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• Before and after maps show devastation of flash floods

  28-08-2026 06:04 via smh.com.au
  
  Satellite imagery has shown the devastating impact of the flash floods that hit Nepal and China this week.
  
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• Six months in, Iran’s regime stands, US goals remain unmet

  29-08-2026 05:30 via smh.com.au
  
  It is difficult to see the war as anything other than a failure by the US to bend Iran to its will, with damaging strategic and economic implications for Washington still to play out.
  
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• Hundreds dead and almost 2000 missing after Nepal’s flash floods

  29-08-2026 03:08 via smh.com.au
  
  Almost 2000 people are still missing following the devastating flash flood in Nepal’s Himalayas and, there are at least 38 Australians among them.
  
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• Trump says US has agreed to deal with Venezuela to take control of 65 billion barrels of oil reserves

  29-08-2026 01:55 via smh.com.au
  
  The US president touts “the biggest oil deal in world history” six months on from the start of the Iran war, which sent energy prices spiralling.
  
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• Trump says US has agreed deal with Venezuela to take control of 65 billion barrels of oil reserves

  29-08-2026 01:55 via smh.com.au
  
  The president touts “the biggest oil deal in world history” six months on from the start of the Iran war, which sent energy prices spiralling.
  
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• ‘I must look for my sons’: A farmer’s extraordinary survival in Nepal

  28-08-2026 23:27 via smh.com.au
  
  Sidar Tamang rushed through the main street of his village blowing his whistle before spotting a group of children. It was already too late.
  
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• Right-wing agitator Milo Yiannopoulos detained by ICE in Louisiana

  28-08-2026 22:46 via smh.com.au
  
  The Department of Homeland Security said Yiannopoulos “chose to overstay his welcome” after arriving in the US legally in 2019 and now faces deportation to Britain.
  
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• Nepal floods live updates: Chinese, Nepalese authorities resume rescues after lake threat eases as death toll reaches 579; thirty-eight Australians remain unaccounted for

  28-08-2026 21:15 via smh.com.au
  
  Follow along as we bring you the latest news updates as rescue and recovery efforts continue in Nepal and Tibet after catastrophic flash floods.
  
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• Nepal floods live updates: Chinese, Nepalese authorities resume rescues after lake threat eases as death toll reaches 579; forty-one Australians remain unaccounted for

  28-08-2026 21:15 via smh.com.au
  
  Follow along as we bring you the latest news updates as rescue and recovery efforts continue in Nepal and Tibet after catastrophic flash floods.
  
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• Missing Australian makes contact, number of people unaccounted for nears 2000

  28-08-2026 17:33 via smh.com.au
  
  Growing risk of a further disaster put authorities on the edge, but there was some good news: one of the 39 Australians reporting missing had contacted her relieved parents.
  
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• The 41 Australians missing in the Nepal-Tibet floods, and what we know about them

  28-08-2026 15:20 via smh.com.au
  
  Families across the country are reeling in the aftermath of the devastating flash flooding in Nepal and Tibet, as loved ones at home hold out hope for any good news.
  
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• The 38 Australians missing in the Nepal-Tibet floods, and what we know about them

  28-08-2026 15:20 via smh.com.au
  
  Families across the country are reeling in the aftermath of the devastating flash flooding in Nepal and Tibet, as loved ones at home hold out hope for any good news.
  
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• Photo gallery: Flash flooding devastates Nepal and Tibet

  28-08-2026 13:19 via smh.com.au
  
  A selection of images from Nepal-China border area after mud and rock collapsed into a river on August 26, triggering catastrophic flooding.
  
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• Missing Australian hiker makes contact after Nepal floods

  28-08-2026 10:29 via smh.com.au
  
  An Australian woman feared missing in the Nepal flood disaster has reached out to her parents to confirm she is safe.
  
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• Nepalese military pulls off incredible flood rescue

  28-08-2026 09:44 via smh.com.au
  
  Two people have been pulled from a tunnel in a hydropower project devastated by the flash floods in Nepal.
  
