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Pro-Palestinian protesters announce end to Melbourne uni encampment after 'major win'
23 May 2024A spokesperson for the group says the University of Melbourne has agreed to disclose all research partnerships with weapons manufacturers.
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Iran's supreme leader presides over funeral for president and others killed in helicopter crash
22 May 2024Ayatollah Ali Khamenei held the service at Tehran University, the caskets of the dead draped in Iranian flags with their pictures on them.
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Kanak people want end to oppression - protest organiser
22 May 2024Dozens of people rallied outside the French Embassy in Wellington this afternoon after civil unrest in New Caledonia.
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Photos: At the Pet Gala, fashion goes to the dogs
22 May 2024Eighteen dogs went down the red carpet at the annual American Kennel Club Museum of the Dog. Each canine donned couture similar to what celebrities wore at the Met Gala two weeks earlier.
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French-operated flight to evacuate next group of New Zealanders from New Caledonia
22 May 2024The flight will take the New Zealanders to Brisbane with a transit flight completing their evacuation to Auckland.
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Solomon Airlines runs flights between New Zealand and Vanuatu
The flights are bridging the gap left by Air Vanuatu.
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New Sean 'Diddy' Combs allegation, accused of 2003 sexual assault
22 May 2024A former model has accused Combs of sexually assaulting her in 2003 in the latest in a series of allegations against the embattled hip-hop mogul.
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What is turbulence, and when does it become dangerous?
22 May 2024Explainer - The death of a man and injuries for dozens on a London-to-Singapore flight has highlighted the dangers of flying through unstable air.
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Russia starts tactical nuclear weapon simulation exercises
The exercises are designed as a warning by Putin to deter the West from wading more deeply into the war in Ukraine, nuclear analysts say.
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Matthew Perry's death under investigation over ketamine in actor's blood
22 May 2024US police will investigate why the 54-year-old star had so much ketamine in his system when he died last year.
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One dead, 23 Kiwis onboard, as turbulence hits London-Singapore flight
22 May 2024"People hit their heads on the baggage cabins overhead and dented it", says a passenger on the flight where dozens have been injured.
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Elvis's granddaughter fights Graceland auction
22 May 2024Riley Keough alleges paperwork on the loan is fraudulent and her mother's signature was forged.
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Trump opts not to take witness stand in hush money trial
22 May 2024Jurors in the criminal trial of the former US president will begin deliberations next week.
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The 'itch to be offended' is undermining civil society, US writer says
22 May 2024The age of grievance in modern culture is undermining democracy, a US writer says. Audio
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French president Emmanuel Macron is to visit violence-hit New Caledonia
French President Emmanuel Macron will travel to New Caledonia after days of riots over a constitutional reform.
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Scarlett Johansson says ChatGPT voice 'eerily similar' to hers, OpenAI halts its use
21 May 2024OpenAI says it plans to halt the use of one of its ChatGPT voices that "Her" actor Scarlett Johansson says sounds "eerily similar" to her own.
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Why won't Sean 'Diddy' Combs be charged with assault despite graphic footage?
21 May 2024Security footage shows the rapper grabbing, shoving, dragging and kicking his girlfriend in 2016. He has apologised but he won't be charged. University of Auckland Associate Professor of Law, Carrie…
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Ship that hit Baltimore bridge, crew still aboard, finally moving
21 May 2024A total of 21 crew members, most of them Indian, have been left on board the ship.
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Benjamin Netanyahu condemns war crimes prosecutor for seeking his arrest
21 May 2024The chief prosecutor of the world's top war crimes court is seeking arrest warrants for leaders of Israel and Hamas.
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Iran declares five days of mourning for president
21 May 2024A number of countries have expressed their condolences following President Ebrahim Raisi's death.
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New Caledonia flight heartening for desperate Kiwi
21 May 2024Barbara Graham is desperate to get home to her family, but knows others are in greater need.
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Kiwis trapped in Nouméa, Air NZ won't fly from New Caledonia for days yet
20 May 2024Hundreds of armed French police have been using tanks to clear protesters and roadblocks between the airport and Nouméa. Audio
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Assange wins right to challenge US extradition
21 May 2024A UK court has ruled Julian Assange can appeal his extradition over whether his rights to free speech would be infringed in the United States.
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Iranian president's death could reverberate across the Middle East
20 May 2024Analysis - Iran's influence runs wide and deep across the region as it seeks to potentially deter attacks from the US or Israel, the sworn enemies of its 1979 Islamic Revolution.
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