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The duo will join Chris Hemsworth, Paul Rudd, Letitia Wright, Vanessa Kirby and many more in Avengers: DoomsdayPatrick Stewart and Ian McKellen are set to reprise their X-Men roles in Avengers: Doomsday.Marvel kicked off a live stream on Wednesday to announce the long list of actors who will star in the first Avengers film in six years. Continue...
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Anthony Albanese remarked yesterday that the opposition leader was 'delulu with no solulu'. Follow today's news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTaylor on reports Dutton had to tell colleagues to stop leakingIt's been reported that Peter Dutton has had to read the riot act to the Coalition party room to tell MPs to...
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A man watching a comedy gig has died after suffering a medical emergency in a packed theatre on the opening night of a major festivalFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe opening night of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival was abandoned after the death of an...
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Human Rights Watch spoke to 33 Aboriginal parents who between them have had 114 children removed and placed in out-of-home careWarning: this story contains distressing descriptions of violenceFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastBriana* was just starting to get a handle on...
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Save Victoria Park says it has briefed barristers and could launch a legal challenge to protect the siteFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe infrastructure authority for the 2032 Brisbane Olympic Games is pushing the Queensland government to suspend normal procurement...
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Choice price tracker finds cost of shopping at Aldi barely changed between March and December 2024 in quarterly assessment of 14 common itemsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe cost of groceries at Woolworths has gone up even when factoring in specials, while prices at...
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Critics say industry threatens the endangered Maugean skate and laws were rushed through with 'no proper process'Gina: the billionaire who wants to make Australia greatSee all our Australian election 2025 coverageGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastControversial legislation to protect the Tasmanian salmon industry has passed...
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Warrington owner Simon Moran instrumental in decisionBramley-Moore Dock, Wembley and Headingley to hostThe music promoter backing this summer's Oasis reunion will be a major figure behind rugby league's Ashes returning to England for the first time since 2003. The venues and dates for the three-Test series were confirmed on Wednesday.England will...
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Senior officials warn nations including China, Pakistan and Iran could attempt to subvert vote with sophisticated toolsThe spectre of interference by India has already rocked the early days of Canada's federal election, with officials warning that sophisticated efforts from other hostile nations are expected in the coming weeks.As Canadians prepare...
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Leo Brent Bozell III, founder of a conservative media group, is president's nomination amid rising diplomatic tensionsDonald Trump has nominated a conservative, pro-Israel media activist as US ambassador to South Africa, at a time when the relationship between the two countries is at a nadir.Leo Brent Bozell III founded the Media Research Center...
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Israeli PM warns of seizure of territories and 'other measures' if Hamas refuses to release remaining hostagesBenjamin Netanyahu has repeated Israeli threats to seize territory in Gaza if Hamas refuses to release the remaining Israeli hostages, as, for the second consecutive day, hundreds of Palestinians joined protests against the militant group...
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Ukraine's president says drone attacks just hours after ceasefire talks were 'a clear signal to the whole world'See all our Ukraine war coverageUkraine's president has accused Russia of being insincere about making peace as he reported an attack by 117 drones, before he headed to Paris for a discussion with EU and Nato leaders about establishing a...
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Cap on cash within £20,000-a-year personal allowance to encourage investment in equities could send billions flowing to UK stock marketHands off our cash Isas! Don't punish savers for choosing safety! Don't force everyone into stocks and shares! Think of the havoc you'll cause for first-time buyers if you deprive banks and building societies of...
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Delegation originally meant to visit the capital will now have a trip only to the island's US military baseDenmark has welcomed the Trump administration's decision to scale back an unsolicited visit to Greenland as a sign the US is "de-escalating” after the planned trip sparked a diplomatic row with the Arctic island and Denmark.The trip was...
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Mark Rutte says Nato needs to know US has its back but Europe must also do its fair share. This live blog is closedMeanwhile, Swedish prime minister Ulf Kristersson has confirmed the country plans to increase the country's defence spending to a provisional target of 3.5% of GDP by 2030 in the largest push since the end of cold war.Sweden was...
