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New Solomon Islands prime minister elected
Jeremiah Manele's victory signals a return of the incumbent government formerly headed by Manasseh Sogavare.
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Israel supporters attack pro-Palestinian camp at US protest
6:31 am todayPolice were deployed while video showed people wielding sticks or poles to hammer on wooden boards being used as makeshift barricades.
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Harvey Weinstein will be retried after rape conviction overturned
7:04 am todayThe New York judge said he expected the retrial to be held after 2 September.
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School praises 'gentle character' killed in sword attack
7:25 am todayThe 14-year-old died in hospital after being stabbed in London where four other people, including two police officers, were seriously injured.
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US author Paul Auster dies aged 77
1 May 2024US author Paul Auster, who wrote the New York Trilogy mystery novels, has died at the age of 77.
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Police arrest pro-Palestinian protesters in US university raid
1 May 2024Officers have entetred a Columbia University hall and nearby protest encampment, putting more than 50 detainees onto a bus.
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'Lock your doors': London sword attack witnesses describe horror and screams
1 May 2024Sickening images being shared among people in London reveal in unforgiving detail an attack in which a 14-year-old was killed.
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Plastic-eating bacteria can help waste self-destruct
1 May 2024Scientists make a self-destructing plastic using plastic-eating bacteria in a sci-fi like development.
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King Charles shares 'shock' of cancer diagnosis with patients
1 May 2024The King told patients at a London cancer centre that he was doing all right.
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Peters still trying to find out what Aukus Pillar 2 is really about
9:45 am todayThe Foreign Minister says he is continuing work started by the previous Labour government. Audio
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Binance crypto boss sentenced to 4 months in prison
Changpeng Zhao resigned from Binance in November and pleaded guilty to violating US money laundering laws.
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Trump fined, threatened with jail as trial continues
1 May 2024The judge overseeing the former US president's hush money trial said he would consider jailing Trump if he continued to violate a gag order.
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Boy, 14, dies after 'truly horrific' sword attack in London
1 May 2024Eyewitnesses described seeing the suspect run through London streets with a sword before he was tasered by police.
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Ex-Google workers say firings for protesting Israel contract were illegal
1 May 2024The group of former Google workers have filed a complaint with the US National Labor Relations Board over their termination.
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'Big privacy concern': Qantas investigates customers accessing others' info in app
One passenger said they could see another customer's name on their app as well as their boarding pass for a flight.
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US police investigate whether more than one shooter involved in officers' deaths
1 May 2024Four officers from the US Marshals Office were killed while serving an arrest warrant in North Carolina on Monday.
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Australian regulator examines possible contamination of Indian spice mixes
Australia's food safety agency is collecting information on the possible contamination of spice mixes sold by MDH and Everest.
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Indonesia's Ruang volcano erupts again, alert status at highest
30 Apr 2024Indonesia's Ruang volcano spewed "explosive" flows of incandescent lava into the night sky.
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Thousands stranded as Australian airline weighs its future
Australia's newest budget airline suspended all its flights on Tuesday, to discuss "the ongoing viability" of its business model.
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Columbia students defy deadline to disband pro-Palestinian encampment
30 Apr 2024New York City's Columbia University has begun suspending students involved in a pro-Palestinian protest on campus after they defied a deadline to disperse.
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Thousands of Kiwi Indians excluded from voting in election
19 Apr 2024With nearly 968 million people expected to vote, India's 2024 general election will be the world's largest.
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Tensions grow as China ramps up mining for green tech
30 Apr 2024China has taken big stakes in mines across the world extracting minerals vital to the green economy.
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King Charles returns to public engagements
30 Apr 2024The King and Queen Camilla are to visit a hospital and specialist cancer centre, in a public show of support for staff, patients and ongoing research work.
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Gérard Depardieu to stand trial over sexual assault allegations
30 Apr 2024The French actor was summoned to a police station in Paris and prosecutors now say he will be tried.
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Humza Yousaf quits as Scotland's first minister
30 Apr 2024Just days ago, Yousaf insisted he would win the confidence votes and "absolutely" lead the SNP into the general election and the 2026 Holyrood election.
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NZ and Türkiye pledge cooperation during natural disasters
27 Apr 2024The two countries have "a long history of coming to each other's aid", including after the 2023 Turkish earthquakes, Winston Peters says.
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Musk visits China in bid for self-driving car deal
29 Apr 2024The news came after a US report tied Tesla's autonomous driving modes to at least 13 crashes, involving one death.
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Gaza war: US 'hopeful' Hamas will accept Israel's new ceasefire offer
The proposal includes a 40-day truce in return for the release of hostages and the prospect of displaced families being allowed back to northern Gaza.
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