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Sat, 13 Dec 2025 16:31:10 +1100
Classic Australian story gets a new life on New York stage
It is a daunting task: reimagining one of Australia’s most loved and important books – not to mention the Peter Weir film adaptation – on the opposite side of the world.

Sat, 13 Dec 2025 10:14:01 +1100
Andrew attends palace christening of Princess Beatrice’s daughter
It is the first time the former prince and his former wife, Sarah Ferguson, are known to have been invited into a palace since he lost his titles.

Sat, 13 Dec 2025 09:46:00 +1100
National Trust sues Trump to stop White House ballroom after East Wing razed
The controversial ballroom project is among several sweeping changes the US president has made to the White House since he returned to office.

Sat, 13 Dec 2025 08:25:28 +1100
King Charles gives health update in push to boost cancer screening
The 77-year-old said his treatment for cancer can be reduced in the new year as he discussed the disease in a televised address.

Sat, 13 Dec 2025 07:40:18 +1100
King Charles talks about his cancer journey
The King says his cancer treatment will be scaled back thanks to early intervention.

Sat, 13 Dec 2025 05:30:00 +1100
Japan accelerates military build-up amid tensions with China
Japan is racing to fortify some of its most vulnerable territory, but that is raising the stakes of the current spat between Tokyo and Beijing.

Sat, 13 Dec 2025 05:00:00 +1100
Bikie-linked security firm still guarding Nauru detainees
Personnel at MA Services Group have repeatedly attempted to cover up its role in an ongoing operation involving a private security force sent to Nauru to guard exiled Australian immigration detainees.

Sat, 13 Dec 2025 04:45:00 +1100
The healthcare workers fighting a preventable cancer in Timor-Leste
Healthcare workers led by a team of Australian doctors are working on the front lines to eliminate cervical cancer in the Indo-Pacific.

Sat, 13 Dec 2025 04:00:09 +1100
New photos from Epstein vault show Trump, Bannon, Gates and Woody Allen
Some of the photos obtained from the Epstein estate depicted sex toys and aids, while one contained a “Trump condom” purportedly on sale for $4.50.

Fri, 12 Dec 2025 19:45:00 +1100
The true-crime mogul turned FBI’s most wanted who disappeared into thin air
Mary Carole McDonnell spent years creating true-crime television series. Now she’s become entangled in a criminal drama of her own.

Fri, 12 Dec 2025 19:30:00 +1100
A deep dive into the time of Trumpian magical realism
“What will fiction be like in the Trump era?” one writer wondered eight years ago. Now we have the answer: not as fanciful as reality.

Fri, 12 Dec 2025 18:33:26 +1100
More Epstein files are set to be released. Here’s what we know so far
A tranche of documents about Jeffrey Epstein will be unsealed this week. What are they, and what might they reveal?

Fri, 12 Dec 2025 17:42:15 +1100
Trump won’t shield US teens on social media but wants to scroll through yours
A plan to vet the social media and personal history of tourists entering the US is a new low in Trumpian chaos.

Fri, 12 Dec 2025 16:17:14 +1100
Junta airstrikes on Myanmar hospital kill at least 33
The hit could be the deadliest on a hospital in almost five years of Myanmar civil war.

Fri, 12 Dec 2025 15:45:00 +1100
Why China is putting a tax on condoms
China will soon start collecting a value-added tax on contraceptive drugs and products for the first time in more than three decades.

Fri, 12 Dec 2025 12:03:20 +1100
As China unleashed on Japan, the US stayed silent – until Beijing went too far
Taiwan is the reddest of red lines for Beijing, and Japan’s new prime minister has discovered the cost of crossing it.

Fri, 12 Dec 2025 11:57:05 +1100
A bunch of deep red Republicans just stood up to Trump. Here’s why it matters
In Indiana, the state Senate roundly rejected a push to redraw the electoral map to benefit Donald Trump. In the end, despite the president’s threats, the vote wasn’t even close.

Fri, 12 Dec 2025 11:02:27 +1100
TODAY IN HISTORY: Teen carpet cleaner's billion-dollar scam
A young man turned a carpet cleaning business into a massive fraud scheme, starring in his own commercials.

Fri, 12 Dec 2025 10:59:21 +1100
In rare rebuke for Trump, state Republicans reject redistricting push
Indiana's Republican-led Senate decisively rejected a redrawn congressional map that would have favoured their party, defying months of pressure from President Donald Trump.

Fri, 12 Dec 2025 08:12:47 +1100
US sanctions more ships, intends to keep oil from seized Venezuelan tanker
The US has added six more ships to its list of sanctioned vessels believed to be ferrying Venezuelan oil, amid expectations it will intercept and seize more tankers.

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