World News: Australia

Sydney Morning Herald - World (6 hours ago)

As the death toll climbed to 146 on Sunday, residents told how they had complained about the renovations in the 40-year-old towers, and requested they be done one at a time.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (10 hours ago)

US President Donald Trump has declared the airspace above Venezuela should be considered closed.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (14 hours ago)

A critic of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr described the internal memo an example of science "by press release”.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (14 hours ago)

The conflict in Ukraine has been going on for 12 years. Let there be no doubt over Russia's broader goal in Eastern Europe.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (15 hours ago)

The US president is threatening to take more aggressive steps over the alleged drug trade, while planning to pardon a former Honduras president jailed on cocaine charges.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (16 hours ago)

North Asia correspondent Lisa Visentin on the ground in Hong Kong after the deadly apartment fires.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (16 hours ago)

The British government is investigating its contracts with an Australian travel company that helps manage thousands of asylum seekers.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (16 hours ago)

Separately, a Russian attack on Ukraine's capital killed six people and wounded dozens, as the US attempts to broker peace talks to end the war.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (18 hours ago)

The two oil tankers were empty and sailing to a major Russian Black Sea oil terminal.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (21 hours ago)

Floods and mudslides caused by Cyclone Ditwah have also left 176 people missing.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (22 hours ago)

The Oscar- and Tony-winning playwright captured audiences and critics alike with his blend of comedy and wit.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (24 hours ago)

The southern Thailand city of Hat Yai is used to flooding. But resident Krongkarn Jantarasavad says what ended up happening was inconceivable.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (24 hours ago)

No stranger to turmoil, Bangladesh is set to usher in a new democratic future. How did it get here – and how is it meeting the challenge?

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A day ago)

Choking back tears, Vame Mariz Wayas Verador says she is still haunted by the inferno after she carried the terrified boy down 17 storeys to safety, while refusing to leave his grandmother behind.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 days ago)

The resignation of his chief of staff leaves the Ukrainian president deprived of his most important adviser at a critical moment in the fight against the Russian invasion.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 days ago)

I cast aside my prejudices about artificial intelligence to hear what one of its creators had to say. Had he unleashed Frankenstein's monster, or can we co-exist?

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 days ago)

Investigators have focused on green netting that covered scaffolding, and polystyrene panels installed to protect windows. The estate's residents had raised concerns about these materials in 2024.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 days ago)

The southern Thailand city of Hat Yai, a commerce and tourism hub, has been devastated by record floods.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 days ago)

In this already febrile climate around immigration, the attack has set off a visceral response. And it is not limited to Afghan refugees.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 days ago)

The 36-year-old has taken his place in the procession of ashen faces making their way into a community hall turned makeshift victim identification centre in the shadow of Wang Fuk Court's burnt-out towers.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 days ago)

US President Donald Trump has announced one of the National Guard members shot in Washington yesterday has died.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 days ago)

At least 94 people have now been confirmed dead after a huge fire engulfed a high-rise complex in Hong Kong.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (3 days ago)

Families arrive at community centres to identify bodies as the Hong Kong fire death toll continues to rise.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (3 days ago)

Investigators are piecing together how the city's worst fire in decades tore through seven high-rise buildings in minutes.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (3 days ago)

Hundreds of residents remain unaccounted for as firefighters mostly contained the blaze at a high-rise apartment complex, one of the deadliest fires in the city's history.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (3 days ago)

In a leaked phone call, the US special envoy made peace in Ukraine sound simple. But anything that looks acceptable to Russia's president carries immense danger for Europe and America.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (3 days ago)

Indonesian officials said one of the Australians was supposedly linked to a drug case, while another was on parole. Searching the plane, authorities say they found a small amount of meth.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (3 days ago)

Donald Trump announced the 20-year-old had died in his first live remarks since the shooting two blocks from the White House.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (3 days ago)

The Israeli military and police opened an investigation after two men were shot dead in the Israeli-occupied West Bank while appearing to surrender, in what has been called an "execution”.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (3 days ago)

Social media footage has revealed how the blaze took hold at Wang Fuk court.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (3 days ago)

The Israeli military said it was investigating after soldiers killed a pair of Palestinian men in the occupied West Bank after they appeared to surrender.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (3 days ago)

