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• Saudi Arabia officially named 2034 World Cup host nation after no alternative country came forward

  12-12-2024 02:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The acclamation of football nations, rather than a vote, brings to an end a rapid 14-month process which has seen the Middle East nation make an unrivalled march to win the right to host the finals.
  
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• Reason Australian home prices are predicted to drop in the coming months

  12-12-2024 05:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Aussies could see a dip in property prices next year
  
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• Elon Musk slams Justin Trudeau after prime minister calls Trump's victory a setback for women's progress

  12-12-2024 05:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Elon Musk brutally insulted Justin Trudeau after the Canadian prime minister called the re-election of Donald Trump a setback for women's rights.
  
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• Top fashion designer Wayne Cooper will fight assault charge against his new wife after alleged incident in Bondi

  12-12-2024 05:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Fashion designer Wayne Cooper will contest a domestic violence charge stemming from allegations he assaulted his new wife Elizabeth Adams.
  
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• High-profile Melbourne man accused of rape - as rumours of his identity swirl among celebrity community

  12-12-2024 05:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Rumours of the identity of a high-profile Melbourne man ordered to stand trial for rape are swirling among Australia's celebrity community.
  
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• Major update on baby injured in horrific home invasion

  12-12-2024 04:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Northern Territory's Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro has come under fire after an alleged home invasion baby seriously injured.
  
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• Unbelievable amount the Albanese government has spent on producing six podcasts - and most Aussies will never have heard of them before

  12-12-2024 04:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A Freedom of Information request revealed the Australian Public Service Commission paid the whopping sum in September to a non-profit think thank.
  
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• Why a 23-year-old Aussie landlord pulled out of buying a house just days after signing a contract

  12-12-2024 04:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Harley Giddings said his dream to own four properties by the age of 24 had been dashed this week after a deal for a home in regional Queensland fell through.
  
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• Sara Sharif: Fifteen missed chances to save murdered youngster include bruises on face

  12-12-2024 04:49 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Sara Sharif was beaten to death four years after taxi driver Sharif was awarded custody, despite accusations of abuse against him, but chances to save her were missed
  
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• Neighbours outraged over 'entitled' bin act on garbage collection day in Sydney: 'It's a jerk move'

  12-12-2024 04:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A visually impaired resident took a photo of the entitled rubbish bin act at Carlton, in Sydney's south.
  
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• Funeral director Miles Hartford faces more charges as cops find corpse in a hearse he'd kept outside for two years

  12-12-2024 04:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Miles Harford, 34, a once-popular Colorado funeral home director, hid a dark secret that was finally uncovered in February. He disappeared briefly while he was charged in the incident,
  
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• Incredible moment CNN's Clarissa Ward rescues 'hidden prisoner' in Assad's hellhole jail while searching for American journalist Austin Tice

  12-12-2024 04:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  CNN's Clarissa Ward witnessed firsthand the incredible moment an incarcerated man at one of former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's notorious prisons became a free man.
  
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• Donald Trump nominates Kari Lake to lead U.S. federal media arm

  12-12-2024 04:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  President-elect Donald Trump has selected former Arizona Senate candidate and MAGA ally Kari Lake to lead the U.S.'s state media outlet Voice of America.
  
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• Bold push for new Australian flag without the Union Jack

  12-12-2024 04:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Hundreds of Australians are advocating for a new national flag that would unite us all under one banner.
  
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• Hilarious note from the late Queen reveals misbehaving corgi pups carried out very naughty act

  12-12-2024 03:58 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The remarkable collection, which includes more than 60 Christmas cards and New Year cards sent out by the royals between the 1970s and 1990s, is set to sell for £8,000 at auction
  
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• 'The stuffing on my Morrisons Christmas dinner nearly left me choking'

  12-12-2024 03:57 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Morrisons has introduced its café's Christmas dinner - weeks after Asda, Tesco, M&S and other supermarkets - but one part was "very dry and uninspired," according to a shopper
  
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• What happened to Jim Carrey's $300M fortune? Comedian only filmed new Sonic flick because he 'needs the money'

  12-12-2024 03:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jim Carrey may have once been the king of Hollywood paychecks, but these days, he's a bit more elusive on the silver screen. He admits his return to Sonic has to do with paying bills.
  
