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Canadian theme park warns it may euthanise beluga whales
Marineland can no longer support the whales, but attempts to relocate them to China have been blocked by government.
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Dolly Parton's sister asks for prayers amid health challenges
3:52 pm todayFears are growing for Dolly Parton's health after the country music superstar cancelled shows and her sister posted an emotional message to fans on social…
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Police stop alleged 'kill team' near Sydney daycare centre
1:02 pm todayMultiple officers with guns drawn pinned one man to the ground in the middle of the busy road as they arrested three men.
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US air traffic control staffing hit for second day, delaying flights
1:34 pm todayMore than 3000 flights have been delayed, according to flight tracking data, as the government shutdown reaches its seventh day,
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Israeli forces shell Gaza on war anniversary
It comes after Hamas and Israel began indirect negotiations on sensitive issues such as Israel's withdrawal from Gaza and Hamas' disarmament.
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Two bodies found, two missing after Madrid building collapse
11:54 am todaySpanish emergency services found two bodies buried in the rubble after a building under construction collapsed in central Madrid, with two more people still missing.
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Can Trump really win a Nobel Peace Prize? Yes: here’s how
6:53 am todayHis supporters say he deserves the prize already, while his detractors mock the pursuit entirely - pointing to his controversial policies as disqualifying.
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Magnitude 6.6 quake shakes Papua New Guinea
6:05 am todayThe earthquake, which struck around 9pm local time has not triggered a tsunami warning.
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Quadrobics: Can leaping around on all fours make you fit?
6:12 am todayIn a new online trend, people are scuttling, crawling, and bounding around on all fours while filming themselves - and it's quite the spectacle.
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NZ the 'more appropriate forum' - Gaiman sexual assault lawsuit dismissed by US judge
7 Oct 2025The sexual assault lawsuit against author Neil Gaiman has been dismissed by a US judge on jurisdictional grounds.
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Rescuers pull children from rubble of Indonesian school collapse
7 Oct 2025More than 160 children were in the two-storey building when the unthinkable began to unfold.
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Trump confirms Sean 'Diddy' Combs asked him for a pardon
7 Oct 2025The US President says "a lot of people have asked me for pardons", including Combs.
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'Significant' aerial search for four-year-old Gus conducted over the weekend
7 Oct 2025Gus was last seen playing in sand at his family's vast and isolated homestead in September.
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Helicopter crashes on California freeway
7 Oct 2025It is a helicopter that provides air medical services.
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Woman claiming to be Madeleine McCann faces court
7 Oct 2025A 24-year-old woman is on trial charged with stalking the missing child's parents over the past three years.
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'A rift in the nation': Inside Israel after two years of war
7 Oct 2025After two years of war, a fractured but defiant Israel is struggling to assert itself at home and abroad.
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Nobel Prize for discovery that could revolutionise cancer treatment
7 Oct 2025The prize in physiology or medicine has been awarded to a trio of scientists - two of them American and one Japanese.
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Israel deports Greta Thunberg and 170 other flotilla activists
7 Oct 2025The activists are alleging mistreatment during their detention but Israel says the claims are "complete lies". Audio
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British author Jilly Cooper, famous for novels of sex and snobbery, dies at 88
7 Oct 2025The author of bonkbusters Rivals and Riders has died.
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Feminist icon Gisele Pelicot back in court for appeal
7 Oct 2025Fifty-one men were convicted after the Frenchwoman's ex-husband recruited dozens of strangers online to sexually assault and rape her while drugged.
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Indirect talks between Israel and Hamas underway
7 Oct 2025Egyptian sources say Hamas is seeking guarantees that Israel will abide by the deal once hostages are freed.
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French govt quits hours after being appointed
7 Oct 2025Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu's swift resignation was unexpected and unprecedented and marked another major deepening of France's political crisis. Audio
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Prosecutors to appeal Erin Patterson's sentence over mushroom murders
6 Oct 2025Patterson was sentenced to life in prison with a 33-year non-parole period.
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Fewer smokers worldwide, but e-cigarettes fuel new addictions
7 Oct 2025New Zealand needed to intensify efforts to reduce smoking prevalence, say health experts. Audio
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Time to 'refocus' foreign policy on Pacific, says Peters
The government needs to refocus its foreign policy priorities closer to home in the Pacific, says the foreign affairs minister.
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Balloons carrying smuggled cigarettes close airport
6 Oct 2025More than 18,000 packs of smuggled cigarettes were recovered after up to 25 small hot-air balloons entered Lithuanian airspace.
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The 1950s film format making a big comeback
6 Oct 2025Paul Thomas Anderson's eagerly awaited One Battle After Another is the latest film shot in the old-school format.
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UK mosque set ablaze with two people inside
6 Oct 2025"Everyone is scared. If someone was willing to do this, we don't know what's next."
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