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• Berlin Pride attack suspect killed

  26-07-2026 22:13 via smh.com.au
  
  The suspected attacker of Berlin's pride parade has been killed in a confrontation with police.
  
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• Police arrest one, search for another after Seattle festival shooting that killed three

  27-07-2026 08:16 via smh.com.au
  
  The gunfire erupted in the waning hours of the Bite of Seattle, an annual festival that draws hundreds of food and retail vendors and performers.
  
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• Indonesia has blacklisted two foreign digital nomads in Bali. (Most) people are loving it

  27-07-2026 08:08 via smh.com.au
  
  Indonesian woman Annisa Rahmadani’s application to join a fun run was put under review. Her Western husband was accepted immediately.
  
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• The woman who stands to inherit as much as $143 million of Jeffrey Epstein’s fortune

  27-07-2026 07:33 via smh.com.au
  
  He once called her his “favourite” and often told her he loved her. But Karyna Shuliak, the last person whom Epstein spoke to from prison before his death, remains an enigma.
  
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• Donald Trump jokes about 2028 re-election bid

  27-07-2026 06:09 via smh.com.au
  
  US President Donald Trump jokes about 2028 re-election bid at the White House Correspondents' Dinner.
  
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• Two dead, five injured in shooting near Seattle’s Space Needle

  27-07-2026 05:43 via smh.com.au
  
  A toddler was among those injured in the shooting at a food festival at the Seattle Centre, the fire department said.
  
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• Shooting at a Seattle food festival leaves two dead and wounds five, fire official says

  27-07-2026 05:43 via smh.com.au
  
  The shooting was at an events complex that was hosting the Bite of Seattle food festival near the city’s famous Space Needle.
  
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• At least four people, including a child, wounded by gunfire at a Seattle festival, hospital says

  27-07-2026 05:38 via smh.com.au
  
  The shooting was at an events complex that was hosting the Bite of Seattle food festival near the city’s famous Space Needle.
  
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• ‘Digital nomads’ who started ‘foreigner-only’ Bali run club barred from country

  27-07-2026 03:59 via smh.com.au
  
  The club hosted group events for people who had moved to the island to become digital nomads, with a recent sunrise silent disco run attracting 150 participants.
  
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• Is London finally winning its mobile phone theft war?

  27-07-2026 03:38 via smh.com.au
  
  More police on the streets has helped cut the number of reported robberies in the West End over the past year.
  
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• Firefighters battle blaze advancing towards Bordeaux

  27-07-2026 02:36 via smh.com.au
  
  Firefighters called in as reinforcements from Paris battle the massive wildfire in Gironde, which has already ravaged 42,000 hectares and forced 220,000 people to flee their homes.
  
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• One dead and 16 injured after being struck by a vehicle at Berlin's Gay Pride

  27-07-2026 00:01 via smh.com.au
  
  One dead and 16 injured after being rammed by a van at Berlin's Gay Pride
  
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• Fire ‘at the gates’ of Bordeaux as Europe battles blazes

  26-07-2026 23:05 via smh.com.au
  
  Flames are advancing towards the historic city at the heart of the winelands, as France and Spain battle wildfires that have already forced the evacuation of hundreds of thousands of people.
  
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• Pause in fighting between US, Iran

  26-07-2026 22:47 via smh.com.au
  
  Iran says it has halted its retaliatory attacks on neighbours after the US paused its nightly bombardments.
  
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• Berlin Pride van attack suspect shot dead in confrontation with police

  26-07-2026 22:01 via smh.com.au
  
  Abdul Ballout, 21, was killed after a search that lasted nearly 24 hours following the deadly incident that authorities believe was an Islamic extremist terror attack.
  
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• Wildfires threaten Bordeaux as France, Spain battle blazes

  26-07-2026 18:34 via smh.com.au
  
  The fires are the latest disasters linked to prolonged drought and successive heatwaves that scientists say have been intensified by climate change.
  
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• Trump is back announcing a 2028 presidential bid. It’s not a joke

  26-07-2026 08:42 via smh.com.au
  
  We know from Joe Biden’s late withdrawal in 2024 just how damaging it can be when a figurehead of the party won’t let go of power. 
  
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• Trump is back announcing a 2028 presidential bid. It’s dangerous to assume he’s joking

  26-07-2026 08:42 via smh.com.au
  
  We know from Joe Biden’s late withdrawal in 2024 just how damaging it can be when a figurehead of the party won’t let go of power. 
  
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• Pleased as Punch: Orphaned monkey receives 2500 birthday cards

  26-07-2026 08:30 via smh.com.au
  
  The little macaque who was abandoned by its mother and left only with a stuffed toy orangutan for comfort turns one, surrounded by new friends.
  
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• No sex, please – we’re Gen Z. But this zero-eros movie neuters Homer’s Odyssey

  26-07-2026 05:30 via smh.com.au
  
  The poem’s famous sex scenes have been excised, sapping erotic power from the female characters. Odysseus’ moral ambiguity is gone, too.
  
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• India’s ‘cockroach’ protesters claim surprise victory as government accepts their demands

  26-07-2026 05:30 via smh.com.au
  
  The youth-led Cockroach Janta Party said it would drop its protests over education reforms after Narendra Modi’s education minister quit and other demands were met.
  
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• Katy Perry ‘appalled’ that White House used Firework song in Iran war video

  26-07-2026 03:10 via smh.com.au
  
  The pop star said she was angry to see that her 2010 hit song being “weaponised” as a backing track for a video about destruction and violence in Iran.
  
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• Iran war spreads to Red Sea and Caspian, Gulf quiet as US forgoes strikes

  26-07-2026 01:29 via smh.com.au
  
  The US military said its naval blockade against Iran “remains in full effect” but did not explain why it halted a streak of 13 nights of escalating strikes.
  
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• Van ploughs into crowd at Berlin pride parade

  26-07-2026 01:22 via smh.com.au
  
  One person is dead and others are fighting for life after a van drove through a crowd at Berlin’s Pride parade in Germany.
  
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• ‘Our freedom has been attacked’: Manhunt after van rams crowd at Berlin Pride parade

  26-07-2026 00:48 via smh.com.au
  
  One person is feared dead and several others badly injured after a motorist drove a vehicle into a crowd of revellers.
  
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• ‘Our freedom has been attacked’: Manhunt after car rams crowd at Berlin Pride parade

  26-07-2026 00:48 via smh.com.au
  
  One person is feared dead and several others badly injured after a motorist drove a vehicle into a crowd of revellers.
  
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• One dead, others fighting for life after van drives into pride parade

  26-07-2026 00:41 via smh.com.au
  
  One person is dead and others are fighting for life after a van drove into a crowd of people at a pride parade in Berlin.
  
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• Hundreds of thousands of people evacuated as wildfires rage across Europe

  25-07-2026 23:22 via smh.com.au
  
  Hundreds of thousands of people in France and Spain have been evacuated as deadly wildfires spread across southern Europe.
  
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• He’s been called Steve Irwin reincarnated as an economist, and he wants to change the world

  25-07-2026 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  Justin Wolfers is a mainstay on American cable news networks. Now he is leveraging his brand – and Australian style – into a modern media company of his own.
  
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• Rescue team finds 11 European tourists, one crew member alive after speedboat sank in Indonesia

  25-07-2026 12:09 via smh.com.au
  
  The group went missing after their speedboat apparently broke apart and sank in rough weather off a bay on Sulawesi island on Friday afternoon.
  
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