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The US Embassy in Kiev.
World
Max Corstorphan

US closes Ukraine embassy over ‘significant attack’ threat

The US embassy in Kyiv warned of a ‘potential significant air attack’ and shuttered its doors, following Russia’s vow to respond after Ukraine fired longer-range US missiles at its territory for the first time.

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Linda McMahon, pictured with husband Vince McMahon has been selected by President-elect Donald Trump as US Secretary of Education.
US Politics
Max Corstorphan

Trump picks WWE personality as education secretary

President-elect Donald Trump has selected one of the biggest names in the WWE universe to become Secretary of the Department of Education.

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Prince Harry has wound back the clock to his bad boy youth, inking his first ever tattoo in New York City in hilarious fashion.
Royals
Zach Margolius

Prince Harry gets ‘first tattoo’ for a good cause

Prince Harry has wound back the clock to his bad boy youth, inking his first ever tattoo in New York City in hilarious fashion.

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A sign warns of land mines in Ukraine's Kherson region in 2023.
World
The Washington Post

Biden undoes own policy in his latest move to arm Ukraine

It comes as part of a sweep of urgent actions the lame-duck Biden administration is taking to help Kyiv’s faltering war effort.

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President-elect Donald Trump joins SpaceX founder Elon Musk for the latest Starship launch.
Technology
Max Corstorphan

Trump and Musk hug as SpaceX launch hits trouble

President-elect Donald Trump has joined SpaceX founder Elon Musk for the latest test launch of his Starship rocket, watching on as the vessel spectacularly launched into space before trouble broke out.

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Liam Payne's parents have put together a ‘perfect service’ to farewell the late One Direction singer.
UK
Staff Writers

‘Perfect service’: Liam Payne funeral details revealed

Five weeks after former One Direction singer Liam Payne died in a fall from a hotel balcony in Buenos Aires, details of his funeral have emerged before he is laid to rest in England.

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This was "the trial of cowardice", Gisele Pelicot said as she addressed the court for a third time.
Europe
Marc Leras

Mass rape survivor blasts ‘cowardice’ of accused abusers

In the final remarks of her watershed trial, Gisèle Pelicot - who was drugged by her husband and allegedly raped by numerous men - called for ‘macho’ society to change.

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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs is accused of transporting women and male sex workers across state lines.
USA
Luc Cohen

'Diddy' back in court after notes seized from cell

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ defence lawyers say the seizure of notes during a search of his jail cell are a violation of his right to a fair trial.

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US envoy Amos Hochstein says he has held constructive talks in Lebanon's capital Beirut.
Middle East

US envoy says Israel-Hezbollah truce 'within our grasp'

A United States envoy visiting Lebanon says he sees ‘a real opportunity’ to end the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah.

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Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy says the war's "decisive moments" will come in the next year.
Europe
Staff Writers

Ukraine pounds Russia with US missiles on 1000th war day

Ukraine has bombed Russia with US made missiles as President Volodymyr Zelenskiy announced a ‘resilience plan’ during an address to parliament on the war's 1000th day.

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Video
An Adelaide man has disappeared while hiking in the small European country of Albania.
Europe
Casey Treloar

Grave fears for Australian tourist missing in picturesque European country

His passport and belongings were located at the hostel where he had been staying.

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Jade Kahukore-Dixon, 24, died on Tuesday after being attacked while diving off a boat.
Asia Pacific
Dominique Tassell

Man killed by shark while diving in waters off a boat

‘It’s the biggest risk - the biggest fear.’

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Anthony Albanese at the G20 summit in Rio.
Politics
Ellen Ransley in Rio de Janeiro

G20 waters down stance on Russia and climate

The G20 summit has ended not with a bang, but with a whimper, as world leaders watered down stances on Russia and the climate.

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A Hong Kong court handed out sentences to 45 defendants accused of subversion under the national security law.
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Australia
Latika M Bourke

‘It’s an outrage’: Hong Kong detainees plea to Penny Wong

Foreign Minister Penny Wong is being urged to secure the freedom of Australian democracy activist Gordon Ng in the same way the Government successfully lobbied for the release of journalist Cheng Lei. 

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**EMBARGO: No electronic distribution, Web posting or street sales before TUESDAY 12:01 A.M. ET, NOV. 19, 2024. No exceptions for any reasons. EMBARGO set by source.** FILE — Ukrainians remove a Russian soldier’s body from a building at the Sudzha border post in Russia, on the border with Ukraine, Sept. 12, 2024. Concrete information about Russian casualties is sparse, but some journalists and researchers have found innovative ways to count them, and British and Ukrainian military officials, as well as BBC researchers, claim that Russia suffered its highest rate of dead and injured soldiers in the month of October as it pressed farther into Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region. (David Guttenfelder/The New York Times)
World
The New York Times

Russia suffered colossal losses in Ukraine. Is it depleted?

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Russia’s military made its largest territorial gains in more than two years in October, as it pressed farther into Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region — but at a heavy cost.

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