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Donald Trump has slammed the Manhattan district attorney’s probe as politically motivated.
France ordered to curb mass dolphin deaths in fishing nets
Activists urge safer fishing practices to protect dolphins from fatal encounters.
‘Serious threat’: Push for government ban on TikTok in Australia
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Death penalty: Firing squads poised to return to Idaho
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Protests in France as Macron forces through retirement age increase
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Students shot at US school, one dead
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Israeli minister: ‘No such thing’ as Palestinians
Israel’s new hardline coalition government ploughs ahead with overhaul of judiciary.
Putin welcomes China’s Xi to Moscow
Russian President welcomes China's plan to settle 'acute crisis' in Ukraine.
Muted response to Trump’s call for protests
Former US President fails to mobilise support as he faces indictment.
Twenty years on, a question lingers about Iraq: Why did the US invade?
New York Times: Two decades on, debate still rages about weapons of mass destruction.
Australian SAS soldier arrested, charged with war crimes
The former SAS soldier is accused of war crimes in Afghanistan.
Facing extinction, but available for selfies: The truth behind Japan’s animal cafes
New York Times: Potential for transmission of disease from animals to humans a concern.
'We lost our children': Five children killed in a fiery early morning crash
The ages of the dead children ranged from 8 to 17.
Lab leak or not? How politics shaped the battle over Covid’s origin
New York Times: Lab leak gains traction, even as evidence builds virus came from market.
Saudi Arabia’s plan to take down Emirates and Qatar
The push comes as the kingdom seeks to redefine itself beyond its oil wealth origins
Trump’s ‘battle cry’ means he wants ‘violence’, warns attorney
He told his supporters: “We must save America! Protest, protest, protest!!!"
France protests: Emmanuel Macron’s leadership at risk amid tensions over pension plan
Macron hoped his push to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64 would cement his legacy.
Kim Jong Un orders his troops to prepare for ‘immediate nuclear counterattack’
North Korean leader made the comments after the latest missile launch.
Ecuador earthquake death toll at 15, hundreds injured
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Pakistani police file terrorism charges against ex-PM Imran Khan
Khan has been accused of inciting supporters to use terrorism, obstruction and violence.
Madeleine McCann mystery: New technology gives '90 per cent verdict' on woman's claims
The 'face matching' program has delivered its verdict on the woman's claims.
Inside the payoff to a porn star that could lead to Trump’s indictment
New York Times: Trump may become first former president ever to be criminally indicted.
‘Our walls shook’: Nuns forced out of New York monastery by raucous partying
New York Times: Ten nuns cloistered in Brooklyn for almost 20 years have had enough.
Russia-Ukraine war: Putin makes surprise visit to occupied territory of Mariupol
Russian President lands by helicopter and drives himself around city at night.
The mother of 23 accused of being Putin’s child-snatcher in chief
Maria Lvova-Belova once boasted about adopting a Ukrainian boy from Mariupol.
Boris ‘bombshell’: The evidence he believes will ‘exonerate him from partygate’
Ex PM set to unleash ‘defence dossier’ to debunk claims he deliberately misled Parliament.
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Russia-Ukraine war grain deal extended; but row over for how long
Ukraine and Russia signed agreements with the UN and Turkey last year to allow grain flow.