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Rising bond yields are exposing the risks of mounting government debt.
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Soaring yields turning world’s debt into growing threat

THE ECONOMIST: If investors lose faith in governments, a bond market revolt could trigger another global economic crisis.

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Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, at an Invictus Games event in Canberra earlier this year.

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A fire has killed at least 19 girls and five boys, an official in ?South Kivu province says. (AP PHOTO)

Horror school fire kills at least 24 students

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Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex after a boat trip during the Invictus Games in 2023.

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A woman accused of leaving her four young children at home alone to go on a three-day cruise has faced court.

Mum ‘went on cruise while baby and 3 kids were home alone’

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President Donald Trump meets with Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada at the White House in Washington on October 7, 2025.
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How Trump’s desire for Canada pushed it towards the EU

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Layne Lundeen, 67, had to be duct-taped by fellow passengers on a flight from Dallas, Texas, to Newark, New Jersey. Unknown

Duct-tape passenger breaks silence after viral image

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Mark Carney was wooed by EU head Ursula von der Leyen during her speech to the European Parliament. (EPA PHOTO)
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Battle with Trump is sending Canada into the arms of the EU

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Testing showed that some of the seized cocaine had been substituted for flour. (EPA PHOTO)

Cocaine held as evidence for seven years go missing in Fiji

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Global tensions continue as Anthony Albanese keeps a hectic schedule.
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PM’s delicate diplomacy with Xi and Trump is getting harder

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Rescue crews are working in difficult conditions to retrieve the bodies entombed in the wreck. (AP PHOTO)

Death toll rises two weeks on from devastating ferry capsize

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It comes as the capital city of Thailand was declared a ‘flood disaster’ after 300mm of rain pounded the country.

Major floods prompt warning to Aussies heading overseas

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A woman walks past the wreckage of destroyed buildings in Sloviansk, in the Donbas region of Ukraine.
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Ukraine claws back land in the region Russia most covets

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Donald Trump has addressed reports of the death of a young researcher at a Russian plague laboratory.

Plague fears fuelled by second pneumonia case linked to lab

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August Hanning, the former president of the Federal Intelligence Service (BND), appears as a witness before the NSA investigative committee at the German parliament Bundestag in Berlin on Oct. 1, 2015. (Michael Kappeler/dpa via AP) Michael Kappeler

Germany’s former top spy charged with selling state secrets

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Pedro Sanchez is urging Spaniards to elect a broader progressive coalition to parliament. (EPA PHOTO)

‘Time has come’: Nation’s under-pressure PM calls election

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Australian travel advice agency Smartraveller have downgraded its travel advice to the United Arab Emirates and Qatar just days after an alleged hijacker attempted a terrorist attack in the region. 

Travel advice lowered for UAE after attempted terror attack

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Hamam al-Hammami, 29, is alleged to have used an axe to attack his co-pilot Smit Machchhar while the pair were flying flydubai flight FZ1073 from Dubai to Tel Aviv on September 31.

Accused hijacker ‘planned Tel Aviv attack months in advance’

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An armed Israeli soldier sits on the ground beside memorial markers at the Nova music festival site as Israel marks the third anniversary of the Oct. 7th 2023 attacks.

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Yaniv Hayun, one of the passengers who averted the hijacking of the Flydubai jet.
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Flydubai hijacking turns into flashpoint in Israeli election

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USA

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A federal immigration agent shot a man in NYC during what officials described as ‘targeted enforcement action’ meant to arrest an immigrant who lacked legal status and had a criminal record.

Young boy in car as ICE agent opens fire on New York street

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US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth says the public will be able to watch the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan on December 3.

Fort Hood shooter’s firing squad execution to be livestreamed

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Death row killer Christa Pike was rushed to hospital when it was clear the attempt to execute her had failed.

Christa Pike ‘up and walking’ a week after failed execution

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Christa Pike is awake and in a swirl of what one lawyer called a mix of anger and confusion.

Execution survivor Christa Pike confused and angry: lawyer

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The former prince has scored a legal win regarding search warrants used by Thames Valley Police to search his properties.

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Joseph Jacobsen with his daughters, (left to right) Jane Adetoro, 36, Christina Walters, 32 and Rebecca Walters, 31, who died in the waters off Brighton Beach in May.

Sisters visited mum’s fatal lake ahead of beach suicide pact

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Mark Cain, left, faced a Crown Court on Thursday charged with the murder of his wife, Hannah, who worked as a GP to Royal Family members.

Royal GP ‘bludgeoned with axe and strangled by husband’

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Joshua Kerry's DNA was allegedly found outside the door of Farage's home in April 2025. (EPA PHOTO)

Alleged killer of UK ex-MP in court for Farage plot

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