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US to make another push for Middle East ceasefire

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will make another push for a ceasefire when he heads to the Middle East, seeking to kick-start negotiations to end the Gaza war and also defuse the spillover conflict in Lebanon.

October 22, 2024 10:42 am
 

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Russia hits Kyiv with drone attacks for second night

Russia attacked the Ukrainian capital Kyiv with several waves of drones for the second night in a row, damaging residential buildings and injuring at least one civilian, Ukrainian officials said on Monday.

October 22, 2024 9:50 am
 

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Claims a cargo jet shot down in Sudan's Darfur region

Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces say they have shot down a cargo jet in the country’s far western reaches of Darfur, a claim that Russian diplomats say they are trying to investigate in the war zone.

October 22, 2024 7:23 am
 

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Adults only: online codes to limit porn, gaming access

Australian attempting to access pornographic websites and certain online games will be subject to age tests under online safety proposals that could come into effect in 2025.

October 22, 2024 6:34 am
 

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Lebanese flee as blasts hit Beirut, Israel warns of strikes on Hezbollah finance arm

Hundreds of Beirut residents fled their homes late on Sunday with multiple explosions heard across the Lebanese capital, as Israel prepared to attack sites linked to the financial operations of Lebanon’s Hezbollah group and told people to leave those areas immediately.

October 21, 2024 5:15 pm
 

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Pollies, protests and an alpaca confront King on tour

King Charles and Queen Camilla have been confronted by a protest over Indigenous rights and a sneezy alpaca on the latest leg of their Australian tour.

October 21, 2024 4:34 pm
 

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Forever chemical water standards 'very conservative'

National drinking water guidelines for potential cancer-causing chemicals are set to be tightened after increasing discoveries of PFAS in water sources.

October 21, 2024 1:29 pm
 

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Thousands protest in Spain's Canary Islands against over tourism

Thousands of people protested in holiday resorts in Spain’s Canary Islands against over tourism which they say prices local people out of the housing market.

October 21, 2024 10:33 am
 

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Millions of Cubans still without power as crisis deepens

Millions of Cubans awoke to find their homes still without power after another partial grid failure overnight.

October 21, 2024 9:09 am
 

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No clear winner in British Columbia election

The two main parties contesting an election in the western Canadian province of British Columbia were tied after most votes had been counted, provisional results showed, and it could be days before a winner emerges.

October 21, 2024 8:20 am
 

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Hurricane Oscar heads for Cuba after making landfall in Bahamas

Hurricane Oscar is expected to reach Guantanamo or Holguin in Cuba later as the island country struggles to restore power after its worst blackout in years, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.

October 21, 2024 7:00 am
 

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Seven dead after ferry dock gangway collapses in US

At least seven people have been killed after part of a ferry dock collapsed on Georgia’s Sapelo Island, according to officials.

October 20, 2024 4:35 pm

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