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Ben Simmons could be only weeks away from an NBA debut, with the Philadelphia 76ers saying scans confirm his foot has healed and he is right on schedule.
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| UpdatedPresident Donald Trump signs orders to advance the construction of the Dakota Access oil pipeline, which was at the centre of the Standing Rock protests, along with the Keystone XL project which had been blocked by Barack Obama.
Topics: world-politics, environment, community-and-society, business-economics-and-finance, indigenous-other-peoples, government-and-politics, united-states
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| UpdatedLa La Land scores a record-tying 14 Academy Awards nominations, while Australian film Lion scoops six nods and Aussies including Nicole Kidman and Mel Gibson also enter the Oscars race.
Topics: academy-awards-oscars, film-movies, arts-and-entertainment, united-states
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| UpdatedNominations for the 2017 Oscars will be announced tonight. So who actually makes the call for nominees?
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| UpdatedThe focus on a new China-centric TPP could put Australia in a difficult situation down the track if the US, Australia's greatest ally, demands full support in any confrontation with China, Australia's biggest trading partner.
Topics: trade, business-economics-and-finance, world-politics, government-and-politics, foreign-affairs, australia, china, united-states
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| UpdatedKate Rich, a comedy writer for NBC's Saturday Night Live, is suspended following a tweet ridiculing US President Donald Trump's youngest son, Barron.
Topics: social-media, bullying, united-states
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| UpdatedPost-TPP, Australian miners and service providers hope US President Donald Trump will get through another pledge — his massive infrastructure spend.
Topics: mining-rural, road-transport, rail-transport, international-aid-and-trade, trade, mining-industry, perth-6000, united-states
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| UpdatedYou can be sure that when vast amounts of money move in a particular direction, somewhere, somehow, a powerful person, or group of powerful people, have made an important decision about something.
Topics: stockmarket, markets, currency, business-economics-and-finance, economic-trends, futures, trade, government-and-politics, united-states, australia
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| UpdatedThe US Senate confirms Mike Pompeo to be President Donald Trump's Central Intelligence Agency director, despite some politicians' concerns he might expand surveillance or allow the use of Enhanced Interrogation Techniques, which are widely considered to be torture.
Topics: us-elections, government-and-politics, world-politics, united-states
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| UpdatedThe Government is scrambling to rethink the Trans-Pacific Partnership after Donald Trump pulled the US out of the Asian trade deal, with Malcolm Turnbull hoping the remaining 11 countries can salvage the pact.
Topics: federal-government, world-politics, government-and-politics, trade, australia, united-states
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US President Donald Trump officially declares the day of his inauguration the National Day of Patriotic Devotion as one of his first executive orders.
Topics: world-politics, us-elections, united-states
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| UpdatedLeaders of agricultural lobby groups say they will back the Government's push for a Trans-Pacific Partnership deal without the US.
Topics: trade, agribusiness, business-economics-and-finance, world-politics, international-law, us-elections, melbourne-3000, united-states, australia, asia
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| UpdatedA National Archives official says the US agency has yet to rule on whether it will be required to keep Donald Trump's altered or deleted tweets, which are considered as presidential records.
Topics: world-politics, government-and-politics, social-media, internet-culture, united-states
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| UpdatedEnergy Minister Josh Frydenberg says the Government has no plans to scrap its renewable energy targets, despite internal criticism and concerns US President Donald Trump may withdraw from the Paris climate change agreement.
Topics: us-elections, climate-change, environment, world-politics, government-and-politics, australia, united-states
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| UpdatedStar Wars fans are in a tizzy over the newly announced title of the next film in the series, fearing it implies Luke Skywalker will die in episode eight.
Topics: film-movies, fantasy-films, arts-and-entertainment, science-fiction-films, united-states
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| UpdatedGlobal markets have fallen after US President Donald Trump formally withdrew the US from the 12-country trade agreement, the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, company-news, markets, currency, futures, stockmarket, united-states, australia
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US press secretary Sean Spicer used his official White House briefing to hit back at questions about his integrity.
Topics: world-politics, united-states
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| UpdatedUS President Donald Trump reinstates a rule that bans US-funded groups around the world from discussing abortion, a move which has dismayed women's rights advocates.
Topics: abortion, reproduction-and-contraception, health, world-politics, united-states
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Former President George HW Bush is still suffering from pneumonia, but is well enough to leave the intensive care unit at a Houston hospital, doctors say.
Topics: world-politics, people, united-states
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US President Donald Trump has signed executive orders withdrawing America from the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
Topics: trade, world-politics, agreements-and-treaties, united-states
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A powerful weather system sweeps up the US East Coast with pounding rain and high winds, after tornados killed at least 18 people in Georgia and Mississippi over the weekend.
Topics: weather, storm-event, storm-disaster, united-states
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| UpdatedDonald Trump signs an executive order formally pulling the US out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal, while also ordering the US government to stop hiring more workers.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, trade, world-politics, international-law, us-elections, united-states, australia, asia
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| UpdatedA legal watchdog group files a lawsuit alleging that US President Donald Trump is violating the constitution by allowing his businesses to accept payments from foreign governments.
Topics: us-elections, law-crime-and-justice, government-and-politics, world-politics, united-states
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| UpdatedThe Trump presidency is only days old and already there are serious moves to have him forced from office, and the man leading the charge is from the President's own political party.
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It would be possible to renegotiate the Trans Pacific Partnership trade deal if US President Donald Trump maintains his opposition to the 12-nation agreement, an international law expert says.
Topics: trade, government-and-politics, federal-government, world-politics, australia, united-states