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The song Polvere e Gloria (Dust and Glory) features Andrea Bocelli and tennis star Jannik Sinner. (AP PHOTO)

Andrea Bocelli teams up with Jannik Sinner in new anthem

Opera legend Andrea Bocelli and tennis world number one Jannik Sinner have released an unexpected musical duet blending sport, song and storytelling.

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Zelensky demands more pressure on Russia

Zelensky demands more pressure on Russia

A Russian missile strike on a nine-story Kyiv building is a sign that more pressure must be applied on Moscow to agree to a ceasefire, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says.

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Xi Jinoing told Vladimir Putin he favoured Russian mediation efforts on Iran, the Kremlin said. (EPA PHOTO)

Putin and Xi condemn Israel over Iran strikes: Kremlin

Russia's Vladimir Putin and China's Xi Jinping have slammed Israel's strikes on Iran, according to the Kremlin, saying they ‘violated international law’.

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Vladimir Putin says Russia could play a peace-making role in the conflict between Israel and Iran. (AP PHOTO)

Putin says Russia could help end Israel-Iran conflict

Russian President Vladimir Putin has suggested Russia could help negotiate a deal to end the conflict between Iran and Israel.

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Ukrainian forces have been trying to drive Russian troops from the Sumy region. (AP PHOTO)

Russian forces strike Ukraine 'with Iskander missile'

Ukrainian and Russian officials report that Russian forces have launched an Iskander missile targeting northern Ukraine, as hostilities in the region persist.

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‘Speed it up:’ Euro leader’s call to Anthony Albanese

Anthony Albanese has been called on to help ‘speed up’ negotiations on a potential free trade deal that was first touted in 2018.

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Russian strikes require a meeting of the United Nations Security Council, Ukrainian officials say. (AP PHOTO)

Ukraine urges emergency UN meeting after Russian strike

Ukraine has called for an emergency meeting with the United Nations Security Council after a Russian strike on Kyiv killed 12 people.

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Holly Bowles and Bianca Jones died from suspected methanol poisoning after drinking at a hostel in Laos.

Outrage as Laos hostel linked to teens death plans reopening

After six tragic deaths, including two Australian teens, families are calling for the Laotian venue to be shut down permanently as it prepares to reopen under a new name.

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The European Union’s first Commissioner of Defence and Space says the EU can provide a ‘reliable’ partnership with Australia moving forward.

‘Big shift’: EU offers PM a ‘reliable’ defence partnership

LATIKA M BOURKE: The EU’s first-ever Commissioner for Defence and Space has vowed Europe will be a reliable partner to Australia today and always amid growing uncertainty over the AUKUS agreement.

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One person has been killed and 13 others wounded in a Ukrainian drone attack in Russia’s Tatarstan region, local authorities say.

Ukraine brutal drone strike kills one, injures 13 in Russia

Ukraine’s military claims to have struck a drone manufacturing facility in Russia’s Tatarstan region, in an attack that, according to local authorities, resulted in one fatality and left 13 others injured.

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Russia has targeted Kharkiv, in eastern Ukraine, with missiles, drones and aerial glide bombs.

Apartments, playgrounds burn after Russian drone attacks

At least two people have died in a Russian drone attack on Ukraine's second-largest city of Kharkiv which sparked fires in a five-storey apartment building.

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Emergency crews outside the BORG Dreierschützengasse high school in Graz, Austria.

Former student kills 10 in Austria’s worst school shooting

The death toll from a horrific school shooting in Graz, Austria, has risen as a 10th victim died in hospital following the country’s worst school shooting in modern history. 

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Isakin Drabbad killed his partner and cooked her flesh in salt and cannabis leaves.

Daughter of Satan-obsessed cannibal recalls horror meal

A woman who endured one of the most horrific childhoods imaginable has spoken out about growing up with a father who killed and ate her stepmother. WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT

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Some women held up pictures of missing relatives as released Ukrainian soldiers returned home. (AP PHOTO)

Russia and Ukraine exchange prisoners of war

Russia and Ukraine have exchanged prisoners of war including the release of young and seriously injured soldiers on both sides.

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Russia says its forces have advanced to the edge of the east-central Ukrainian region of Dnipropetrovsk amid a public row between the countries over peace negotiations and the return of thousands of bodies of soldiers.

Russia advances in Ukraine amid row over dead soldiers

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has vowed to press on with prisoner exchanges with Russia amid a dispute over timing between the two sides.

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