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At least 225 residents are rescued from a San Jose neighbourhood inundated by floodwaters, after a series of storms swelled waterways and left about half of California under flood, wind and snow advisories.
Topics: disasters-and-accidents, floods, united-states
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| UpdatedBob Inglis was a Republican Congressman who once thought climate change was "nonsense" for the "other tribe". Now, he's on a mission in Australia to convince conservatives to fight for the environment.
Topics: environment, environmental-policy, government-and-politics, alternative-energy, energy, australia, united-states
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| UpdatedThe United States are not calling on Australia to increase its military presence in Iraq and Syria, Julie Bishop says after meeting with Vice-President Mike Pence.
Topics: foreign-affairs, donald-trump, government-and-politics, world-politics, united-states
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| UpdatedWho will win, who should win and who could cause the biggest upset at this year's Academy Awards?
Topics: film-movies, arts-and-entertainment, art-house, academy-awards-oscars, united-states
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| UpdatedAn Australian model and his skateboarding friend are hailed as heroes in New York after they save seven teenagers who fell through ice in Central Park.
Topics: human-interest, united-states, australia
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| UpdatedThe Foreign Minister and the Immigration Minister appear to be at odds about whether the US refugee resettlement deal was part of a people swap.
Topics: refugees, immigration, federal-government, australia, united-states
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| UpdatedUS Supreme Court justices appear split over the rights of a Mexican family to sue over the death of their teenage son, who was shot while on the Mexican side of the US-Mexico border by a US Border Patrol officer standing on US soil.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, laws, immigration, united-states, mexico
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Solid earnings reports from several US retailers drive Wall Street higher, while strong manufacturing figures from Europe boost most markets there.
Topics: stockmarket, currency, futures, retail, markets, united-states, united-kingdom, european-union, australia
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US President Donald Trump has delivered his first public condemnation of anti-Semitic incidents in the United States after a new spate of bomb threats to Jewish community centres around the country and massive vandalism in a Jewish cemetery.
Topics: world-politics, donald-trump, government-and-politics, judaism, religion-and-beliefs, community-and-society, united-states
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| UpdatedA first-round loss in Delray Beach sees Bernard Tomic further plumb the depths as his shocking 2017 ATP season continues apace.
Topics: tennis, sport, united-states
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| UpdatedUS President Donald Trump delivers his first public condemnation of anti-Semitic incidents in the United States after a new spate of bomb threats to Jewish community centres around the country and massive vandalism in a Jewish cemetery.
Topics: donald-trump, government-and-politics, world-politics, judaism, religion-and-beliefs, community-and-society, united-states
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Beverley O'Connor speaks to author Nicole Hemmer about Donald Trump's appointment of Lieutenant General Herbert Raymond McMaster as his new national security adviser.
Topics: defence-and-national-security, government-and-politics, world-politics, united-states
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The markets were steady today after Wall Street was closed for President's Day last night, although there were some big moves up and down as a result of good and bad earnings results.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, united-states, australia
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| UpdatedAn American man who was among five people killed when a plane crashed into a Melbourne shopping centre was on a "once in a lifetime" trip in Australia, his family says.
Topics: disasters-and-accidents, accidents, air-and-space, essendon-3040, melbourne-3000, united-states, vic
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Walking away from the United States alliance could force Australia to ramp up defence spending by tens of billions of dollars, Australia's former defence chief Sir Angus Houston says, February 21, 2017.
Topics: defence-and-national-security, donald-trump, foreign-affairs, government-and-politics, australia, united-states
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| UpdatedWalking away from the United States alliance could force Australia to ramp up defence spending by tens of billions of dollars, Australia's former defence chief says.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, world-politics, security-intelligence, defence-and-national-security, australia, united-states, china
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Renewed protests against US President Donald Trump flared on the Presidents Day holiday, with grassroots activists vowing to take to the streets in cities including New York, Chicago and Washington DC, February 21, 2017.
Topics: donald-trump, community-and-society, world-politics, united-states
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| UpdatedRenewed protests against US President Donald Trump flare on the Presidents Day holiday, with grassroots activists vowing to take to the streets in dozens of cities in "Not My President's Day" rallies.
Topics: world-politics, community-and-society, united-states
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| UpdatedA book by alt-right leader Milo Yiannopoulos is cancelled after a video resurfaces which shows him speaking positively about sexual relationships between boys and men.
Topics: world-politics, media, journalism, united-states
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| UpdatedDonald J Trump has taken to his month-old presidency with the same brand of brashness, bluster, haste and "gut" instinct that propelled him towards his $US4-5 billion net worth and through the rigours of his against-all-odds victory last November, writes Greg Jennett in Washington DC.
Topics: world-politics, united-states
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| UpdatedRide-booking company Uber announces an urgent investigation into claims of sexual harassment and discrimination at the company, as well as threats from management against those who complain.
Topics: sexual-offences, internet-technology, united-states
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| UpdatedCatholic and worker solidarity used to help Australians wrestle more with their vote than they seem to do now.
Topics: world-politics, political-parties, government-and-politics, catholic, religion-and-beliefs, community-and-society, unions, australia, united-states, united-kingdom
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| UpdatedDonald Trump has selected 54-year-old career officer General HR McMaster to be his new national security adviser. This is what we know about him.
Topics: donald-trump, government-and-politics, defence-and-national-security, united-states
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| UpdatedUnilever slumps in Europe after US food giant Kraft Heinz pulls its $US143 billion bid to take over the company, while Wall Street is closed for a holiday.
Topics: stockmarket, currency, futures, markets, takeovers, european-union, australia, united-kingdom, united-states
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United States President Donald Trump has appointed Lieutenant General Herbert Raymond McMaster as his new national security adviser.
Topics: world-politics, government-and-politics, us-elections, defence-and-national-security, united-states