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Donald Trump’s hand-picked critical minerals tsar Joshua Kroon, pictured right, has told Australia’s mining sector that critical minerals will become one of the central pillars of the US alliance as both nations work together to end their reliance on supply from China. 

Trump’s man on ending reliance on China’s critical minerals

A senior Trump administration official has told Australia’s mining sector that critical minerals will become one of the pillars of the US alliance as both nations work together to end their reliance on China.

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu flagged Israel will widen its invasion of southern Lebanon.

Iran sends chilling warning as US weighs next war move

Regional powers have met in Pakistan to try to bring Iran and the US to the negotiating table, amid signs America is preparing for ground operations.

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The fuel crisis could be a factor in a dip in voter approval of Anthony Albanese.

Fuel crisis hits Albanese as polls show voter unrest

One Nation is riding high in two new polls, indicating that despite new jockeys in the leadership saddles, the federal coalition is still in for a bumpy ride.

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Industry wants the federal government to direct a nationally consistent response to the fuel crisis.

‘Release information’: Fuel fears deepen, crisis talks loom

The Albanese government has been accused of withholding key information from the public as leaders meet to work out how to deal with the fuel crisis.

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Anthony Albanese’s Government has taken a further dip in the polls as economic pressures and the cost of war ring home for Australians.

Albanese’s popularity takes a hit as cost of war rings home

Anthony Albanese’s Government has taken a further dip in the polls as economic pressures and the cost of war ring home for Australians.

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Tess and Ben Crosley have been spotted together in public for the first time since the Neale marriage saga.

Tess and ex-husband captured during stone cold exchange

The woman at the centre of AFL star Lachie Neale’s split from wife Jules has been spotted in public with her ex-husband for the first time since the scandal erupted. 

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced new emergency powers letting the federal government underwrite fuel cargoes. Martin Ollman / NewsWire

Minister warns of ‘long tail’ on Iran war amid fuel crisis

A minister has warned Australia’s fuel crisis could continue well after the Iran war ends.

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A business group has called for measures to ease fuel-induced pressures on the trucking sector. (Darren England/AAP PHOTOS)

Truck tax cut backed as fuel-rationing threat looms

Business groups have urged the government to cut the road-user charge for trucks, but not the fuel excise for all motorists.

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Millions have rallied in "No Kings" anti-Donald Trump protests in thousands of US cities. (AP PHOTO)

Anti-Trump rallies pop up in thousands of US cities

People have taken to the streets en masse across the United States to protest against President Donald Trump and his administration in "No Kings" rallies.

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US President Donald Trump has boasted that the world is ‘closer than ever to the rise of the Middle East’ because of US dominance in the war with Iran.

Trump says Middle East ‘saved’ as strike injures US troops

THE NEW YORK TIMES: US President Donald Trump has boasted that the world is ‘closer than ever to the rise of the Middle East’ because of US dominance in the war with Iran.

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Following his earlier remarks that Cuba may be subject ​to a ‘friendly takeover,’ Donald Trump says ‘Cuba is next, ⁠by the way’.

Trump says 'Cuba is next' in speech touting US success

Following his earlier remarks that Cuba may be subject ​to a ‘friendly takeover,’ Donald Trump says ‘Cuba is next, ⁠by the way’.

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has asked Australians to ‘act responsibly and not hoard fuel saying it ‘wasn’t the Australian way’.

Albanese says hoarding fuel ‘not the Australian way’

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has asked Australians to ‘act responsibly and not hoard fuel, saying it ‘wasn’t the Australian way’ as he announced new measures to secure more fuel for the country.

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Old photographs of FBI director Kash Patel have been posted online after an apparent data breach. (EPA PHOTO)

Hackers breach FBI director Patel's personal email

A pro-Iranian hacking group claims to have hacked an account of FBI director Kash Patel and has posted online what appear to be years-old photographs of him.

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Liagny Acosta holds her 2-week-old baby, Aran, who is hospitalized for a respiratory illness at the Hospital William Soler in Havana on March 22, 2026. Amid a U.S. oil blockade causing daily blackouts across Cuba, doctors say that rapidly deteriorating conditions at hospitals and clinics are causing deaths that would otherwise be preventable. (Jorge Luis Baos/The New York Times)

Cuban patients are dying because of US blockade

‘The magnitude and who will be affected will depend on these horrible decisions they have to make.’

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