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Sun, 28 Aug 2022 17:59:58 +1000
Gallery: The best photos from around the world
The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors.

Sun, 28 Aug 2022 16:58:18 +1000
Princess Diana’s ‘ordinary’ car sells for extraordinary $1.1 million
Bidding was fierce for the one-of-a-kind Ford driven by the princess at a time when most royals chose luxury vehicles.

Sun, 28 Aug 2022 16:27:11 +1000
Scuba diving scientist shines a light on the world's deep sea reefs
A Scuba diving scientist has shone a light on the world's most previous and vibrant deep sea reefs and their fish.

Sun, 28 Aug 2022 13:23:57 +1000
Push to ban swimming pools makes waves in France
France, which has more private pools than any other country in Europe, has been gripped by a debate on whether they should be banned due to drought and water shortages.

Sun, 28 Aug 2022 12:36:40 +1000
US creates ambassador for the Arctic amid fears over Russian, Chinese ambitions
Russia has reopened hundreds of Soviet-era military sites in the region, NATO warned, while China has described itself as a “near-Arctic” state.

Sun, 28 Aug 2022 12:10:24 +1000
Amazonian leaders get a choice: Join the narcos or run for your lives
A life-changing series of events kicked off when a man calling himself “Fernando” with a Colombian accent proposed making a huge payment to the remote Indigenous community.

Sun, 28 Aug 2022 10:50:03 +1000
Donald Trump’s Truth Social media site faces financial peril
The company’s share price has plunged and warned its business could be damaged if Trump “becomes less popular or there are further controversies that damage his credibility”.

Sun, 28 Aug 2022 09:00:00 +1000
Ghanaian minister to face Cassius in Australia
Samuel Jinapor is expected to be confronted by Cassius’ directors over the $395 million lawsuit in Perth.

Sat, 27 Aug 2022 19:30:00 +1000
The colourful past of Cassius: Inside the Australian miner now in a $395 million battle
Two investors with criminal histories involving a 28-kilogram cocaine bust and a $16 million fraud were part of the team that has now been forced out of Ghana.

Sat, 27 Aug 2022 18:58:40 +1000
FBI says Trump mixed top secret docs with magazines and other items
Fourteen of the 15 boxes recovered from former President Donald Trump’s Florida estate early this year contained classified documents, according to an FBI affidavit.

Sat, 27 Aug 2022 18:22:05 +1000
Cabaret entertainer Hans in hospital after falling from stage on ship
Australian comedy and cabaret entertainer Hans has been injured after falling four metres from a stage on a cruise in Europe.

Sat, 27 Aug 2022 16:16:52 +1000
Rare earths producer Lynas attacked by China-linked bots
The attacks are focusing on Lynas’ environmental record in Malaysia in an attempt to turn public opinion against a new plant it’s building in Texas with US government funding.

Sat, 27 Aug 2022 15:13:29 +1000
‘State crime’: Six of 43 missing Mexican students kept alive in warehouse for days
The role of the army in the students’ disappearance has long been a source of tension between the families and the government in the dark chapter in Mexican history.

Sat, 27 Aug 2022 12:43:09 +1000
Fires burn near Ukrainian nuclear plant as fears of a radiation leak mount
Iodine tablets, which help block the absorption of radioactive iodine by the thyroid gland in a nuclear accident, were issued in the Ukrainian-controlled city of Zaporizhzhia.

Sat, 27 Aug 2022 11:20:04 +1000
Passport blunder exposes Russian spy who seduced NATO officers at parties
The agent - under the exotic but false name of Maria Adela Kuhfeldt Rivera - had been a fixture on the social circuit of the base in Naples, which is home to the US Navy’s Sixth Fleet.

Sat, 27 Aug 2022 10:39:09 +1000
‘Star Trek’ actress Nichelle Nichols’ ashes headed for solar orbit
Nichols is credited with helping shatter racial stereotypes and redefining Hollywood roles for black actors at the height of the US Civil Rights movement.

Sat, 27 Aug 2022 10:06:15 +1000
‘Political persecution’: Julian Assange files further appeal against extradition to US
Assange claims UK Home Secretary Priti Patel breached Britain’s extradition treaty when she agreed for his extradition to the United States to go ahead.

Sat, 27 Aug 2022 08:55:21 +1000
Affidavit for raid of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago property reveals concern for ‘top secret’ documents
The affidavit outlined the heightened alarm among federal authorities who feared that disclosure could compromise national security as well as “clandestine human sources”.

Sat, 27 Aug 2022 08:17:47 +1000
Court papers released on FBI’s search warrant of Trump’s Mar A Lago home
Court papers have been released explaining the FBI’s search warrant of former president Donald Trump’s Mar A Lago home.

Sat, 27 Aug 2022 05:00:00 +1000
A great historical wrong may soon be rectified
More than 200 statues and other historic artefacts, taken from the Parthenon in Athens by a British envoy almost 200 years ago, may finally be returned to Greece.



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