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What's next after ICC issues warrants for Israeli and Hamas leaders?
22 Nov 2024A look at what could happen next after arrest warrants were issued for for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and others.
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John Prescott, deputy UK PM to Tony Blair, dies at 86
22 Nov 2024The Labour politician was the UK's longest-serving deputy PM and was key in negotiating the 1997 Kyoto Protocol on climate change.
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US proposes partial break-up of Google
21 Nov 2024The Department of Justice is urging a federal judge to force a sale of the company's Chrome web browser after a landmark ruling this year found Google had violated US antitrust law with its search…
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Australian teenager dies after Laos poisoning
21 Nov 2024Melbourne teen Bianca Jones has died in a Thai hospital after a suspected methanol poisoning incident.
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Crypto king buys banana art for $10.5m, says he'll eat it
21 Nov 2024Cryptocurrency platform TRON founder Justin Sun says he wants to honour the viral artwork's place in art history and popular culture by eating it.
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Billionaire Gautam Adani indicted in New York on bribery charges
21 Nov 2024Those bribes were "to lie to investors and banks to raise billions of dollars, and to obstruct justice," the Deputy Assistant Attorney General said.
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Methanol poisoning: Third person dead after drinking tainted alcohol in Laos
21 Nov 2024On Thursday morning the US State Department said a US citizen had died in Vang Vieng.
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Perth parents found guilty of starving malnourished teenage daughter
21 Nov 2024The girl weighed just over 27 kilograms when she was eventually taken to see a doctor in April 2021.
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Trump names pro-wrestling executive as Education secretary
21 Nov 2024The major Republican donor and a former pro-wrestling executive served as the administrator of the Small Business Administration during Trump's first term. Audio
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One Direction stars join mourners at Liam Payne's funeral
21 Nov 2024The British singer's funeral was held in Buckinghamshire, north west of London, overnight.
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British missiles fired into Russia by Ukraine
21 Nov 2024Kyiv says it hit Russian military command post with the British Storm Shadow cruise missile, a day after it fired US missiles.
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Putin open to Trump ceasefire negotiations for Ukraine
20 Nov 2024Experts close to the Kremlin say a ceasefire deal is possible despite numerous complexities.
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Rust movie to premiere three years after on-set shooting
20 Nov 2024Director Joel Souza, who was wounded in the shooting, will introduce the movie at the Camerimage film festival in Torun, northern Poland.
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Trump picks TV's Dr Oz to run US health insurance schemes
20 Nov 2024The celebrity doctor unsuccessfully ran for the US Senate in 2022.
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What happens to mumfluencers when their kids grow up?
21 Nov 2024Some children of social media influencers are asking their parents not to post their photos anymore.
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Dame Jacinda to get UN leadership award
21 Nov 2024She will get the champion for global change award from the United Nations Foundation at a ceremony in New York tomorrow.
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Recreational climbers first to respond after Kiwi dies in Australia
20 Nov 2024The New Zealand woman fell as she scaled the final section of a climb called Eskimo Nell on Mt Arapiles.
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Salvage companies ready to remove fuel from sunken naval vessel
20 Nov 2024The Navy is confident a robust plan is in place to handle any leaks as the operation to remove fuel from the HMNZS Manawanui begins. Audio
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NZ chipping in $10m to pay for climate losses suffered by poorer countries
20 Nov 2024It will help pay for losses suffered by poorer countries because of climate change.
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Government designates Hezbollah as terrorist entity
The government has also slapped a similar designation on the Houthi movement.
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A duct taped banana is now set to sell for $2.5m
20 Nov 2024The viral artwork by Italian Maurizio Cattelan, called Comedian, is designed to make us question art.
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Prosecutors oppose dismissing Trump's hush money case
20 Nov 2024The president-elect's spokesperson says it is "a total and definitive victory" for Trump
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'We are running out of time to save the idea of America' - What may decide who becomes president
4 Nov 2024Analysis - At the heart of the election and the polls is generations of social and economic change that has left too many people behind, writes Tim Watkin.
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Putin issues nuclear warning to US
20 Nov 2024The change in policy comes as Ukraine fired long-range US missiles into Russia for the first time.
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