Pope Leo's has arrived in Turkey on his first trip overseas amid heightened Middle East tensions.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (3 days ago)

The suspect in the shooting of two US National Guard soldiers drove across the country to carry out the attack, authorities say.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (3 days ago)

Australians have paid billions of dollars for petrol sourced from Russian oil – despite sanctions against Vladimir Putin's regime. We've now managed to track exactly how it's getting here.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (3 days ago)

Firefighters continue to put out the massive inferno in Hong Kong as the death toll rises to at least 83 people, with another 250 still missing.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (3 days ago)

North Asia correspondent Lisa Visentin finds Hongkongers struggling to comprehend the scale of the devastating blaze that tore across multiple high-rise apartment blocks.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (3 days ago)

The Herald's chief photographer has spent 23 years on assignment in war-torn countries: Ukraine really hit home.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (3 days ago)

A catastrophic blaze has torn through a cluster of Hong Kong high-rises, leaving dozens dead and hundreds still unaccounted for as rescuers move through the charred towers.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (3 days ago)

Father-of-three Paul Doyle had been expected to claim in court that he had panicked when he drove his car into crowds celebrating their team's soccer title – until an eleventh-hour admission of guilt exposed that defence as a lie.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (3 days ago)

Almost a full day after the fire began, firefighters were struggling to reach residents potentially trapped on the upper floors of the Wang Fuk Court housing complex.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (3 days ago)

A new levy on electric vehicles is just one of the shocks in a budget that highlights the grim state of the UK's finances.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (3 days ago)

Many aspirational conservatives think there's a place for them in Trump's MAGA world. There isn't. Trump will fawn over a socialist before he'll protect them.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (4 days ago)

The final criminal case against the president – linked to an infamous phone call – has been dropped by prosecutors.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (4 days ago)

The suspected shooter – reportedly an Afghan national who came to the US in 2021 – was subdued and detained by other troopers after what is being described as a "targeted” attack.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (4 days ago)

Apartment buildings are still smouldering and residents are still reeling from the damage overnight.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (4 days ago)

For decades in the skyscraper-strewn former British colony, builders have relied on one cheap, abundant, and flexible material to work on their towers.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (4 days ago)

Tong PingMoon said he first smelled smoke about 3pm. Soon after, a firefighter was banging on his door.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (4 days ago)

Two National Guard members are in critical condition after a targeted shooting two blocks from the White House; the suspect is in custody.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (4 days ago)

Three men have been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter over a fire that continues to burn across multiple high-rise apartment buildings in a Hong Kong housing complex, killing at least 44 people with nearly 300 missing.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (4 days ago)

A deadly fire has ravaged a high-rise Hong Kong housing complex.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (4 days ago)

Australians have spent billions on petrol refined from Russian oil, despite sanctions on Vladimir Putin. We've tracked how this "blood oil” gets here.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (4 days ago)

Footage on the street shows the massive deployment of firefighters to the deadly high-rise inferno in Hong Kong.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (4 days ago)

A high-rise complex in Hong Kong has become a disaster zone after a major fire erupted in multiple buildings.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (4 days ago)

At least four people, including a firefighter have been confirmed dead.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (4 days ago)

It's the most wonderful time of the year – the calendar showcasing 12 months of Russia's main man has hit the shelves just in time for Christmas.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (4 days ago)

Hakyung Lee had severe depression when she killed her children in 2018 and hid them in a storage unit, a New Zealand court has found, but her actions were deliberate and calculated.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (5 days ago)

When Volodymyr Zelensky was presented with the US plan to end the Ukraine war last week, it was not Pete Hegseth who handed it over. It was a little-known 38-year-old former soldier.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (5 days ago)

Summit Explorers co-owner Thomas Vialletet has been named as one of two men who fell to their deaths on Monday night.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (5 days ago)

Her relatives are bracing for an Australian courtroom showdown over her estate and control of her charity.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (5 days ago)

Extraordinary transcript shows that Steve Witkoff advised a Russian counterpart on what Putin should say to Trump before the US president met Volodymyr Zelensky.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (5 days ago)

Announcing her death, a heartbroken Branson said she was his best friend, his rock and his world. No other details were disclosed.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (5 days ago)

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer posted a video on Instagram showing himself leading a class of primary school students in the viral '6-7' dance.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (5 days ago)

