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• Hard partying Brits warned to ‘stay away’ from Amsterdam

  29-03-2023 23:28 via smh.com.au
  
  According to the local government, a new series of ads are part of an online campaign targeted at British men between 18 and 35.
  
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• Amsterdam tells 'wild' young Brits to stay away

  29-03-2023 22:08 via smh.com.au
  
  Amsterdam has launched a video campaign designed to cut down on unruly behaviour by young British men in the city for bachelor parties.
  
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• Pope Francis hospitalised ‘for a few days’ after reporting shortness of breath

  29-03-2023 21:43 via smh.com.au
  
  Pontiff said this year that he has no plans to resign anytime soon and that if he eventually did it would be for serious heath reasons.
  
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• Video shows detainees locked behind gates as fire breaks out in detention centre

  29-03-2023 21:38 via smh.com.au
  
  At least 40 people died in a fire at a migration centre in Ciudad Juarez, a city on Mexico's border with the United States, according to officials.
  
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• Vatican says Pope Francis has been hospitalised

  29-03-2023 21:28 via smh.com.au
  
  Pope Francis hospitalised with lung infection, Vatican says.
  
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• ‘Not another star in the American flag’: Netanyahu, Biden tensions bursts into public view

  29-03-2023 20:39 via smh.com.au
  
  The US-Israel relationship comes under strain after months of unrest driven by Netanyahu’s controversial overhaul of the country’s judicial system.
  
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• ‘Not another star in the American flag’: Netanyahu, Biden tensions burst into public view

  29-03-2023 20:39 via smh.com.au
  
  The US-Israel relationship has come under strain after months of unrest driven by Netanyahu’s controversial overhaul of the country’s judicial system.
  
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• Elon Musk and others urge AI pause, citing ‘risks to society’

  29-03-2023 20:26 via smh.com.au
  
  Their open letter detailed potential risks to society and civilisation by human-competitive AI systems in the form of economic and political disruptions.
  
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• Nashville shooting purchased guns legally

  29-03-2023 09:23 via smh.com.au
  
  The Nashville shooter who killed six people in a school shooting purchased seven guns legally over 12 months
  
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• William Wulf, computer pioneer who opened way for internet, dies at 83

  29-03-2023 07:18 via smh.com.au
  
  This computing visionary played a pivotal role in the transformation of the internet from a small network to the modern information superhighway.
  
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• Forrest insists China is not a national security threat

  29-03-2023 07:09 via smh.com.au
  
  The mining billionaire also said he would be happy to advocate for detained Australians Yang Hengjun and Cheng Lei when he meets with China’s Premier on Wednesday.
  
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• Prince Harry says tabloid’s journalists are ‘criminals’, accuses royal family of cover-up

  29-03-2023 07:08 via smh.com.au
  
  In a witness statement to London’s High Court, Harry again criticised the monarchy for its complicity with the tabloid press.
  
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• Porsche and Ferrari secure win over Europe’s electric vehicle plans

  29-03-2023 06:53 via smh.com.au
  
  Germany has succeeded in having the EU water down its plan to ban the sale of new combustion engine cars by 2035.
  
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• Europe had plans to transition to electric vehicles by 2035. Germany had other ideas

  29-03-2023 06:53 via smh.com.au
  
  Germany has succeeded in having the EU water down its plan to ban the sale of new combustion engine cars by 2035.
  
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• ‘Awful history’: Guardian apologises for slavery links, flags reparations

  29-03-2023 03:57 via smh.com.au
  
  The Scott Trust plans to launch an $18.4 million decade-long program of “restorative justice” to atone for the newspaper’s founders’ roles in the slave trade. 
  
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• ‘Havoc and disaster’: Chinese ambassador slams US in letter to NZ MPs

  29-03-2023 03:44 via smh.com.au
  
  The bizarre letter was sent to New Zealand MPs ahead of the US-led Summit for Democracy, which President Joe Biden will address this week.
  
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