Brazil’s Lula sacks deputy intelligence chief amid spying probe

Investigations continue into alleged illegal spying when his predecessor Jair Bolsonaro was in power.

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France approves historic bill in first step to include abortion rights in Constitution

Paris: France’s National Assembly overwhelmingly approved a bill that seeks to enshrine abortion rights for women in the French Constitution, marking a key first step in the…

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A Moscow librarian was told by the government to destroy LGBTIQ+ books. So he made a choice

For 14 years, Vladimir Kosarevskiy, then not an openly gay man, worked at Moscow’s most innovative library. When the government ordered him to destroy books referring to…

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Ukraine’s evacuation ‘angels’ getting out frontline town’s last residents

Footage from Avdiivka, a town on Ukraine’s frontline, shows the pain of leaving home as it is bombed.

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Injured, hungry and alone – the Gazan children orphaned by war

Some 19,000 children have been orphaned by the war, or have no adults to look after them, says the UN.

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Imran Khan: Former Pakistan PM jailed another 14 years for graft

The sentencing comes a day after he was given 10 years for leaking state secrets- a case he called bogus.

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‘Make America Normal Again’: Nikki Haley’s new slogan as US presidential race heats up

US elections 2024: Indian-American Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley on Tuesday coined a new slogan for her campaign – Make America Normal Again! – as the US…

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US F-16 fighter jet crashes in South Korean sea, pilot ejects safely

Seoul: A US Air Force pilot managed to eject safely before an F-16 fighter jet crashed into the sea near South Korea’s west coast on Wednesday, according…

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Parents stage protest at prestigious boys’ private school over plans to admit girls

Students returning to Newington College after summer holidays have been greeted by a protest over plans to admit girls to the elite Sydney boys’ private school.

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Elon Musk: Judge blocks ‘unfathomable’ $56bn Tesla pay deal

The lawsuit was filed by a shareholder who argued that it was an inappropriate overpayment.

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Iraqi militant group suspends attacks against US after drone strike

Kataib Hezbollah is believed to have been behind the attack in Jordan that killed three US troops.

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Israel Gaza: UN warning that aid system could collapse if UNRWA funding is withheld

Top officials issue a joint appeal after countries halt funding for the territory’s main aid agency.

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Israel: Netanyahu rejects Hamas conditions for ceasefire, refuses to release ‘thousands of terrorists’

Israel-Hamas war: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday rejected two key demands from Hamas during indirect talks for a ceasefire, saying that the Israeli military will…

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‘Not for sale’: Music festival on Anzac Day forced to shift plans after backlash from veterans

Plans to hold a rock concert in Sydney’s Domain on Anzac Day have been dashed after veterans criticised the decision as inappropriate.

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Biden says he’s decided on response to drone attack that killed American troops in Jordan

Washington: US President Joe Biden on Tuesday (local time) said he had decided on how to respond to a drone attack that claimed the lives of three…

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Meet Cooper Smith, the young Australian DJ spinning tracks and smashing stereotypes  

He set the Australian Open on fire with his deft DJ tracks. What next for this talented teen?

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