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World
Canada to remove tariffs on US goods in trade deal move
Saturday, 23 August 2025, 3:52pmCanada will remove all tariffs on US goods that are compliant with the existing North American free trade agreement, Prime...
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National
Chinese warships conduct unprecedented manoeuvres in South Pacific
Friday, 22 August 2025, 3:34pmChina set off alarm bells in New Zealand when it dispatched powerful warships on unprecedented missions in the South Pacific...
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World
Israeli minister approves plan to conquer Gaza, call-up 60,000 reservists
Wednesday, 20 August 2025, 8:42pmIsrael’s Defence Minister has approved a plan for the conquest of Gaza City and authorised the call-up of around 60,000 reservists...
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World
Death on stream: French probe into live-streamed abuse incident
Wednesday, 20 August 2025, 3:24pmProsecutors in the south of France are investigating the death of a 46-year-old man who died during a livestreaming event...
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World
Trump says he's started arranging a peace meeting between Zelenskyy and Putin
Tuesday, 19 August 2025, 9:46amUS President Donald Trump has said he had started arranging a two-way peace meeting between Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy...
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World
High-stakes White House talks as European leaders aim to end Ukraine-Russia war
Tuesday, 19 August 2025, 7:07amUS President Donald Trump has raised hopes of a peace deal between Ukraine and Russia as he gave President Volodymyr Zelenskyy...
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World
Over 40 missing after boat capsizes in Nigeria's Sokoto State
Monday, 18 August 2025, 1:39pmRescue workers are searching for more than 40 people after a boat accident in Nigeria’s northwestern Sokoto State, the country’s...
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Entertainment
'Skibidi', ‘tradwife’, 'delulu' among 6000 words added to Cambridge Dictionary
Monday, 18 August 2025, 1:03pmWords popularised by Gen Z and Gen Alpha including “skibidi”, “delulu” and “tradwife”, are among 6000 new entries to the...
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World
'Serve humanity': Melania's peace plea to Putin revealed
Sunday, 17 August 2025, 3:29pmUS President Donald Trump handed Russian President Vladimir Putin a special item at their Alaska summit: a letter written...
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World
Unrest in Serbia: Fifth night of clashes with riot police
Sunday, 17 August 2025, 11:28amFresh clashes erupted between protesters and riot police in Serbia’s capital Belgrade and other cities on the fifth consecutive...
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World
Canada intervenes in strike to end Air Canada travel chaos
Sunday, 17 August 2025, 9:24amThe Canadian Government is intervening to end a strike by Air Canada cabin crew members. Hundreds of flights have been cancelled...
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Sport
'We are euphoric': Wallabies stun South Africa to open Rugby Championship
Sunday, 17 August 2025, 8:47amCaptain and No 8 Harry Wilson scored two tries as Australia staged a remarkable comeback to stun South Africa 38-22 in the...
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World
Trump shifts stance, pushes for full peace accord post-Putin summit
Sunday, 17 August 2025, 8:27amDonald Trump has dropped his push for a ceasefire in Ukraine in favour of pursuing a full peace accord – a major shift announced...
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World
'Reshaping the world': Climate change strains Nordic health systems
Thursday, 14 August 2025, 2:18pmHuman-caused climate change made a recent Nordic heatwave about 2C hotter, putting a strain on healthcare, ecosystems and...
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World
'Smallest mammal': Ancient fossil discovery in Patagonia
Tuesday, 12 August 2025, 2:26pmScientists have discovered the fossil of a tiny mouse-sized mammal that lived in the time of the dinosaurs in Chilean Patagonia. “Yeutherium...
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World
Chinese vessels collide while pursuing Philippine boat in South China Sea
Monday, 11 August 2025, 8:56pmA Chinese navy vessel collided with one from its own coastguard while chasing a Philippines patrol boat in the South China...
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World
Al Jazeera says 5 journalists killed in Israeli strike in Gaza
Monday, 11 August 2025, 1:48pmAl Jazeera said two of its correspondents, including a prominent on-air talent, and three camera operators were killed in...
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World
Swiss pilot takes big step closer to solar plane altitude record
Monday, 11 August 2025, 10:36amSwiss pilot Raphael Domjan got within around a thousand metres of setting a new altitude record in a solar-powered plane...
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World
Trump plans to move homeless 'far' from Washington amid false crime claims
Monday, 11 August 2025, 8:57amUS President Donald Trump has said homeless people must be moved “far” from Washington, after days of musing about taking...
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World
'Will achieve nothing': Zelenskyy warns against summit without Ukraine
Sunday, 10 August 2025, 9:16amUkraine won’t surrender land to Russia to buy peace, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has warned, after Washington and Moscow...
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World
US doubles bounty on Venezuela's President Maduro to $84m
Friday, 8 August 2025, 3:23pmThe United States doubled its bounty on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro - who faces federal drug trafficking charges...
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World
23 indicted over collapse of under-construction Bangkok high-rise
Thursday, 7 August 2025, 9:01pmThai prosecutors indicted 23 people and firms on Thursday, in a case linked to the deadly collapse of a Bangkok high-rise...
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World
New insights into Pompeii's post-eruption life
Thursday, 7 August 2025, 2:19pmArchaeologists have discovered new evidence pointing to the reoccupation of Pompeii after the 79 AD eruption of Mt Vesuvius...
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World
Russian oligarch’s superyacht to be auctioned in US
Wednesday, 6 August 2025, 3:46pmA luxurious superyacht seized by the United States authorities from sanctioned Russian billionaire Suleiman Kerimov is headed...
