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Australia fuel supply strong, no plans to ration
The Aussies have 38 days of petrol, and 30 days of diesel and jet fuel, despite the cancellation of six fuel shipments from Asia.
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Musk suspected of encouraging deepfakes to inflate X value
4:03 pm todayFrench prosecutors have shared their concerns with the US Department of Justice, as well as a US financial market regulation body.
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Trump adds to his list of insensitive comments on the dead
12:25 pm todayAnalysis - For years, US President Donald Trump has offered crass and insensitive comments about people who died - especially his foes.
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Horror won big at the 2026 Oscars - it's time the genre was taken seriously
6:24 am todayThe horror genre rose from the grave to win big at this year's Academy Awards.
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Hundreds rescued, evacuated as catastrophic flash floods hit Hawaii
1:17 pm todayThe storm could end up costing more than US$1 billion in damage across the public and private sectors statewide.
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Iran missile hits Israeli town, home to nuclear site
11:27 am todayBefore the strike, Iran's atomic energy organisation accused the US and Israel of hitting the Natanz enrichment complex.
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Attack on Sudan healthcare facility kills 64 - WHO
The WHO's Surveillance System for Attacks marked the attack as "confirmed", but did not give an exact location.
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Trump threatens to put ICE agents in airports
1:34 pm todayTSA officers have called in sick as paychecks have dried up, and the shortage of security agents has disrupted travel at major airports.
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Labor retains power in South Australia, as One Nation surges
8:13 am todayPauline Hanson's One Nation appears to have achieved its best electoral result anywhere in Australia in nearly 30 years.
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US military says Iran threat to Hormuz 'degraded'
7:19 am todayThe US military said Iran's ability to threaten the Strait of Hormuz has been "degraded" by the bombing this week of an underground facility.
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Trump's peace board hands Hamas disarmament proposal - sources
6:56 am todayUS officials have said that Iran-backed Hamas could be offered amnesty in any deal under which they agree to lay down weaponry.
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Mueller, who probed but did not charge Trump, dies at 81
7:07 am today"Good, I'm glad he's dead," Trump reacted. "He can no longer hurt innocent people!"
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Questions raised on Epstein's ties to politicians as New Mexico investigates
21 Mar 2026Epstein's relationships with state Democratic Party leaders are under investigation by a New Mexico state "truth commission".
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Trump administration sues Harvard over 'hostile' environment for Jewish students
6:17 am todayThe case marks the latest effort by the US President to raise the pressure on the Ivy League school as talks toward settlement have failed to produce a resolution.
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Pentagon to adopt Palantir AI's core US military system - memo
21 Mar 2026The system, Maven, is a command-and-control software platform that analyses battlefield data and identifies targets.
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Trump weighs 'winding down' war
As the conflict enters its fourth week, Iran continues missile and drone attacks across the region, throttling shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.
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How can Hormuz shipping blockage be solved?
There are five ways experts say commodities, including oil, could begin moving again through the Strait of Hormuz, a crucial trade route currently blocked by Iranian forces in the Middle East war.
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Iran continuing World Cup preparations but will not play in US
20 Mar 2026Iran continue to prepare for All Whites' World Cup opener as they push for Mexican venue.
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ChatGPT to get ads
7:30 am todayOpenAI will begin showing ads to some users in the United States in the coming weeks.
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Oil prices surge, stocks sink on energy shock fears
20 Mar 2026The International Energy Agency last week said the conflict had caused the greatest oil disruption in history.
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Why can you remember every word of an old song - but not why you walked into a room?
21 Mar 2026"Roomnesia" is the normal result of our brain's memory organisation strategy, but there are ways to reduce it.
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Advice from the world's happiest country, as NZ misses top 10
20 Mar 2026Don't complain too much, mind your own business and be happy about it.
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Musk found liable to Twitter shareholders in fraud lawsuit over takeover
21 Mar 2026A federal jury found the billionaire liable on claims he tried to drive down the company's stock price so he could renegotiate or back out of a 2022 takeover bid.
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'Potential life-threatening flooding' as storm batters Hawaii
21 Mar 2026Evacuations have been ordered with a dam on O'ahu island at risk of imminent failure after the second significant storm in a week
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US sending Marines to Middle East, officials say
21 Mar 2026The news came shortly after President Donald Trump again vented his fury at US allies for declining to help open the Strait of Hormuz, calling them "cowards".
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Ukraine begins compulsory evacuation of children from Donbas city
21 Mar 2026Russian forces have been slowly advancing to the north and east of Sloviansk, and are about 20 km from the edge of the city.
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Two dead in US strike on alleged drug boat in Pacific
The US began targeting alleged smuggling boats in early September and the latest strike brings the death toll from the campaign to nearly 160.
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Israel launches more attacks on Iran as crisis deepens
It comes after President Donald Trump told it not to repeat its strikes on Iranian natural gas infrastructure, which sharply escalated the US-Israeli war on Iran.
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