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Kyiv, Lviv under Russian air attack, Poland activates aircraft, officials say
24 Mar 2024In a major attack on Lviv, Russian missiles have been flying close to the Polish border.
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Kate's cancer the latest bombshell in royal family's year of woe
24 Mar 2024Three cancer diagnoses and a shock death have rocked the Windsors in what some are describing as the darkest period for the family in years.
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Nigerian captors release 200 kidnapped school children and staff
24 Mar 2024The children were taken from a school in north-western Kaduna state on 7 March.
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What is ISIS-K, the group that attacked a Moscow concert?
24 Mar 2024The group has a reputation for extreme brutality and was behind a spate of bombings in Iran and Afghanistan.
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'We don't live, we're just alive' - Afghan girls despair at Taliban school ban
24 Mar 2024The new term has begun, but secondary school remains closed to girls for another academic year.
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William and Kate 'enormously touched' by public support
24 Mar 2024Their latest statement added they were "grateful" the public understood their request for privacy.
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Inside the Moscow concert that became a massacre
24 Mar 2024One man barricaded himself into a VIP box, only to find smoke billowing throughout the theatre. Another saw the attack unfold: "Everything started burning."
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Australia outranks NZ for happiness, but are they better off?
24 Mar 2024Australia has pushed New Zealand down a spot to become the 10th happiest country in the world, according to the latest World Happiness Report. Audio
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Putin vows to punish those behind Russia concert massacre
24 Mar 2024President Vladimir Putin pledged to track down and punish those behind the attack.
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Israel says 170 gunmen dead as battles rage around Gaza hospital
24 Mar 2024The hospital is one of the few healthcare facilities even partially operational in the northern Gaza Strip and has also been housing displaced civilians.
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Kiwi lawyer was lying on road before NSW hit-and-run, court told
23 Mar 2024A rideshare driver kept picking up passengers after allegedly running over Mitch East, who previously worked at NZ's Supreme Court.
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'You just never know' - Princess's cancer a wake-up call to others
23 Mar 2024Cancer Society New Zealand says the announcement by the Princess of Wales is a reminder for everyone to look after their health.
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Russia arrests suspected attackers after mass shooting kills 93 at concert
23 Mar 2024Russia has arrested 11 people including four suspected gunmen in connection with a shooting rampage that killed 93 people in a concert hall near Moscow, the Kremlin said on Saturday.
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Trump poised for billions as stock market deal passes
23 Mar 2024Donald Trump appears to be scrambling for funds to pay a $464m fraud fine. Could the stock market ride to his rescue?
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'Everyone was screaming, everyone was running' - Death toll above 60 as gunmen attack concert
23 Mar 2024IS claimed responsibility as the death toll made it one of the worst attacks on Russia since the 2004 Beslan school siege.
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Kate says she's having chemotherapy after cancer discovery
23 Mar 2024The princess's statement explained that when she had abdominal surgery in January, it was not known that there was any cancer.
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What do we know about Kate's preventative chemotherapy?
23 Mar 2024Kate did not give details of the type or stage of cancer, or share her specific treatment plan, making it difficult to assess the potential impacts on her health.
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Harry and Meghan wish Kate 'health and healing'
23 Mar 2024The princess explained that when she had abdominal surgery in January, it was not known that there was any cancer.
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Million in Ukraine lose power after wave of Russian strikes
23 Mar 2024There is no electricity in the second-largest city of Kharkiv, the regional head says, and more than 53,000 households in Odesa are without power.
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US call at UN for Gaza truce linked to hostages blocked
Russia and China have blocked a US draft resolution put to the UN which for the first time called for a ceasefire and hostage releases in Gaza.
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'Russia is at war against people's ordinary lives' - Zelensky
22 Mar 2024Russia has launched the largest missile and drone attack on Ukrainian energy infrastructure, hitting the country's largest dam and causing blackouts, Kyiv says.
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Arrest made in NSW fatal hit-and-run that killed Kiwi lawyer
22 Mar 2024Mitch East, 28, was found bleeding on a Tamarama street at 4am on Sunday, and died of his injuries.
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Israeli military says troops captured hundreds of fighters in Gaza hospital
Israeli forces have detained hundreds of Hamas and Islamic Jihad fighters including a number of security officials and military commanders during its extended raid into Gaza's main hospital, the…
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Haiti gang leader killed as transition council nears completion
22 Mar 2024A police operation in Port-au-Prince killed the head of the Delmas 95 gang, marking a setback for gangs' moves to take over more parts of the city.
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