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Three sons of Hamas leader killed in Israeli airstrike
11 Apr 2024Hamas says three sons and three grandchildren of its leader were killed in Gaza during an Israeli airstrike.
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Biden 'considering' dropping pursuit of Julian Assange
11 Apr 2024Assange's plight has been a sore point in the close alliance between the US and Australia.
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Charges filed against school official in case of boy, 6, who shot teacher
10 Apr 2024A special grand jury found that former assistant principal Ebony Parker endangered students by ignoring warnings that the child had a gun.
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Simon Harris elected as Ireland's new prime minister
10 Apr 2024Aged 37, the new Fine Gael party leader is the youngest person to lead the Republic of Ireland.
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Israel Gaza: Netanyahu making a 'mistake', says Biden
"I think what he's doing is a mistake. I don't agree with his approach," the US president said in an interview.
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T-E-A-M: Scrabble gets a 'more collaborative' shake-up
10 Apr 2024The new version of Scrabble will offer a 'less competitive more collaborative' option.
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Biden holds 4 point lead over Trump, new poll shows
10 Apr 2024The poll result comes as the Republican candidate prepares for the start of the first of four upcoming criminal trials.
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US state brings back near-total abortion ban from 1864
10 Apr 2024The 160-year-old law makes abortion punishable by up to five years in prison, except where a mother's life is at risk.
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Peters raises Gaza ceasefire with UN boss
10 Apr 2024The Foreign Affairs Minister has discussed the conflict with Secretary-General António Guterres.
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Parents of school shooter sentenced to up to 15 years' jail
10 Apr 2024In a rare case of parents being held accountable for a school shooting, the mother and father of a teenager who killed four classmates have been convicted of manslaughter.
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Swiss women win unprecedented climate change case
10 Apr 2024"We are not made to sit in a rocking chair and knit," said one of the older Swiss women who won.
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Trump loses bid to delay hush money trial pending gag order appeal
10 Apr 2024Donald Trump los his second bid to delay an April trial on criminal charges from hush money paid to a porn star.
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Date for planned Rafah offensive set, Netanyahu says
9 Apr 2024Talk of a fresh offensive in Gaza comes as negotiations between Israel and Hamas in Egypt continue.
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Australia, US, UK confirm Japan could be brought into AUKUS fold
9 Apr 2024Australia and its AUKUS partners, the US and UK, are considering including Japan in some of the alliance's military projects.
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See the total solar eclipse in pictures
9 Apr 2024Millions watched an eclipse plunge parts of North America into complete darkness in the middle of the day.
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'Not suitable for human beings to live in' - Gazans return to Khan Younis
9 Apr 2024Gaza's second city was the focus of a sustained onslaught by the Israeli army from December
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Let individual states decide abortion rights, Trump says
9 Apr 2024Many in his Republican Party had wanted him to back a nationwide ban on abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy.
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Family of fatal crash victim speak out as violent fallout rocks Alice Springs
8 Apr 2024Riots exploded after the death of Kumanjayi Petrick, leading to a government-imposed curfew. His family doesn't want that to be his legacy.
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Mozambique ferry disaster kills more than 90 - officials
8 Apr 2024Five people had been rescued of the around 130 believed to have been on board, officials say.
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Progress in Gaza truce talks in Cairo, Egypt's Al Qahera news says
Six months into its offensive against the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, Israel also voiced cautious optimism about the latest round of mediated negotiations.
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Buildings shake briefly as earthquake rattles Taiwan
8 Apr 2024Taiwan has been rocked by hundreds of aftershocks following a 7.2 magnitude earthquake which hit the east of the island on Wednesday.
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'Hardest geezer' completes year-long run over full length of Africa
8 Apr 2024A British man has successfully run the full length of Africa, crossing the finish line in Tunisia after 352 days.
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Israeli says its withdrawing troops from southern Gaza
7 Apr 2024All ground troops have been withdrawn from the area except for one brigade, according to the military.
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Sextortion: Two men in Nigeria arrested after Australian teen dies by suicide
8 Apr 2024The men threatened to share the boy's personal images with family and friends.
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