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Russian forces make sudden thrust in eastern Ukraine
13 Aug 2025The move may be designed to increase pressure on Ukraine to cede land as the US and Russian presidents prepare to meet.
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'Locked in a cell': NZ mum held by ICE hopes 6-year-old son will be released
13 Aug 2025Sarah Shaw and her son Isaac were bundled into a giant white van with no markings. Audio
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For Trump, Putin summit presents the ultimate test of dealmaking
13 Aug 2025Analysis: Among the constants in Donald Trump's turbulent career have been a flair for drama and a belief in his dealmaking powers.
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FBI expands reach to Cook Islands
13 Aug 2025The United States is increasing its presence in the Pacific, including the Cook Islands, due to concerns over China's growing influence in the region.
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Apple, Google lose landmark case over anti-competitive conduct
13 Aug 2025Australia's federal court has ruled against the tech giants in a major win for consumers.
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Trump pick floated suspending monthly jobs report
13 Aug 2025The nominee previously told Fox News Digital the reports, which help measure US economic activity, were unreliable and frequently revised.
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Gaza suffering has reached 'unimaginable' levels, say 26 foreign ministers
13 Aug 2025Britain, Canada, Australia and several of their European allies are calling on Israel to allow unrestricted aid into the war-torn Palestinian enclave.
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Photography company Kodak on the verge of closing
13 Aug 2025In the 1970s Kodak was responsible for 90 percent of film and 85 percent of camera sales in the United States.
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Magnitude 6.5 quake strikes in Indonesia
12 Aug 2025An earthquake of magnitude 6.5 has struck Indonesia's West Papua region.
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Myanmar security forces involved in systematic torture, says UN report
12 Aug 2025Children, who are often unlawfully detained as proxies for their missing parents, were among those tortured, it said.
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'Israel has succeeded': Final words from journalist killed in Gaza
12 Aug 2025An attack has wiped out the entire Al Jazeera reporting team left in Gaza City.
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Families forever scarred four years on from Kabul plane deaths
12 Aug 2025Four years after Afghans desperate to evacuate Kabul fell to their deaths from a departing US plane, their families still relive those desperate acts and endure wounds that will never heal.
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Why Trump calling in troops in DC is so extraordinary
12 Aug 2025Analysis - For years, it has seemed as if the US really wanted to deploy the military on US soil and was just looking for an excuse.
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SkyCity Entertainment cleared to hold South Australia's only casino licence
12 Aug 2025An inquiry was initiated in 2022 amid concerns the Adelaide establishment had been lax in policing anti-money laundering rules.
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'She was absolutely terrified': NZ mum and son, 6, detained by ICE
12 Aug 2025New Zealander Sarah Shaw and her 6-year-old son thought they were being kidnapped when they were bundled into a white van with no markings at the Canadian border.
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UN condemns Israel's deadly strike on Al Jazeera team in Gaza
12 Aug 2025Palestinians mourned the journalists and Israel accused one of them of being a Hamas militant.
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Trump to deploy National Guard to Washington DC
12 Aug 2025The US president says the capital has "been overtaken by violent gangs" even though crime has hit a 30-year low. Audio
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'Underground' university for women in Afghanistan thriving
12 Aug 2025Thousands of girls are defying the Taliban regime and pursuing their studies in online courses, set up by a fellow Afghani woman whose dreams were crushed.
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Six journalists killed in Israeli strike in Gaza
The well-known Al Jazeera Arabic correspondent Al-Sharif, 28, is reportedly among the dead.
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The TikTok creators profiting from medical misinformation
12 Aug 2025"I don't understand how this could be out there."
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Ghislaine Maxwell grand jury materials to stay sealed, judge rules
12 Aug 2025A federal judge has rejected the Trump administration's request to unseal grand jury materials from the Ghislaine Maxwell sex trafficking case.
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'A slap in the face': Jailed mum speaks out against $2m payout
11 Aug 2025Folbigg was pardoned in 2023 over the wrongful conviction and imprisonment in the death of her four young children.
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Colombian Senator dies after being shot at campaign event
11 Aug 2025He had been hospitalised since he was shot in the head in June.
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US on the brink of major public health failure
11 Aug 2025Under the watch of Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr, a vaccine-preventable disease has continued to spread across the US.
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