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Israel to open three humanitarian routes into Gaza
5 Apr 2024The move comes hours after a call between US President Joe Biden and Israel's PM Benjamin Netanyahu.
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Flood, weather warnings as storm hits Australia
5 Apr 2024A major rain event is unfolding across eastern Australia, triggering numerous warnings for heavy rain, flooding and damaging winds.
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Italian island offers goats up for adoption
5 Apr 2024Experts at navigating the steep landscape of Alicudi, in the Aeolian archipelago north of Sicily, the goats have become a problem as they damage gardens and allotments.
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Trump suffers setbacks as bid to dismiss charges fails
5 Apr 2024The cases represent just some of the legal entanglements facing Trump.
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Could a celebrity chef help push the US to act in Gaza?
5 Apr 2024Chef José Andrés is a Washington legend. Could Israel killing his aid workers push the US to act?
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Muhammad Ali's trunks from 'Thrilla in Manila' up for sale
5 Apr 2024Muhammad Ali's white satin boxing trunks from his epic 'Thrilla in Manila' bout with rival Joe Frazier are up for auction and expected to sell for upwards of $10 million.
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Biden tells Netanyahu he wants immediate ceasefire in Gaza
5 Apr 2024The US issued its strongest public rebuke toward Israel, directing it to address the safety of Palestinian civilians.
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Taiwan earthquake survivors 'just held on to each other'
5 Apr 2024Four people caught in the 7.4 magnitude quake recall the moment it struck and how they survived. Video
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Doctors Without Borders doesn't believe Israeli claims over strike on aid workers
5 Apr 2024The medical charity says many humanitarian personnel have been attacked previously.
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Baltimore bridge: No contaminants found in river after collapse
5 Apr 2024The ship was carrying hundreds of tonnes of hazardous materials when it struck the Francis Scott Key Bridge.
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US Secretary of State says more aid urgently needed for Ukraine
5 Apr 2024NATO members have met to commemorate the alliance's 75th anniversary and pledged more aid for Ukraine.
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Australia's East Coast braces for 'major rain event'
4 Apr 2024Sydney is on flood watch alongside at least 30 rivers across NSW and Queensland, as torrential rain is expected to pummel eastern Australia over the next 48 hours.
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Senior US diplomat suggests AUKUS will deter any China moves against Taiwan
The US Deputy Secretary of State has made an unusual linkage between the AUKUS security pact and deterring any Chinese move against Taiwan.
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Taiwan earthquake injuries top 1000, missing hotel workers found
4 Apr 2024A magnitude 6 earthquake struck off the east coast of Japan on Thursday.
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China sends "security delegation" to Tonga
4 Apr 2024Critics say the visit is another sign that China wants to embed officers in police forces across the Pacific, but the Tongan prime minister is playing down the significance of China's offer.
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50 workers missing in Taiwan quake that killed 9, injured 900
4 Apr 2024Taiwan's biggest earthquake in at least 25 years killed nine people and injured more than 900, while 50 workers travelling in minibuses to a hotel in a national park are missing.
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French couple who kept 159 cats banned from having pets
4 Apr 2024A woman, 68, has been diagnosed as having Noah syndrome, a condition associated with animal hoarding.
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Israel targeted aid workers 'systematically, car by car', chef says
"This was not just a bad luck situation where 'oops', we dropped the bomb in the wrong place," Andres says.
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Ministers to mark 75 years of NATO, discuss more support for Ukraine
4 Apr 2024NATO began with 12 members from North America and Europe, founded in response to growing fears that the Soviet Union posed a military threat to European democracies.
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Outage hits Apple services, including App Store and Apple TV+
4 Apr 2024Some of computing giant Apple's services went offline on Thursday, including in New Zealand.
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South African footballer shot dead in car hijacking
5 Apr 2024Police say South African footballer Luke Fleurs was shot dead in a car hijacking at a Johannesburg petrol station.
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Trump sues Truth Social partners who 'failed spectacularly'
Donald Trump is seeking the two ex-Apprentice contestants lose shares in the now public company.
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British conservatives set for heavy defeat to Labour - survey
4 Apr 2024YouGov projects Rishi Sunak's Conservatives would win just 155 seats and Labour would win 403.
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Ukraine lowers conscription age after drop in volunteers to fight Russian invasion
4 Apr 2024Volodymyr Zelensky has signed into law a bill lowering the military mobilisation age by two years from 27 to 25.
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