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Pope Leo will not require further treatment following successful lung cancer surgery. (EPA PHOTO)
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Pope Leo’s doctors reveal major health update

Tests following the Pope's recent lung cancer surgery indicate he will need no further treatment, his doctors say.

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Janine Lochrenberg was wearing a shark repellent band at the time of the horrific attack.

‘Simply no words’: Woman killed by shark on daily swim

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A barge on the Congo River, where a weekend boat collision has left at least 30 people dead.

At least 30 dead and dozens missing in horror boat collision

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Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, at an Invictus Games event in Canberra earlier this year.

Harry’s Invictus snub is reversed after royal intervention

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A fire has killed at least 19 girls and five boys, an official in ?South Kivu province says. (AP PHOTO)

Horror school fire kills at least 24 students

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A woman accused of leaving her four young children at home alone to go on a three-day cruise has faced court.

Mum ‘went on cruise while baby and 3 kids were home alone’

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President Donald Trump meets with Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada at the White House in Washington on October 7, 2025.
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How Trump’s desire for Canada pushed it towards the EU

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Layne Lundeen, 67, had to be duct-taped by fellow passengers on a flight from Dallas, Texas, to Newark, New Jersey. Unknown

Duct-tape passenger breaks silence after viral image

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Mark Carney was wooed by EU head Ursula von der Leyen during her speech to the European Parliament. (EPA PHOTO)
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Battle with Trump is sending Canada into the arms of the EU

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Asia Pacific

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An interactive display featuring artificial intelligence in Guangzhou.
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China moves to tighten grip over exports of top AI models

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Rescuers carried bloodied children to waiting ambulances after a school roof collapsed in Pakistan. (AP PHOTO)
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Children’s death toll rises in horror school roof collapse

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Testing showed that some of the seized cocaine had been substituted for flour. (EPA PHOTO)

Cocaine held as evidence for seven years go missing in Fiji

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Global tensions continue as Anthony Albanese keeps a hectic schedule.
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PM’s delicate diplomacy with Xi and Trump is getting harder

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Europe

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President Vladimir Putin says Ukraine's oil refinery strikes cost Russia one per cent of its GDP. (AP PHOTO)

Putin agrees to resume talks with US and Kyiv to end war

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Stephen Hubbard had pleaded guilty to being a mercenary for Ukraine, Russian state media said. (AP PHOTO)

Russia releases American who was jailed for four years

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RATP transport security officers inside the closed off Republique Metro station in Paris.

France to deploy military troops as more protests planned

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People enter a ransacked Franprix store as clashes erupted at Place de la Republique following an unauthorised demonstration on Sunday.
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French Far Right seizes the moment as rioting stuns country

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Houthi forces have reportedly attacked a military camp with missiles, killing at least 20 soldiers.
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‘Bloody, treacherous’: Houthi attack death toll soars

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Israeli soldiers stand beside a Palestinian man after soldiers shot him following a settler attack. (AP PHOTO)

Israeli settlers target Palestinians across West Bank

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Houthi missiles have reportedly hit the presidential palace used by the Yemeni government in Aden.

Presidential palace in Aden hit by Houthi missiles

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Yashar party Gadi Eisenkot has argued Hamas will remain in power as long as Benjamin Netanyahu does.

Netanyahu’s rival makes election promise to crush Hamas

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Alexus Fiordilino has revealed her family's pain after her son Vincent, right, was declared dead only to be found breathing in a hospital morgue hours later.

‘No happy ending’: Mum’s pain as tot found alive in morgue

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Police made a shocking discovery after intervening in a heated argument outside a popular bar.

Mum erupts as dad allegedly leaves baby in car to visit bar

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Diego Hernandez and Zoe Vandeloo were scheduled to be married on November 20 of this year.

Bride sues venue failing to refund $22k after groom dies

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An alligator was captured and killed after Steven Johnson, 71, was fatally attacked.

‘Very kind man’ killed in vicious alligator attack

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Alisha Samuels, 26, who was found stabbed to death on a street in Manchester.

Second man arrested after woman stabbed to death in street

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UK police say the arrest of four men over alleged spying for Iran is part of a ​long ​investigation. (AP PHOTO)

Four people arrested after police officer gunned down

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Tommy Robinson will face two harassment charges in a London court. (EPA PHOTO)

Tommy Robinson to appear in court over alleged harassment

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Harry and Meghan posed for selfies with well-wishers during their joint visit to Nottingham.

Selfie-aware: Harry and Meg make first UK joint appearance

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