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Syrian rebels set fire to Assad's father's tomb
12 Dec 2024AFP footage showed parts of the mausoleum ablaze and damaged, with the tomb of Hafez torched and destroyed.
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Judge halts sale of Alex Jones's Infowars
12 Dec 2024A US bankruptcy judge has stopped the parody news site the Onion from buying conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' website, ruling that a bankruptcy auction did not result in the best possible bids.
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'Lol': Kiwi mercenary hits back after Russia sentences him to 14 years' jail
11 Dec 2024Kiwi soldier Jordan O'Brien says he "breaks Russian soldiers and machines" in fight to free Ukraine.
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China says it takes 'necessary measures' to defend sovereignty over Taiwan
11 Dec 2024Taiwan's defence ministry said China is deploying its largest navy fleet in regional waters in nearly three decades,
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South Korea police chief arrested as martial law fallout continues
11 Dec 2024He is the latest top official to be arrested in a widening investigation into President Yoon Suk Yeol's failed martial law attempt.
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Russia says it transported Assad in 'most secured way'
11 Dec 2024The Kremlin said on Monday that President Vladimir Putin had made the decision to grant asylum in Russia to Assad.
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K-pop light sticks fire up impeachment protests in South Korea
11 Dec 2024One of the advantages of the light sticks is how sturdy they are, says Kim Do Heon, a Seoul-based music critic.
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Watch: Luigi Mangione screams arrest is 'truly unjust', led into court
11 Dec 2024The 26-year-old CEO shooting suspect shouted as he was led into court for a planned extradition hearing.
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Netanyahu takes stand in his corruption trial
11 Dec 2024Israel's first sitting prime minister to be charged with a crime says he is being hounded becuase of his hawkish policies.
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Jay-Z appears on red carpet after rape accusation
11 Dec 2024The rapper is the first celebrity to be accused of sexual assault in connection to Sean 'Diddy' Combs, who himself faces sex trafficking, racketeering and prostitution-related charges.
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Suspect in US CEO killing faces extradition to New York
11 Dec 2024Luigi Mangione is scheduled for a hearing in Altoona, where he was arrested at a fast food restaurant after a sprawling five-day manhunt.
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Israel tightens security inside southern Syria
11 Dec 2024After the regime's downfall, Israeli troops moved into the demilitarised zone inside Syria, including the Syrian side of the strategic Mount Hermon that overlooks Damascus,
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Time's Person of the Year 2024 shortlist announced
10 Dec 2024It features royalty, political power players and podcasting chart-toppers.
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Suspect in killing of UnitedHealth executive charged with murder
10 Dec 2024During his first court appearance Luigi Mangione also faced gun and forgery charges brought by Pennsylvania prosecutors and was denied bail.
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Taiwan alarmed at rise in Chinese military activities
10 Dec 2024China's military has yet to comment and has not confirmed it is carrying out any exercises.
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Israel has 'destroyed the most important military sites in Syria': war monitor
10 Dec 2024Near the port city of Latakia, Israel targeted an air defence facility and damaged Syrian naval ships as well as military warehouses.
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What we know about the man accused of shooting a CEO
10 Dec 2024Luigi Mangione, 26, is an Ivy League graduate from a prominent family, who once favourably reviewed the manifesto of the Unabomber.
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New Zealand's most Googled terms for 2024
10 Dec 2024From All Blacks to US elections and Liam Payne, here's what Kiwis asked Google about this year.
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Syrians in NZ: 'We can finally taste freedom'
10 Dec 2024Syrian New Zealanders and their loved ones gathered in Wellington to celebrate the end of a decades-long dictatorship. Audio
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Syria's rebels work to form government, restore order
10 Dec 2024The lightning overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad has left Syrians, countries in the region and world powers nervous about what comes next, as the rebel alliance takes its first steps in a…
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'Ill will toward corporate America' revealed as alleged gunman's possible motive
10 Dec 2024Luigi Mangione was carrying a "handwritten document that speaks to his motivation and mindset", when he was arrested, a police chief says.
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Google pulls McDonald's negative reviews over arrest in UnitedHealth murder case
10 Dec 2024The comments were the latest in what is known as "review bombing," where an establishment is hit with bad reviews based on a political view or an occurrence unrelated to its actual business.
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Syrians search notorious prison for missing relatives
10 Dec 2024Thousands of prisoners spilled out of president Bashar al-Assad's pitiless detention system after he was toppled on Sunday
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Rupert Murdoch fails in bid to change succession plan
10 Dec 2024Murdoch's bid to consolidate control of his media empire in the hands of his son Lachlan has failed, the New York Times reports.
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