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• New twist in Nancy Mace 'assault' as witnesses reveal what happened between GOP Rep. and transgender activist

  12-12-2024 03:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A day after claiming she was 'physically accosted' by a pro-trans activist and posing for photos in a cast to prove it, eyewitnesses are casting doubt on Rep. Nancy Mace 's account.
  
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• Mystery drone invasion sparks 'state of emergency' in New Jersey with warning Iranian mothership lurks offshore

  12-12-2024 03:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The mysterious swarms of drones in New Jersey have sparked calls for a 'state of emergency' until answers are given about the thousands of bizarre sightings across the region since November.
  
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• Sara Sharif's broken mother speaks out in the wake of the 10-year-old's father's guilty verdict - and wishes the same torture that the schoolgirl endured on the 'monster'

  12-12-2024 03:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sara Sharif's mother said she is in a state of disbelief hearing about the abuse Urban Sharif inflicted on his daughter, saying it is not 'human'.
  
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• Too many Brits work in bureaucratic jobs and we've lost our entrepreneurial edge, says Tory leader Kemi Badenoch (before declaring war on sandwiches)

  12-12-2024 03:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Conservative Party leader bemoaned the rise of the 'bureaucratic' class and said Britain needed to return to its 'entrepreneurial' roots.
  
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• Young woman tragically dies after celebrating her graduation in Melbourne

  12-12-2024 03:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  'Everything was just going right, you know? And everything just collapsed.'
  
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• UnitedHealthcare Group boss' sparks fury in leaked email to staff after CEO Brian Thompson's shooting

  12-12-2024 03:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The CEO of the parent company that oversees UnitedHealthcare called murdered former CEO Brian Thompson 'one of the good guys' in a memo to staff.
  
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• Sara Sharif's fugitive family hid in corn fields in desperate bid to escape justice

  12-12-2024 03:08 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Sara Sharif's father, Urfan Sharif, stepmother Beinash Batool and uncle Faisal Malik fled to Pakistan with other children after Sara died at the family home in Woking, Surrey
  
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• The six-word text message that saw an Aussie mum lose thousands to cruel scammers posing as her estranged son

  12-12-2024 03:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Heijin had not been in contact with her 25-year-old son Daniel Lee for several years when she received a six-word text message from an unknown number in August.
  
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• Gen-Z turn their backs on traditional Christmas dinner in favour of fried chicken, pizza and cheesecake

  12-12-2024 03:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Around 54 per cent of people aged 18 to 27 said the big Christmas feast needs a modern makeover to stay relevant.
  
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• ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS: What are the worst uses of grammar in a popular song?

  12-12-2024 03:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  However, she would have been wise to have paid attention to Topol, who correctly sang If I Were A Rich Man in Fiddler On The Roof.
  
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• Trainee firefighter who failed exam 'became a woman because the pass mark was lower' - and was successful

  12-12-2024 03:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The candidate, known as David L Y, initially failed to pass the exam as a man. But shortly after receiving the news, it has been claimed the firefighter announced they were changing gender.
  
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• The Nazi who helped build Assad's torture regime: SS monster died in Damascus after decades of freedom despite killing more than 100,000 Jews for Hitler

  12-12-2024 03:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Alois Brunner, once the world's most wanted Nazi, spent his final years in a cell in Damascus, where he was given the choice of an egg or a tomato to eat each day.
  
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• Only those with superb observational powers can find hidden pretzel in girl's living room

  12-12-2024 03:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Discover whether you have elite observational skills and laser sharp vision with this fiendish pretzel-themed brainteaser that has to be solved in just 20 seconds or less
  
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