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The first look at the controversial film shows the actor as an outlaw in a production that led to the death of cinematographer Halyna HutchinsThe first trailer has emerged for the western Rust, the production that saw an on-set accident lead to the death of the cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.The film stars Alec Baldwin as an outlaw in 1880s Kansas...
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Hamdan Ballal says Israeli soldiers beat him with their rifle butts and threatened to kill himThe Oscar-winning Palestinian film director Hamdan Ballal has said that Israeli settlers who attacked him were aided by two Israeli soldiers, who beat him with the butt of their rifles outside his home and threatened to kill him.In an interview with the...
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Günther Felßner says wife was 'in fear of life and limb' after animal rights group climbed shed and set off flaresThe conservative pick for German agriculture minister has withdrawn his candidacy after animal rights activists stormed his farm, prompting cross-party condemnation.Günther Felßner, a farming lobbyist who had won the backing of the...
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Bloc's first preparedness strategy urges people to prepare for floods, fires, pandemics or military strikesPeople in the EU are being advised to stockpile enough food, water and essentials for 72 hours as part of a European strategy that aims to increase readiness for catastrophic floods and fires, pandemics and military attacks.Outlining its first...
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As White House takes aim at medical missions, SVG says it gave US proof that workers aren't human-trafficking victimsThe prime minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) said his government has provided evidence to the US that Cuban health workers in the country are not victims of human trafficking, as the Trump administration takes aim at the...
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This live blog is now closed, you can read more of our Middle East coverage hereHere are some of the latest images coming in via the newswires:The Gaza health ministry said on Wednesday that at least 830 people had been killed in the Palestinian territory since Israel resumed large-scale strikes on 18 March, reports Agence France-Presse (AFP)....
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Supreme court judges decide former president should face criminal prosecution alongside seven close alliesBrazil's former president Jair Bolsonaro will stand trial for allegedly orchestrating a violent plot to seize power through a military coup, after the country's supreme court decided he should face criminal prosecution.The ruling leaves the...
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Judge rules that law banning school libraries and classrooms from carrying books depicting sex acts had been applied unconstitutionallyA lawsuit brought by publishers and authors including John Green and Jodi Picoult has led to a portion of a law banning Iowa school libraries and classrooms from carrying books depicting sex acts being halted.On...
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Politician says idea would be 'compensation for centuries-old injustice' of children being assigned father's nameAn Italian politician has proposed a law that would make it automatic for babies to be assigned their mother's surname at birth, a step that would mark a rupture with a centuries-old tradition and has sparked a fiery debate.Dario...
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Under a $6m US deal, hundreds of migrants from Colombia and Ecuador were deported back to their home countriesOutside the Lajas Blancas migrant camp in southern Panama, wooden shops are boarded up. A bed of cold ash lies in an iron drum barbecue which once served meat skewers to hungry migrants.Six months ago, hundreds of people would pass through...
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Signal blunder likely to put strain on Five Eyes as it weighs how Trump administration handles classified informationCanada's prime minister, Mark Carney, has said the inadvertent leak of classified military plans by senior US officials means that allied nations must increasingly "look out for ourselves” as trust frays with a once-close...
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This blog is now closed. You can read our latest full report here:Russia and Ukraine agree to 'eliminate the use of force' in Black SeaA former head of Dutch cybersecurity has expressed his surprise at Donald Trump's top team's use of Signal for classified communications that revealed "visceral anti-European messaging”.Bart Groothuis, an MEP for...
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Duke of Sussex and co-founder of Sentebale step down as patrons amid infighting in the organisationThe Duke of Sussex has resigned from an African charity he set up 20 years ago after infighting in the organisation, saying he is "in shock” and "truly heartbroken”.Prince Harry and the co-founder Prince Seeiso of Lesotho both stepped down as...
