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US envoy Witkoff visits the Gaza aid operation that the UN calls unsafe
2 Aug 2025It's the first visit of a high-profile US official to Gaza since the war began in 2023.
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One worker dead and five still trapped after Chilean mine collapse
2 Aug 2025Codelco - which runs the mine - has been sanctioned 29 times since 2021 and has had seven fatal accidents in that time, Chile's mining regulator says.
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Four dead, suspect at large in Montana bar shooting
2 Aug 2025US law enforcement say they are searching for suspect Michael Paul Brown, who is believed to be armed and dangerous.
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Volcano erupts in Indonesia, throws 10km high ash column
2 Aug 2025The country's volcanology agency has warned people to clear a 6-7km area around the crater of Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki.
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Ghislaine Maxwell moved to lower-security facility
2 Aug 2025Maxwell is serving a 20-year sentence in the US for helping the late financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse underage girls.
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Cambodia to nominate Donald Trump for Nobel Peace Prize, says deputy PM
1 Aug 2025It follows the US president's direct intervention in halting the Southeast Asian country's recent border conflict with Thailand.
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Texas officials missed emergency planning briefing before deadly floods
1 Aug 2025The flash floods killed at least 136 people with grieving residents asking for a reliable alert system.
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Common allergy medication's risks outweigh its usefulness
1 Aug 2025Experts say the older drug doesn't just block the allergy-related receptors, it can also affect other parts of the brain.
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Trump to build $200 million White House ballroom
The project could prove to be the most extensive one since Harry Truman completed an entire renovation in 1952.
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Fed-up Italian farmers set up turnstiles to charge for Instagram hot spots
If Carlo Zanella, president of the Alto Adige Alpine Club, had his way, travel influencers would be banned from the Dolomites.
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Peru gas workers find 1000-year-old mummy
1 Aug 2025The mummy of a boy aged between 10 and 15 was found 1.2 metres underneath a street north of Lima.
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How Trump used America's power to get what he wanted
1 Aug 2025Analysis - At the core of the trade war is a consistent concept: leverage.
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Trump threatens Canada over Palestine support
The US President has intensified his trade war with his country's neighbour. Audio
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Islamic Jihad publishes video of Israeli hostage in Gaza
AFP has not immediately been able to confirm the authenticity of the video nor the date it was filmed.
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Family of Epstein accuser urge Trump to keep Maxwell in prison
1 Aug 2025Virginia Giuffre's family said it was "shocking" to hear Donald Trump say she had been "poached" by Epstein from the Mar-a-Lago club where she worked.
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Why Jason Momoa's Hawaiian epic was made in New Zealand
1 Aug 2025It's a triumph of Hawaiians telling their own stories - but it's made in Aotearoa.
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'Megaflash' lightning bolt travelled over 800 km, setting new record
1 Aug 2025That astonishing bolt struck during a thunderstorm in October 2017, but the bolt's exact distance was finally verified this week. Audio
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Trump's tariffs: What has changed and who is affected
1 Aug 2025As the countdown began towards his deadline, the US President unveiled a flurry of trade announcements.
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Iran's capital could run dry 'within weeks'
1 Aug 2025Key reservoirs are shrinking, authorities are scrambling to reduce water use and residents are desperately trying to conserve it.
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Former MMA fighter loses appeal against civil rape case
1 Aug 2025Conor McGregor has lost his attempt to overturn a civil jury's order that he compensate a woman who accused him of raping her.
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Happy Gilmore 2 pales next to its predecessor
1 Aug 2025Adam Sandler's return as the eponymous golfer is a breezy and intermittently funny comedy that sticks to the playbook of every decades-later sequel.
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'Spying at unprecedented levels': $13.6b annual cost for Australia
1 Aug 2025The country's domestic spy chief says 24 "major espionage and foreign interference" operations have been disrupted in the last three years alone.
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Trump's envoy in Israel as Gaza criticism mounts
1 Aug 2025US President Donald Trump's envoy Steve Witkoff has held talks in Israel on ways to end the crisis in Gaza.
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AI helps Amazon achieve 35% surge in profits
1 Aug 2025Our conviction that AI will change every customer experience is starting to play out, Amazon CEO says.
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