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Morrison receives warm welcome in Solomons as he pushes Pacific 'step up'

2 hours ago Australia

'Highly embarrassing': UN group slams Australia for detaining Vietnamese woman and her baby

4 hours ago Australia

Anthony Albanese announces new Labor portfolios

1 hour ago Australia

Lost Australian mountaineer Ruth McCance sought 'wild places'

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'Godself': Catholic schools adopt gender-neutral terms

33 mins ago Asia-Pacific

Tiananmen crackdown was justified: China

39 mins ago Asia-Pacific

China will defend its claims over Taiwan

1 hour ago Europe

Pope urges ethnic Hungarians, Romanians to put troubles behind them

1 hour ago Europe

Pope urges ethnic Hungarians, Romanians to put troubles behind them

7 hours ago North America

New breast cancer drug found to boost survival rates by 30 per cent

7 hours ago North America

'Be cautious when taking selfies': Woman taking photos plunges to death at US waterfall

11 hours ago Australia

Barty faces golden opportunity at French Open

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10 hours ago Australia

Matildas humbled by ruthless Dutch

A record Dutch crowd for a women's football match has jammed into Eindhoven's Philips Stadion to see the Netherlands thrash Australia 3-0.

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7 hours ago Europe

Hungary boat crash: Seven dead identified, 21 still missing

Attempts are on hold to recover the bodies of South Korean tourists killed in a collision between two boats in Hungary while seven have been identified.

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8 hours ago Europe

At least 85 injured at Russian TNT plant explosion

Dozens are injured and Russian media shows smoke and fire rising over a factory which produces the explosive TNT and bombs for the military.

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7 hours ago US Politics

Activist storms stage grabs Kamala Harris' mic

A protester stormed the stage and grabbed Kamala Harris' mic during a political forum featuring multiple 2020 US presidential candidates.

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7 hours ago North America

Virginia Beach: Disgruntled gunman shot co-workers

A disgruntled city engineer stormed a building in the US state of Virginia and killed 12 people, most of them his co-workers, before being shot dead by police.

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10 hours ago Europe

Torbay airshow awes audiences

Thousands of people flocked to the Torbay Airshow to watch the air displays, including a Battle of Britain memorial show, parachutists and helicopters.

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11 hours ago Europe

Lithuanian babies in crawl to the finish

Twenty-five babies have taken part in a crawling competition in the Lithuanian capital to mark International Children's Day, with 11-month-old Ignas the winner.

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21 hours ago Australia

'More power to them': Spike Lee praises State of Origin anthem boycott

Spike Lee is in Sydney to discuss race and politics in film.

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21 hours ago Europe

Wikileaks’ Julian Assange subjected to 'psychological torture', UN expert claims

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange should not be extradited to the US where he would face a "politicised show trial", a UN human rights investigator says.

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21 hours ago Asia-Pacific

South Korean families of Budapest boat tragedy victims visit scene

The ill-fated Mermaid carrying mainly South Korean tourists overturned and capsized, seconds after colliding with a much larger cruise ship on the Danube river.

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21 hours ago North America

Mexico, US business groups urge Trump to back down on tariff threat

Donald Trump, responding to what he calls a surge of illegal immigrants across the southern border, has vowed to impose a tariff on all goods coming from Mexico.

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21 hours ago

SBS World News bulletin: 1/6/19

SBS News wraps-up all the national and international news including: US city Virginia Beach in shock after mass shooting and an Australian man jailed in the UAE tells SBS why he believes he was targeted.

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1 day ago Australia

Autistic woman's death 'not an isolated event'

The death of an autistic and epileptic woman in Sydney's west is indicative of wider issues faced by Australians with disability, an advocate says.

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2 days ago

High school graduate tributes immigrant family with strawberries at graduation

A Florida teenager uses strawberries to pay tribute to her migrant parents in a powerful graduation speech.

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1 day ago Europe

Spain police anti drone drills ahead of football final

Spanish police display the drone surveillance and anti-drone attack operation prepared for the UEFA Champions League final.

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2 days ago

Peru boasts more than 3,500 types of potatoes

The humble potato took centre stage on Friday as Peruvians flocked to the 10th annual Potato Festival in the capital, Lima. Peru boasts more than 3,500 different varieties of potato - the largest in the world – and restaurateurs, farmers and consumers gathered to peruse and sample the various types and colours

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2 days ago North America

Protesters take to Louisiana streets to oppose new abortion law

A law banning abortion as early as six weeks of pregnancy was signed by Louisiana's Democratic governor, leading to demonstrations on the streets outside the State Capitol.

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2 days ago

Anger over inflation and a weakening economy leads to violence in Haiti

Haiti is the poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere and the country's economic woes have fuelled Haitians' frustrations who say their lives have not improved since 2010's deadly earthquake.

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2 days ago US Politics

After space force, Trump wants to 'rule the skies'

US President Donald Trump has used a commencement address at the US Air Force Academy that "America must rule the skies" if it is to "dominate the future."

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2 days ago Australia

Germany's viral women's football ad has inspired girls in Australia

World Cup Fans looks at some of the nations competing in the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup, through the eyes of their fans in Australia.

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2 days ago

Flood affected residents left wondering about possessions

Residents in flooded regions along the Arkansas River in the United States have filled temporary shelters and have been left wondering what will be left of their possessions when they finally return to their homes.

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2 days ago

German Chancellor given honorary Harvard degree, calls to 'tear down walls of ignorance'

Harvard University awarded German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, with an honorary Doctor of Laws degree ahead of giving the keynote speech at the institution's 368th commencement ceremony. In her address, she called to reject isolationism to tackle global problems.

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2 days ago Asia-Pacific

Narendra Modi sworn back in as Indian PM after election landslide

India's Narendra Modi has been sworn in as prime minister of the world's largest democracy for a second term during a ceremony outside the presidential palace in New Delhi.

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