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Ex-US military leaders back Harris, call Trump a danger

A group of 10 retired top U.S. military officials endorsed U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris in a letter made public on Monday.

September 10, 2024 6:15 am
 

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Mining bash to dish up nuclear as PM pushes future plan

Mines are being mothballed even as Anthony Albanese calls for a future made in Australia with battery minerals and clean energy – not nuclear – at its heart.

September 9, 2024 5:24 pm
 

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Childcare rapist to face sentencing for 307 offences

A childcare worker who admitted hundreds of sexual offences against young girls is due to face sentencing after a prosecutor argued that the victims’ families should not be kept waiting.

September 9, 2024 4:21 pm
 

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US House Republican report blasts Biden over chaotic Afghan withdrawal

U.S. House of Representatives Republicans will release a long-awaited report.

September 9, 2024 3:18 pm
 

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Vietnam's death toll from Typhoon Yagi rises to 24

Typhoon Yagi and the landslides and floods it triggered have killed at least 24 people and injured another 299 in northern Vietnam on the weekend, the government said, as authorities warned of more flooding.

September 9, 2024 2:35 pm
 

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Amazon rivers' low water levels bring fresh challenges for locals

Water levels in the rivers that run through the vast Amazon rainforest have been falling.

September 9, 2024 1:46 pm
 

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Gunman crossing from Jordan kills three Israelis at border

A gunman from Jordan killed three Israeli civilians at the Allenby Bridge border crossing in the occupied West Bank before security forces shot him dead, Israeli authorities said.

September 9, 2024 12:20 pm
 

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Israeli strikes on Syria kill at least four, injure 13

Multiple Israeli strikes on Syria’s Hama countryside have killed at least four civilians, Syrian state media reported, with sources saying the attacks targeted a major military research centre.

September 9, 2024 11:20 am
 

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Germany's Scholz calls for renewed push for peace in Ukraine

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz called for a renewed effort to bring peace to Ukraine, adding that he and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy had both agreed in recent talks on the need for a new peace conference that would include Russia.

September 9, 2024 10:15 am
 

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Greece to tax cruise ships to curb over-tourism

Greece plans to impose a 20-euro levy on cruise ship visitors to the islands of Santorini and Mykonos during the peak summer season, in a bid to avert overtourism, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Sunday.

September 9, 2024 9:23 am
 

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Russia captures Ukrainian town near Pokrovsk

Russia said on Sunday its forces had taken full control of a town in eastern Ukraine as Moscow’s forces advanced on the strategically important city of Pokrovsk and sought to pierce the Ukrainian defensive front lines.

September 9, 2024 8:40 am
 

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Venezuelan opposition leader Gonzalez seeks asylum in Spain

Venezuelan opposition presidential candidate Edmundo Gonzalez flew into Spain on Sunday to seek asylum, Madrid said, hours after quitting his country amid a political and diplomatic crisis over July’s disputed election.

September 9, 2024 7:30 am

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