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A sperm donor has passed on a cancer-causing gene.

Alarm after sperm donor with cancer gene fathers 200 kids

Doctors have confirmed that children have already died as a result of developing cancer.

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Four burglars made off with jewels worth $A154 million from the Louvre in Paris on October 19. (AP PHOTO)

Louvre thieves escaped with just '30 seconds to spare'

Thieves who stole more than $A154 million in crown jewels from the Louvre escaped with barely 30 seconds to spare, an inquiry was told.

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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, second from left, hosts a meeting with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and French President Emmanuel Macron at 10 Downing Street.

Zelensky rejects ceding land as US seeks ‘compromise’

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Despite pressure from the Trump administration, Mr Zelensky said Ukraine’s position on territory had not changed.

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Russia launched a massive overnight missile-and-drone strike on Ukraine, hitting energy sites, damaging infrastructure and causing heat and water outages, on December 7, 2025 in Poltava Region, Ukraine.

Kremlin lauds US security plan as it keeps striking Ukraine

Russia welcomed the Trump administration’s national security strategy even as its drone strikes claimed four more Ukrainian lives.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted US negotiators at the Kremlin for five hours of talks this week.

Putin vows to take Ukraine land via force or other means

Putin said that he wanted to end the war - but characterised it not as Russia’s invasion of neighbouring Ukraine, but a war against Russia by the West.

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German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has been received by King Charles during a UK state visit. (AP PHOTO)

UK, Germany to bolster Europe amid Russia threat: King

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has become the first German head of state to make a formal state visit to Britain in 27 years.

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In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin, accompanied by Kremlin economic envoy Kirill Dmitriev and Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov, meets with US special envoy Steve Witkoff and US President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner at the Kremlin in Moscow on December 2, 2025.

Putin-US talks fail to reach compromise

High-stakes US-Russia talks on ending the war in Ukraine failed to yield a breakthrough on Tuesday, as the Kremlin said “no compromise” had been found yet on the key question of territory.

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Tough issues remain unresolved after US-Ukrainian talks, President Volodymyr Zelensky says, as a US envoy prepares to visit Russia.

Europe backs Zelensky as peace talks face ‘tough issues’

Tough issues have yet to be resolved after US-Ukrainian talks, President Volodymyr Zelensky says as a US envoy prepares to visit Russia.

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Stefanie Pieper, 31, was found dead inside a suitcase.

Horror as beauty influencer’s body found in suitcase

She had gotten home safely from a Christmas party, but then texted her friend that someone was in the stairwell.

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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks during a meeting with Ukrainian officials.

Optimism rises over US, Ukraine talks on peace deal

Representatives of the United States and Ukraine have begun talks in Florida on a revised peace plan.

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Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky will speak to US President Donald Trump this week ahead of his summit with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, amid fears Washington may dictate unfavourable peace terms to Ukraine.

Trump pushes Russia, Ukraine on peace deal but issues remain

Russian President Vladimir Putin has said the earlier US plan, which Ukraine saw as too pro-Russian, should be the basis for talks and is unlikely to back down.

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Four thieves made off with jewels worth $A158 million from the Louvre museum. (AP PHOTO)

Four more suspects arrested in Louvre heist probe

The Paris prosecutor has announced four more arrests in connection with a heist at the Louvre Museum in October.

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As things stand, Ukraine is battered but continues to hold Russia to incremental advances.

What it will really take to end the war in Ukraine

THE NEW YORK TIMES: It is unclear where the new deal is headed. Here is what seven experts in the United States, Europe and Russia think needs to be done. 

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Ukraine's Presidential Office Chief of staff Andriy Yermak and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio hold a press conference following their closed-door talks on a US plan to end the war in Ukraine at the US Mission in Geneva.

US, Ukraine to change draft of peace plan favouring Kremlin

Negotiations are continuing in Geneva on Sunday as a US-imposed Thanksgiving deadline approaches.

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A life-size wax figure of Lady Diana has been unveiled by the Grevin Museum in Paris.

Diana waxwork in 'revenge dress' unveiled in Paris

Paris has unveiled a new wax statue of Princess Diana in her legendary ‘revenge dress,’ a symbolic tribute nearly three decades after her death in the city.

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