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• At least five killed in Philippines ferry fire

  10-09-2026 22:11 via smh.com.au
  
  Officials are today trying to confirm if any Australians were on board a ferry when it caught fire in the Philippines.
  
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• New weapons bringing terror to Ukraine

  13-09-2026 07:44 via smh.com.au
  
  Europe correspondent David Crowe on the ground in Kyiv, Ukraine.
  
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• Australian tourist dies after falling from cliff at famous beach near Bali

  13-09-2026 07:33 via smh.com.au
  
  A young woman plunged 80 metres from a tourist spot at Kelingking Beach, triggering a gruelling recovery mission at one of South-East Asia’s most photographed landmarks.
  
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• It’s not ending with Trump. Now we’re under attack from his clones

  13-09-2026 07:21 via smh.com.au
  
  Since Trump’s re-election, no-one appears to know any more what the basic standards of character are to hold elected office.
  
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• Putin will not win: My encounter with Europe’s new-found optimism

  13-09-2026 05:30 via smh.com.au
  
  Despite Trump’s America retreating from its role as protector of the free world, a weekend conference in Kyiv showcased Europe’s solidarity and rising confidence in the face of the Russian leader’s aggression.
  
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• ‘Feather in everybody’s cap’: Trump says he’d love to see a ‘unified’ Ireland

  13-09-2026 02:59 via smh.com.au
  
  The US president made his remarks while visiting the Irish prime minister in Dublin before travelling on to his golf course in the west of Ireland.
  
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• Australian tourist dies after falling from cliff at iconic beach near Bali

  13-09-2026 02:46 via smh.com.au
  
  A young woman plunged 80 metres from a famous tourist spot at Kelingking Beach, triggering a gruelling recovery mission at one of South-East Asia’s most photographed landmarks.
  
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• The new terror stalking Kyiv day and night

  13-09-2026 01:49 via smh.com.au
  
  Drones fitted with jet engines are radically changing the war by slamming into targets at speeds of about 600km/h and out-running the interceptors designed to stop them.
  
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• Australian woman dies after falling from popular cliff in Bali

  12-09-2026 23:22 via smh.com.au
  
  A 29-year-old Australian woman has died after falling 80 metres from a popular tourist destination in Nusa Penida near Bali.
  
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• Are we in World War III, and just don’t know it?

  12-09-2026 21:07 via smh.com.au
  
  During times of increased tension, a massive escalation can be sudden and catastrophic. Sometimes avoiding the worst is just dumb luck.
  
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• ‘Rushed’: Trump’s contractor blamed own work – not vandals – for reflecting pool debacle

  12-09-2026 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  New documents reveal that Atlantic Industrial Coatings, which renovated the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool, has admitted errors in its own work and flaws in the repair plan.
  
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• Australian tourist dies after falling from cliff at Kelingking Beach near Bali

  12-09-2026 19:55 via smh.com.au
  
  Kelingking Beach has become one of southeast Asia’s most photographed tourist spots, with visitors drawn to its dramatic clifftop for selfies against the stunning turquoise waters.
  
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• Princess of Wales visits London cancer hospital

  12-09-2026 10:47 via smh.com.au
  
  The Princess of Wales made a surprise visit to the west London hospital where she was treated for cancer after her recent fundraising efforts.
  
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• US marks 25 years since September 11 attacks

  12-09-2026 10:35 via smh.com.au
  
  The US remembered the nearly 3000 people killed in the terror attacks that changed the world forever on September 11, 2001.
  
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• ‘May fly an explosive-packed airplane into a US city’: CIA releases pre-9/11 Bin Laden briefings

  12-09-2026 08:30 via smh.com.au
  
  The documents dating from 1998 to 2001 detail intelligence that US government officials had gathered about al-Qaeda in the lead up to the hijackings that killed nearly 3000 people and upended American national security.
  
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• ‘Trump got the headlines he wanted’: Inside the Republican midterm convention

  12-09-2026 05:45 via smh.com.au
  
  It seems an odd strategy for the GOP to make this election a referendum on a president whose unpopularity is only getting worse. But the party knows what it’s doing.
  
