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Wed, 10 Dec 2025 19:40:00 +1100
Miss Universe contestant suffered serious head injury in stage fall, update reveals
Miss Jamaica Gabrielle Henry requires constant medical supervision weeks after falling off the stage in Bangkok.

Wed, 10 Dec 2025 18:00:34 +1100
‘Parents need help’: US Republicans back Australia’s social media ban as tech groups attack
The move has spurred advocates for change in the US, despite lobby groups claiming the Australian ban will “severely disadvantage” US companies.

Wed, 10 Dec 2025 15:10:47 +1100
‘What’s your name?’ Moment police found Mangione eating McDonald’s after shooting
The restaurant manager called 911, concerned the customer sitting alone in a back corner resembled the man wanted over a brazen killing days earlier.

Wed, 10 Dec 2025 14:09:51 +1100
Police encounter Luigi Mangione at McDonald's
A court has been shown bodycam footage of the moment police approached Luigi Mangione as he ate a meal after allegedly shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in Manhattan.

Wed, 10 Dec 2025 12:03:04 +1100
Tariff rescue: Trump gives Band-Aids to the farmers he hurt
Trump’s $18 billion Band-Aid for embattled US farmers won’t make China buy more soybeans or fix the rising costs of equipment.

Wed, 10 Dec 2025 11:58:35 +1100
Stakeknife: British agent inside IRA committed murders with MI5’s knowledge
UK security services protected the spy – despite his links to more than a dozen killings, abductions and torture during the Troubles – and suppressed the truth about for him decades, a new report reveals.

Wed, 10 Dec 2025 11:54:57 +1100
‘Figured it would stick’: NZ police officer makes arrest 20,000 kilometres from home
Mark Strongman was at the Tower of London as a tourist with his family. But the moment he heard a commotion ahead of him, he kicked into work mode.

Wed, 10 Dec 2025 10:09:31 +1100
French first lady caught on video insulting feminist protesters
Footage has emerged of Brigitte Macron using a French slur to describe the women while speaking to a comedian backstage.

Wed, 10 Dec 2025 05:56:41 +1100
Donald Trump says Europe is 'decaying'
US President Donald Trump says European leaders are 'weak', and has renewed calls for elections in Ukraine.

Wed, 10 Dec 2025 05:23:23 +1100
‘They’re weak’: Trump slams Europe on migration, tightens screws on Ukraine
Describing Europe’s immigration policy as a “disaster”, the US president also suggested Russia would win its war in Ukraine as he blasted European leaders for talking too much without producing results.

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 19:01:40 +1100
Paramount bids to take over Warner Brothers
Media giant Paramount launches a $150 billion hostile bid to grab control of Warner Brothers.

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 15:55:32 +1100
Marles refuses 12 times to say what the Americans want in AUKUS review
Marles and Foreign Minister Penny Wong met their American counterparts Pete Hegseth and Marco Rubio in Washington for annual talks amid what Rubio called “real momentum” in the alliance.

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 12:18:52 +1100
Secrecy over Pentagon review suggests there’s stuff in there Australia doesn’t want to talk about
The Pentagon’s AUKUS review might be an American document, but the Australian government has a duty to its own taxpayers to insist upon greater transparency.

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 12:10:08 +1100
Zelensky digs in against Trump pressure as peace talks at risk of collapse
The Ukraine president is holding firm in a deepening dispute over whether to cede land to Russia to end the war, issuing a forceful statement of his nation’s sovereignty.

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 08:59:20 +1100
Trump’s son-in-law part of Paramount’s hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros
The company, which has close ties to the Trump administration, has launched an offer that challenges Netflix’s plan to create an unassailable media empire.

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 06:00:57 +1100
Japan issues tsunami alert after powerful earthquake
The entire northern coast of Japan is today under a tsunami alert after a 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck.

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 05:00:00 +1100
America first? Maybe not, if you ask Trump-voting Americans
A poll suggests a clear majority of Americans – especially MAGA Republicans – want the US to defend Ukraine and Taiwan, even while Donald Trump is equivocal.

Mon, 08 Dec 2025 19:55:00 +1100
The married scientists torn apart by a COVID bioweapon theory
In 2020, a Chinese virologist fled to the US, aided by allies of Donald Trump who sought to promote her unproven theories about the origins of COVID-19. Her husband still can’t find her.

Mon, 08 Dec 2025 19:30:00 +1100
It’s not just Sudan. The same destructive forces are coming for other countries too
The death toll in Sudan is now more than Gaza and Ukraine combined. With the new world order, civilisation is a lot more fragile than we like to think.

Mon, 08 Dec 2025 17:23:21 +1100
Marles sounds alarm after Chinese fighter ‘locks on’ to Japanese jets
Experts say the statement of support for Japan is cautious but welcome after a month-long campaign of retaliation from Beijing for a remark by Japan’s PM.

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