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New scheme a carbon credit COP out
24 Nov 2024The deal reached in the final hours of COP29 has been criticised as a free pass for countries to slack off on efforts to reduce emissions at home.
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Man trapped for over 20 hours in Tasmania has leg amputated
24 Nov 2024The 65-year-old's leg was trapped in a rock crevice, and emergency services eventually decided an amputation was needed to free him.
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Who killed John O'keefe?
24 Nov 2024What started with drinks at a bar in a snowstorm has ended in an intense legal battle and allegations of a sweeping conspiracy among US law enforcement.
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Western circuitry key for North Korean missiles used by Russia
24 Nov 2024CNN report - Almost a third of the 194 ballistic missiles used against Ukrain have been the North Korean KN-23s.
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Laos government says 'profoundly saddened' by tourist deaths
24 Nov 2024The Laos government says it is "profoundly saddened" by the deaths of foreign tourists in Vang Vieng, with the toll from a suspected methanol poisoning incident now at six.
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Gruesome scene in Sicily considered Godfather-style mafia threat
24 Nov 2024The discovery of a severed horse head, and a cow quartered with its bloodied dead calf on top, have rattled a Sicilian town.
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Missing aviator Amelia Earhart's 'plane' turns out to be 'just a pile of rocks'
24 Nov 2024"It's almost like somebody did set those rocks out in this nice little pattern of her plane, just to mess with somebody out there looking for her."
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'It's unfortunate' - Former SAS soldier on Taliban's return to power
30 Oct 2024The Gallantry Star recipient says learning most of his former Afghan colleagues did not escape the return of the regime "hit me hard".
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COP29 clinches $300 billion climate finance deal
24 Nov 2024The two-week conference cut to the heart of the global debate over the financial responsibility of rich industrialised countries, who caused the bulk of greenhouse gas emissions.
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Philippines VP threatens to have president assassinated
24 Nov 2024Security agencies in the Philippines have stepped up safety protocols after the country's vice president said she would have president assassinated if she herself were killed.
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Ukraine has lost nearly half of Russia's Kursk region to counter-attacks, Kyiv military source says
24 Nov 2024"The enemy is increasing its counterattacks," the source said.
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Russia's use of nuclear-capable missile a departure from deterrence doctrine
23 Nov 2024Analysis - The use of the missile marks a decisive and potentially dangerous moment in Moscow's conflict with the West.
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How an average family fought against a vengeful 'archangel'
23 Nov 2024Michael and Mary Shelley - self-styled Christian fanatics - were so determined to reunite with their children, they kidnapped their eldest from foster care. Audio
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Israeli strikes kill 120 in Gaza, damage hospital - medics
24 Nov 2024Twelve medical staff have been wounded and equipment damaged at the hospital, which is now barely operational, director says.
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China extends visa-free policy for NZ travellers
23 Nov 2024Kiwis will soon be able to spend longer in China without a visa.
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The Laos town at the centre of suspected methanol poisonings
23 Nov 2024Vang Vieng has worked hard in recent years to shed its reputation for excess - but now, its drinking culture is back in the spotlight.
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Israeli airstrike hits central Beirut, security sources say
23 Nov 2024At least four people have been killed and 23 wounded in the attack.
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Putin vows more tests of hypersonic missile
23 Nov 2024Tensions are continuing to rise in Ukraine, raising concerns the nearly three-year-long war will become a global conflict.
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Australian PM lobbies for remaining Bali Nine
23 Nov 2024Five men are still serving life sentences in Indonesian prisons for smuggling heroin in 2005, but could be returned to Australia after Anthony Albanese raised the issue at APEC.
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Katy Perry wins appeal in trademark battle against Sydney fashion label
23 Nov 2024An Australian designer must rebrand her business after a "David and Goliath" battle with the pop star.
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Little optimism in Gaza
23 Nov 2024Palestinian citizens have little hope ICC arrest warrants for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant will deter Israel.
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Deaths of Jones and Bowles draw scrutiny
23 Nov 2024The cluster of methanol poisoning cases has sent shock waves around the world and raised concerns about the dangers of drinking in parts of South-East Asia.
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Why Florence Pugh froze her eggs at 27
23 Nov 2024The British actress never thought about her reproductive health, until a "mind-boggling realisation" changed everything.
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Peacekeepers injured in Lebanon
23 Nov 2024Four Italian UN peacekeepers wounded by Hezbollah rocket fire on the same day an Israeli strike killed a Lebanese hospital director.
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