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• As Trump’s popularity slides, his merchandise stores are closing down

  15-09-2026 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  The lack of customers snapping up “Trump 2028” caps, anti-Biden T-shirts and Donald and Melania bobble-head dolls could be a sign the president’s star is waning.
  
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• This is the data centre capital of the world. They’re starting to regret it

  19-09-2026 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  About 70 per cent of the world’s internet traffic flows through this county in Virginia. Whether it is a road map for Australia, or a cautionary tale, depends on who you ask.
  
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• Reporters locked out of White House grounds as Trump’s ban takes effect

  19-09-2026 20:43 via smh.com.au
  
  Journalists from CNN, MS-NOW and Politico had their passes confiscated when they tried to enter the White House on Saturday, in what CNN called an “illegal assault” on press freedom.
  
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• Trump’s love of AI is more complicated than it looks

  19-09-2026 06:19 via smh.com.au
  
  While the US President is seemingly unwilling to take a step back on the development of the technology, there are many inside the administration who are urging caution.
  
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• ‘Those are exactly the words he said’: Earl Spencer says he is telling the truth about the King

  19-09-2026 05:29 via smh.com.au
  
  Diana’s younger brother has stuck to his guns, suggesting to the BBC that King Charles is embarrassed about his alleged disparaging remark about the princess.
  
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• Trump, Denmark strike deal to shut Russia and China out of Greenland

  19-09-2026 02:09 via smh.com.au
  
  The agreement, to be signed at the United Nations next week, will explicitly ban US and NATO adversaries from building bases or maintaining troops in Greenland, and from making sensitive investments there.
  
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• Trump, Denmark strike deal to expand US military presence in Greenland

  19-09-2026 02:09 via smh.com.au
  
  The agreement, to be signed at the United Nations next week, will explicitly ban Russia and China from building bases or maintaining troops in Greenland, and from making sensitive investments there.
  
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• ‘Total war’: The human face of the assault on Ukraine

  19-09-2026 01:30 via smh.com.au
  
  In Kyiv, every decision is a gamble when Russia is intensifying its drone and missile strikes. Ukrainians continue their lives, but the pressure is exhausting after more than four years of war.
  
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• Trump bans CNN from the White House

  18-09-2026 23:41 via smh.com.au
  
  Donald Trump has banned CNN from the White House, citing their bias against him.
  
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• Trump says he is banning CNN and other news outlets from the White House

  18-09-2026 21:22 via smh.com.au
  
  The announcement is an extraordinary escalation of Trump’s long-standing animosity towards the media and outlets that report factual stories he does not like.
  
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• Two students killed in Philippine school shooting

  18-09-2026 12:37 via smh.com.au
  
  The incident follows two fatal gun incidents since June at schools in the Philippines, where school shootings were previously rare.
  
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• ‘Very kindly, very cute’: Bali locals mourn the two children murdered by their Australian father

  18-09-2026 11:30 via smh.com.au
  
  People are struggling to understand the shocking murder-suicide of Australian Damien John Shaw and his son and daughter in Kuta’s popular Legian neighbourhood.
  
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• Iranians rally by the hundreds of thousands in biggest show of defiance since war began

  18-09-2026 10:57 via smh.com.au
  
  The crowds were pledging their readiness to take up arms in a government-organised rally stressing national unity.
  
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• Thai suitcase murder suspect pleads not guilty to all charges

  18-09-2026 07:37 via smh.com.au
  
  Australian Simon Peter Carman is charged with intentionally killing a person, concealing a body and two charges relating to taking a minor for indecent acts.
  
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• ‘Like a lottery winner’: Charles ‘elated’ after Diana’s death, her brother’s new book claims

  17-09-2026 22:02 via smh.com.au
  
  Earl Spencer’s book claims the then-Prince Charles seemed “giddily elated” in the immediate aftermath of Diana’s death in a car crash in 1997, possibly because he felt it meant he was freer to marry again.
  
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• King warns AI leaders of ‘existential dangers’ if tech falls into wrong hands

  17-09-2026 16:01 via smh.com.au
  
  King Charles told the meeting, including representatives from Nvidia, OpenAI, Anthropic and Google DeepMind, that there surely needed to be sufficient means of control “before it is all too late”.
  
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• Trump wanted Canada as the 51st state. He ended up pushing it towards the EU

  17-09-2026 11:30 via smh.com.au
  
  The invitation by the EU for Canada to become an “associate member” is a sign of the effects of Donald Trump’s brand of diplomacy, which often involves threatening America’s closest friends.
  
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• UN-backed experts cite possible US war crimes in Iran strikes

  17-09-2026 11:03 via smh.com.au
  
  The international fact-finding mission says the findings centre on a pair of airstrikes that killed at least 178 civilians, including women and children at a school.
  
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• Mum’s not the word: Meghan’s phone number reportedly leaked from school parents’ WhatsApp group

  17-09-2026 07:45 via smh.com.au
  
  The privacy breach has come days after the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s children switched schools due to security concerns.
  
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• Every peaceful moment in Kyiv is a miracle. If only there were more

  17-09-2026 07:30 via smh.com.au
  
  I went to the Ukrainian capital to talk to locals about the incredible stress and hardship they are enduring. I also saw much joy of life, personal pride and an unshakeable determination to withstand and rebuild.
  
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• Ukraine's incredible resilience

  17-09-2026 07:25 via smh.com.au
  
  This Kyiv petrol station was struck by a Russian drone. It's still open for business.
  
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• Patrick Clancy to appear in TV interview

  17-09-2026 04:44 via smh.com.au
  
  Patrick Clancy, the husband of Lindsay Clancy, is set to appear on 60 Minutes weeks after his ex-wife’s murder trial.
  
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• This cold case baffled the UK for nine years. The main suspect has just been found dead

  17-09-2026 02:51 via smh.com.au
  
  The direct descendent of Queen Victoria, and alleged “Putney Pusher”, was found dead at his west London home three months after his arrest.
  
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• CCTV shows ‘Putney pusher’ on bridge

  17-09-2026 02:44 via smh.com.au
  
  Video footage was captured of a 2017 when a jogger was seen to push a woman into the path of an oncoming bus. A suspect in the case has been found dead in his home.
  
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• Wealthy banker under investigation for pushing woman in front of bus found dead

  17-09-2026 02:10 via smh.com.au
  
  The direct descendent of Queen Victoria was arrested in June nine years after the infamous “Putney Pusher” incident in London.
  
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• EU invites Canada as first associate

  16-09-2026 22:12 via smh.com.au
  
  The European Union wants Canada to become the trading bloc's first associate member.
  
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• Dozens dead after Gaza unit collapse

  16-09-2026 22:10 via smh.com.au
  
  A war damaged building has collapsed in Gaza, killing at least 21 Palestinians, including 11 children.
  
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• ‘We’ll forget her soon enough’: Diana’s brother makes explosive claim about Charles

  16-09-2026 21:35 via smh.com.au
  
  King Charles took the rare step of rebutting an allegation – made in a new book about Diana – that he said people would forget his first wife after her death in a car crash in 1997.
  
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• ‘Whoever wins AI, wins’: How the world’s two most powerful leaders can find common ground

  16-09-2026 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  Donald Trump and Xi Jinping will meet next week against a backdrop of warnings about the existential risks of AI, with plenty at stake for both.
  
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• Can the world’s two most powerful leaders find common ground on AI?

  16-09-2026 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  Donald Trump and Xi Jinping will meet next week against a backdrop of warnings about the existential risks of AI, with plenty at stake for both.
  
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