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Sat, 12 Sep 2026 18:47:02 +1000Princess of Wales visits London cancer hospital
The Princess of Wales made a surprise visit to the west London hospital where she was treated for cancer after her recent fundraising efforts.
Sat, 12 Sep 2026 18:38:54 +1000US marks 25 years since September 11 attacks
The US remembered the nearly 3000 people killed in the terror attacks that changed the world forever on September 11, 2001.
Sat, 12 Sep 2026 18:35:11 +1000US marks 25 years since September 11 attacks
The US remembered the nearly 3000 people killed in the terror attacks that changed the world forever on September 11, 2001.
Sat, 12 Sep 2026 16:30:00 +1000‘May fly an explosive-packed airplane into a US city’: CIA releases pre-9/11 Bin Laden briefings
The documents dating from 1998 to 2001 detail intelligence that US government officials had gathered about al-Qaeda in the lead up to the hijackings that killed nearly 3000 people and upended American national security.
Sat, 12 Sep 2026 13:45:00 +1000‘Trump got the headlines he wanted’: Inside the Republican midterm convention
It seems an odd strategy for the GOP to make this election a referendum on a president whose unpopularity is only getting worse. But the party knows what it’s doing.
Sat, 12 Sep 2026 13:05:48 +1000‘One tough kid’: Boy, 15, found after days clinging to capsized boat in frigid water off Alaska
Derek Parker Aghnaanga was the lone survivor, losing his older brother and then his cousin to the ocean after their fishing boat flipped in Alaska’s icy Bering Sea.
Sat, 12 Sep 2026 11:20:47 +1000‘These waters aren’t safe’: New oil supply fears as Houthis seize key island, Saudi pipeline attacked
If Yemen’s Houthis gain control of the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, their backer Iran could gain a critical advantage in its war with the US, reducing supplies through a second major corridor and further raising oil prices.
Sat, 12 Sep 2026 10:10:11 +1000‘These were people like you and me going to work’: America remembers 9/11 victims 25 years on
At Ground Zero, family members read the names of the 2977 victims. For the first time, a seventh silence honoured those who have died from illnesses tied to the toxic dust.
Sat, 12 Sep 2026 09:45:00 +1000No need for midterm election emergency, says Trump’s ‘transparency’ aide
John Solomon, a journalist who joined the White House in June, told this masthead that he did not “get a sense that people are concerned about election security”.
Sat, 12 Sep 2026 09:09:06 +1000Teen rescued from capsized boat after days adrift in Bering Sea
Teen rescued from capsized boat after days adrift in Bering Sea
Sat, 12 Sep 2026 08:56:17 +1000White House denies Trump fell asleep at 9/11 memorial
The White House has denied Donald Trump fell asleep at the 9/11 25th anniversary memorial event at the Pentagon.
Fri, 11 Sep 2026 18:45:46 +1000The world marks 25 years since 9/11
Australia, the US and the world are marking 25 years since the September 11 terrorist attacks.
Fri, 11 Sep 2026 18:45:43 +1000Day two of Republican midterm convention
The final night of the Republican midterm convention will culminate with speeches by Donald Trump and JD Vance.
Fri, 11 Sep 2026 15:44:11 +1000In Dallas, a feisty Vance cements his status as Trump’s likely successor
The vice president is showing that he too can deal in the kind of ugly, personal mud-slinging that the US president’s loyal audiences have delighted in for years.
Fri, 11 Sep 2026 11:33:41 +1000Diana’s risque ‘revenge dress’ is up for sale – and it’s grossly undervalued
Fashion was a tool the late princess frequently wielded, but perhaps most famously when she wore this black cocktail dress at the very moment her then-husband Charles was publicly admitting his infidelity.
Fri, 11 Sep 2026 11:30:00 +1000Australians remember lost loved ones 25 years on from September 11 attacks
Complex feelings about New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, and new revelations about the actions of city leaders at the time, are adding to the emotion of the 25th anniversary.
Fri, 11 Sep 2026 11:30:00 +1000September 11 changed the world, but events since have changed it more
After the terrorist strikes of 2001, few could have imagined the world that has emerged 25 years later.
Fri, 11 Sep 2026 10:15:55 +1000Diana's 'revenge dress' goes up for sale
The princess wore the black silk evening dress at an event in June 1994, the same evening Prince Charles admitted to having an affair during an interview broadcast on national television..
Fri, 11 Sep 2026 08:40:42 +1000Jimmy Kimmel blocked from airing James Talarico interview
Jimmy Kimmel has been blocked from airing an interview with Texas Democrat James Talarico after threats from the FCC.
Fri, 11 Sep 2026 06:11:19 +1000At least five killed in Philippines ferry fire
Officials are today trying to confirm if any Australians were on board a ferry when it caught fire in the Philippines.