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said his country was ready to move forward with a US-backed peace agreement.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (5 days ago)

Two men and two women have been arrested in France over the Louvre Museum heist.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (5 days ago)

Two Thanksgiving turkeys have been pardoned by Donald Trump using presidential powers at a White House ceremony.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (5 days ago)

The presidential pardoning of a Thanksgiving turkey is usually accompanied by a lighthearted speech featuring bad jokes and agonising puns. Trump did it his own way.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (5 days ago)

Human rights groups have condemned the move, accusing the US of aiding and abetting the Myanmar military junta which is "actively seeking to crush its people”.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (5 days ago)

A man drove his sister 500 kilometres and was trying to organise her cremation when those gathered heard a noise coming from the coffin.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (5 days ago)

A federal judge throwing out a case against former FBI Director James Comey insisting ruling the lawyer prosecuting the case was appointed illegally.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (5 days ago)

An Italian man has been caught in the act of dressing up as his dead mother to claim her pension.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (6 days ago)

Boarding school student Zara Qairina had allegedly been bullied before she was found unconscious below her dormitory's third-storey window. She died the next day.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (6 days ago)

As Ukrainian and European officials sprang into a frenzy over Donald Trump's 28-point peace plan, the Russian president just sat back and watched.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (6 days ago)

Trump and Zelensky could meet in Washington this week after US and Ukrainian officials agreed on a new 19-point peace plan in Geneva.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (6 days ago)

"He came into the council offices wearing a long skirt, lipstick and nail varnish,” a local official said.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (6 days ago)

In an intervention into domestic affairs, diplomats at the US embassy in Canberra have been instructed to report on migrant-related crime.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (6 days ago)

The Trump administration has signalled it will appeal a judge's ruling that the prosecutor who brought charges against James Comey and Letitia James was illegally appointed.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (6 days ago)

Peace talks between Ukraine and the US have ended, with President Donald Trump hinting progress is being made.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (6 days ago)

A woman has shocked temple staff in Thailand who found her moving in her coffin, ahead of planned cremation.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (6 days ago)

She was aged 12 when her crime, inspired by an internet bogeyman, shocked the world. Now Morgan Geyser is back in custody after cutting off her ankle bracelet and disappearing.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

It's no surprise that the initial 28-point peace plan is undergoing major surgery. The real surprise – and mystery – is how it was ever put forward.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

Italy's PM reportedly called the removal of the children from their Australian mother and British father "alarming”, while her deputy condemned the court decision.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

The White House said Ukraine's concerns were satisfied during a high-stakes meeting in Geneva, with work to continue over coming days on the "emerging settlement framework”.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

Cameron disclosed his diagnosis in an interview to lend support to a British screening program for men most at-risk.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

Trump's proposals deliver so many gains to Putin that they become a reward for war. Issuing the draft plan with a short deadline was a shameful act.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

Residents and businesses in Darwin are facing a huge clean up today after Tropical Cyclone Fina tore through the Top End.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

The Iran-backed militant group said the strike, launched almost exactly a year after a ceasefire ended that Israel-Hezbollah war, threatened an escalation of attacks.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

Dozens of students, some as young as six, were forced into a large truck and taken away in the latest school kidnapping in Nigeria.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

A senior Trump official branded it "shameful” that the meeting had forged ahead with a leaders' declaration despite US opposition.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

Few countries got everything they wanted. And the venue even caught fire. Here's what you need to know.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

Donald Trump's about-face on Mamdani and his fawning for the Saudis makes clear he admires charismatic winners more than he cares about ideology – or consistency.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

Many of the artworks on display at the National Gallery of Art in Washington had never left Australia before.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

The former duke has been summoned by members of the US Congress to give evidence about his relationship with the disgraced financier.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

Donald Trump's proposed peace plan for the Ukraine war with Russia has not been backed by some of the country's biggest allies.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

Tatiana Schlossberg, 35, has revealed she has less than a year to live.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

Meeting on the sidelines of a G20 summit, European and other Western leaders scrambled to come up with a coordinated response to US President Donald Trump's demand for Ukraine to accept his 28-point peace plan with Russia by Thursday.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

Some of those who cried "censorship” over the cancellation of Khaled Sabsabi as Australia's representative at the next Venice Biennale are the same people who called for the banning of Israel's Biennale artist last year.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

