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Passengers, pilot safe after successful emergency landing

A passenger plane has successfully landed after a landing gear failure. The pilot and two passengers walked out of the plane on the tarmac.

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Elon Musk victory as judge overturns ban on church stabbing video posts

Elon Musk victory as judge overturns ban on church stabbing video posts

Musk has argued that by blocking the video to all Australians, the watchdog was in effect seeking a global ban outside its jurisdiction.

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Inside the warped mind of a serial DV offender

Donald Fing said he respects women. But he threatened to kill an ex-partner with an axe and wouldn’t let her use the toilet alone for days.

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Rushi Vyas, a student who was falsely accused of AI cheating at UNSW

Students are being falsely accused of plagiarism as universities turn to imperfect tools to detect the unauthorised use of AI.

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Joe Biden is ramping up his attack on China

Joe Biden became his party’s presumptive nominee when he won enough delegates in Georgia.

Joe Biden is throwing the kitchen sink at a key part of China’s economy.

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A Trump trial. Raging wars. Protests. Is everything ‘on fire’?

Most Americans say they’re unhappy with the direction of the country. But nearly the same figure say they are generally satisfied with their personal lives.

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Unable to crack the housing market, I went looking for cocaine

No, I’m not contemplating becoming a drug dealer, but I will need something close to a lottery win to get me out of the rental rat race.

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Latrell Mitchell and Cody Walker are the subjects of alleged racial abuse.
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NRL 2024

NRL investigating racial abuse towards Mitchell and Walker

The NRL has confirmed they are investigating the allegations of abuse made to the South Sydney duo.

The Tigers are hurtling to the bottom again. This play sums up why Benji Marshall has a huge problem

Wests Tigers coach Benji Marshall (second from left) on the bench in Tamworth.

The best teams constantly talk about attention to detail. One moment in Tamworth on Saturday sums up how far the Tigers are still off the pace after six straight losses.

‘I don’t want to sit behind anyone’: Crichton weighs up future after Fifita deal

The Roosters star said the club hadn’t spoken to him about the signing of Titans back-rower David Fifita.

The alleged phone call at the centre of Chris Dawson’s murder appeal

The alleged phone call at the centre of Chris Dawson’s murder appeal

The convicted killer has claimed his wife called him at Northbridge Baths and told him that she needed “time away”.

Man of green steel: Dan Andrews takes the billionaire career path

Man of green steel: Dan Andrews takes the billionaire career path

What happens when an immovable former premier meets an unstoppable billionaire?

Optus desperately needs a reset. Here’s what comes next

Australia’s second-largest telco is priming for a much-needed reboot after suffering the nation’s worst data breaches and telecommunications outages.

Martin 21 and its cafe sidekick, Marty’s, will open alongside Lune Croissanterie at 1 Elizabeth.

Why Martin Place is set to become Sydney’s hot new go-to hospitality hub

With a new metro station and a flush of new venues set to open in coming months, diners will be flocking to the historic city strip.

How Paris is going to gouge tourists this year

French Elite acrobatic team Patrouille de France flyes over the Eiffel Tower during the Olympic Games handover from Tokyo to Paris in 2021.

Visitors to the French capital during the European summer will pay more for hotels, meals out, entry to tourist attractions and public transport.

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Mitchell Moses.

Why Mitchell Moses may have only 80 minutes to prove he can save NSW

The Eels star is not a certain starter for a comeback in Magic Round as Michael Maguire’s headaches deepened with a couple of Roosters stars put on report.

Dom Young scores for the Roosters on Sunday.

Roosters’ first-half blitz sees them romp to victory over Warriors

The Warriors salvaged some pride with an improved second-half showing, but the damage was already done as the in-form Roosters piled on the points again.

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Why this top Sydney school has resisted screens in class

While many students are asked to bring their own devices into schools across the state, some are resisting the trend to have iPads or laptops in lessons.

One wave every eight seconds: surfing comes to landlocked Sydney suburb

One wave every eight seconds: surfing comes to landlocked Sydney suburb

There was a surge of new surfers during the pandemic and a man-made facility at Sydney Olympic Park could draw even more people to the sport.

Inside Chris Dawson’s murder appeal

Chris Dawson during his trial. Inset: Chris and Lynette Dawson on their wedding day in 1970.

The convicted killer has asked the state’s top criminal appeal court to overturn his conviction for the murder of his wife Lynette Simms, who vanished in 1982.

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Big business has a big problem with Sydney’s tolling shake-up

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The big end of town is highly critical of one aspect of an independent review into the city’s patchwork of tolled motorways.

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Latrell Mitchell and Cody Walker are the subjects of alleged racial abuse.
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NRL 2024

NRL investigating racial abuse towards Mitchell and Walker

The NRL has confirmed they are investigating the allegations of abuse made to the South Sydney duo.

Wests Tigers coach Benji Marshall (second from left) on the bench in Tamworth.
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NRL 2024

The Tigers are hurtling to the bottom again. This play sums up why Benji Marshall has a huge problem

The best teams constantly talk about attention to detail. One moment in Tamworth on Saturday sums up how far the Tigers are still off the pace after six straight losses.

Angus Crichton scored a double for the Roosters on Sunday.

‘I don’t want to sit behind anyone’: Crichton weighs up future after Fifita deal

The Roosters star said the club hadn’t spoken to him about the signing of Titans back-rower David Fifita.

Engine gloom: Injury carnage at Tahs demands answers

The Waratahs started the season with 10 front rowers in their squad. Five months on, they are all injured.

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NSW halfback options Nicho Hynes and Mitchell Moses after Nathan Cleary’s injury.

NSW have a halfback problem. Here are six contenders to replace Cleary

Nathan Cleary will miss the entire State of Origin series and two other main contenders to replace him are injured. Has the halves curse struck the Blues again?

Mitchell Moses.

Why Mitchell Moses may have only 80 minutes to prove he can save NSW

The Eels star is not a certain starter for a comeback in Magic Round as Michael Maguire’s headaches deepened with a couple of Roosters stars put on report.

Lightning keeper Ashleigh Ervin expresses her frustration during Saturday night’s controversial Super Netball match against the Giants.

‘Farcical scenes’: Lightning lose netball match after thinking they’d won, but the result will stand

Sunshine Coast Lightning played keeping-off in the final 30 seconds of ordinary time, thinking they had a 71-70 lead. But replays later showed the scoreboard was wrong, and they were forced to play extra time.

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