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• Sri Lanka’s protesters stay in the streets

  21-05-2022 08:34 via smh.com.au
  
  As hundreds of student protesters continued their call for the resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, they were met with police tear gas and water cannons.
  
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• ‘Complete liberation’: In biggest victory yet, Russia claims to capture Mariupol

  21-05-2022 06:47 via smh.com.au
  
  The complete takeover of Mariupol gives Russian President Vladimir Putin a badly needed victory in the war he began on February 24 — a conflict that was supposed to have been a lightning conquest for the Kremlin.
  
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• Oracle’s Ellison joined phone call about contesting Trump’s defeat

  21-05-2022 06:44 via smh.com.au
  
  The November 14, 2020, phone call is the first known instance of a technology industry leader joining Trump allies to strategise about how to contest the election result.
  
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• North Korea nuclear threat tops agenda for Biden-Yoon meeting

  21-05-2022 05:17 via smh.com.au
  
  Joe Biden’s visit to a massive Samsung semiconductor plant in Korea underscored a message of economic security with an eye on China and the war in Ukraine.
  
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• World could run out of wheat stocks ‘in 10 weeks’

  21-05-2022 04:30 via smh.com.au
  
  Official government estimates put world wheat inventories at 33 per cent of annual consumption but stocks may have slumped to as low as 20 per cent.
  
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• ‘Low risk’: WHO holds meeting as monkeypox cases top 100 in Europe

  21-05-2022 02:41 via smh.com.au
  
  Spain reported 24 new cases on Friday mainly in the Madrid region where the regional government closed a sauna linked to the majority of infections.
  
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• US authorities urge adults 50 and older to get a second booster

  21-05-2022 01:57 via smh.com.au
  
  Previously, the CDC said those 50 and older had the option of the additional shot but only encouraged people older than 65 or with underlying medical conditions to get it.
  
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• Elon Musk labels sexual misconduct claims as ‘politically motivated’

  20-05-2022 22:59 via smh.com.au
  
  The Tesla CEO has forcefully challenged a report that he sexually harassed a flight attendant aboard a corporate jet.
  
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• Elon Musk denies he sexually harassed flight attendant; Tesla shares drop

  20-05-2022 22:59 via smh.com.au
  
  The Tesla CEO has forcefully challenged a report that he sexually harassed a flight attendant aboard a corporate jet.
  
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• Biden says US, Korea and ‘partners that share values’ must invest in each other

  20-05-2022 21:08 via smh.com.au
  
  Joe Biden’s visit to a massive Samsung semiconductor plant in Korea underscored a message of economic security with an eye on China and the war in Ukraine.
  
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• Fox and its white supremacists in suits give succour to mass killers

  20-05-2022 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  As broadcasters spout racist theories, Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch are under pressure to stop their “reckless amplification in the wake of the Buffalo massacre,
  
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• Former friends of Johnny Depp testify against him

  20-05-2022 10:58 via smh.com.au
  
  Former members of Johnny Depp's inner circle have testified against the movie star.
  
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• Ukrainian medic shows horrors of Mariupol invasion

  20-05-2022 10:47 via smh.com.au
  
  A Ukrainian medic has shown the world the horrors of the first few weeks of the Mariupol invasion.
  
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• In a massive Chinese sinkhole, scientists find a secret forest

  20-05-2022 06:55 via smh.com.au
  
  Researchers say the hole, which spans around 50million cubic meres, could be home to previously unidentified plant and animal species.
  
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• Russia - Ukraine war: Photo gallery, May 20th, 2022

  20-05-2022 04:58 via smh.com.au
  
  Following Russia's retreat from near the Ukrainian capital, signs of normal life have returned to Kyiv, but destruction is still common in other parts of the country.
  
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• One man received Japanese town’s COVID stimulus by mistake - then he gambled it away

  20-05-2022 04:51 via smh.com.au
  
  The man gambled it away after promising to return the accidental payment, police said.
  
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• Scientists discover hidden forest inside massive sinkhole in China

  20-05-2022 03:22 via smh.com.au
  
  A cave exploration team discovered a giant sinkhole in Leye County, China. See the ancient trees growing out of the well-preserved forest.
  
