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Lebanese Australians reminded of past wars as Israel attacks Lebanon again
Israel's latest military attacks on Lebanon stir up traumatic memories of civil war for Australia's Lebanese community.
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Biden: No reversal of US clean energy advances ahead of Trump presidency
Biden became the first sitting US president to visit the Amazon, where he emphasised fight against climate change.
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Biden to allow Ukraine to use US weapons inside Russia: Reports
Move comes as Biden heads into his final months in US office, with Trump believed to be more favourable towards Russia.
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Pope Francis urges inquiry into Gaza genocide allegations
The Catholic Church pontiff made his most explicit criticism yet of Israel's conduct in extracts from an upcoming book.
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Is there any way to stop the war in Sudan?
The fighting is estimated to have killed tens of thousands of civilians.
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Bangladesh’s Yunus seeks time, says election roadmap after reforms
The interim leader pledges electoral and constitutional reforms before elections in address marking 100 days in power.
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India police arrest 23 after violence erupts in northeast state of Manipur
Protests erupted after six bodies, believed to have been kidnapped from the Meitei community, were recovered on Friday.
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Trump nominates climate change sceptic Chris Wright as energy secretary
Chris Wright, a fracking magnate, has said 'there is no climate crisis' and champions fossil fuel production.
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Trump nominates climate change sceptic Chris Wright as energy secretary
Chris Wright, a fracking magnate, has said 'there is no climate crisis' and champions fossil fuel production.
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Japan’s troops to train with US, Australian forces amid concerns over China
Joint training is announced after three countries express concerns about 'dangerous conduct' by the Chinese military.
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Spain’s Jorge Martin wins 2024 MotoGP World Championship in Barcelona
Jorge Martin finishes third in the season finale to become the first independent rider world champion of the MotoGP era.
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Video: Super typhoon Man-yi forces mass evacuation in the Philippines
Super Typhoon Man-yi has hit the Philippines’ main island of Luzon with winds up to 185 kilometres per hour.
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Democrats, next time try fighting for the working class
The Democratic Party’s decision to abandon working-class voters is bearing the expected disastrous results.
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Yunus on Hasina: She can call herself Bangladesh PM, reality differs
At COP29, Bangladesh’s Muhammad Yunus addresses climate crisis and national healing after political upheaval.
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Israeli strike in Lebanon’s Beirut kills Hezbollah spokesman Mohammad Afif
Mohammad Afif killed in an Israeli strike on a building in central Beirut in a setback to the Lebanese armed group.
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Israel bombs residential building in north Gaza’s Beit Lahiya, killing 50
Civil defence spokesman says rescue workers are unable to reach the site of the attack due to the Israeli siege.
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Israeli attack targets Gaza school sheltering displaced Palestinians
At least 10 people have been killed and dozens more injured in an Israeli strike on a UN-run school in northern Gaza.
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Video: War has reduced one of Gaza’s best-loved restaurants to a food kiosk
One of Gaza’s oldest restaurants, that survived multiple wars on the enclave has been reduced to a basic food kiosk.
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Russia hits Ukraine’s energy infrastructure in huge drone, missile attacks
Nationwide power cuts announced after Russia carries out large-scale strikes across Ukraine, including Kyiv and Odesa.
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Miners holed up in abandoned South Africa shaft ‘starving’
Rescue operations involving volunteers ongoing in Stilfontein amid reports that hundreds are still trapped underground.
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