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US-funded contraceptives meant for poor nations to be burned instead
The UN offered to buy the contraceptives after Trump froze foreign aid, but now dozens of truckloads are being sent to France for incineration.
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New images shed light on Trumps ties to Epstein
23 Jul 2025Photos from 1993 confirm for the first time that Epstein attended Trump's 1993 wedding to Marla Maples. His attendance at the ceremony was not widely known…
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Kiwis take home the 'Oscars' of board game world
23 Jul 2025Two New Zealanders have taken home one of the top prizes in the Spiel de Jahres, an annual awards event considered the Oscars of the board game world.
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Japan's Prime Minister Ishiba to quit after election drubbing
23 Jul 2025The PM's departure less than a year after taking office will trigger a succession battle within the ruling Liberal Democratic party.
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Trump announces 'massive' Japan trade deal
23 Jul 2025The US president cut a threatened 25-percent tariff to 15 percent ahead of a 1 August deadline.
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How Ozzy Osbourne went from aging rocker to reality star
23 Jul 2025He'll be remembered differently by several different generations, and that's almost the definition of a pop cultural icon.
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Six-week-old baby among famine deaths in Gaza
23 Jul 2025Malnutrition is now killing Palestinians faster than at any point in the 21-month war.
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Trump says he received $16m in Paramount settlement
23 Jul 2025Paramount agreed to settle a lawsuit filed by Trump claiming a news programme deceptively edited an interview with former Vice President Kamala Harris.
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UN's top court to rule on Pacific-led climate change case
23 Jul 2025Explainer - Six years after law students in Port Vila hatched the idea of taking the world's governments to court, the ICJ is about to make its ruling.
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'A true legend': Ozzy Osbourne dies at 76
23 Jul 2025Some of music's biggest names are paying tribute to the frontman of British band Black Sabbath, who performed his final concert just two weeks ago. Audio
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US Justice Department plans to interview Epstein accomplice
23 Jul 2025It will speak to Ghislaine Maxwell, the former UK socialite who is serving a 20-year sentence after being convicted in 2021 of sex trafficking minors.
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How the world has reacted to death of Ozzy Osbourne
23 Jul 2025Known to fans as 'The Prince of Darkness' and the 'Godfather of Heavy Metal', Osbourne has died at the age of 76, the BBC reported, citing a family statement.
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New photo of Prince George released as royals mark his 12th birthday
23 Jul 2025The photo of Prince George smiling in the countryside was released on social media by Kensington Palace.
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Trump pulls US out of UN cultural agency for second time
23 Jul 2025The White House is accusing UNESCO of supporting 'woke' causes.
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PayPal withholds thousands of funds from Kiwis to Palestinians
22 Jul 2025The organiser of the funds say she believes the reason is political. Audio
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US authorities probing airliner's close call with B-52 bomber
22 Jul 2025US aviation regulators say they are investigating a recent close call in which a passenger plane took emergency action to avoid a mid-air collision with a US military bomber.
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Toxic algae bloom lingers off Australia, killing marine life
22 Jul 2025The algae, which damages the gills of fish and suffocates them, stretched across 4400 square kilometres when it was first spotted in mid-March.
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US looks to send 'third country nationals' to Palau as Trump pursues deportations
22 Jul 2025It remains unclear whether the deal is aimed at undocumented migrants or other groups including asylum seekers.
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Refugee staff and doctors fainting from hunger in Gaza
23 Jul 2025UNRWA says it's received dozens of emergency messages from its staff describing grave conditions and exhaustion in the enclave.
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Skepticism of Netanyahu growing inside White House, sources say
22 Jul 2025US President Donald Trump was caught by surprise last week and had to "rectify" the matter.
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Ex-US policeman in Breonna Taylor killing sentenced
22 Jul 2025Brett Hankison was convicted in November of one count of abusing Breonna Taylor's civil rights for shots fired during a botched police raid on her home.
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Four-year-old girl dies of hunger in Gaza as Israel throttles food supply
21 Jul 2025Razan died amid growing starvation in Gaza, with the flow of humanitarian aid severely reduced since the beginning of March, when Israeli authorities banned convoys from entering Gaza.
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'Cosby Show' star Malcolm-Jamal Warner dies by drowning
22 Jul 2025Warner was vacationing in Costa Rica with his family.
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Bangladesh air force plane crashes into college campus
22 Jul 2025At least 19 people have been killed and more than 50 hospitalised with burns.
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Ukrainian drone attacks sow chaos at Moscow's airports
21 Jul 2025Several thousand people were stranded in the far east of Russia due to the cancellation of flights in European Russia.
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Five big questions about Trump's ties to Epstein
20 Jul 2025Analysis - A Wall Street Journal report earlier this week added new scrutiny to President Donald Trump's relationship with the late sex offender.
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Trump demands football team change name back to 'Redskins'
The US President is threatening to restrict the NFL team's stadium deal.
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Iran to hold nuclear talks with European powers
Iran, Britain, France and Germany will hold nuclear talks in Istanbul on Friday, an Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson has confirmed.
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