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• Biden’s Asia trip to show ‘in living colour’ that US can take on China and Russia

  20-05-2022 03:03 via smh.com.au
  
  The trip will underscore that Russia’s faltering invasion of Ukraine should give Beijing pause about its own saber-rattling in the Pacific.
  
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• Why the ‘Wagatha Christie’ trial is Britain’s biggest celebrity feud

  20-05-2022 03:02 via smh.com.au
  
  The bitter rivalries of footballers’ wives was fuelled by an Instagram sting involving fake news and privacy settings, but now it’s all out in the open
  
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• Police dispatcher accused of hanging up on supermarket worker during Buffalo mass shooting

  20-05-2022 01:48 via smh.com.au
  
  Instead of assistance in a moment when she was “scared for my life,” Latisha Rogers said the dispatcher dismissed her with “a very nasty tone”.
  
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• First-hand horror of Mariupol recorded by medic now held captive by Russia

  20-05-2022 00:45 via smh.com.au
  
  Using a body camera, a celebrated medic and Invictus games athlete recorded 256 gigabytes of her team’s frantic efforts over two weeks to bring people back from the brink of death.
  
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• Ukrainian medic is captured after documenting war

  20-05-2022 00:07 via smh.com.au
  
  Ukrainian medic Yuliia Paievska, better known as Taira, strapped on a bodycam when the war broke out to show the world the unfolding horror in Mariupol. After an Associated Press team got her footage safely out, Russian forces took her captive
  
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• CDC advisory panel backs COVID boosters for children

  19-05-2022 22:19 via smh.com.au
  
  The advisers considered data from the CDC that showed protection from two doses starts to wane over time, and that boosters in older age groups improved efficacy against severe COVID and hospitalisations.
  
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• Biden says the growth of NATO should not be a threat to Russia

  19-05-2022 22:05 via smh.com.au
  
  US President Joe Biden backs Finland and Sweden bids to join NATO
  
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• Ukrainian troops surrendering at Mariupol registered as POWs, their fate uncertain

  19-05-2022 21:54 via smh.com.au
  
  The Red Cross registered hundreds of the soldiers as prisoners of war in a step toward ensuring their humane treatment under the Geneva Conventions. 
  
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• Biden hails Sweden, Finland NATO bids as Turkey firms up opposition

  19-05-2022 20:41 via smh.com.au
  
  Finland and Sweden’s entry into NATO would mark a significant embarrassment to Russia after its invasion of Ukraine.
  
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• Amber Heard's sister speaks in trial

  19-05-2022 10:59 via smh.com.au
  
  Amber Heard's sister has become the first witness to claim she, personally, saw Johnny Depp hit his then-wife.
  
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• Why Zelensky could defeat Putin by the end of the year

  19-05-2022 07:55 via smh.com.au
  
  Russia’s depleted and demoralised army has been routed on many fronts. But the final contest will be fought along the Donbas’ contact line where the war began.
  
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• George W Bush accidentally condemns Putin for invasion of 'Iraq'

  19-05-2022 07:26 via smh.com.au
  
  Former US President has slipped up in a speech attacking Russian President Vladimir Putin, condemning him for attacking "Iraq".
  
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• ‘I mean Ukraine!’: George W Bush confuses Iraq with Ukraine

  19-05-2022 06:15 via smh.com.au
  
  The famously tongue-tied politician spearheaded the 2003 invasion of Iraq on suspicion - proved wrong - that Saddam Hussein possessed weapons of mass destruction.
  
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• “No words for this heartache”: after America’s latest mass shooting

  19-05-2022 05:12 via smh.com.au
  
  Our North America correspondent arrived in Buffalo, NY, a day after America’s latest mass shooting and found a community rallying together to deal with shock, grief and anger.
  
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• Court to decide if Happy the elephant is also a person

  19-05-2022 04:41 via smh.com.au
  
  She has four limbs, expressive eyes and likes to stroll through greenery in New York City. Happy, by species, is an Asian elephant. But can she also be considered a person?
  
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• Is Happy the elephant legally a person? A court will decide

  19-05-2022 02:44 via smh.com.au
  
  The Nonhuman Rights Project attorneys contend that she is so autonomous and intelligent that she has a right to bodily liberty.
  
