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NSW police given extra powers ahead of Israeli presidential visit
7 Feb 2026Protesters planning to rally in central Sydney asked to choose a different place: "It's very important that people remain calm and act respectfully during this visit..."
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Trump announces tariffs on any country that trades with Iran
7 Feb 2026Iran's top diplomat says nuclear talks with the US mediated by Oman are off to a "good start" and set to continue.
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Another Benghazi consulate attack suspect arrested
7 Feb 2026The US has arrested a person suspected of playing a central role in the 2012 attack on its consulate in Libya, Attorney General Pam Bondi said on Friday.
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US moves to deport 5-year-old Ecuadorian boy detained by ICE in Minnesota
7 Feb 2026The boy and his father were detained at a ICE detention facility in Texas, until a judge ordered their release.
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What is Islamic State, the group claiming responsibility for Pakistan attack?
7 Feb 2026The Sunni Muslim group emerged in Iraq and Syria, and continues to operate despite losing most of its 'caliphate' a decade ago.
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US accuses China of secret nuclear test, but experts sceptical
7 Feb 2026The alleged Chinese test had a yield "in the hundreds of tons", a US official said, although a monitoring group said it had not detected anything of the sort.
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Black hole continues to belch years after chewing up star
Primarily using radio telescopes in New Mexico and South Africa, scientists are watching the black hole, as it continues to belch out a fast-moving jet of material.
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'Unhinged bottom feeder': House Minority Leader Jefferies rips Trump over 'racist' video
7 Feb 2026The House Democratic leader condemned the US president, after a racist clip depicting the Obamas was shared on Truth Social.
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CIA terminates World Factbook, overthrowing reference regime
7 Feb 2026The decision to close the website down coincides with layoffs at the Washington Post and restrictions on the Smithsonian Institute.
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UK police search properties in probe of former ambassador Peter Mandelson
7 Feb 2026Police probing Britain's former ambassador to the United States searched two properties, following fresh revelations in the Epstein files.
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Trump shares video depicting Obamas as apes, then removes it
7 Feb 2026The White House blamed a staffer for the video posted to Trump's Truth Social account and said the post had been removed.
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Luigi Mangione's state murder trial scheduled for June
7 Feb 2026Mangione faces both state and federal charges for allegedly killing United Healthcare chief executive Brian Thompson in December 2024.
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Puzzling fossil may have been unknown life-form
7 Feb 2026Long before dinosaurs or trees had evolved, an enigmatic organism towered over the landscape like a prehistoric monolith.
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What only surviving treasure from Louvre heist looks like now
6 Feb 2026During the thieves' daring escape through the window of the Apollo Gallery, the crown of Empress Eugénie slipped from the their grasp and was left battered on the pavement below.
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Politicians, business titans and prominent figures with ties to Epstein
7 Feb 2026The US Justice Department's release of millions of internal documents related to Jeffrey Epstein has revealed the late financier and sex offender's ties to many prominent people in politics, finance…
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Suicide bomber kills 31 in Shi'ite mosque in Pakistan's capital
7 Feb 2026The bombing, which targeted the Shi'ite Muslim minority, is the deadliest suicide attack in Islamabad in over a decade.
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TikTok charged with breaching EU rules over app's addictive features
7 Feb 2026The EU watchdog's charges focus on TikTok's addictive design which includes features such as infinite scroll, autoplay and push notifications.
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Iran says talks with US in Oman were a 'good start'
7 Feb 2026The talks follow growing concerns that a failure in the high-stakes negotiations could set off another Middle East war.
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Gus Lamont's grandparents 'absolutely devastated' by major crime declaration
6 Feb 2026Police say they have a suspect who lived at Oak Park Station, but stressed that suspect was not one of the boy's parents.
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Trump offered to unfreeze NYC tunnel funding if Dulles airport, train station renamed after him
6 Feb 2026The US president offered to drop his funding freeze for a US$16 billion New York tunnel project if key Democrats would support naming Dulles Airport and Penn Station after him.
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Nancy Guthrie presumed 'out there' alive says sheriff
6 Feb 2026Investigators presume the kidnapped elderly mother of popular US news host Savannah Guthrie is "still out there", and alive four days after she was abducted.
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Sells like teen spirit? Cobain's 'Nevermind' guitar up for sale
6 Feb 2026The auction includes guitars played by Beatles John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison, and drums played by Ringo Starr.
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Cocaine smugglers bound for Australia released over jurisdiction confusion
6 Feb 2026Crewed by Honduran and Ecuadorian nationals, the ship was intercepted by French armed forces in international waters two weeks ago.
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Uber ordered to pay US$8.5 million in trial over driver sex assault claims
6 Feb 2026The jury found that the driver was an agent of Uber, so the company was responsible for his actions.
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