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Trump speaks to Zelensky, NATO leaders following Putin talks
16 Aug 2025The highly anticipated summit in Alaska yielded no agreement to resolve Russia's war in Ukraine, but both Trump and Putin described the talks as productive.
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Large earthquake hits Australia's Queensland
16 Aug 2025A large earthquake has struck Queensland leaving many without power, Australian authorities say.
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Trump says Xi told him China will not invade Taiwan while he's president
16 Aug 2025The Chinese Embassy in Washington described the topic of Taiwan as "the most important and sensitive issue" in China-US relations.
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Former Australian cricket captain dies aged 89
16 Aug 2025Bob Simpson played 62 Tests for Australia, scoring 4689 runs - with 10 centuries and 27 50s - and taking 71 wickets.
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Trump says 'no deal until there's a deal' after talks with Putin
16 Aug 2025The US President says he and Russian President Vladimir Putin did not reach an agreement to resolve the war in Ukraine.
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Israel in talks to resettle Gazan Palestinians in South Sudan, sources say
16 Aug 2025Arab and world leaders have rejected the idea of moving Gaza's population to any country.
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UN plastics pollution deal a flop, some blame USA
16 Aug 2025Analysis - Fiji's delegate says failing to set production limits is like "mopping the floor without turning off the tap," while China wants to address the full life-cycle of plastics.
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Putin, Trump sit down to discuss fate of Ukraine as summit gets under way
16 Aug 2025US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin have met face-to-face in Alaska in a high-stakes meeting.
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Far-right Israeli minister pays surprise visit to jailed Palestinian leader
16 Aug 2025Israel's security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir visited prominent Palestinian Marwan Barghouti in jail and told him 'you will not win', a video shows.
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Ghislaine Maxwell’s arrival at Texas prison camp sparks tension and restrictions
15 Aug 2025Some are worried about inmates' children visiting with Maxwell around, and a puppies in prisons programme has explicitly said it won't allow her to participate.
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Trump administration weighing refugee cap with focus on white South Africans
15 Aug 2025Officals said some 30,000 of the 40,000 spaces would be devoted to Afrikaners.
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US, Europe still doing billions of dollars' worth of business with Russia
15 Aug 2025Trump is threatening higher tariffs on countries buying Russian oil. But the US still imports Russian goods.
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AI chatbots accused of encouraging teen suicide as experts sound alarm
15 Aug 2025"It can get dark very quickly."
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World plastic pollution treaty talks collapse with no deal
15 Aug 2025Negotiators from 185 nations worked beyond Thursday's deadline in an ultimately futile search for common ground.
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What Putin really wants from Trump - and it's not peace
15 Aug 2025Analysis: Alaska is unlikely to have been on many people's bingo cards for a summit between the US and Russia.
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Retiree dies after being lured to New York by AI chatbot
15 Aug 2025He was planning a rendezvous with a young, beautiful woman he had met online - or so he thought.
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Heavy rain in Indian Kashmir leaves dozens dead, more than 200 missing
15 Aug 2025Flash floods caused by the rain turned roads into raging rivers while the downpour devastated entire buildings and swept away vehicles, dramatic video shared on social media showed.
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The looming danger for communications satellites
15 Aug 2025Climate pollution will put satellites, including those used for GPs and communications, at greater risk during solar-triggered geomagnetic storms, according to a new study.
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'Take our capital back': 800 National Guard troopers hit streets of DC
15 Aug 2025The troops "will remain until law and order has been restored in the District, as determined by the president".
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Iran's rulers face existential choice after US-Israeli strikes
15 Aug 2025Analysis: The clerical elite stands at a crossroads: defy pressure to halt its nuclear activity, or concede and risk a fracture.
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Israeli minister banned from NZ approves plan to 'bury the idea of a Palestinian state'
15 Aug 2025Israeli far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has approved a settlement plan.
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The lawsuits that could shut down 'Alligator Alcatraz'
15 Aug 2025Two cases could halt plans for the controversial makeshift immigrant detention center in Florida.
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YouTube turns to AI to spot children posing as adults
15 Aug 2025YouTube has started using artificial intelligence to figure out when users are children pretending to be adults.
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Flood kills 56 in Kashmir mountain village
15 Aug 2025Dozens more remain missing after torrents of water and mud driven by intense rain crashed through a Himalayan village.