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• ‘Shift to higher gear’: Philippines’ Bongbong Marcos talks up closer ties with China

  18-05-2022 23:44 via smh.com.au
  
  Marcos, who won last week’s election by a landslide, said he held “very substantial” talks by phone on Wednesday with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
  
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• ‘Division and hate’: Elon Musk to ditch Democrats, pledges to vote for Republicans

  18-05-2022 22:51 via smh.com.au
  
  Musk has been a vocal critic of the Biden administration and Democrats for their proposals to tax billionaires and give more tax incentives to union-made electric vehicles.
  
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• Russian soldier pleads guilty to murdering Ukrainian civilian

  18-05-2022 22:36 via smh.com.au
  
  A Russian soldier could face life in prison after pleading guilty to murdering a 62-year-old Ukrainian man.
  
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• More than 75 percent of long COVID patients never hospitalised for initial illness

  18-05-2022 22:08 via smh.com.au
  
  A large new study has analysed data from the first few months after the official designation for long COVID took effect, and the results paint a sobering picture.
  
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• More than 75 per cent of long COVID patients never hospitalised for initial illness

  18-05-2022 22:08 via smh.com.au
  
  A large new study has analysed data from the first few months after the official designation for long COVID took effect, and the results paint a sobering picture.
  
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• Monkeypox cases among gay, bisexual men reported in Portugal, Britain

  18-05-2022 21:31 via smh.com.au
  
  British health authorities said Wednesday they had identified two new cases of monkeypox, one in London and another in southeast England.
  
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• From the Archives, 1962: JFK celebrates his 45th in style

  18-05-2022 16:00 via smh.com.au
  
  60 years ago, a glittering array of theatrical talent - including an unforgettable Marilyn Monroe - helped President John F. Kennedy celebrate his 45th birthday.
  
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• Russian soldier accused of war crimes in Ukraine pleads guilty to killing a civilian

  18-05-2022 14:36 via smh.com.au
  
  If convicted, Vadim Shishimarin, 21, faces life imprisonment. The Kyiv government has accused Russia of atrocities and brutality against civilians during the invasion.
  
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• US Congress holds public UFOs hearing

  18-05-2022 10:52 via smh.com.au
  
  For the first time in more than half a century, US Congress has held a public hearing on unidentified flying objects.
  
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• Queen's surprise appearance at opening of Elizabeth Line

  18-05-2022 10:52 via smh.com.au
  
  The Queen has made a surprise appearance at the official opening of the London Tube's new Elizabeth Line.
  
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• From siege to surrender: Mariupol defenders could be put on trial in Russia

  18-05-2022 08:34 via smh.com.au
  
  Deputy of the Duma Leonid Slutsky,one of Russia’s negotiators with Ukraine, called the 256 soldiers “animals in human form” and said they should be executed.
  
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• Russia - Ukraine war: Photo gallery, May 18th, 2022

  18-05-2022 07:12 via smh.com.au
  
  Efforts were under way on Tuesday to rescue the last of the defenders inside the Azovstal steel plant.
  
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• This prime minister wants to give women unlimited paid menstrual leave

  18-05-2022 03:24 via smh.com.au
  
  Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez was elected on a feminist agenda. But some women are asking if his plan to pay for menstrual leave really is a good idea.
  
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• Republican Senate candidates promote ‘great replacement’ theory

  18-05-2022 03:24 via smh.com.au
  
  Three weeks ago in Arizona, Republican Senate candidate Blake Masters accused Democrats of trying to flood the nation with millions of immigrants “to change the demographics of our country”.
  
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• As Biden denounces the ‘great replacement’ theory, some Republicans run for office on it

  18-05-2022 03:24 via smh.com.au
  
  Three weeks ago in Arizona, Republican Senate candidate Blake Masters accused Democrats of trying to flood the nation with millions of immigrants “to change the demographics of our country”.
  
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• Russian military expert tells TV news program: ‘The whole world is against us’

  18-05-2022 00:15 via smh.com.au
  
  In a rare show of dissent, Mikhail Khodaryonok told the state’s flagship news show there was no good outcome from Ukraine invasion.
  
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• US Congress holds first hearing on UFOs in decades

  17-05-2022 23:14 via smh.com.au
  
  The US military says there have been nearly 400 reports of UFO sightings.
  
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