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• Trump’s made nationalism great again, just not in America

  11-04-2025 11:30 via smh.com.au
  
  Rather than jingoistic chest-thumping, Trumpism has stirred a stoical civic pride in the things that differentiate individual countries from the US.
  
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• There is a solution to Donald Trump’s baby problem - he should resign

  23-04-2025 11:00 via smh.com.au
  
  There is a problem of declining birthrates across many wealthy countries, but the nations where it has collapsed have one thing in common.
  
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• Pope Francis to be moved to St Peter's Basilica

  23-04-2025 10:44 via smh.com.au
  
  Mourners have gathered in the Vatican City as Pope Francis is expected to be moved to St Peter's Basilica.
  
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• What you need to know about the funeral of Pope Francis

  23-04-2025 09:39 via smh.com.au
  
  The Pope has left his Vatican residence for the last time in a solemn procession that will enable the public to pay their final respects before Saturday’s funeral.
  
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• Cardinals and bishops accompany pope’s coffin to St Peter’s Basilica

  23-04-2025 09:39 via smh.com.au
  
  The pope has left his Vatican residence for the last time, in a solemn procession that will enable the public to pay their final respects before Saturday’s funeral.
  
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• Trump shift on China tariffs only adds to the confusion he creates

  23-04-2025 08:57 via smh.com.au
  
  US President Donald Trump’s ill-thought tariff polices look even sillier now he has floated lowering his 145 per cent tariffs on Chinese goods.
  
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• Gunmen kill dozens of tourists at resort deemed ‘mini-Switzerland’ in disputed Kashmir

  23-04-2025 07:20 via smh.com.au
  
  Indian police said at least four gunmen they described as militants fired at dozens of tourists from close range, killing at least 26.
  
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• Ricardo took a wrong turn after picking up a McDonald’s delivery. It was a fateful error

  23-04-2025 06:37 via smh.com.au
  
  Delivery driver Ricardo Prada Vásquez was heading to a customer’s address in Detroit when he found himself on a bridge that leads to Canada. What happened next upended his life.
  
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• What you need to know about the pope’s funeral

  23-04-2025 05:41 via smh.com.au
  
  Dozens of world leaders are expected to attend the funeral for Pope Francis in St Peter’s Basilica.
  
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• Van Minh Nguyen flew to Australia in Operation Babylift

  23-04-2025 05:02 via smh.com.au
  
  Van Minh Nguyen was nine when he was among thousands of children flown out of Saigon in 1975 as part of Operation Babylift.
  
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• John Fanderlinden flew the last plane out of Saigon on Anzac Day 1975

  23-04-2025 04:58 via smh.com.au
  
  On the 50th anniversary of an Anzac Day like no other, the last Australian air force pilot to leave Vietnam speaks for the first time.
  
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• Danish princess reveals 18th birthday portrait. One detail sets it apart

  23-04-2025 03:57 via smh.com.au
  
  The daughter of Australian-born Queen Mary and King Frederik X has caused a stir online after posing for a strikingly modern photograph that breaks with royal protocol.
  
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• Pope Francis’ care for others reflected the best of all of us

  23-04-2025 03:38 via smh.com.au
  
  As a Jew, I was always impressed by Pope Francis’ commitment to reach out to other communities, and people with no religious affiliations.
  
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• Security stepped up in Kashmir after deadly attack on tourists

  23-04-2025 01:38 via smh.com.au
  
  Security stepped up in Indian-controlled Kashmir after deadly attack on tourists
  
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• Multiple deaths feared after gunmen fire on tourists in Kashmir

  23-04-2025 01:38 via smh.com.au
  
  Multiple deaths are feared after gunmen indiscriminately fired at tourists in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Tuesday, officials said, with police calling it a “terror attack" and blaming militants fighting against Indian rule.
  
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• Indian police say gunmen kill at least 26 tourists in disputed Kashmir

  23-04-2025 01:37 via smh.com.au
  
  Indian police say gunmen kill at least 26 tourists at a resort in disputed Kashmir
  
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• Trump says he will ‘substantially’ cut China tariffs as trade war bites

  23-04-2025 00:10 via smh.com.au
  
  The US president has flagged that he will lower his unprecedented 145 per cent tariffs on Chinese goods and “won’t play hardball”.
  
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• Gunmen kill dozens of tourists at resort in disputed Kashmir

  22-04-2025 22:11 via smh.com.au
  
  Indian police said at least four gunmen they described as militants fired at dozens of tourists from close range, killing at least 26.
  
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• Pope raised a hand in farewell before falling into fatal coma, Vatican reveals

  22-04-2025 21:42 via smh.com.au
  
  The details mark the first time the Vatican has disclosed how the pontiff spent his final hours, ending speculation about the sudden nature of his passing.
  
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• Pope raised a hand in farewell before falling into coma, Vatican reveals

  22-04-2025 21:42 via smh.com.au
  
  The details mark the first time the Vatican has disclosed how the pontiff spent his final hours, ending speculation about the sudden nature of his passing.
  
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• Vatican announces Pope Francis' funeral will be held on Saturday

  22-04-2025 21:20 via smh.com.au
  
  The Vatican has confirmed details on when Pope Francis' funeral will take place, with Prince William among guests.
  
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• Millions of Catholics mourn Pope Francis

  22-04-2025 21:14 via smh.com.au
  
  Millions of Catholics are mourning Pope Francis, who died just hours after his final public appearance for Easter.
  
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• The untold story of the last Australian plane out of Saigon

  22-04-2025 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  On the 50th anniversary of an Anzac Day like no other, the last Australian air force pilot to leave Vietnam speaks for the first time.
  
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• Vatican announces plans for Pope's funeral

  22-04-2025 11:14 via smh.com.au
  
  Pope Francis' funeral has been set for Saturday in St Peter's Square, to be celebrated by the dean of the College of Cardinals.
  
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• Pope Francis death as it happened: PM suspends election campaign, Trump to attend funeral after leader of Catholic Church dies aged 88

  22-04-2025 10:22 via smh.com.au
  
  Pope Francis, the reforming head of the Catholic Church, has died at the age of 88. Follow our coverage.
  
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• Crowds gather to pay respects to Pope Francis

  22-04-2025 08:27 via smh.com.au
  
  Crowds have gathered in the Vatican City to pay their respects to Pope Francis.
  
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• World leaders pay respects to Pope Francis

  22-04-2025 08:25 via smh.com.au
  
  Leaders around the globe have paid their respects to the late pontiff.
  
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• Cardinals rush to Rome to prepare for Pope’s funeral and conclave

  22-04-2025 07:58 via smh.com.au
  
  As church bells tolled across Rome to mark Pope Francis’s death, cardinals from across the world began making their way to the Vatican and will hold their first meeting within hours.
  
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• Hegseth has bounced into another hot mess but Trump seems inclined to sack the wrong guy

  22-04-2025 03:56 via smh.com.au
  
  Rather than taking a hard look at his troubled defence secretary, the president is studying how he could fire the Federal Reserve chairman for failing to cut interest rates.
  
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• Sex, spies and a stalker: The campaign to pardon the woman at heart of infamous scandal

  22-04-2025 03:48 via smh.com.au
  
  Christine Keeler’s story is so notorious it featured in the Netflix hit The Crown and helped usher the Swinging Sixties into Britain. Her son just wants to clear her name.
  
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