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Trump's plan to radically remake US government with RFK Jr and Elon Musk
31 Oct 2024Analysis - If Trump wins, men such as Robert F Kennedy Jr would be given free rein in the health sector and Elon Musk could "start from scratch" with the federal workforce.
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Elon Musk due in court over $1m voter giveaway
1 Nov 2024The billionaire has been ordered to attend a Friday hearing after promising to give away millions to voters who sign his petition.
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North Korea has fired a long-range ballistic missile, South Korea says
31 Oct 2024It comes a day after Seoul reported the North was making preparations to test-launch an intercontinental ballistic missile.
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Trump gets into garbage truck to mock Biden
31 Oct 2024The Republican candidate is already making hay from the US president's latest gaffe.
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Scores killed as flash floods sweep away walls and cars in Spain
31 Oct 2024The Spanish government has decreed three days of official mourning for victims of the flooding.
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Biden may have handed Trump a big assist with gaffe
31 Oct 2024Analysis: The president's faux pas offered Trump an opening to turn headlines away from his own antics.
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NZ woman caught smuggling 52kg meth into Australia
31 Oct 2024The 23-year-old woman was arrested at Sydney Airport after border officials found 52 packages in her luggage labelled as Chinese tea, which turned out to be methamphetamine.
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Australian police locate 40,000 missing Bluey coins
31 Oct 2024A woman has become the third person charged over the theft of the coins from a warehouse in Western Sydney.
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Australia to ramp up missile production as Indo Pacific enters new missile age
30 Oct 2024Australia says it will establish domestic manufacture of artillery ammunition with France's Thales, and guided rocket systems with Lockheed Martin, to boost its weapons stockpiles and export to…
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Flooding kills 51 in Spain's Valencia region
30 Oct 2024Dozens of videos appear to show people trapped by the floodwaters in Valencia, with some climbing into trees to avoid being swept away.
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Several bodies found in flood-hit areas of southeast Spain
30 Oct 2024An unspecified number of bodies have been found in areas hit by flash flooding in southeastern Spain, the leader of the Valencia region has told reporters.
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Harris warns of Trump presidency dangers, at Jan 6 site
30 Oct 2024At her biggest-ever rally, Kamala Harris has warned that Donald Trump is seeking unchecked power, as their race for the White House enters its final week.
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Ben Stokes' home burgled by masked gang while wife and children inside
31 Oct 2024The New Zealand-born player was in Pakistan at the time with the England team.
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Has the Trump camp's divisive rhetoric shaved off a key demographic?
30 Oct 2024Analysis - In the wake of racist comments made by speakers at his final campaign event, Donald Trump's latest speech shows he's doing little to distance himself from them, Barbara Miller says.
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Climate action: 'We are so far from the ambition that we need to see'
29 Oct 2024A Pacific climate policy advisor hopes developed nations will start being more active in combating climate change once they see the impact in their own nations.
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Oasis is cancelling reunion tour tickets sold by resellers
30 Oct 2024The band's tour promoters are cancelling tickets resold through unofficial secondary sites to stop price gouging.
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Harris and Trump go hard as campaign clock counts down
30 Oct 2024Trump aims to capitalise on unhappiness with rising prices and immigration, while Harris emphasises abortion rights and describes her rival as an aspiring dictator. Video, Audio
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'It's a cult': Kiwis voting in US describe 'nightmare' election
30 Oct 2024New Zealanders and Australians living in Arizona say the US election campaign is divisive and discussing politics can be tricky. Audio
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Harris and Trump locked in close battlegrounds races - poll
30 Oct 2024The critical states are near even in the final days of campaigning.
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Norwegian runaway tram crashes into store
30 Oct 2024Four people were injured when the tram derailed and careened into a store in central Oslo.
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Deadly Israeli strike in Gaza amid anger over UN agency ban
30 Oct 2024Nearly 100 people were killed in the strike on a residential block, Gaza's civil defence agency says.
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Harris hopes final speech will promise optimism, contrast Trump's chaos
29 Oct 2024Striking a balance between dire warnings about a rival she calls a fascist and creating forward-looking optimism has become a defining challenge of the Harris campaign's closing stretch.
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One dead and others trapped beneath rubble of collapsed hotel in Argentina
30 Oct 2024The hotel was undergoing construction work without permission, construction workers are among the missing.
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Review of Covid response finds Australians unlikely to accept lockdowns again
"Trust has also been eroded, and many of the measures taken during Covid-19 are unlikely to be accepted by the population again," reviewers say.
