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• CFS ‘sign of body hibernating’

  30-08-2016 00:42 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Scientists have found signatures in the blood of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome sufferers, which echo those of hibernating worms.
  
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• Bondi gunman’s phone may have pinged in area with a history of extremism: source

  22-12-2025 07:48 via smh.com.au
  
  Until now, there had been no suggestion of them travelling any further than Davao City in the Philippines.
  
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• Bondi gunman’s phone pinged in area with a history of extremism: source

  22-12-2025 07:31 via smh.com.au
  
  Until now, there had been no suggestion of them travelling any further than Davao City in the Philippines.
  
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• Rapper Nicki Minaj mortified by own gaffe during talk with Charlie Kirk’s widow

  22-12-2025 06:46 via smh.com.au
  
  The singer went silent for a few seconds at a conservative conference as the audience laughed over the awkward moment. Erika Kirk quickly consoled her.
  
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• Pilot declared ‘Mayday’ after flying through Musk rocket explosion

  22-12-2025 04:49 via smh.com.au
  
  The explosion of a SpaceX rocket earlier this year put multiple passenger planes and hundreds of people in danger, new documents reveal.
  
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• Rapper Nicki Minaj praises Trump in surprise conference appearance

  22-12-2025 03:38 via smh.com.au
  
  Rapper Nicki Minaj appeared as a special guest at the AmericaFest conference, where she spoke about the Trump administration.
  
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• Israel approves 19 new Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank

  22-12-2025 02:20 via smh.com.au
  
  The approval follows increased settler violence and lifts the number of settlements by nearly 50 per cent during the current far-right government’s tenure.
  
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• Nicki Minaj mortified by own gaffe during talk with Charlie Kirk’s widow

  22-12-2025 01:52 via smh.com.au
  
  Minaj went silent for a few seconds as the audience laughed over the awkward moment. Erika Kirk quickly consoled her.
  
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• Charlie Kirk’s widow comes to Nicki Minaj’s rescue after ‘assassin’ gaffe

  22-12-2025 01:52 via smh.com.au
  
  Minaj went silent for a few seconds as the audience laughed over the awkward moment. Erika Kirk quickly consoled her.
  
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• A neighbourhood in India fears being blamed for a distant atrocity

  22-12-2025 01:45 via smh.com.au
  
  Hyderabad has come under scrutiny after one of its own was named in connection with the Bondi shooting.
  
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• Nicki Minaj calls JD Vance an 'assassin' in gaffe at Turning Point conference

  22-12-2025 01:23 via smh.com.au
  
  The performer was on stage with Charlie Kirk's widow when she was left mortified by her choice of words.
  
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• Trump ‘had nothing to do with’ removal of photo from Epstein file, lawyer says

  21-12-2025 22:52 via smh.com.au
  
  An image of a desk drawer filled with photos, including one showing the future president, was initially released on Friday. Then it was gone.
  
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• Sex toys and shotguns: What happened when Andrew invited Epstein to Sandringham

  21-12-2025 22:27 via smh.com.au
  
  Andrew claimed it was “just a straightforward shooting weekend”. But what staff found in the guest rooms of the Queen’s private estate left them shocked.
  
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• ‘Not good people’: Philippine mosques to be plastered with Bondi gunmen’s images

  21-12-2025 09:21 via smh.com.au
  
  The shooters’ movements during their excursions outside their budget hotel room in Davao City are at the centre of a multipronged investigation by Philippine authorities.
  
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• US seizes another oil tanker

  21-12-2025 08:38 via smh.com.au
  
  The US has seized another tanker carrying Venezuelan oil in the Caribbean, in an effort to ramp up pressure on the country's president.
  
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• Jeffrey Epstein, Donald Trump and the case of the missing photograph

  21-12-2025 06:30 via smh.com.au
  
  The US Justice Department removed at least a dozen photos including one featuring US President Donald Trump a day after releasing them as part of the first tranche of Epstein files.
  
