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AI song rollicks to the top of US chart
12 Nov 2025AI-generated songs are creeping onto the music charts in various scenes.
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'Extreme violence': Israeli settlers launch arson attack in West Bank
12 Nov 2025The attack is the latest in a surge of settler violence against Palestinians in the West Bank, which have been taking place on a near-daily basis since mid-October.
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US aircraft carrier arrival fuels Venezuelan fears of attack
12 Nov 2025The USS Gerald R Ford has been ordered to help to counter drug trafficking in the region, but Venezuela has warned it could trigger a full-blown conflict.
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Israel thanks Fiji and PNG for opening Jerusalam embassies
12 Nov 2025Israeli deputy foreign minister Sharren Haskel said the countries were "strategic allies" which worked together on agriculture, water technology and cybersecurity.
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A portrait of a 'tragic' heiress is expected to sell for more than $265 million
12 Nov 2025Artist Gustav Klimt's 'Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer' hung in the home of a billionaire for decades; now it's expected to smash auction records.
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Pressure grows for release of penguins ‘trapped’ at London aquarium
12 Nov 2025Dozens of British lawmakers have called for the release of 15 penguins "trapped" at a London aquarium without access to daylight or fresh air, saying their living conditions are "utterly…
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Partition of Gaza a looming risk as Trump's plan falters
12 Nov 2025A de facto partition of Gaza between an area controlled by Israel and another ruled by Hamas is increasingly likely, multiple sources say, with efforts to advance US President Donald Trump's plan to…
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A history of Trump's lawsuits against news outlets as he threatens the BBC
12 Nov 2025Which other media organisations has Mr Trump sued, and how far did the cases go?
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US politicians brave tangled airports for vote to end government shutdown
12 Nov 2025Others are carpooling to the Capitol for a vote that could bring the longest US government shutdown in history to a close.
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Suicide bomber kills 12 in Pakistan capital
12 Nov 2025The bomber detonated a device outside a court building in Islamabad, just hours after a separate attack at a military school killed three people.
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Airline sued over windowless 'window seats'
12 Nov 2025But the airline claims it "cannot reasonably be interpreted" that a seat advertised as a 'window' seat "will have an exterior window view".
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Syria’s jihadist-turned-president caps extraordinary transformation with White House visit
12 Nov 2025Analysis - Less than a year after his lightning power grab, Syria's president is capping his transformation from jihadist to global statesman in a historic visit to the White House that says as much…
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UK court jails Chinese bitcoin fraudster for over 11 years
12 Nov 2025A Chinese woman who masterminded a multibillion-dollar bitcoin scam and evaded authorities for years was sentenced to 11 years and eight months in jail by a UK court.
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UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strikes
12 Nov 2025The United Kingdom believes US attacks on suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean are illegal and does not want to be complicit.
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At least eight killed in Delhi car explosion
11 Nov 2025The explosion near the historic Red Fort on Monday evening (local time) killed at least eight people and injured 20.
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US Senate votes to reopen federal government
11 Nov 2025A small band of Senate Democrats have voted with Republicans to approve a funding measure to reopen the federal government.
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'I just started punching it': Australian surfer survives wrestle with shark
11 Nov 2025Andy McDonald was wing-foiling when the attack came out of nowhere and "it felt like a freight train".
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Prince William: We told the kids everything about Kate's cancer
The royal says "hiding stuff from them doesn't work" when it comes to talking about the challenges the family has faced.
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Review: Booker Prize winner, Flesh, 'baffling in its blankness'
11 Nov 2025It claimed one of the biggest literary prizes in the world but readers are split.
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New 'radio map' of Milky Way reveals where stars born and die
11 Nov 2025Capturing different radio frequencies let scientists see where stars are born and where they are dying.
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Trump asks Supreme Court to overturn sexual abuse verdict
11 Nov 2025Trump has claimed the judge made numerous errors by allowing the jury to hear testimony from two women who alleged he sexually assaulted them years ago.
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'Dark book, but joy to read': Booker Prize winner announced
11 Nov 2025David Szalay has won the pirze for his novel Flesh, after missing out in 2016 to Paul Beatty's The Sellout.
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Trump's pardons aren't just political; more importantly, they're transactional
11 Nov 2025Analysis: So much of the coverage of US President Donald Trump's pardons is focused on how political they are.
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Israeli hostage on his near 500-day ordeal: 'Every morning I choose life'
11 Nov 2025Eli Sharabi spent 14 months mostly in tunnels under Gaza - with often cruel, but occasionally kind captors, little food, no sunlight - and most importantly no knowledge that his British wife and…
