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• 'King of the Serengeti' killed by rivals

  14-03-2023 23:27 via smh.com.au
  
  The famous lion known as 'Bob Jr' is purportedly filmed roaring on a rock.
  
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• Garbage piles up in Paris as pension reform strikes continue

  14-03-2023 22:43 via smh.com.au
  
  The City of Light is losing its luster with tons of garbage piling up on Paris sidewalks as sanitation workers were on strike for a ninth day
  
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• ‘Homophobia’: Meloni’s government limits parental rights of gay couples in Italy

  14-03-2023 22:30 via smh.com.au
  
  The president of Rainbow Families charged that Rome’s move ordering Milan to stop automatically registering both parents in same-sex households exposed the government’s homophobia.
  
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• Three-year-old girl shoots sister, four, with unsecured firearm, Texas sheriff says

  14-03-2023 20:33 via smh.com.au
  
  Harris County Sheriff briefs the media on the accidental shooting death of a four-year-old girl.
  
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• Australia signs up for the United States’ arms race with China

  14-03-2023 20:00 via smh.com.au
  
  Australia has tied its colours to America’s increasingly hawkish mast as the superpower navigates the choppy waters of the Indo-Pacific.
  
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• Russian fighter jet forces down US Air Force drone over Black Sea

  14-03-2023 19:53 via smh.com.au
  
  US military drone forced down by Russian warplane over Black Sea.
  
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• ‘Stop this crisis now’: Silicon Valley creates the risk while US taxpayers pay the price

  14-03-2023 19:49 via smh.com.au
  
  In the US, if you’re poor and struggling, that’s your own problem. But if you make enough money that a significant swath of the economy depends on you, preventing your collapse becomes a matter of public interest.
  
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• Russian fighter jet hits American drone over Black Sea

  14-03-2023 18:55 via smh.com.au
  
  The US military said two Russian jets “conducted an unsafe and unprofessional intercept” of a drone that was operating within international airspace.
  
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• ICC to seek arrest warrants for Russian officials over Ukraine war

  14-03-2023 12:23 via smh.com.au
  
  Meanwhile, Volodymyr Zelensky says Ukraine’s future is hinging on the outcome of battles in the east, including in and around Bakhmut.
  
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• ‘AUKUS created for fighting’: Push for Indonesia to refuse access to subs

  14-03-2023 09:11 via smh.com.au
  
  Jakarta is yet to decide whether the submarines would be permitted to travel inside its maritime territory.
  
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• Bolsonaro to be subpoenaed in case of Saudi jewellery gift: source

  14-03-2023 07:51 via smh.com.au
  
  The $4.8 million diamond necklace, ring, watch and earrings were found in the backpack of a government aide returning from Riyadh.
  
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• Riled by AUKUS, Beijing builds military and diplomatic defences

  14-03-2023 07:43 via smh.com.au
  
  China is bolstering its diplomatic clout, protecting its economy and ramping up its military as it confronts two blocs designed to contain it.
  
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• Migrant-descendant minister says there’s ‘too much’ immigration in UK

  14-03-2023 05:36 via smh.com.au
  
  Thousands of people demonstrated in London against Britain’s Interior Minister Suella Braverman policy to deport migrants who arrive without permission.
  
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• With China in mind, US defence budget nears $US1 trillion

  14-03-2023 05:15 via smh.com.au
  
  It’s the largest request since the peak of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars when the weight of hundreds of thousands of troops ballooned the war spending.
  
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• Cyclone Freddy kills more than 100 on return to Mozambique, Malawi

  14-03-2023 03:20 via smh.com.au
  
  Freddy is one of the strongest storms ever recorded in the Southern Hemisphere and could be the longest-lasting tropical cyclone.
  
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• Kiwi soldier saves friend from Russian captivity

  14-03-2023 03:03 via smh.com.au
  
  A soldier from New Zealand fighting as a volunteer in Ukraine has shared the moment he saved a friend, who he feared was dead, from Russian captivity.
  
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• ‘Be bold’ King Charles tells Commonwealth nations

  14-03-2023 01:07 via smh.com.au
  
  The annual service comes amid increasing questions about the Commonwealth’s future, fuelled by a growing republican sentiment and calls for slavery reparations within former colonies.
  
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