Greene cited the US president's threat of political retribution if she sought re-election, sparking questions about her next moves. Trump, meanwhile, said it was "great news for the country”.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

President Donald Trump praised New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani following their meeting in the Oval Office.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

Donald Trump and Zohran Mamdani met for the first time in the Oval Office amid a flurry of media interest.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

Teachers tried desperately to drive the grizzly away from the primary school group on a walking trail. Eleven people were hurt, including three children and an adult who suffered serious injuries.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

"I'll be cheering for him,” the US president said of the man he had previously branded a communist lunatic, completing his backflip on the Muslim democratic socialist mayor-elect.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

British Columbia premier speaks out about bear attack on teachers, children

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

His son's wedding last year likely cost almost $1 billion. Not bad for a man of modest beginnings, now worth $175 billion. But Mukesh Ambani is now in a pickle.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

The symbiosis between the president and his America First base is being tested over a plethora of issues – and so is his total control of the Republican Party.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

Donald Trump's proposed peace deal forces Ukraine to weigh a lopsided settlement against the horrific cost of a war with no end in sight.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

After more than 50 attacks in a year, stores now close earlier in Akita. Mail delivery has stopped in some places. And children no longer walk alone to school.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

The woman was the romantic partner of one of the men charged over the deaths of Callum and Jake Robinson and American Jack Carter Rhoad, who had travelled from California to surf in the area.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

The Centres for Disease Control and Prevention has repudiated its past insistence that vaccines do not cause autism, echoing rhetoric from Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

A broadcast of an episode of Doctor Who on a Chicago TV station was interrupted by a mystery man in a Max Headroom mask.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

Starting in the exhibition hall, a fire triggered a mass-evacuation from COP30 as countries negotiate new climate targets.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

The US president's 28-point proposal has been sent to Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky ahead of expected talks. It would slash the size of the nation's army and cede territory to Russia.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

The US president accuses a group of Democrats of being traitors, after they urged the US military to refuse illegal orders.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

New images from an airport surveillance camera show the left engine and pylon separating from the wing just as the plane began to lift off from the runway in Louisville.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

Ukraine would have to halve its army under a reported peace plan brokered between the US and Russia.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

Former US Vice President Dick Cheney's funeral has been held in Washington DC, but Donald Trump and JD Vance were not invited.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

Right at a time when it needs more support from the West, Ukraine is being squeezed on two fronts. 

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

Two apartment blocks in Ukraine were hit by missiles on Wednesday. Australians are funding the military that fired them.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

Where others have withered, this mountain town has reinvented itself as a refuge for Tokyo's entrepreneurs and artists - thanks to one smart decision.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (A week ago)

Thomas Massie and Ro Khanna's months-long campaign for the release of the Epstein files started with a single text. It ended with 218 signatures.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 weeks ago)

In a disastrous month, the US president has repeatedly shot himself in the foot with his insult gun, and his old MAGA allies have turned their backs on him.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 weeks ago)

US President Donald Trump has signed legislation that compels his administration to release files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 weeks ago)

In a gushing magazine interview, the Duchess of Sussex also describes how much she loves working from home, "showing up” for her friends and learning from her mistakes.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 weeks ago)

Satellite images taken over the city of El Fasher have been documenting the growing horror of the civil war for weeks, but the president says it hasn't been on his to-do list - until now.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 weeks ago)

The decision clears the way for the Department of Justice and FBI to make public tens of thousands of records relating to the criminal investigation into deceased financier Jeffrey Epstein.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 weeks ago)

Speaking to media, Climate Minister Chris Bowen announces that Australia has handed COP31 to Turkey, while retaining a role as leading negotiations.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 weeks ago)

Details have emerged of a new 28-point plan thrashed out in a flurry of secret talks between Trump's team and the Kremlin, as the UK warns about spy ship off Scotland.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 weeks ago)

After a 20-minute bidding war, the 180-centimetre tall work by the Austrian master became the second most expensive painting ever sold at auction, but a 101kg useable loo made of gold failed to live up to the hype.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 weeks ago)

She was a swaggering reporter. He was a star correspondent. Together they helped shape our understanding of the Trump era. Then they made themselves the story.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 weeks ago)

