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'Spreading like wildfire': Fiji grapples with soaring HIV cases
Tuesday, 5 May 2026, 3:04pmAs evening falls in Fiji’s capital, a steady stream of people approaches a makeshift clinic that is a first line of defence...
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LA fire suspect had grudge against wealthy, prosecutors say
Tuesday, 5 May 2026, 2:54pmThe man accused of deliberately setting a deadly fire that torched an upmarket swathe of Los Angeles last year harboured...
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Trump's new threat to Iran after ships targeted in Strait of Hormuz
Tuesday, 5 May 2026, 7:12am(function(n){function c(t,i){n[e](h,function(n){var r,u;if(n&&(r=n[n.message?"message":"data"]+"",r&&r.substr&&r.substr(0,3)==="nc:")&&(u=r.split(":"),u[1]===i))switch(u[2]){case"h":t.style.height=u[3]+"px";return;case"scrolltotop":t.scrollIntoView();return}},!1)}for(var...
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United Airlines jet hits light pole and delivery truck while landing in US
Monday, 4 May 2026, 1:24pmA United Airlines plane has hit a lamp post and a delivery truck on a New Jersey highway while landing at Newark Liberty...
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Three die on cruise ship from suspected hantavirus
Monday, 4 May 2026, 8:37amThree people have died on a cruise ship in the Atlantic - one of them confirmed as the victim of hantavirus, according to...
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Illegal party at French military site draws up to 40,000 rave
Sunday, 3 May 2026, 2:43pmUp to 40,000 partygoers gathered on Saturday for an illegal rave at a military site in France, defying warnings about the...
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Senior Iranian officer says he expects renewed war with US
Sunday, 3 May 2026, 9:04amA senior Iranian military officer said on Saturday that renewed fighting with the US was “likely”, hours after President...
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LIV and let die: Saudi to end LIV Golf funding
Thursday, 30 April 2026, 1:34pmSaudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund will stop financing LIV Golf at the end of the 2026 season, throwing the future of the...
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Oil prices hit highest level since 2022 as US military spends $25b on war
Thursday, 30 April 2026, 7:29amOil prices have surged to more than US$119 a barrel, the highest level since early 2022, raising the economic toll from the...
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King Charles’ state visit to US ‘will proceed as planned’
Monday, 27 April 2026, 2:21pmThe state visit by King Charles and Queen Camilla to the US will take place as planned following a shooting at a Washington...
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Mali plunged into crisis as co-ordinated terror attacks kill defence minister
Monday, 27 April 2026, 10:54amMali has been plunged into an unprecedented security crisis after an alliance of Tuareg rebels and a jihadist group carried...
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Putin, Netanyahu and Trump want a new ‘predatory’ world order, says Amnesty
Monday, 27 April 2026, 10:13amThe leaders of the United States, Israel and Russia are seeking to impose a new “predatory” world order while most countries...
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Russia pounds Ukraine city with 20-hour bombardment
Sunday, 26 April 2026, 8:55amAn onslaught of Russian drones and missiles pounded Ukraine’s central-eastern city of Dnipro for 20 hours straight, killing...
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Israeli PM orders strikes on Hezbollah after army alleges truce violations
Sunday, 26 April 2026, 8:16amIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday ordered the military to strike Lebanon’s Hezbollah hard after what...
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Ex-Black Caps all-rounder given two-year ban for cocaine use
Saturday, 25 April 2026, 9:01amFormer New Zealand and Essex all-rounder Doug Bracewell has been given a two-year suspension after testing positive for cocaine...
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'Serious accident': At least 17 injured after two trains collide head-on near Copenhagen
Thursday, 23 April 2026, 8:49pmTwo trains crashed head-on near the Danish capital, Copenhagen, on Thursday, leaving several people injured, police and media...
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Middle East conflict live updates: Russia calls for US-Iran to continue ceasefire
Tuesday, 21 April 2026, 8:08am(function(n){function c(t,i){n[e](h,function(n){var r,u;if(n&&(r=n[n.message?"message":"data"]+"",r&&r.substr&&r.substr(0,3)==="nc:")&&(u=r.split(":"),u[1]===i))switch(u[2]){case"h":t.style.height=u[3]+"px";return;case"scrolltotop":t.scrollIntoView();return}},!1)}for(var...
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Tsunami warning issued in Japan after powerful 7.4-magnitude quake off northern coast
Monday, 20 April 2026, 8:39pmA 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck northern Japan on Monday, Japan’s Meteorological Agency (JMA) said, issuing a tsunami warning...
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'We are ON': LIV Golf brushes off rumours of Saudi pullout
Thursday, 16 April 2026, 2:43pmLIV Golf has moved to reassure players and staff that it remains fully funded, as reports circulated that the breakaway tour...
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'For sure': Infantino confirms Iran will play at World Cup
Thursday, 16 April 2026, 1:09pmFifa president Gianni Infantino said today that Iran will “for sure” participate in the 2026 World Cup despite the Middle...
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Harvey Weinstein rape retrial to begin Wednesday
Tuesday, 14 April 2026, 2:17pmThe retrial of disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein on a rape charge on which a jury was previously deadlocked begins Wednesday,...
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Lebanon PM says he’s working to ‘stop war’, ‘ensure Israeli withdrawal’
Monday, 13 April 2026, 11:22amLebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said on Sunday he was working to stop the Israel-Hezbollah war, even as Israeli Premier...
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JD Vance says talks failed to reach agreement with Iran
Sunday, 12 April 2026, 3:55pmIran and the United States failed to reach an agreement to end the war in the Middle East, US Vice-President JD Vance said...
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Netanyahu says Iran's nuclear, missile programmes crushed
Sunday, 12 April 2026, 9:37amIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that the joint United States-Israeli war against Iran had succeeded in “crushing”...