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Only folding models will be permitted on London Underground, Overground, Elizabeth Line and DLR trains from 31 MarchMost e-bikes will be banned across the London Underground and other Transport for London services, after growing safety concerns over igniting batteries.Only folding e-bikes, which are less likely to have been modified and are deemed...
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Demonstrators shout 'Hamas out' and carry banners saying 'we want to live in peace'Hundreds of Palestinians have joined protests in northern Gaza, shouting anti-Hamas slogans and calling for an end to the war with Israel, in what has been described as the largest protest against the militant group inside the territory since the 7 October...
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Miller Gardner died in sleep on Friday morningAuthorities awaiting analysis of toxicology testingA former New York Yankees player and his wife say they have "many questions” and "few answers” after their youngest son fell ill and died during a family vacation.Miller Gardner – the son of Brett and Jessica Gardner – was 14. Continue...
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US vice-president says he will join unsolicited visit to Arctic island, which Mette Frederiksen says is 'not what Greenland needs or wants'Mette Frederiksen, the Danish prime minister, has accused the US of putting "unacceptable pressure” on Greenland – which she has vowed to resist – before an unsolicited visit to the Arctic island by...
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Sylvester Terzini was employed at multiple restaurants owned by his father, has denied the untested allegations and no charges have been laidFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastFamed restaurateur Maurice Terzini has resigned as director of his most prominent venue, Bondi's...
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Annual report says Beijing making 'steady but uneven' progress on capabilities to capture TaiwanChina remains the United States' top military and cyber threat, according to a new report by US intelligence agencies that said Beijing was making "steady but uneven” progress on capabilities it could use to capture Taiwan.China has the ability to hit...
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Award-winning film set in fictional town has already made its debut at Cannes but censors have refused to approve it for domestic releaseIndian film censors have blocked the release of critically acclaimed film Santosh over concerns about its portrayal of misogyny, Islamophobia and violence in the Indian police force.Santosh, written and directed...
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Former NSW Liberal MP appears at Downing Centre district court after pleading not guilty to allegationsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA former Liberal MP shaved 10 years off his age when he used a gay hook-up app to meet a 13-year-old boy who he then sexually abused,...
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President says national security adviser Mike Waltz, suspected of adding journalist to chat, 'has learned a lesson'Donald Trump defended his embattled national security adviser on Tuesday and said the leak of highly classified military plans was "the only glitch in two months”, as scrutiny intensified into how top US officials shared operational...
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Opposition leader in a bind after Coalition votes against Labor's income tax cutsExplore all of our 2025 Australia federal budget coverageSee all our Australian election 2025 coverageGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastCoalition MPs are expecting Peter Dutton to one-up Anthony Albanese on cost-of-living relief after voting...
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This blog is now closedDutton's budget reply expected to one-up Albanese on cost-of-living relief, insiders saySee all our federal budget coverageGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastPM says budget strengthens Australia in face of global turbulenceAsked whether there's enough reserve in the budget to weather another global...
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State attorney general says the report does not take into account the new government's 'positive agenda on victims' rights'Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastQueensland's state government has rejected recommendations that would have required victims of crime to be treated...
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Some creators had flights, hotels and other travel expenses to Canberra covered by the Labor party, according to people invitedFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSocial media content creators invited to cover the Labor government's budget have hit back at "dismissive”...
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People living near Kasungu national park say they are living in fear after translocation of 263 elephants by International Fund for Animal Welfare People living on the edge of a protected area in Malawi are taking legal action against an NGO that moved more than 250 elephants into the area, which they say have killed at least 10 people.Villagers...
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Government changes parliamentary schedule on Wednesday morning in surprise move to bring debate on federal budget tax cuts immediatelyLive updates: Australia federal budget 2025 latest news and reactionLabor bets big with $17.1bn in tax cuts to win over middle AustraliaExplore all of our 2025 Australia federal budget coverageLabor is seeking to...
