muslim, allowing security services step up monitoring. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said it was “tyranny in disguise”.
  
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• Prince Harry wants reconciliation with father

  02-05-2025 23:50 via smh.com.au
  
  After losing his UK legal fight, Prince Harry told the BBC he wants to reconcile with the royal family, including his father King Charles.
  
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• ‘We’ve had Labour for lunch’: Farage’s Reform UK party delivers political earthquake

  02-05-2025 21:30 via smh.com.au
  
  Nigel Farage is no longer the clown lobbing bricks from outside the circus tent. He’s now got a foot inside — and he’s brought the cannon.
  
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• Prince Harry says he wants reconciliation with royals as he loses UK legal fight

  02-05-2025 20:39 via smh.com.au
  
  The Duke of Sussex said that he wanted reconciliation with the British royal family but his father King Charles will not speak to him over a row over his security.
  
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• Prince Harry ‘devastated’ after losing UK legal fight over police protection

  02-05-2025 19:15 via smh.com.au
  
  The Duke of Sussex has lost his legal challenge to Britain changing his security arrangements after he stepped down from royal duties.
  
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• Russel Brand arrives in London court

  02-05-2025 11:09 via smh.com.au
  
  Russel Brand has arrived in a London to face rape and sexual assault charges.
  
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• All aboard Gaza aid flotilla confirmed safe after NGO reports drone attack

  02-05-2025 10:05 via smh.com.au
  
  The Freedom Flotilla Coalition uploaded video footage showing a fire on one of its ships but did not indicate who could have been responsible for the attack.
  
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• ‘Skimp on the Barbie’: Murdoch US tabloid skewers Trump tariffs with Aussie jibe

  02-05-2025 03:51 via smh.com.au
  
  Donald Trump’s throwaway line about children having fewer dolls has gone viral in the US, and was spoofed on the front page of one of his favourite newspapers using a phrase Americans still associate with Australia.
  
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• Children rescued from four-year COVID ‘horror house’ lockdown

  02-05-2025 03:30 via smh.com.au
  
  The kids – eight-year-old twins and a 10-year-old – appeared amazed that they were finally allowed outdoors, breathing deeply and touching the grass.
  
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• ‘They fired the wrong guy’: Blowtorch turns to Hegseth as Waltz pays for Signalgate

  02-05-2025 02:39 via smh.com.au
  
  US President Donald Trump has removed national security adviser Mike Waltz from his post and sent him off to be an ambassador to the United Nations, a body the president holds in contempt.
  
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• Ethel is the world’s oldest living person. This is the secret to her longevity

  01-05-2025 21:59 via smh.com.au
  
  She’s the oldest-known Briton to ever live and the last surviving subject of Edward VII.
  
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• Actor and comedian Russell Brand prepares to front court on assault allegations

  01-05-2025 21:29 via smh.com.au
  
  Russell Brand, the well-known comedian and actor, prepares to front London court on assault allegations.
  
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• US national security adviser replaced by Donald Trump

  01-05-2025 21:19 via smh.com.au
  
  US President Donald Trump's national security adviser, Mike Waltz, is being replaced after the so-called signal gate scandal.
  
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• ‘The world should know what happened to her – and why’

  01-05-2025 11:20 via smh.com.au
  
  Viktoriia left home to investigate a story in August 2023. She was never seen again. Now her parents know what happened.
  
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• ‘She knew the risks. She did it anyway’: The brutal detention and death of a young Ukrainian journalist

  01-05-2025 11:20 via smh.com.au
  
  The body of 27-year-old Viktoriia Roshchyna was returned to Ukraine in February, nearly five months after Russian authorities said she had died during a prison transfer
  
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• Trump says Ukraine deal discussed in meeting at Pope’s funeral

  01-05-2025 08:21 via smh.com.au
  
  A new agreement will give America preferential access to Ukraine’s critical minerals, while providing Kyiv with some assurance about continued US support.
  
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