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Sun, 19 May 2024 18:57:36 +1000
NRL star’s father sent hidden drugs from Mexico, investigators believe
More details have emerged about the alleged crimes of Australian man Gregor Johann Haas, who was arrested in the Philippines on Wednesday.

Sun, 19 May 2024 18:49:25 +1000
Huge meteor captured over northern Portugal
What appears to be a huge meteor has been filmed streaking over northern Portugal.

Sun, 19 May 2024 16:38:01 +1000
Is the gold mime spying on us? In Pakistan, it’s not a strange question
In Pakistan, where people live in fear of powerful security services, conspiracy theories have long been embraced. Did you know Osama Bin Laden was Jewish?

Sun, 19 May 2024 16:30:00 +1000
I attended the Sea Power Conference. On behalf of Australia, I was embarrassed
Inexcusably, not a single officer of our Navy had bothered to travel from Canberra to attend our AUKUS partner’s principal naval strategic forum.

Sun, 19 May 2024 13:35:14 +1000
Australian hospitalised after being injured in mass shooting
Gunmen opened fire on a market in a tourist area in central Afghanistan, killing six and wounding four, including an Australian.

Sun, 19 May 2024 12:08:02 +1000
‘Make America Godly Again’: Christians refuse to lose faith in Trump
Donald Trump is increasingly leaning into religion, and his support is as strong as ever among evangelicals and other conservative Christians.

Sun, 19 May 2024 11:29:35 +1000
As Japan’s yakuza weakens, a new type of criminal emerges: tokuryu
Unorganised and loosely connected criminals – some hired on social media – are believed to be behind a series of crimes once dominated by yakuza.

Sun, 19 May 2024 11:24:23 +1000
More than 700 Kyles got together. It wasn't enough for a record
The city of Kyle in Texas attempted to break the world record for the largest gathering of people with one name.

Sun, 19 May 2024 09:19:05 +1000
Israeli war cabinet fractures as Gantz gives Netanyahu June 8 ultimatum
Benny Gantz, a popular centrist member of Israel’s three-member war cabinet, threatened to resign from the government if it doesn’t adopt a new plan for the war in Gaza.

Sun, 19 May 2024 07:04:29 +1000
Paradise lost is just not cricket for burnt beachfront investors
Paul’s Warehouse owner Paul Dwyer brought in Steve Waugh to help promote a luxury hotel development in Sri Lanka. Seven years later it’s unfinished and mired in controversy.

Sun, 19 May 2024 05:30:00 +1000
Putting together the peaces
In the face of a terrible war in Gaza, a group of bereaved Israelis and Palestinians are agitating jointly for peace, and their message is carrying to the world.

Sun, 19 May 2024 05:30:00 +1000
Tuvalu is being swallowed by the ocean. Its people face a difficult choice
Climate change is devastating this island nation. Has Australia thrown it a lifeline?

Sun, 19 May 2024 05:00:00 +1000
Why Israel is losing the PR war
We are witnessing an epoch-defining communications disaster.

Sat, 18 May 2024 19:09:31 +1000
World of photos, May 19, 2024
World of photos, May 19, 2024

Sat, 18 May 2024 18:55:38 +1000
Video emerges of rapper Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs allegedly assaulting partner
Confronting vision has emerged of disgraced rapper Sean "Diddy" Combs allegedly assaulting his former partner inside a hotel.

Sat, 18 May 2024 18:20:52 +1000
Australians stranded in New Caledonia ‘running out of food’ amid civil unrest
Penny Wong said the government was working with authorities in France and New Caledonia, to find a way for Australians to safely leave the island.

Sat, 18 May 2024 16:41:09 +1000
Netflix boss misled parliament over truth of Baby Reindeer story, MP claims
A Scottish National Party MP wants the streaming giant to substantiate its claims that a stalker who inspired the fictional character was convicted.

Sat, 18 May 2024 15:44:28 +1000
Video appears to show Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs beating singer Cassie in hotel hallway
The video from 2016 is the latest in a months-long series of public allegations and revelations of physical and sexual violence against the hip-hop mogul.

Sat, 18 May 2024 13:10:02 +1000
Trucks are rolling across a new pier into Gaza. But some fear it’s a diversion from the real crisis
The $480m US-built pier has been welcomed by aid groups, but there is a fear it may be diverting attention from the surging humanitarian crisis in Gaza.

Sat, 18 May 2024 09:14:53 +1000
Japan’s laws have changed. Now its society must too
Dozens of Australian parents and children have been caught in this outdated, cruel system. Now the Japanese government has finally relented.

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