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Researchers say findings 'challenge myth' about monogamy while also showing no significant gap in sexual satisfactionNon-monogamous people are just as happy in their love lives as those with only one partner but are not "significantly” more sexually satisfied than traditional couples, research suggests.Polyamory, open relationships and swinging...
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CPI figures have economists predicting one to three RBA cash rate cuts in 2025 – the question is whether one will occur before federal electionFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesSee all our Australian election 2025 coverageGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia's inflation rate has eased again, in...
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Monash University has 'indefinitely postponed' upcoming exhibition at Monash University Museum of Art in Melbourne, after 'consultation with our communities'Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAn upcoming exhibition featuring works by artist Khaled Sabsabi, who was...
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Caitlin Cassidy translates the prime minister's use of gen Z phrases for Catie McLeodFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe prime minister is using phrases I don't understand in parliament. On Wednesday, he said the Coalition were "delulu with no solulu”. What is going...
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A 1,300-year-old Buddhist temple is among buildings destroyed after dry and windy weather saw mostly contained blazes spread againWind-driven wildfires that were among South Korea's worst ever are ravaging southern regions, killing 18 people, destroying more than 200 structures and forcing 27,000 people to evacuate, officials said on Wednesday.Han...
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Pet escaped from her pen when her owners were holidaying on Kangaroo Island, which is famous for its native wildlifeFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA miniature dachshund that went missing 16 months ago on Kangaroo Island in South Australia has been spotted alive and...
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Slow-moving trough drags tropical moisture inland, dumping widespread heavy rain onto an already saturated landscape, Bureau of Meteorology saysFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastHeavy rainfall has closed nearly 200 roads and cut off multiple towns in Queensland as...
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Ted Hui received letter offering reward for information about his family after China accused Australia of interfering with its internal affairsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe foreign affairs minister, Penny Wong, has described another threatening letter sent to an...
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Justice department avoids providing US judge information on expulsions of Venezuelan immigrants to El SalvadorThe Trump administration invoked the "state secrets” privilege to avoid providing more information to a federal judge regarding this month's highly contentious immigrant expulsions to El Salvador under the Alien Enemies Act.The...
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Foreign affairs minister Penny Wong says 'hard strategic decisions' need to be madeBudget 2025 live updates: Labor to try to push tax cuts through parliament today; Australia politics news and federal budget reactionExplore all of our 2025 Australia federal budget coverageGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news...
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Kremlin stipulates maritime ceasefire will start only if it gets sanctions relief on agricultural exportsRussia and Ukraine have agreed to "eliminate the use of force” in the Black Sea after parallel talks with US negotiators in Saudi Arabia, though the Kremlin said a maritime ceasefire would start only if it received sanctions relief on...
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Team Melli make their fourth straight World Cup Country likely to face restrictions in a Trump travel banIran have become the sixth team to qualify for the 2026 World Cup thanks to their 2-2 draw with Uzbekistan at the Azadi Stadium in Tehran on Tuesday. Iran join Japan and New Zealand as the first countries to have punched their ticket via the...
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Opposition says Labor's national vehicle emission standard is 'poorly designed', despite data showing uptick in green vehicle salesSee all our Australian election 2025 coverageFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia's love-hate relationship with fuel-guzzling utes...
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Data collected by two planes suggests large open-cut coalmine in Bowen Basin is releasing methane at higher rates than official estimatesFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastEmissions of the potent greenhouse gas methane at a Queensland coalmine were likely between three...
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Experts hope the use of the headphones for mild to moderate hearing loss will reduce stigma and persuade people to test their hearingFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastApple's AirPods Pro 2 can for the first time be used as hearing aids for moderate hearing loss in...
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A moratorium on attacks on ships in the Black Sea seems to be contingent on sanctions relief – a key Kremlin demandThe Kremlin is pressing its advantage with a White House that is impatient to show that Donald Trump is the only leader who can deliver peace in the Kremlin's war against Ukraine.At first blush, the deal agreed by US negotiators in...
