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• The mysterious database that provides clues to China’s foreign surveillance

  05-06-2026 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  The discovery of an unsecured Chinese policing dashboard has painted a picture of how authorities track foreign journalists and other people of interest.
  
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• Australian lawyer cops fine, suspended sentence for Hong Kong dine-and-dash spree

  05-06-2026 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  Samuel Monkivitch gained a reputation for running away from bills at Hong Kong’s five-star hotels as well as smaller restaurants.
  
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• Astronauts shelter for air leak repairs on International Space Station

  05-06-2026 18:00 via smh.com.au
  
  NASA ordered five astronauts to safety in their SpaceX-built spacecraft docked to the ISS as a Russian crew attempted to fix a worsening air leak on the Zvezda service module.
  
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• Renewed Israel and Lebanon ceasefire at risk of crumbling

  05-06-2026 10:25 via smh.com.au
  
  A ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon could already be falling apart, with Lebanese militia Hezbollah rejecting the agreement calling the terms "futile" and "humiliating".
  
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• Miracle on Everest: Sherpa believed dead crawls back to base camp

  05-06-2026 07:45 via smh.com.au
  
  The Nepali guide had been missing on the mountain for six days and his family had begun preparing funeral rites. Then base camp workers saw something remarkable.
  
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• Sherpa guide missing for a week on Mount Everest found crawling to base camp

  05-06-2026 04:46 via smh.com.au
  
  Dawa Sherpa was found crawling to base camp on Mount Everest a week after he went missing, and was reunited with his family who had given up hope he would return.
  
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• ‘Young beautiful woman, never smiles’: Trump attacks journalist again amid battle for CNN

  05-06-2026 03:42 via smh.com.au
  
  A former aide to the US president said Trump’s “misogynistic” treatment of Kaitlan Collins stemmed from fear – but there are also political factors at play amid a mega media merger.
  
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• Trump takes aim at CNN journalist

  05-06-2026 03:31 via smh.com.au
  
  The US president singled out Kaitlan Collins in the Oval Office, saying she had "hatred in her eyes".
  
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• Bruised Andrew under fire for secret rent deals

  05-06-2026 01:56 via smh.com.au
  
  It’s been revealed the disgraced former prince, spotted with a large bruise on his cheek, made money from his Windsor estate despite paying a peppercorn rent for two decades.
  
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• Bruised Andrew back in spotlight over secret rent deals

  05-06-2026 01:56 via smh.com.au
  
  It’s been revealed the disgraced former prince, spotted with a large bruise on his cheek, made money from his Windsor estate despite paying a peppercorn rent for two decades.
  
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• Andrew spotted with large, purple bruise covering much of his face

  05-06-2026 01:56 via smh.com.au
  
  A source insisted there had been “no drama”, accident or attack, but would not discuss it further because of medical confidentiality.
  
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• Trump appears to doze off in Oval Office event

  05-06-2026 01:47 via smh.com.au
  
  Donald Trump appears to have dozed off multiple times during an Oval Office event.
  
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• How do you remember a massacre that’s been scrubbed from the history books? Very carefully

  05-06-2026 00:37 via smh.com.au
  
  More than 100,000 people used to cram into a Hong Kong park to remember the Tiananmen massacre. This year, some found a defiant way to continue their vigil.
  
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