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• Norway’s King Harald V dies at 89

  28-08-2026 09:10 via smh.com.au
  
  Crowds gathered outside the royal palace in Oslo and political leaders cancelled trips outside the country to return to the capital and show respect for Harald, who reigned for 35 years.
  
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• King Harald’s death at 89 ushers in new era for Norway

  28-08-2026 09:10 via smh.com.au
  
  Harald’s 53-year-old son Haakon becomes monarch while Crown Princess Ingrid Alexandra will be the first female heir to the throne of Norway in 600 years.
  
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• King Harald V of Norway dies

  28-08-2026 09:00 via smh.com.au
  
  King Harald V of Norway has died aged 89 after developing a serious blood infection.
  
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• Missing Australian makes contact after second flood fears disrupt rescue operations

  28-08-2026 08:43 via smh.com.au
  
  Growing risk of a second disaster temporarily put authorities on the edge, but there was some good news with one of the 39 missing Australian travellers in the region contacting her relieved parents.
  
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• Rescue operations halted as lake near Nepal border starts to overflow

  28-08-2026 08:26 via smh.com.au
  
  Foreign Minister Penny Wong says at least 39 Australians are missing after the deluge of ice and rock destroyed parts of Nepal’s border with China.
  
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• Death toll from Nepal catastrophe continues to rise

  28-08-2026 08:21 via smh.com.au
  
  The death toll from catastrophic flash flooding in Nepal and Tibet has risen to 469 as thousands more remain unaccounted for.
  
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• The Lindsay Clancy army, from mums in pink to right-wing podcasters

  28-08-2026 07:30 via smh.com.au
  
  In some corners of TikTok and Instagram, where charitable feeling for a mother on trial for murdering her children is at a high pitch, unhinged conspiracy theories abound.
  
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• I’ve seen Nepal rise from a natural disaster. Now it must do it again

  28-08-2026 07:30 via smh.com.au
  
  I’ve grown to love this country, which has suffered so profoundly.
  
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• Hundreds freed in dramatic tunnel rescue as Australia pledges Nepal aid

  28-08-2026 04:12 via smh.com.au
  
  Foreign Minister Penny Wong says at least 39 Australians are missing after the deluge of ice and rock destroyed parts of Nepal’s border with China.
  
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• China warns lake near Nepal border starting to overflow as Australia pledges Nepal aid

  28-08-2026 04:12 via smh.com.au
  
  Foreign Minister Penny Wong says at least 39 Australians are missing after the deluge of ice and rock destroyed parts of Nepal’s border with China.
  
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• The 39 Australians missing in the Nepal-Tibet floods, and what we know about them

  28-08-2026 01:12 via smh.com.au
  
  Families across the country are reeling in the aftermath of the devastating flash flooding in Nepal and Tibet, as loved ones at home hold out hope for any good news.
  
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• The 39 Australians missing in Nepal, and what we know about them

  28-08-2026 01:12 via smh.com.au
  
  Families across the country are reeling in the aftermath of the devastating flash flooding in Nepal and Tibet, as loved ones at home hold out hope for any good news.
  
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• ‘I’m just praying’: Number of missing Australians rises as devastated families at home await news

  28-08-2026 01:12 via smh.com.au
  
  Families across the country are reeling in the aftermath of the devastating flash flooding in Nepal and Tibet, as the number of Australians reported missing rises.
  
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• ‘Most of my family is still missing’: The frantic search in Kathmandu for loved ones

  28-08-2026 00:34 via smh.com.au
  
  Hospitals in Nepal’s capital are teeming with families of the missing, as they pore over the lists of survivors rescued from the country’s deadliest natural disaster since the 2015 earthquake.
  
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• Donald Trump announces Lake Ontario to become Lake America

  28-08-2026 00:29 via smh.com.au
  
  Following instituting tariffs on Canada, President Donald Trump announce one of the great lakes is to be renamed Lake America.
  
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