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President Donald Trump has sworn in a who's who of oil leaders, which analysts say give his administration a pro-petroleum bias that may hurt Australia.
Topics: oil-and-gas, business-economics-and-finance, trade, united-states, australia
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In an Ask Me Anything session on Reddit, a user corrects a NASA scientist after their "brain fart" and experts answer burning questions about the newly discovered planetary system.
Topics: internet-culture, science-and-technology, astronomy-space, space-exploration, united-states
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| UpdatedIn a throwback week reminiscent of former candidate Trump, the President went face to face with the media before jetting off to Florida for a rally in front of his legions of fans. Bureau Chief Zoe Daniel, Correspondent Greg Jennett and producers Brooke Wylie and Roscoe Whalan try to separate fact from fiction in week four of the Trump Administration.
Topics: us-elections, united-states
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Immigration Minister Peter Dutton backtracks on his comments on the refugee resettlement deals between Australia and the US, saying he has "been clear that it's not a people swap".
Topics: federal-government, immigration, australia, united-states
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| UpdatedPresident Donald Trump's administration revokes landmark guidance issued to public schools in defence of transgender student rights, reversing course on a signature initiative of former Democratic president Barack Obama.
Topics: community-and-society, gays-and-lesbians, laws, education, united-states
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The minutes from the Federal Reserve's latest policy meeting suggest another interest rate rise will be coming soon, curbing gains on Wall Street.
Topics: stockmarket, currency, markets, futures, money-and-monetary-policy, united-states, united-kingdom, european-union, australia
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Foreign Minister Julie Bishop meets with US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to discuss global security and how the two nations will prepare for foreign fighters attempting to return if Mosul is successfully liberated.
Topics: foreign-affairs, government-and-politics, unrest-conflict-and-war, united-states, australia, iraq
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Beverley O'Connor speaks to the Lowy Institute's Sam Roggeveen about US President Donald Trump's ongoing unpredictability.
Topics: donald-trump, world-politics, united-states, australia
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| UpdatedIf the rest of the major award ceremonies are a guide, this year's Oscars could be one of the most political we've ever seen. Here are the moments most likely to cause a drama.
Topics: academy-awards-oscars, event, arts-and-entertainment, film-movies, united-states
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| UpdatedVideo shows a plane piloted by Star Wars and Indiana Jones star Harrison Ford suddenly and mistakenly fly low over a passenger jet with 110 people aboard at a Southern California airport.
Topics: accidents, actor, air-and-space, united-states
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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