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• ‘Putin wants more’: Amid peace talks, US spies say Russia still aims to reclaim former Soviet bloc

  21-12-2025 04:22 via smh.com.au
  
  Reports from US intelligence present a starkly different picture from  that painted by US President Donald Trump and his Ukraine peace negotiators.
  
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• ‘Putin wants more’: Amid peace talks, US says Russia still aims to reclaim former Soviet bloc

  21-12-2025 04:22 via smh.com.au
  
  Reports present a starkly different picture from  that painted by US President Donald Trump and his Ukraine peace negotiators.
  
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• ‘Piracy’: US seizes oil tanker off Venezuela to enforce Trump’s blockade

  21-12-2025 02:05 via smh.com.au
  
  The seizure of the tanker carrying Venezuelan crude oil comes amid a large US military build-up in the region, which the Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro believes is to force him out.
  
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• Girls as young as 14 recruited for sexual massages, second batch of Epstein files reveals

  21-12-2025 00:01 via smh.com.au
  
  The FBI found additional victims beyond those identified by police by combing through high school yearbooks.
  
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• Andrew took Ghislaine Maxwell to Royal family’s inner sanctum, Epstein files reveal

  20-12-2025 19:30 via smh.com.au
  
  The photo is one of a series of images exposing the unparalleled access to British high society and power that the former prince granted convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
  
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• The British expat tracking Russia’s shadow fleet from his Singapore deck

  20-12-2025 19:00 via smh.com.au
  
  On his lunch break from his sales job, Remy Osman tracks rickety old tankers, often flying false flags, as they carry sanctioned Russian oil through one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes.
  
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• Imran Khan and wife handed 17-year jail terms in corruption case

  20-12-2025 11:28 via smh.com.au
  
  The conviction adds to a series of legal troubles for Pakistan’s former prime minister, who has been in prison since August 2023 serving a 14-year sentence in a separate case.
  
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• Epstein files release as it happened: Celebrities, politicians feature in photos, Congress told of 1200 victims as US Justice Department makes public Jeffrey Epstein files

  20-12-2025 08:25 via smh.com.au
  
  The US Justice Department has released records relating to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, who died by suicide in his jail cell in 2019. Follow along for our live coverage.
  
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• Dramatic day as Democrats and Republicans threaten impeachment over Epstein files

  20-12-2025 08:22 via smh.com.au
  
  The Trump administration is being accused of breaking the law and breaching public trust after it released only part of the so-called Epstein files.
  
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• Trump cannot shake Epstein ‘cover-up’ saga – and today’s release will not help

  20-12-2025 07:07 via smh.com.au
  
  These hedonistic photographs show men behaving badly with little compunction, knowing they could get away with it. The handling of today’s release makes you wonder if times have really changed.
  
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• Trump cannot shake Epstein ‘cover-up’ saga – and Saturday’s release will not help

  20-12-2025 07:07 via smh.com.au
  
  These hedonistic photographs show men behaving badly with little compunction, knowing they could get away with it. The handling of Saturday’s release makes you wonder if times have really changed.
  
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• ‘Going to grab a pickax’: Kennedy family furious after Trump adds name to memorial

  20-12-2025 04:26 via smh.com.au
  
  The new lettering on Washington DC’s “living memorial” to JFK marks the latest effort by the administration and its allies to remake the capital in Trump’s image.
  
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• UN’s grim week: 6 peacekeepers and an interpreter killed, 10 more staffers detained in Yemen

  20-12-2025 02:31 via smh.com.au
  
  The United Nations fears its peacekeepers, interpreters and other staff are increasingly coming under attack.
  
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• Kennedy Centre adds Trump’s name to building one day after board vote

  20-12-2025 00:35 via smh.com.au
  
  The new lettering on the “living memorial” to JFK marks the latest effort by the administration and its allies to remake the capital in Trump’s image.
  
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