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Death toll rises in Taiwan's strongest earthquake in 25 years
4 Apr 2024The quake, which hit duing rush hour in Taiwan, set off a tsunami warning for southern Japan and the Philippines that was later lifted. Video
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Taiwan quake: 711 injured, 77 trapped
3 Apr 2024There have been more than 100 aftershocks since the 7.2 magnitude rush-hour quake in Taiwan.
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Musician to sue over Kenyan April Fool's joke
3 Apr 2024The prank story alleged that the Afrobeats singer had been arrested in Kenya after cocaine was found on his private jet.
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Lunar time: NASA to create standard time for the moon
3 Apr 2024The White House directed NASA to establish a standard of time for the moon and other celestial bodies as it aims to set international norms in space.
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Double drowning death in Gold Coast pool 'unusual'
3 Apr 2024The drowning of two men who jumped into a Gold Coast pool to save a toddler is being described as "extremely tragic" and "unusual".
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Australians outraged, PM tells Netanyahu after citizen killed in Israeli strike
3 Apr 2024Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has admitted it was an Israel Defense Forces air strike that killed Australian aid worker Lalzawmi Frankcom and six others.
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Taylor Swift officially a billionaire - but who is the world's richest person?
3 Apr 2024But the musician is still nowhere near the top of Forbes' latest billionaires list.
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Kiwis caught in magnitude 7.7 Taiwan quake: 'Really, really terrifying'
3 Apr 2024Delphine Herbert - who was also in Christchurch for the 2011 disaster - was on her first full day in Taiwan when the quake hit. Audio
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Friends of Kiwi who died in Australia trying to bring body home
3 Apr 2024A friend of Danielle Whittaker says she was "larger than life" and would want her body returned to New Zealand.
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Wanted man arrested in Britain after three decades on run
3 Apr 2024Richard Burrows, 80, faces charges related to alleged child abuse between 1969 and 1981.
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Trump calls illegal migrants 'animals' and 'not human'
3 Apr 2024The Republican presidential candidate intensified his focus on illegal immigration during visit to key swing states.
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Britain condemns 'appalling' killing of aid workers in Israeli airstrike
3 Apr 2024Benjamin Netanyahu say an airstrike that killed seven people from Australia, Britain Poland and the US was unintended and "tragic".
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Mayoral candidate murdered in Mexico
3 Apr 2024A ruling party mayoral candidate in Mexico was shot dead on the first day of her campaign, despite having requested security protection from authorities and receiving no response.
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British PM backs JK Rowling in hate speech row
3 Apr 2024People should not be criminalised "for stating simple facts on biology", Rishi Sunak says.
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Murder-accused Gold Coast council candidate loses election
3 Apr 2024Queensland man Ryan Bayldon-Lumsden ran in the election despite being charged with allegedly killing his stepfather.
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12-year-old suspect in Finland classroom shooting
3 Apr 2024A child has died and two others have been seriously wounded in the shooting, police say.
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Iran vows revenge on Israel after embassy attack
The strike marked one of the most significant attacks yet on Iranian interests in Syria, raising the risk of further escalation in conflict in the Middle East.
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Six children dead, 14 injured in Iraq road accident
3 Apr 2024Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani ordered an immediate investigation into the fatal accident.
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Fire kills 29 people at Istanbul nightclub during daytime renovations
3 Apr 2024Turkish authorities say fire engulfed the underground nightclub and dozens of residents living above it were evacuated.
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Three 12-year-olds wounded in Finland school shooting, child suspect held
2 Apr 2024A 12-year-old child has shot and wounded three other 12-year-olds at a school in Finland, with the suspect taken peacefully into custody, police said.
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What is going on with P Diddy?
Explainer: US hip hop star Sean Combs has been in the headlines for all the wrong reasons.
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Australian foreign aid worker among five killed in Israel airstrike on Gaza
2 Apr 2024An Australian is one of at least five aid workers killed in an Israeli airstrike on Gaza, says the Hamas-run Gaza government media office.
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Trump ordered to end attacks on judge's family in hush money case
2 Apr 2024The ruling comes after the former US president disparaged the judge's daughter.
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3 Body Problem: Lawyer sentenced to death for murder of 'billionaire millennial'
2 Apr 2024While Netflix's new series 3 Body Problem rakes in the views, one of the key players behind the adaptation was sentenced to death a day after the show's release.
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