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Sat, 27 Aug 2022 18:58:40 +1000
FBI says Trump mixed top secret docs with magazines and other items
Fourteen of the 15 boxes recovered from former President Donald Trump’s Florida estate early this year contained classified documents, according to an FBI affidavit.

Sat, 27 Aug 2022 18:22:05 +1000
Cabaret entertainer Hans in hospital after falling from stage on ship
Australian comedy and cabaret entertainer Hans has been injured after falling four metres from a stage on a cruise in Europe.

Sat, 27 Aug 2022 16:16:52 +1000
Rare earths producer Lynas attacked by China-linked bots
The attacks are focusing on Lynas’ environmental record in Malaysia in an attempt to turn public opinion against a new plant it’s building in Texas with US government funding.

Sat, 27 Aug 2022 15:13:29 +1000
‘State crime’: Six of 43 missing Mexican students kept alive in warehouse for days
The role of the army in the students’ disappearance has long been a source of tension between the families and the government in the dark chapter in Mexican history.

Sat, 27 Aug 2022 12:43:09 +1000
Fires burn near Ukrainian nuclear plant as fears of a radiation leak mount
Iodine tablets, which help block the absorption of radioactive iodine by the thyroid gland in a nuclear accident, were issued in the Ukrainian-controlled city of Zaporizhzhia.

Sat, 27 Aug 2022 11:20:04 +1000
Passport blunder exposes Russian spy who seduced NATO officers at parties
The agent - under the exotic but false name of Maria Adela Kuhfeldt Rivera - had been a fixture on the social circuit of the base in Naples, which is home to the US Navy’s Sixth Fleet.

Sat, 27 Aug 2022 10:39:09 +1000
‘Star Trek’ actress Nichelle Nichols’ ashes headed for solar orbit
Nichols is credited with helping shatter racial stereotypes and redefining Hollywood roles for black actors at the height of the US Civil Rights movement.

Sat, 27 Aug 2022 10:06:15 +1000
‘Political persecution’: Julian Assange files further appeal against extradition to US
Assange claims UK Home Secretary Priti Patel breached Britain’s extradition treaty when she agreed for his extradition to the United States to go ahead.

Sat, 27 Aug 2022 08:55:21 +1000
Affidavit for raid of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago property reveals concern for ‘top secret’ documents
The affidavit outlined the heightened alarm among federal authorities who feared that disclosure could compromise national security as well as “clandestine human sources”.

Sat, 27 Aug 2022 08:17:47 +1000
Court papers released on FBI’s search warrant of Trump’s Mar A Lago home
Court papers have been released explaining the FBI’s search warrant of former president Donald Trump’s Mar A Lago home.

Sat, 27 Aug 2022 05:00:00 +1000
A great historical wrong may soon be rectified
More than 200 statues and other historic artefacts, taken from the Parthenon in Athens by a British envoy almost 200 years ago, may finally be returned to Greece.

Sat, 27 Aug 2022 05:00:00 +1000
Look to Africa to see China’s ambitions in the Pacific
Beijing’s actions in Africa tell us not just about how it views the continent, but about its plans for the rest of the world.

Sat, 27 Aug 2022 05:00:00 +1000
Why a president in cognitive decline is still the Democrats’ least worst option
Despite legislative successes, the US president Biden is weak. But who else could shape up against the Trump forces over the next two years?

Sat, 27 Aug 2022 05:00:00 +1000
Battle lines redrawn over ‘extreme’ new abortion trigger laws
New abortion bans came into play in several US states today. The doctors are scared they’ll become felons if they save some pregnant women’s lives.

Fri, 26 Aug 2022 18:49:13 +1000
Tesla defends self-driving software
Tesla has defended its self-driving software after videos of cars running over child-size mannequins hit the internet.

Fri, 26 Aug 2022 18:21:23 +1000
‘Dignity and respect’: Government does U-turn on Bali commemoration
Plans have been quickly arranged and survivors and victims’ families have now been told they will not be forgotten on the 20th anniversary of the terror attack.

Fri, 26 Aug 2022 18:04:13 +1000
After six months, Ukraine’s independence is still worth fighting for
The longer the war goes, the clearer it becomes Vladimir Putin must not get away with starting an invasion and seizing the territory of a sovereign state.

Fri, 26 Aug 2022 16:43:24 +1000
Silvio rising: At 86, Berlusconi returns to Italian politics as potential kingmaker
Having been convicted of tax fraud, expelled from the Senate and officially barred from public office, his name will once again appear on ballot papers on September 25.

Fri, 26 Aug 2022 16:11:09 +1000
After six months, Ukraine’s independence is still worth fighting for
The longer the war goes, the clearer it becomes Vladimir Putin must not get away with starting an invasion and seizing the territory of a sovereign state.

Fri, 26 Aug 2022 15:24:14 +1000
Drought and dry lake beds reveal sunken boats, forgotten villages
The heat has dried up lakes and rivers, revealed some unexpected things left over from the past.



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