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Denmark compensates four over vision loss linked to Ozempic, Wegovy
More than 40 people sought reimbursement after they said they had developed a serious eye condition as a result of using the popular weight-loss and diabetes drugs.
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Gunmen kidnap Catholic school students in Nigeria's latest attack
21 Nov 2025Nigeria has witnessed a spate of attacks by gunmen.
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World's biggest nuclear plant edges closer to restart
21 Nov 2025Japanese local authorities approved the restart of the world's biggest nuclear plant.
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Trio behind deadly police shooting shared 'delusional disorder'
A Queensland coroner has ruled on the killings of two police officers and a neighbour in December 2022.
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Cyclone warning for Darwin as Fina approaches Australia
21 Nov 2025The Australian Bureau of Meteorology has declared a cyclone warning for Darwin.
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The world's coolest streets this year
21 Nov 2025Time Out's 2025 list celebrates how "streets are everything that makes urban life brilliant".
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'Frightening': No support as Kiwi disabled delegates flee COP30 fire
21 Nov 2025A New Zealand disability advocate says she and her group were left to fend for themselves.
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'Everything a president should expect in his second-in-command': Bush remembers Cheney
21 Nov 2025"He lifted the standards of those around him, just by being who he was: so focused and so capable," the former president told the congregation
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Australian airlines ban use of portable power banks after string of fires
21 Nov 2025Australian airlines will ban the use of portable power banks from next month following a string of international incidents.
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Billionaire's sci-fi dream became 'world's most hated car'
21 Nov 2025Elon Musk had hinted at his dream for a battery-electric pick-up truck for years before the prototype for his Tesla Cybertruck was unveiled.
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The US plan for ending the Ukraine war: What do we know?
21 Nov 2025The surprise proposal from the United States envisages Ukraine giving up land to Russia and limiting its military capacity, concessions that Kyiv has previously rejected. Audio
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Fire forces evacuation at COP30 climate talks
21 Nov 2025UN climate talks in Brazil were evacuated on Friday morning (NZ time) when a fire broke out inside the venue in Belem.
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'Toxic culture': Boris Johnson's government slammed over Covid inaction
21 Nov 2025Modelling shows that an earlier first lockdown could have prevented 23,000 deaths in England alone, a new report says.
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Kevin Spacey says he doesn't have a home
21 Nov 2025The Oscar-winning actor says he's got "no home," citing the costs he's incurred following allegations of sexual assault.
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Kids who count on their fingers do better at maths
21 Nov 2025If you ask a small child a simple maths question, such as 4+2, they may count on their fingers to work it out.
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BBC faces new woes over discredited Diana interview
The 1995 broadcast was seen as a journalistic coup, but later unravelled when it emerged the journalist had faked documents to secure the interview.
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AI's blind spot: Tools fail to detect their own fakes
21 Nov 2025When outraged Filipinos turned to an AI-powered chatbot to verify a viral photograph, the tool failed to detect it was fabricated - even though it had generated the image itself.
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Trump calls for political opponents, including astronaut, to be hanged
21 Nov 2025US President Donald Trump has evoked the death penalty for Democratic lawmakers who urged the military to refuse illegal orders.
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Donald Trump not invited to Dick Cheney's funeral
21 Nov 2025"In our nation's 248 year-history, there has never been an individual who is a greater threat to our republic than Donald Trump," Cheney once said.
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Top US health body adopts Kennedy's anti-vaccine views on revamped website
21 Nov 2025Scientists took issue with statements on the website that studies have not ruled out the possibility that infant vaccines cause autism.
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Eight new MPs elected to Tonga parliament
The caretaker prime minister has kept his place in parliament for another term, winning his constituency in the general election by nearly three-quarters of the electorate vote.
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Narco subs appear in Pacific amid warnings cartels are ramping up trafficking
20 Nov 2025In the past 12 months, three empty vessels have been found floating near the Solomon Islands.
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Israeli fire kills four in Gaza, casting further doubt on ceasefire
20 Nov 2025Israel's military confirmed the strikes but said it was not aware of casualties.
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Hundreds of Indonesians flee homes after volcano erupts
20 Nov 2025Some houses near the volcano were partially buried by volcanic ash and rock fragments.
