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Ireland's prime minister unexpectedly quits
21 Mar 2024In a surprise move, Leo Varadkar resigned 12 months before the next election.
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US court blocks strict new immigration law in Texas
21 Mar 2024The courts placed a hold on Texas's controversial immigration law while they decide how to proceed with hearings against it.
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UN mission probing Islamic State crimes forced to shut in Iraq
20 Mar 2024A UN mission set up to help Iraq investigate alleged Islamic State genocide and war crimes is being forced to shut prematurely before it can finish its probes.
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Doctors who visited Gaza speak of 'atrocities', collapsing healthcare
The Israeli offensive has displaced nearly 2.3 million people, caused a starvation crisis, flattened most of the enclave, and killed more than 31,000 people, according to Gaza's health ministry.
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Princess of Wales: Data watchdog 'assessing' Kate privacy breach claims
20 Mar 2024The Information Commissioners' Office confirmed it received a "breach report" and is making inquiries.
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Fiji: Heavy rain and flooding closes schools, restrictions in place for some
The Fiji Meteorological Service says a heavy rain warning remains in force for the whole of the Fiji group and a flash flood warning is in force for all flood prone areas.
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'Stole hundreds of lives': Christchurch man jailed over role in US porn videos
20 Mar 2024Matthew Isaac Wolfe helped a fellow Kiwi to deceive and coerce young women to appear in the videos.
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How the Kate body-double conspiracy theory spread
20 Mar 2024The latest false conspiracy involving the Princess of Wales involves claims of a double in footage.
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Police search new area for missing Australian mum's body
20 Mar 2024Australian police say the new area of focus for Samantha Murphy's body is based on "intelligence derived from a number of sources".
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Article 23: What is Hong Kong's tough new security law?
20 Mar 2024Hong Kong has passed a new security law that the government says is necessary for stability, but raises fears that civil liberties will be further eroded.
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Peter Navarro: ex-Trump adviser begins prison sentence
20 Mar 2024Peter Navarro, a former trade adviser to Donald Trump, has begun a four-month jail term in Miami.
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Netanyahu rejects Biden plea to call off Rafah assault in Gaza
20 Mar 2024The Israeli prime minister says a ground offensive is essential to wipe out Hamas fighters.
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UN sounds 'Red Alert' as world smashes heat records
20 Mar 2024The World Meteorological Organization sounded the 'Red Alert' after heat records were surpassed in 2023 and could be worse in 2024.
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Bank of Japan ends negative rates, farewells era of radical policy
19 Mar 2024The Bank of Japan has ended eight years of negative interest rates and other remnants of its unorthodox policy, making a historic shift away from a focus of reflating growth with decades of massive…
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Why scrapping the term 'long Covid' would be harmful
Opinion - The assertion from Queensland's chief health officer John Gerrard that it's time to stop using the term "long Covid" has made headlines internationally.
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'Only one meal per day': PNG Highlands affected by flooding 'feeling the impact'
19 Mar 2024Food rationing is underway in remote areas in Papua New Guinea's Highlands following torrential rain and flash flooding.
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Princess Kate videoed in public after visit to farm shop
19 Mar 2024The Princess of Wales was photographed after visiting a farm shop in the first appearance since her surgery.
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Trump can't raise US$454m bond in fraud case, lawyers say
19 Mar 2024The former US president's lawyers say they approached 30 companies without success.
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Some McDonald's outlets back online after tech outage in several countries
16 Mar 2024Some McDonald's stores were back online after a global technology outage on Friday disrupted operations for a few hours at many of the restaurant chain's outlets.
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Parents of Kiwi duo arrested in Thailand 'distraught'
18 Mar 2024Two New Zealanders have been arrested in Phuket for attacking a police officer - with the incident caught on video.
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New Zealand man killed in suspected hit-and-run in Sydney
18 Mar 2024Mitch East was described as a "highly talented lawyer" by his employer.
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Banksy confirms London tree mural is his own work
19 Mar 2024Islington Council says its graffiti removal team is aware of the artwork and won't remove it.
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Malaysia considers hosting 'downsized' Commonwealth Games
19 Mar 2024Malaysia's Olympic Council proposed holding a "downsized" Commonwealth Games in 2026 as the southeast Asian country considers replacing the original host, the Australian state of Victoria.
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Battle over deep-sea mining heats up
18 Mar 2024Greenpeace could be thrown out of the UN body overseeing deep-sea mining for obstructing a research expedition.