By day, the president was shrugging off state-sanctioned murder. By night, he was in his element, hosting a lavish reception for the Saudi crown prince and big-name guests.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 weeks ago)

The agents are using LinkedIn to reach out to possible sources they can exploit for information, MI5 told British MPs in a written alert.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 weeks ago)

The Indian supplier has come under fierce criticism for using cheaper Russian oil to boost its profits, helping Putin finance his war in Ukraine.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 weeks ago)

The Israeli military said it had hit a Hamas training compound in the deadliest attack inside Lebanon since last year's ceasefire.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 weeks ago)

A bill to release all Department of Justice records on Jeffrey Epstein will now be considered by President Donald Trump, after passing the US Congress in a flurry of votes.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 weeks ago)

The US House has overwhelmingly voted in favour of releasing the Jeffrey Epstein files.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 weeks ago)

"If you're going to give it, you have to be able to take [it],” a White House official said.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 weeks ago)

Speaking outside Capitol Hill, Virginia Giuffre's brother Sky Roberts breaks down as he describes what his sister had to endure and how it affected her.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 weeks ago)

When asked about the killing of Khashoggi during an Oval Office appearance with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Donald Trump answers, "Whether you like him or don't like him, things happen”.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 weeks ago)

While answering questions about the Epstein emails aboard Air Force One, Trump responds to Bloomberg journalist Catherine Lucey and tells her "quiet piggy".

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 weeks ago)

"A certain line has been crossed,” said Donald Tusk says as more details emerge of the incident that forced a passenger train to make an emergency stop.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 weeks ago)

Donald Trump admonished a reporter for asking about Jamal Khashoggi's 2018 assassination: "You don't have to embarrass our guest by asking a question like that.”

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 weeks ago)

The US House of Representatives is expected to pass a bill in coming hours that would compel officials to release the Jeffrey Epstein files.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 weeks ago)

US President Donald Trump called a reporter "piggy" after she asked him a question about Jeffrey Epstein.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 weeks ago)

Petty criminals across Europe are being jailed for helping Russian spy agencies and their ultimate controller - Vladimir Putin.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 weeks ago)

For more than a week, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has been blasted with a fire hose of rage.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 weeks ago)

US President Donald Trump's peace plan for Gaza gets the nod from the international community.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 weeks ago)

Japan has ordered troops into a northern region to help counter a surge in bear attacks on people.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 weeks ago)

I know we might expect media commentators like the popular former Fox News reporter to defend the MAGA cause, but Kelly has hit a new low in minimising the suffering of victims.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 weeks ago)

The vote paves the way for an international security force to enter the beleaguered Palestinian territory, as well as the formation of a governing Board of Peace.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 weeks ago)

Joseph Emerson was subdued by the flight crew after trying to shut down the engines of an aircraft with 83 people on board in 2023.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 weeks ago)

The former Prince Andrew has been seen for the first time since being stripped of all his titles and ordered to leave Royal Lodge in Windsor.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 weeks ago)

Donald Trump has reversed his position on the so-called Epstein files, with the US President urging Republicans to vote in favour of their release.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 weeks ago)

Former FBI director James Comey was the first of Donald Trump's political enemies to be indicted on criminal charges in September. Now, a magistrate has identified major problems with the case.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 weeks ago)

One of the challenges for an Australian prime minister is getting the Indonesians interested. And Prabowo Subianto is interested.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 weeks ago)

A Bangladeshi tribunal has found Sheikh Hasina guilty of crimes against humanity over the deaths of hundreds of civilians in the protests that led to her downfall last year.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 weeks ago)

Something interesting is happening with Donald Trump and his reputation for being immune to scandal. There's an anger here that won't go away.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 weeks ago)

This extraordinary workforce in Singapore allows mothers respite, or the chance to work. The problem is, the system is premised on profound sadness.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 weeks ago)

Those who survived the gangland shooting while on holiday in Bali have gone into hiding, as three Australians face the death penalty for the alleged attack.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 weeks ago)

US President Donald Trump shocked many by changing his stance on the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 weeks ago)

It comes as tensions between the USA and Venezuela continue to ramp up.

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Sydney Morning Herald - World (2 weeks ago)

The Russian president keeps identical offices across Russia to obscure his movements – but small clues give him away.

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