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US Airlines have been ordered to cancel flights as air traffic controllers feel the strain of working during the government shutdown.

Trump shutdown cuts flights at major airports

US Airlines have been ordered to cancel flights as air traffic controllers feel the strain of working during the government shutdown.

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White House medical emergency.

‘Went down’: Chaos in Oval Office during Trump announcement

WATCH: A Donald Trump Oval Office announcement has become a medical emergency, with TV doctor Mehmet Oz leaping in to assist. 

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Sussan Ley hasn't shown any clear strategy as Liberal leader, John Hewson says. (Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS)

'Can't keep being negative': Ex-leader lashes Ley, Libs

Sussan Ley and the Liberals have copped a withering spray from a former leader over poor direction and a lack of experience, as MPs near an agreement on energy.

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Former US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has announced her retirement from Congress. (AP PHOTO)

Nancy Pelosi, first female US House Speaker, to retire

The first woman to ever serve as the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi has announced she is to retire from Congress.

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Supporters attend the election watch party for the new New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani.

Media warns of socialist chaos after Mamdani victory

THE NEW YORK TIMES: What will become of New York City now that Zohran Mamdani is the mayor-elect? Some media outlets have been quick to the punch.

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WATCH: NYC mayor Mamdani’s wildest policies revealed

NEWS WORTHY: In today’s episode, Ben O’Shea reveals New York mayor Zohran Mamdani’s policies, including his vow to instruct the NYPD to arrest Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu if he sets foot in the Big Apple.

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Sussan Ley, Murray Watt

Coalition pot may boil over before Ley can stick a lid on it

Liberal leader Sussan Ley will bring her party room together in Canberra next Wednesday to agree on its climate and energy policy, amid pressure to make a deal over environmental protection laws.

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Commitment issues are causing Ley a world of pain.

Commitment issues are causing Ley a world of pain

MARK RILEY: Sussan Ley has found herself caught in a self-perpetuating cycle of manufactured instability that, if not broken, will eventually bring on a spill and drag down her leadership.

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China has issued a stern appraisal of the $12b proposed upgrade to WA’s Henderson Shipyard as part of the AUKUS pact.

‘Precarious position’: China’s stern words on AUKUS base

Beijing’s military has criticised the proposed $12b upgrade of WA’s Henderson shipyard for US nuclear-powered submarines as placing ‘Australia in an increasingly precarious position’.

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A survey of teenagers reveals attitudes towards masculinity and behaviours like drinking alcohol. (Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS)

Tough-guy persona linked to teenage downward spiral

Links have been found between tough-guy masculine tropes adhered to by teenage boys and fighting, sexual harassment and using drugs and alcohol.

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Pauline Hanson takes aim at Labor and Coalition during CPAC at Mar-a-Lago, Florida

Pauline Hanson ridicules Australia at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort

Pauline Hanson was the only Australian invited to the conservative conference at Mar-a-Lago, where she decried her home country as ‘heading down a dangerous path’.

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Vladimir Putin has ordered his officials to submit plans on possibly resuming nuclear tests.

Putin prepares for first nuclear tests since Cold War era

The Russian President has ordered his officials to submit proposals for a possible resumption of nuclear tests following Donald Trump’s comments last week.

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The ATC tower is seen while smoke continues to rise from the crash site of UPS Flight 2976 near Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport.

‘Apocalyptic’: Black boxes recovered from crashed plane

Authorities confirmed that first responders are shifting from a rescue to recovery operation and that authorities ‘do not expect to find anyone else alive in the area’.

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Former environment minister Tanya Plibersek has labelled the Nationals ‘extremists’ for abandoning net zero.

‘Extremists’: Plibersek slams Nationals for dumping net zero

Former environment minister Tanya Plibersek has fiercely criticised the Nationals for abandoning net zero, saying they are dragging the Liberal Party down with them.

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