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Fri, 12 Aug 2022 18:27:05 +1000
US Justice Department addresses the FBI raids on Donald Trump home
US Attorney-General confirms FBI investigating Donald Trump after raid on the former president's home

Fri, 12 Aug 2022 17:34:26 +1000
Man sentenced to life in Fiji prison for murdering Australian UN aid worker wife
Henri Lusaka was sentenced to life in prison for strangling Jennifer Downes to death before placing coins on her eyes and sending a photograph of her body to her father.

Fri, 12 Aug 2022 17:32:33 +1000
‘Urgent’: Strikes at Ukraine nuclear plant prompt UN chief to call for demilitarised zone
Ukraine’s Energoatom agency said the Zaporizhzhia complex has been struck five times, including near where radioactive materials are stored.

Fri, 12 Aug 2022 16:16:06 +1000
Attorney-General breaks silence on raid, Trump agrees search warrant be made public
Hours after Merrick Garland said he approved the decision to execute a search warrant, a US outlet reported agents were looking for documents relating to nuclear weapons.

Fri, 12 Aug 2022 16:00:09 +1000
Gunman who took hostages at Beirut bank to withdraw his money called ‘hero’
Bassam al-Sheikh Hussein took up to 10 people hostage in a bank in a desperate bid to withdraw his trapped savings to pay for his father’s medical bills.

Fri, 12 Aug 2022 15:51:29 +1000
Estonia to ban Russians, Latvia deems Russia ‘terrorist’ state
Estonia wants Russia “to be unable to continue its ordinary international life also at the level of its citizens,” Foreign Minister Urmas Reinsalu said.

Fri, 12 Aug 2022 15:49:21 +1000
Australian-born Kiribati judge fights ‘extraordinary’ deportation move
An Australian citizen and senior judge in Kiribati who is married to the opposition leader of the Pacific Island nation was detained by the government on Thursday.

Fri, 12 Aug 2022 15:30:00 +1000
‘Poisoned’: Trump’s troubled relationship with the keepers of US secrets
Trump’s behaviour led to such mistrust that officials who gave him classified briefings occasionally erred on the side of withholding some sensitive details from him.

Fri, 12 Aug 2022 14:31:45 +1000
Deputy shared graphic photos of dead Kobe Bryant at a bar: witness
A court in LA is hearing depositions in the privacy and public trust lawsuit brought by the NBA basketball star’s widow and other families.

Fri, 12 Aug 2022 11:58:30 +1000
‘A storm is gathering’: Balance of power shifts between China and Taiwan
China has gone from being an impoverished nation unable to repel Taiwan’s propaganda missions to posing the greatest threat to peace in Asia in generations.

Fri, 12 Aug 2022 11:03:53 +1000
Australian academic held in Myanmar reportedly pleads not guilty
Professor Sean Turnell, an economist, served as an adviser to Suu Kyi. They were both arrested when her elected government was ousted by the army last year. 

Fri, 12 Aug 2022 08:23:55 +1000
Social media model charged with murder of boyfriend
A social media model has been charged with fatally stabbing her boyfriend in Miami, Florida.

Fri, 12 Aug 2022 07:33:06 +1000
Social media model charged with killing boyfriend in Florida
The Florida prosecutor characterised the death as the culmination of a “tempestuous and combative relationship”.

Fri, 12 Aug 2022 07:03:33 +1000
Missing dog found after two months - 150 metres underground
Abby was quiet and relaxed as they moved her through the tight spaces, perhaps because she knew she was being rescued, said one caver.

Thu, 11 Aug 2022 21:06:53 +1000
Donald Trump invokes fifth amendment
Donald Trump has become the first president in US history to invoke the fifth amendment.

Thu, 11 Aug 2022 19:15:25 +1000
‘Wishful thinking’: Taiwan rejects China’s one country, two systems plan for the island
Taiwan’s foreign ministry said only its people can decide its future and China had used Nancy Pelosi’s visit to create “a new normality to intimidate” the island.

Thu, 11 Aug 2022 18:39:34 +1000
Japan Ambassador on China's 'shocking' military action around Taiwan
9News Political Editor Chris Uhlmann speaks to the Japanese Ambassador about China's military action around Taiwan.

Thu, 11 Aug 2022 16:57:28 +1000
N Korea claims miraculous win over COVID, says Kim suffered ‘a fever’
But there are plenty of holes in country’s miraculous comeback story.

Thu, 11 Aug 2022 15:55:05 +1000
Seoul to ban ‘Parasite’ type basement homes in wake of deadly floods
South Korea’s capital city is planning to phase out such dwellings that came to symbolise yawning inequality in the Oscar-winning film Parasite.

Thu, 11 Aug 2022 14:30:50 +1000
It will cost 2383% more to see Komodo dragons. Tour guides are furious
The hike in the entry fee to the Indonesian park where the giant lizards roam has tour operators striking and threatening to burn the houses of those who cross the picket line.



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