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A grieving son has uncovered his mother’s winning lotto ticket with a handwritten note, a bittersweet final gift she never knew she’d left behind.

Son discovers mum’s winning lotto ticket after tragic death

A grieving son has uncovered his mother’s winning lotto ticket with a handwritten note, a bittersweet final gift she never knew she’d left behind.

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Rescuers searched through debris following an Israeli air strike on a building in Gaza City. (AP PHOTO)

Israel fire ‘kills 44,’ hits Gaza Strip police station

Medics in the Gaza Strip say two Israeli missiles have hit a police station, resulting in deaths, as the army says it struck a command centre for militants.

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US President Donald Trump has condemned a Russian strike on Kyiv that Ukrainian authorities say killed 12 people.

Trump tells Putin to 'STOP' after deadly Kyiv missile strikes

As Kyiv reels from its deadliest attack this year, US President Donald Trump has weighed in on the escalating crisis.

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The devastation of the Anzacs is laid out on the tombstone of Frank Rawlings.

The simple message on a soldier’s gravestone that captures the agony of the Anzacs

Stand on Gallipoli now and look up at the hills beyond and you realise immediately they never had a chance. 

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A shift in the Trump trade war with China has offered trade negotiators in Canberra fresh hopes.

How thaw in US-China trade war offers Australia fresh hope

The development in the tariff impasse has renewed Canberra’s optimism that Australia will be able to negotiate its own carve-out from a ten per cent ‘baseline’ levy. 

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Santos won the case to proceed with its Barossa project after a challenge from Tiwi Island elders.

Are US activists trying to sabotage our gas exports?

AARON PATRICK: Australia’s best-funded environmental charity, the Sunrise Project, does not want to talk about what it does or where its money comes from.

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Rod Stewart's enormous train set will be a museum piece, the British pop icon's wife says. (AP PHOTO)

Unsuspecting Rod Stewart possession to become museum piece

‘It’s really taken over my life somewhat.. There was a time I hid away from it.’

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The search continues for bodies and survivors in Kyiv after a Russian attack overnight. (AP PHOTO)

Massive Russian strike on Ukraine's capital kills nine

A large-scale Russian missile and drone attack has hit Kyiv, killing nine people and injuring at least 70 others, including six children.

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Pop star Addison Rae understands critics of her music but insists her songs reflect her true self. (AP PHOTO)

‘How would you even know’: TikTok star, singer hits out

At 24, pop sensation Addison Rae has hit out at critics who feel she hasn’t had ‘enough experience’.

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Food Standards Australia and New Zealand says the dyes set to be phased out in the US are safe.

Food dyes targeted in US crackdown still on Aussie shelves

All six artificial food colours set to be phased out under a Trump administration crackdown sparked by concern about their potential impact on health are freely available in foods sold in Australia. 

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Italian Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu was convicted of financial crimes but his appeal is still underway.

Convicted cardinal demands to be part of conclave

The cardinal was ordered to resign by Pope Francis five years ago.

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Millions of Australians will pause on Monday to recall those who have given their lives in service. (Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS)

Aussie soldiers' bodies found 107 years after battle

The remains of four World War I soldiers have been discovered by a dedicated team during a fieldwork activity in northern France ahead of Anzac Day.

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It’s a house of cards.

From magnificent to maleficent: Top tech stocks exposed

THE ECONOMIST: US technology giants are losing ground in the trade war as investors offload risk wherever they can 

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At least 10 people were killed in an Israeli strike on a school sheltering families, medics say.

Israel strikes Gaza school housing displaced families

At least 10 people have been killed in an Israeli strike on a school sheltering displaced families in Gaza while another hit a children's hospital, medics say.

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Faithful join a long line into St Peter's Square to view the body of Pope Francis laying in state inside St Peter's Basilica.

Thousands of faithful - and others - farewell Pope Francis

Dignitaries and world leaders will attend the pope’s funeral. But the thousands of people lining up to see Francis on Wednesday were a more diverse mix.

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