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'We want to bring life back' - in Gaza's ruins, a grandmother keeps family and hope alive
Monday, 27 October 2025, 1:19pmWith no shoes to protect their tiny dust-covered feet, Hiam Muqdad’s grandchildren toddled unfazed through the bombed-out...
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Tens of thousands protest on first anniversary of Spain's deadly floods
Sunday, 26 October 2025, 9:46amTens of thousands of people have taken to the streets of Spain’s eastern city of Valencia to mark the first anniversary of...
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Trump makes MidEast pit stop en route to Asia summits, Xi talks
Sunday, 26 October 2025, 9:36amDonald Trump has met with Qatar’s leaders to discuss the fragile truce in Gaza, stopping in the emirate on his way to Asia...
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White House warns of chaos at US airports as shutdown drags on
Friday, 24 October 2025, 1:28pmUS President Donald Trump’s administration has sounded the alarm over potential turmoil at airports as the Government shutdown...
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Rubio warns Israel over West Bank moves
Thursday, 23 October 2025, 4:34pmAmerica’s Secretary of State Marco Rubio today warned Israel against annexing the West Bank, saying steps taken by parliament...
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Cuba nabs suspected Chinese fentanyl kingpin
Thursday, 23 October 2025, 4:10pmCuba has arrested a suspected Chinese fentanyl kingpin who escaped from custody in Mexico and is also wanted by the United...
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Frustrated federal employees line up for food as US shutdown wears on
Thursday, 23 October 2025, 3:35pmStanding in the middle of a parking lot in suburban Washington, surrounded by hundreds of federal employees waiting for food...
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Trump confirms he’s demolishing the White House’s entire East Wing
Thursday, 23 October 2025, 2:51pmUnited States President Donald Trump confirmed today that the White House’s iconic East Wing is being torn down in its entirety...
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Paris firefighters allegedly attended blackface, Ku Klux Klan party
Thursday, 23 October 2025, 12:17pmParis’ fire brigade has opened an internal investigation into accusations that several firefighters attended a party where...
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Trump says DOJ may owe him after report of compensation bid
Wednesday, 22 October 2025, 3:54pmUnited States President Donald Trump said today that the Department of Justice likely owed him damages, after a report that...
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North Korea fires ballistic missile, Seoul’s military says
Wednesday, 22 October 2025, 2:39pmNorth Korea fired at least one ballistic missile today, Seoul’s military said, its first such launch in months. It comes...
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Musk lashes out after Nasa opens new Moon race bids
Wednesday, 22 October 2025, 1:18pmSpaceX CEO Elon Musk has lashed out at Nasa’s acting administrator after the space agency chief invited other companies to...
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Trump says he doesn't want 'wasted' meeting with Putin
Wednesday, 22 October 2025, 12:36pmUnited States President Donald Trump said today he had shelved plans for a summit in Budapest with Russia’s President Vladimir...
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China hawk Takaichi named Japan's first woman PM
Tuesday, 21 October 2025, 8:47pmJapan got its first woman Prime Minister tonight after Sanae Takaichi, a China hawk and social conservative, forged an 11th-hour...
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US President jabs at Australia’s former PM and ambassador at White House meeting
Tuesday, 21 October 2025, 10:58amUnited States President Donald Trump expressed disdain towards Australia’s ambassador, former prime minister Kevin Rudd,...
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Injury blow for Ireland ahead of All Blacks clash
Tuesday, 21 October 2025, 9:56amIreland wing Mack Hansen has been ruled out of next month’s test against New Zealand in Chicago after aggravating a foot...
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Two killed as cargo plane skids off Hong Kong runway into sea
Monday, 20 October 2025, 3:31pmTwo people were killed after a cargo plane landing in Hong Kong collided with a ground vehicle and slid into the sea before...
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Can Bolivia’s new leader fix an economy on the brink?
Monday, 20 October 2025, 2:25pmBolivians today elected a pro-business centre-right senator as their new President, ending two decades of socialist rule...
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Israel resumes Gaza strikes, accusing Hamas of violating truce deal
Monday, 20 October 2025, 8:23amIsrael has resumed airstrikes on the Gaza Strip after accusing the Palestinian militant group Hamas of breaking a ceasefire...
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Gaza war not over until Hamas disarms, Netanyahu says
Sunday, 19 October 2025, 2:34pmIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned the war in Gaza would not be over until Hamas was disarmed and the Palestinian...
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China and US agree to fresh trade talks
Sunday, 19 October 2025, 9:19amChina and the United States agreed Saturday to conduct another round of trade negotiations in the coming week, as the world’s...
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'That’s ... interesting': Trump responds to undersea Russia–Alaska tunnel plan
Saturday, 18 October 2025, 2:55pmPresident Donald Trump expressed interest today in an undersea tunnel connecting the US state of Alaska with Russia – a project...
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Clothing titan's death being probed as homicide
Friday, 17 October 2025, 3:04pmSpanish police are investigating the sudden death of the Mango clothing empire’s founder Isak Andic as a possible homicide,...
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Ceasefire holds at Afghan-Pakistan border after deadly clashes
Friday, 17 October 2025, 11:28amA ceasefire along the frontier between Afghanistan and Pakistan was holding yesterday, officials on both sides said, after...
