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Podium joy for Oscar Piastri (L), McLaren teammate and winner Lando Norris (C) and Charles Leclerc. (AP PHOTO)
Sport
Ben Findon

Norris closes in on Piastri after Austrian GP thriller

Oscar Piastri's world championship lead is down to 15 points after McLaren teammate Lando Norris resisted every challenge from the Australian to win in Austria.

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Kim and Khloe Kardashian are in Venice for the wedding of Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez.
Europe
Matt Shrivell

Incredible scenes as Bezos’ ‘wedding of century’ kicks off

Hundreds of world celebrities and business leaders have descended on Venice for Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and former Fox News anchor Lauren Sanchez’s mind-boggling wedding.

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Defence Minister Richard Marles is yet to secure a meeting with Donald Trump at the NATO summit. (Hilary Wardaugh/AAP PHOTOS)
Politics
Jacob Shteyman

Australia stands ground on defence spend despite NATO boost

European nations lifting defence spending to five per cent of GDP won't convince Australia to do the same, despite threats of trade repercussions for laggards.

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US President Donald Trump and NATO chief Mark Rutte at the World Forum in The Hague for the summit meeting of the Atlantic Alliance. June 25, 2025.
World
Staff Writers

NATO members commit to spending hike sought by Trump

NATO leaders have backed a huge increase in military spending that US President Donald Trump had demanded.

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US President Donald Trump has thrown his support behind NATO.
World
Latika M Bourke

‘Monumental victory’ as Trump backs NATO

LATIKA M BOURKE: US President Donald Trump says he no longer believes NATO is a rip-off now that European leaders have pledged major increases to their defence spending. 

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U.S. President Donald Trump looks on during a meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte at the NATO summit of heads of state and government in The Hague, Netherlands, Wednesday, June 25, 2025.(Brendan Smialowski/Pool Photo via AP)
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World
Amy Lee

‘Daddy’s home’: Trump embraces new nickname from NATO boss

US President ‘Daddy’ Trump appears to be lapping up his bizarre new nickname from NATO chief Mark Rutte as he took to social media to share a wrap-up video of his time in The Hague.

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Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez reportedly changed their main wedding venue amid rising protests.
Culture
Madeline Cove

Jeff Bezos reroutes wedding venue amid protest backlash

The billion-dollar celebration hit a snag when Venice campaigners pushed back, forcing Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez to shift their star-studded wedding.

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The moment an 18-month-old boy was suddenly picked up and hurled headfirst onto the floor by a male tourist.
World
Madeline Cove

‘Monster’ slams toddler to the ground, leaving boy in coma

Appalling footage has emerged showing the moment an 18-month-old boy was picked up and hurled headfirst into the floor at a Russian airport. WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT.

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NATO Leaders join King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima of the Netherlands for a family photo as they participate in the 2025 NATO summit.
World
Amy Lee

Trump all smiles at NATO after F-bomb outburst

US President Donald Trump was all smiles as he arrived in the Netherlands following his furious outburst on the White House lawn, where he said Israel and Iran didn’t know ‘what the f**k they’re doing’.

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Inside Bezos and Lauren Sánchez lavish wedding plans.
Culture
Madeline Cove

Bezos and Sánchez plans for lavish Venice wedding

From Murano glass to a $500M yacht, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his new partner Lauren Sánchez’s Italian wedding is shaping up as one of the most extravagant events of 2025.

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Tension rise as Jeff Bezos wedding celebrations commence in Venice.
Culture
Madeline Cove

Bezos, Sánchez foam party amid Venice protests and uproar

Jeff Bezos’s $10M wedding week includes luxury hotels, a foam-filled yacht party, and mounting protests across Venice’s ancient streets.

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A British man has been arrested after he allegedly attempted to stage a fake wedding to a nine-year-old girl at Disneyland Paris.
World
Amy Lee

Police called after creepy child bride Disneyland ‘wedding’

Four people have been arrested after a fake wedding involving a nine-year-old girl took place at Disneyland Paris.

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After around ten girls were allegedly pricked with a syringe during a major music festival authorities have launched an investigation.
Europe
Madeline Cove

Panic as girls attacked with syringe at music festival

With the French city of Metz packed for World Music Day, reports of syringe attacks on 10 minors have led to at least one arrest.

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Russia is striking residential buildings as its slow advance through the Donetsk region grinds on.
Europe
Ron Popeski and Oleksander Kozhukhar

Russia captures village as two confirmed dead in Ukraine

Russia's military says its forces have captured another Ukrainian village as its slow, deadly advance through the Donetsk region continues.

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The painting was damaged by the selfie-taking tourist and Italians are outraged.
Europe
Staff Writers

Selfie-taking tourist tears hole in priceless painting

A priceless oil painting at an Italian art gallery has been damaged after a tourist taking a selfie tore a hole through the centuries-old canvas.

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