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Eight-year-old Adrian Thompson died after choking on her lunch while at school.
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Moment eight-year-old girl fatally chokes while at school

Heartbreaking footage has revealed a girl’s desperate bid for help during a fatal emergency inside her school canteen.

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Janine Lochrenberg was wearing a shark repellent band at the time of the horrific attack.

‘Simply no words’: Woman killed by shark on daily swim

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A barge on the Congo River, where a weekend boat collision has left at least 30 people dead.

At least 30 dead and dozens missing in horror boat collision

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

Harry’s Invictus snub is reversed after royal intervention

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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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A homicide investigation has been launched into the death of a four-month-old baby at a hospital in Brazil.

Four-month-old bub dies ‘after milk injected into his veins’

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Flavio Bolsonaro has arrived at Miami-Opa Locka Executive Airport in the United States. (AP PHOTO)

Defeated Brazilian candidate Bolsonaro and family land in US

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Gabriela Rodríguez Tezoco died while riding a spinning ride.

Festival horror as thrill-seeker teen killed on ride

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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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Jensen Huang, the chief executive of Nvidia, takes questions from reporters at an Nvidia conference in San Jose, California March 17, 2026.
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Nvidia chief Jensen Huang seen as target of Chinese spy plot

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North Korea has been installing mines and barriers along the border ‌for more than two years. (EPA PHOTO)
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Arms race intensifies as North emboldened by Russia

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Taiwan’s Deputy Foreign Minister Chen Ming-chi in Taipei.
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Taipei lauds Albo help, flags opening Perth trade office

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Residents, plantation workers, and security officials gather around a large charred metallic fragment, suspected to be rocket debris, at an oil palm plantation in East Kotawaringin Regency, in Indonesia's Central Kalimantan province. Indonesian authorities were investigating after a piece of rocket the size of a car crashed into an oil palm plantation on Indonesian Borneo.

Space junk falls from sky in US one day and Borneo the next

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A paramedic and police officers carry a person injured at a railway station during a Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Dnipro.

Russian strike on Ukraine train station kills at least 14

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Maxim Sleptsov endured months of headaches and double vision until doctors found a germinated seed growing inside his eyeball.

Man finds plant growing in his eye after crippling headaches

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Christine Lagarde, president of the European Central Bank (ECB), at a rates decision news conference in Frankfurt, Germany, on Thursday, Sept. 14, 2023. The ECB raised interest rates again, acting for the 10th consecutive time to choke inflation out of the euro zone’s increasingly feeble economy. Photographer: Alex Kraus/Bloomberg
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Christine Lagarde flags exit from European Central Bank

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Several carriages of a train have derailed following a deadly collision in central Spain. (AP PHOTO)

Cause of horror crash that killed at least 68 revealed

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Ultra-Orthodox men scuffle with Israeli police officers during a protest over the military conscription of Haredi students during a protest over the military conscription. The issue had become a flashpoint in Israeli politics since a previous blanket exemption for yeshiva students expired.

Betting plunges and election rigging claims mar Israel poll

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A Palestinian family walks past election campaign posters for Israel's National Security Minister and Otzma Yehudit party leader Itamar Ben Gvir on October 27, 2026 in Beit Kahil, West Bank.
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Record Arab vote sparks a dilemma for Israel’s opposition

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Israeli Prime Minister and Likud party leader Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to supporters at the Likud Party election-night event.

Latest Israel poll results show Netanyahu far from defeated

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Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to supporters at the Likud Party election-night event at the Teddy Hall, International Convention Centre.

Israeli voters punish Netanyahu’s hard-right coalition

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Newly released police documents have shed light on the disappearance of a mother who vanished after appearing alongside her former fiance on a reality TV show.

Chilling details about missing mum after TV appearance

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The US DOJ has filed a lawsuit over an Alaska Senate candidate who shares a name with Dan Sullivan. (AP PHOTO)

Two Dans plus one Don equals Senate race firestorm

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The alleged murder happened on October 24.

Man allegedly kills wife’s secret lover in front of family

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An undated photo provided by Matthew Sherman shows the mounted skeleton of “Jodi,” a Nanotyrannus.

T.rex’s little cousin fetches huge price at auction

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Police have closed down a London shopping centre following a shooting that left two men injured.

Police hunt for gunmen after shooting shuts down rap concert

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A full inquest into the mum's death is expected next year.

‘Difficult time’: Mum dies at same beach as son years later

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John Healey quit in a scathing letter that helped bring down former British PM Keir Starmer.
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Brits kick defence spending down the road . . . yet again

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A judge says he will consider "all options" when sentencing Tommy Robinson in December. (AP PHOTO)

Far-right activist Tommy Robinson learns fate in court

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