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• ‘One tough kid’: Boy, 15, found after days clinging to capsized boat in frigid water off Alaska

  12-09-2026 05:05 via smh.com.au
  
  Derek Parker Aghnaanga was the lone survivor, losing his older brother and then his cousin to the ocean after their fishing boat flipped in Alaska’s icy Bering Sea.
  
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• ‘These waters aren’t safe’: New oil supply fears as Houthis seize key island, Saudi pipeline attacked

  12-09-2026 02:02 via smh.com.au
  
  If Yemen’s Houthis gain control of the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, their backer Iran could gain a critical advantage in its war with the US, reducing supplies through a second major corridor and further raising oil prices.
  
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• No need for midterm election emergency, says Trump’s ‘transparency’ aide

  12-09-2026 01:45 via smh.com.au
  
  John Solomon, a journalist who joined the White House in June, told this masthead that he did not “get a sense that people are concerned about election security”.
  
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• Teen rescued from capsized boat after days adrift in Bering Sea

  12-09-2026 01:09 via smh.com.au
  
  Teen rescued from capsized boat after days adrift in Bering Sea
  
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• White House denies Trump fell asleep at 9/11 memorial

  12-09-2026 00:56 via smh.com.au
  
  The White House has denied Donald Trump fell asleep at the 9/11 25th anniversary memorial event at the Pentagon.
  
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• ‘These were people like you and me going to work’: America remembers 9/11 victims 25 years on

  11-09-2026 15:25 via smh.com.au
  
  At Ground Zero in New York, victims’ family members read aloud the names of all 2977 people who died in the attacks, at a solemn ceremony attended by Vice President JD Vance and four former US presidents.
  
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• ‘These were people like you and me going to work’: America pauses to remember 9/11 victims 25 years on

  11-09-2026 15:25 via smh.com.au
  
  At Ground Zero in New York, victims’ family members read aloud the names of all 2977 people who died in the attacks, at a solemn ceremony attended by Vice President JD Vance and four former US presidents.
  
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• America pauses to remember victims of 9/11 attacks 25 years on

  11-09-2026 15:25 via smh.com.au
  
  At Ground Zero in New York, victims’ family members read aloud the names of all 2977 people who died in the attacks, at a solemn ceremony attended by Vice President JD Vance and four former US presidents.
  
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• The world marks 25 years since 9/11

  11-09-2026 08:32 via smh.com.au
  
  Australia, the US and the world are marking 25 years since the September 11 terrorist attacks.
  
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• In Dallas, a feisty Vance cements his status as Trump’s likely successor

  11-09-2026 07:44 via smh.com.au
  
  The vice president is showing that he too can deal in the kind of ugly, personal mud-slinging that Trump’s loyal audiences have delighted in for years.
  
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• Diana’s risque ‘revenge dress’ is up for sale – and it’s grossly undervalued

  11-09-2026 03:33 via smh.com.au
  
  Fashion was a tool the late princess frequently wielded, but perhaps most famously when she wore this black cocktail dress at the very moment her then-husband Charles was publicly admitting his infidelity.
  
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• Diana’s risqué ‘revenge dress’ is up for sale – and it’s grossly undervalued

  11-09-2026 03:33 via smh.com.au
  
  Fashion was a tool the late princess frequently wielded, but perhaps most famously when she wore this black cocktail dress at the very moment her then-husband Charles was publicly admitting his infidelity.
  
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• September 11 changed the world, but events since have changed it more

  11-09-2026 03:30 via smh.com.au
  
  After the terrorist strikes of 2001, few could have imagined the world that has emerged 25 years later.
  
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• Australians remember lost loved ones 25 years on from September 11 attacks

  11-09-2026 03:30 via smh.com.au
  
  Complex feelings about New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, and new revelations about the actions of city leaders at the time, are adding to the emotion of the 25th anniversary.
  
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