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Sat, 12 Nov 2022 18:58:49 +1100Twitter Blue signups unavailable after raft of fake accounts
Twitter's relaunched premium service, which grants blue-check “verification” labels to anyone willing to pay $8 a month, was unavailable on Friday.
Sat, 12 Nov 2022 18:53:31 +1100Ukraine celebrates as Russia withdraws from Kherson
Scenes of celebration in Ukraine as Russian troops officially withdraw from Kherson.
Sat, 12 Nov 2022 18:43:00 +1100Albanese to steer clear of Russian envoy in Bali, Ukraine asks for more aid
The prime minister, like other leaders, has been urged by the EU and UK to walk out when Russia addresses the G20. He met with Ukraine’s foreign minister in Cambodia instead.
Sat, 12 Nov 2022 17:10:14 +1100Democrats win key Arizona votes, Trump aims racist jab at another rival
As recriminations over the Republicans’ midterm results continue, Trump is lashing out at anyone rumoured to be considering a run for the White House.
Sat, 12 Nov 2022 15:39:50 +1100Jubilant Kherson residents reclaim streets after Russian withdrawal
Videos and photos on social media showed residents praising soldiers, waving Ukrainian flags and chanting in celebration.
Sat, 12 Nov 2022 15:16:31 +1100Ukraine’s Kherson victory will reshape the war
After losing his only regional capital, Putin now has a decision to make: negotiate or keep fighting.
Sat, 12 Nov 2022 13:39:53 +1100What to know about Ukraine’s move into Kherson city
Ukraine has said its troops were retaking the southern city of Kherson. The announcement followed weeks of costly Ukrainian advances in the south. What now?
Sat, 12 Nov 2022 12:38:46 +1100Oscar-winning Crash director Paul Haggis to pay $11m over rape claim
The jury sided with the victim after the James Bond screenwriter and filmmaker failed to prove the Church of Scientology was behind the allegations.
Sat, 12 Nov 2022 11:52:29 +1100Crypto darling FTX files for bankruptcy as wunderkind CEO exits
“I’m really sorry, again, that we ended up here,” founder Sam Bankman-Fried said in a series of tweets.
Sat, 12 Nov 2022 10:05:59 +1100Biden uses COP27 stage to vow crackdown on methane
In Egypt for COP27, the president said under his leadership the United States was back as the global leader on climate action.
Sat, 12 Nov 2022 05:00:00 +1100Australian Jews are changing their views on Israel. And they need a new voice
If so-called mainstream Zionist groups keep defending a fantasy Israel, they will be completely disconnected from many younger Australian Jews.
Sat, 12 Nov 2022 05:00:00 +1100Sensible America finally spoke, but ‘Trumpty Dumpty’ won’t shut up
The midterm elections have robbed the former president of his fear factor, but Trump is far from finished.
Sat, 12 Nov 2022 05:00:00 +1100Why Ron DeSantis has become the man Donald Trump should fear the most
Four years after riding the Trump train, Ron DeSantis’s ambitions have grown. But so has the tension with the former president whose endorsement propelled him into the national spotlight.
Sat, 12 Nov 2022 05:00:00 +1100The day I had a beer with Lord Lucan ... I think
It all came back this week with the news that a computer scientist claimed to have verified that a pensioner living in Brisbane was the one and only aristocrat who had vanished, suspected of murder.
Fri, 11 Nov 2022 19:08:21 +1100Rare and deadly hurricane hits Florida
A rare and deadly hurricane has slammed into the east coast of Florida where locals are cleaning up from Hurricane Ian.
Fri, 11 Nov 2022 18:39:17 +1100Ukraine cautious about Russia’s announcement to withdraw
Ukraine is reacting with caution to Russia announcing it is withdrawing from the southern city of Kherson.
Fri, 11 Nov 2022 18:27:39 +1100Russian wives go to battlefield to rescue husbands as 100,000 soldiers reported killed
Yulia said the commander of her husband’s company told her only 30 out of 200 men had survived a Ukrainian attack. Her husband was “crying for help”, she said.
Fri, 11 Nov 2022 18:22:57 +1100Australian emissions more than triple the entire Pacific region’s
A new emissions tracker, launched by ex-US vice president Al Gore, brings bad news.
Fri, 11 Nov 2022 15:55:19 +1100'At 1am they deprived us of our only son': Artem, 11, and other victims of Russia's indiscriminate attacks
Russia's attacks on southern Ukraine have been devastatingly inaccurate, hitting apartment blocks, killing civilians in their sleep and leaving residents in liberated towns too scared to venture from their homes. Photography by Sydney Morning Herald ...
Fri, 11 Nov 2022 15:36:43 +1100Bali locks down and prays as Widodo bids to broker peace for Ukraine
Seventeen visiting heads of state, 20,000 delegates, 18,000 soldiers and police, 14 warships, plus fighter jets, have transformed the holiday island.