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'Intrepid, fearless': Pulitzer-winning NZ war reporter dies at 91
Peter Arnett, who would go on to interview Osama bin Laden at a secret hideout in Afghanistan, started his journalistic career at the Southland Times.
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Bondi gunman trained in firearm safety and hunting, shooting club says
19 Dec 2025The club's president said he trained in "firearms safety" and "how to hunt".
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French court jails doctor for life for poisoning 30 patients, killing 12
19 Dec 2025Frederic Pechier, 53, worked as an anaesthetist in two clinics, where patients went into cardiac arrest in suspicious circumstances between 2008 and 2017.
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Probe finds multiple failures behind deadly Optus emergency call outage
18 Dec 2025An inquiry into Optus's emergency services telephone number outage in Australia, which resulted in two deaths, revealed a series of failures during a firewall upgrade.
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Plaques on Trump's 'Presidential Walk of Fame' insult predecessors
18 Dec 2025Written in the style of the US president's social media posts, they include baseless claims and random capitalisation.
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Australia to introduce law to crack down on hate speech
18 Dec 2025Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke says "people who come here to hate, we just don't need them".
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Hollywood director Rob Reiner's cause of death revealed
18 Dec 2025The medical examiner determined the manner of death to be "homicide", records show, indicating their deaths were caused by another person.
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Pregnant mum who shielded stranger's child in Bondi says she is 'not a hero'
18 Dec 2025"If you see a baby and the baby is crying and they do not have anyone ... you help a baby," Jessica Rozen says.
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Trump to vow 'stronger' US in TV address as economic worries mount
18 Dec 2025Trump's speech at the end of his first year back in the White House. Video
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AI deepfakes of alleged Bondi gunman spread online
18 Dec 2025Fake images are attempting to twist the narrative on social media. Audio
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Brown University gunman 'could be anywhere' on fifth day of manhunt
18 Dec 2025There's no indication authorities have grown closer to identifying the suspect after he opened fire inside a classroom and escaped into the surrounding streets.
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'Not beaten by this': Bondi returns to new normal after shooting tragedy
18 Dec 2025The community is determined to not let the terrorist attack define them or their summer. Audio
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UN, aid groups warn Gaza operations at risk from Israel impediments
18 Dec 2025Dozens of international aid groups face de-registration by 31 December, which then means they have to close operations within 60 days.
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Who loves Trump? Apparently fewer people than ever
18 Dec 2025Analysis - A year ago, President Donald Trump spoke as though the American people had just delivered him a landslide for the ages.
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Vladimir Putin says Russia will take more land in Ukraine if Europe sinks peace moves
18 Dec 2025The US has held talks with Russia, and separately with Kyiv and European leaders, on proposals for ending the war in Ukraine but no deal has been reached.
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How Sydney Sweeney transformed to play a boxing champ
18 Dec 2025The American actress is almost unrecognisable in the role of the stocky, brash boxer from West Virginia.
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Bondi shooter charged with 59 offences, including terror
17 Dec 2025Naveed Akram remains in hospital under police guard.
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The Oscars abandons broadcast TV for YouTube
18 Dec 2025The streamer will begin hosting the Academy Awards broadcast, starting in 2029, reflecting the industry's dramatic shift away from traditional media.
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Warner Bros rejects Paramount bid, sticks with Netflix
18 Dec 2025Warner Bros described Paramount's offer as risky, saying it was backed by "an unknown and opaque" trust and depended on financing from Middle East sovereign wealth funds.
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Son of filmmaker Rob Reiner makes court appearance on charges he murdered parents
18 Dec 2025The younger son of Hollywood filmmaker and political activist Rob Reiner has made his first court appearance for the two murder charges he faces in the stabbing deaths of his parents, who were found…
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US oil blockade of Venezuela: What we know
18 Dec 2025Trump's administration has been piling pressure on the country and its government for months, in an apparent bid to oust leftist leader Nicolas Maduro.
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UK's Duke of Marlborough charged with intentional strangulation
18 Dec 2025Charles James Spencer-Churchill is a distant relative of Winston Churchill and also related to Princess Diana.
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AFL star's son sentenced to more than six years' jail for rape
17 Dec 2025He will have to serve a non-parole period of three years and three months.
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Second doctor in Matthew Perry overdose case sentenced to home detention
17 Dec 2025Dr Mark Chavez, 55, a onetime San Diego-based physician, has surrendered his medical licence.
