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Another Italian town gears up to sell one-euro homes
If you're worried there are no more towns giving homes away, don't be.
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Cheers in China as Trump dismantles Voice of America
8:48 am todayOne nationalist influencer calls it "truly gratifying" as state-media hails the demise of what it calls the "lie factory".
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Lucy Letby asks for inquiry into baby deaths to be paused
7:04 am todayLetby has been foundy guilty of killing eight babies and attempting to kill seven more, but experts say they believe the evidence that convicted her was…
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Trump and Putin to discuss power plants, land in talks to end Ukraine war
8:12 am todayTerritorial concessions by Kyiv and control of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant are likely to feature prominently in the talks.
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Trump administration deports hundreds under sweeping wartime authority
17 Mar 2025The Trump administration invoked wartime powers to speed up removals despite a court ruling halting the move.
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US vows to keep hitting Houthis until shipping attacks stop
17 Mar 2025The United States will keep attacking Yemen's Houthis until they end attacks on shipping, the US defense secretary said.
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Vatican releases first photo of Pope Francis in hospital
17 Mar 2025The pope has not been seen in public since he was admitted to hospital on 14 February with a severe respiratory infection.
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Iconic Sydney gay bars proposed for heritage listing
17 Mar 2025Three well-known Sydney gay bars are being put forward for heritage status in recognition of their contribution to the city's queer history.
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How Trump's trade war could quickly spiral out of control
14 Mar 2025Analysis: It started with tariffs, but the trade war is quickly escalating beyond import taxes into a broader tit-for-tat battle.
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Many deadly building fires have been in nightclubs, why are they so dangerous?
17 Mar 2025A fire at a nightclub in North Macedonia has killed at least 59 people and injured more than 150.
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Fire at North Macedonia nightclub kills 59, injures over 100
17 Mar 2025A flare used at the concert triggered the fire in the club in the town of Kocani.
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Who was Saint Patrick?
17 Mar 2025Here's what you need to know about the day and the saint it celebrates.
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Voice of America channels fall silent as Trump administration guts agency and cancels contracts
16 Mar 2025Some of VOA's local-language radio stations have stopped broadcasting news reports and switched over to music to fill the airtime, according to listeners.
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'Hell will rain down': Trump strikes against Houthis
16 Mar 2025At least 19 were killed as the US President launched large-scale military strikes against Yemen's Houthis over the group's attacks against Red Sea shipping.
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Astronaut crew docks with space station to replace stuck NASA astronauts
16 Mar 2025The Crew-10 astronauts' SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule docked to the ISS on Sunday.
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Pope signals he doesn't plan to resign
16 Mar 2025Reforms on the table include how to give greater roles to women in the Catholic Church, including ordaining them as deacons, and the greater inclusion of laity in governance and decision making.
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Peru fisherman lost for 95 days in Pacific Ocean returns home
16 Mar 2025A fisherman who spent 95 days lost in the Pacific Ocean, eating roaches, birds and sea turtles to survive, is returning home to his family.
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Tornadoes strike US: 14 killed, more than 500 homes destroyed
16 Mar 2025At least 14 people have been killed after 26 tornadoes hit the United States Midwest and Southeast in the night, raking a path of destruction.
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New South Wales heatwave creating 'extreme' bushfire risk
16 Mar 2025A heat wave has resulted in a total fire ban for large swaths of New South Wales, including Sydney, with more "hot, dry and windy conditions" forecast.
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Israeli airstrike kills nine in Gaza, medics say, amid negotiations
16 Mar 2025Several were critically injured as the strike hit a car, with casualties inside and outside the vehicle, health officials said.
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Starbucks ordered to pay NZ$87m to delivery driver burned by coffee
The driver "suffered severe burns, disfigurement, and debilitating nerve damage to his genitals.
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Trump administration considers travel ban for 41 countries
The move harkens back to President Donald Trump's first-term ban on travellers from seven majority-Muslim nations.
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US expels South African ambassador, saying he 'hates' Trump
15 Mar 2025The expulsion of the ambassador is the latest development in rising tensions between Washington and Pretoria.
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How far could JD Vance go?
9 Mar 2025Analysis - The new US vice president is one of Donald Trump's most prominent public admirers. But what's his endgame?
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Mysterious radio pulses from the Milky Way 'are unlike anything we knew before'
15 Mar 2025Over the past decade, scientists have detected a puzzling phenomenon: radio pulses coming from within our Milky Way galaxy that would pulse every two hours, like a cosmic heartbeat.
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Ebola-infected monkeys cured with a pill, raising hopes for humans - study
15 Mar 2025The drug not only cleared the virus from the treated monkeys' blood, but also triggered an immune response.
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Influencer who snatched baby wombat posts apology defending actions
15 Mar 2025A US influencer who became the target of online outrage after posting a video of herself snatching a baby wombat away from its mother has published a 900-word apology defending her actions.
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Stuck NASA astronauts one step closer to home after SpaceX crew-swap launch
15 Mar 2025SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida carrying four astronauts who will replace Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams.