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Zempilas admitted he would continue to write unpaid for his former employer Kerry Stokes' Seven West Media and appear on Channel 7's Sunrise programGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastBasil Zempilas' punt for leadership has sailed straight through the goalposts, in a gameplay by Western Australia's Liberals that surprised...
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Actor denies assault and says he was following advice of his then lawyer when he previously told police there had been no physical contactThe French actor Gérard Depardieu has admitted in court that he grabbed the hips of a woman who has accused him of sexual assault, but said it was to avoid slipping and was not a sexual attack."I grabbed her...
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This blog is now closed, you can read our full story hereAt least 50,144 Palestinian people have been killed and 113,704 injured in Israeli attacks on Gaza since 7 October 2023, the Gaza health ministry said in a statement on Tuesday.Gaza's health ministry has said in the past that thousands of other dead people are most likely lost in the rubble...
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Research's lead author says findings could show the importance of infidelity in relationship breakdownsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralian researchers say they have debunked the "monogamy-superiority myth” that one-on-one romantic relationships are better than those with multiple partners.Research published on...
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Vast majority unaware how many people were enslaved and for how long, although poll finds support for reparations is risingBritons are widely ignorant of the scale and legacy of Britain's involvement in slavery and colonialism, a survey has found, with the vast majority unaware how many people were enslaved, how long the trade went on for, or for...
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Daniela Klette, the last female member at large of the 70s terror network, had been living quietly in BerlinA former member of the Baader-Meinhof group, also known as the Red Army Faction, has gone on trial in Germany for robberies she allegedly committed during three decades hiding in broad daylight.Daniela Klette, the last female member of the...
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Report reveals scale of abuse faced by women in politics from countries such as Australia, India, Laos and MongoliaSexism, harassment and violence against women are rife in parliaments across the Asia-Pacific region, according to a damning report published on Tuesday that lays bare the scale of abuse faced by women in politics.Based on interviews...
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In a Vanity Fair interview The Producers and The Birdcage star claimed that being an out gay actor cost him roles in his careerThe Producers star Nathan Lane says that "homophobia is alive and well” in Hollywood and that being an out gay actor cost him roles.In an interview with Vanity Fair, Lane said that his breakthrough film role in the 1996...
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Investigation into death of two-year-old Émile Soleil, who went missing from a village in 2023, takes surprise turnA long investigation into the mysterious death in 2023 of a French toddler took a surprise turn on Tuesday when police arrested the boy's grandparents on suspicion of murder.The death of Émile Soleil, who was two and a half when he...
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Messages inadvertently shared with Atlantic journalist lay bare the unvarnished truth about how Vance and Hegseth feel about European alliesIf Europe wasn't already on notice, the extraordinary leak of deliberations by JD Vance and other top-level Trump administration officials over a strike against the Houthis in Yemen was another sign that it has...
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Shadow treasurer responds barely 20 minutes after Jim Chalmers' budget speech, calling Labor's policy 'cruel hoax tax changes'Federal budget 2025 LIVE updates: Australia government budget announcement and speech – latest newsExplore all of our 2025 Australia federal budget coverageGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news...
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What the treasurer said – and what we can read between the lines of the budget night speechFederal budget 2025 LIVE updates: Australia government budget announcement and speech – latest newsThe complete 2025 Australian budget: choose the news coverage that matters to youExplore all of our 2025 Australia federal budget coverageGet our morning...
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Assassination of former Japanese PM Shinzo Abe spurred official request for closure of South Korea-based sectA court in Japan has ordered the Unification church to be dissolved after a government request spurred by the investigation into the 2022 assassination of the former prime minister Shinzo Abe.The church, founded in South Korea and nicknamed...
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In apparent deal between three countries, Venezuelan official said country would resume accepting US deporteesA group of Venezuelan immigrants have been deported from the US to Honduras and then sent on to Venezuela, after an apparent deal between the three countries.The flights came one day after a Venezuelan government official announced on...
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