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  1. Three funeral workers have been fired for posing for photos alongside the body of soccer star Diego Maradona shortly before his funeral.

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  2. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has ordered at least two people executed, banned fishing at sea and locked down the capital, Pyongyang, as part of frantic efforts to guard against the coronavirus, South Korea's spy agency has told politicians.

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  3. Fees for Sydney's most expensive school, SCEGGS Darlinghurst, will top $41,000 for senior students next year, with salary costs, COVID-19 cleaning protocols and a pause on fundraising blamed for a 3.5 per cent cost increase.

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  4. When her iPhone lit up on her desk on Tuesday morning, Premier Gladys Berejiklian had an inkling of what was to come. It was Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk calling.

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  6. Perspective: It’s not yet clear how much damage Donald Trump has done to the functioning of democracy in the US, but it is clearly significant.

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  7. Good morning. Here's today's front page of the Herald

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  8. An Iranian scientist that Israel alleged led the Islamic Republic's military nuclear program until its disbanding in the early 2000s has been "assassinated", Iranian state television said.

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  9. Leg-spinner Adam Zampa dropped a sitter to remove the Indian talisman, but hit back with crucial wickets as Australia comfortably defended a huge total in the first ODI in Sydney |

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  10. Victoria’s health department has been forced to release emails previously withheld from the hotel quarantine inquiry that reveal a bitter internal turf war about who should have been in charge of the program

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  11. The Herald's View: It is difficult to be surprised by NSW politics given its scandal-plagued history. But Premier Gladys Berejiklian managed to do just that with her dispiriting attempt this week to justify pork barrelling

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  12. Legislators from Taiwan's main opposition party threw pig guts and exchanged punches with other lawmakers in Parliament in a bitter dispute over easing US pork imports

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  13. What You Said: On allowing Australians to tap into their super for a home deposit, Herald readers have urged caution, arguing it would inflate already high house prices and push more people on the aged pension in the future

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  14. The Independent Commission Against Corruption has found the NSW government's water policies were inconsistent with the law and "created an atmosphere that was overly favourable to irrigators" |

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  15. American superstar Caeleb Dressel will don one of the most controversial pieces of sporting attire in history when he attempts an audacious world record in one of the now-banned Speedo Fastskin LZR super suits |

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  16. Treasury Wine Estates, the country's biggest wine company, faces turmoil in its largest export market after Chinese regulators slapped a sudden 169.3 per cent tariff on its exports from Australia |

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  17. Two Texan businessmen have been arrested in the US over an alleged attempt to dupe the NSW government into spending $430 million on 50 million respirator masks that never existed |

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  18. NSW and the rest of the National Electricity Market can expect "favourable" operating conditions this summer, with fewer severe heatwaves expected |

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  20. Analysis: As the days pass, whether Donald Trump will or won’t concede is becoming less relevant. The emerging question now is whether he's paving the way for another presidential run in 2024 |

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