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Australia's next cyclone, due to be given the same name as the nation's leader, will get a new title but a more complicated choice might loom before long.

Bureau decides to skip naming next cyclone Anthony due to PM

Australia's next cyclone, due to be given the same name as the nation's leader, will get a new title but a more complicated choice might loom before long.

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Elon Musk has reportedly fathered his 13th child. Conservative influencer Ashley St. Clair (right) claims to be the mother.

Elon Musk reportedly fathers 13th child with influencer

Elon Musk has reportedly fathered a 13th child, with the sensational claim made in a post on X by a conservative influencer who says she is the child’s mother.

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Senator Fatima Payman has weighed into the outrage over a video showing two NSW nurses making vile anti-Semitic comments.

Controversial senator Payman weighs into NSW nurse backlash

Senator Fatima Payman has weighed into the debate over the two NSW nurses filmed making vile anti-Semitic comments, saying no one should be denied healthcare while accusing MPs of double standards.

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Sydney commuters have had to endure another day of ‘go-slows’ on the rail network.

Why Sydney’s train system is in chaos right now

Commuters and business owners have been left angry and bewildered as the, ‘it’s not a train strike’, train strike, caused another day of anguish for tens of thousands trying to start their working week.

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Nationals leader David Littleproud says Labor are using 'tricky language' to disguise negative gearing changes.

‘Coming like a freight train’: Nats negative gearing warning

Labor’s commitment to not touch negative gearing or capital gains taxes before the election must be taken with a grain of salt, the Coalition says.

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US Vice President JD Vance has ruffled feathers with European leaders after his speech at Munich.

Vance hits Europe with China’s Wolf Warrior-style diplomacy

The US Vice President’s bruising address to European leaders shocked his audience in Munich, but experts say it’s more likely it was aimed at pleasing his audience at home.

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Leila Soueif is on a hunger strike and calls for the release of her son from an Egyptian prison.

Mum’s hunger strike hits 140 days as PM makes promise

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has told a mother who has been on hunger strike for 140 days that he will press the Egyptian government to release her son.

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President Donald Trump rides in the presidential limousine for s a pace lap ahead of the start of the NASCAR Daytona 500.

Trump takes presidential hot lap at Daytona 500

WATCH: US President Donald Trump has again made history, this time, taking a hot lap in his heavily armoured presidential limo at the Daytona 500 in Florida.

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Emmanuel Macron is gathering European leaders to discuss Donald Trump's unilateralism on Ukraine.

France to host Ukraine summit after Trump excludes leaders

European leaders worried about US President Donald Trump's unilateral approach to the Ukraine conflict are set to gather in Paris.

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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem.

Rubio: Hamas must be 'eradicated'

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio says Hamas ‘must be eradicated,’ throwing the future of a shaky ceasefire into further doubt.

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US President Donald Trump is continuing to sign a raft of executive orders.

Trump: If it saves the country, it's not illegal

While facing multiple legal challenges to his powers, Donald Trump has provoked his critics with a quote from Napoleon Bonaparte implying he is above the law.

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Just a third of Australians believe the Albanese Government should be re-elected for a second term.

Majority of voters believe Labor doesn’t deserve second term

The result comes after a wave of bad polls for Labor and mounting concerns over whether the Government can secure a re-elected majority at the Federal election.

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Leader of the Opposition Peter Dutton.

‘Next PM’ Peter Dutton declares he can handle Trump

The man now favoured to become Australia’s next Prime Minister was pressed on how he would handle the new president after Mr Trump slapped 25 per cent tariffs on all aluminium and steel imports.

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The federal government is cracking down on foreign investors in a bid to boost home ownership.

Labor copies Libs' policy with foreign investor ban

Foreign investors will be banned from buying an existing home for two years and land-banking will be curtailed, in a Labor bid to ease housing affordability.

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