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• Biden will do ‘everything in his power’ to end hate crimes. But can he do anything?

  15-05-2022 08:59 via smh.com.au
  
  The Buffalo mass shooting was inspired by the horrors of the Christchurch massacre. But America won’t respond with sweeping gun law reforms the way NZ did.
  
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• Russian military expert tells TV news program: ‘The whole world is against us’

  18-05-2022 00:15 via smh.com.au
  
  In a rare show of dissent, Mikhail Khodaryonok told the state’s flagship news show there was no good outcome from Ukraine invasion.
  
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• US Congress holds first hearing on UFOs in decades

  17-05-2022 23:14 via smh.com.au
  
  The US military says there have been nearly 400 reports of UFO sightings.
  
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• ‘Hate will not prevail’: Biden visits Buffalo to mourn, denounce white supremacy

  17-05-2022 22:47 via smh.com.au
  
  Biden called out sections of the media and political figures for radicalising “angry, alienated, lost and isolated individuals” into believing racist ideas.
  
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• British Conservative MP arrested on suspicion of rape

  17-05-2022 21:25 via smh.com.au
  
  London’s Metropolitan Police said a man, aged in his 50s, had been arrested on suspicion of indecent assault, sexual assault, rape and abuse of position of trust.
  
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• ‘I wasn’t afraid of him stabbing me’: Jury shown knife Heard gave to Depp

  17-05-2022 20:45 via smh.com.au
  
  Johnny Depp’s lawyers have attempted to discredit his ex-wife Amber Heard’s abuse claims, introducing a knife she gave as a gift to him.
  
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• Queen Elizabeth makes surprise appearance at opening of London Tube line

  17-05-2022 13:18 via smh.com.au
  
  It’s the second time the monarch has attended a function in recent days after missing the opening of parliament. The rail line is named in her honour.
  
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• Queen Elizabeth makes surprise appearance at opening of London train line

  17-05-2022 13:18 via smh.com.au
  
  It’s the second time the monarch has attended a function in recent days after missing the opening of parliament. The rail line is named in her honour.
  
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• Hezbollah, allies lose their majority in Lebanon parliament

  17-05-2022 12:46 via smh.com.au
  
  Hezbollah’s most vocal opponents and more than a dozen independents have made gains, the results show.
  
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• Amber Heard cross-examined during defamation case

  17-05-2022 10:47 via smh.com.au
  
  Amber Heard has been cross-examined during Johnny Depp’s defamation case against her.
  
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• Ukrainian city of Mariupol now under total Russian control

  17-05-2022 10:43 via smh.com.au
  
  The Ukrainian city of Mariupol is now under total Russian control despite a weeks-long battle.
  
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• Longest battle ends as Ukrainian troops evacuated from Mariupol steel mill

  17-05-2022 09:11 via smh.com.au
  
  Since Russia launched its invasion in February, Mariupol’s devastation has become a symbol both of Ukraine’s ability to withstand Russia’s invasion and of Russia’s willingness to devastate Ukrainian cities that hold out.
  
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• Passenger helps stop plane crash

  17-05-2022 09:07 via smh.com.au
  
  A Florida man with no flying experience kept his cool while landing a small plane after the pilot collapsed.
  
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• Sri Lanka only has one day’s petrol as economy tanks

  17-05-2022 08:34 via smh.com.au
  
  New Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe is printing money to pay salaries, selling the national airline and using Indian line of credit to buy more fuel.
  
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• House swept away by ocean

  17-05-2022 07:11 via smh.com.au
  
  Holiday house in North Carolina is swept away in heavy surf.
  
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• Philippines’ new president Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos makes secret trip to Australia

  17-05-2022 06:45 via smh.com.au
  
  Days after winning the presidential election in the Philippines, Ferdinand Marcos jr has quietly flown to Melbourne, where his youngest son is said to be enrolling to study.
  
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• Florida man stops plane crash after pilot passes out

  17-05-2022 05:42 via smh.com.au
  
  Darren Harrison said 'the hand of god' helped him safely land the plane in Miami.
  
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• The ingenious strategy that could win the war for Ukraine

  17-05-2022 03:38 via smh.com.au
  
  The consistent Ukrainian military campaign is successfully corroding the Russian offensive and may deliver an unlikely, but historic, victory.
  
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• 'Apocalyptic' food shortage threatens, says Bank of England governor

  17-05-2022 03:38 via smh.com.au
  
  Global prices for grains, cooking oils, fuel and fertiliser are rising at the fastest rate in 30 years since Russia invaded Ukraine and blocked exports.
  
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• Russia-Ukraine war: Photo gallery, May 17, 2022

  17-05-2022 03:14 via smh.com.au
  
  As fighting for the Donbas continues, Ukrainian soldiers have taken victorious video footage of their advance on Kharkiv as Russian forces retreated.
  
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• Jury sees photos of Amber Heard’s swollen face after her final fight with Johnny Depp

  17-05-2022 03:00 via smh.com.au
  
  Earlier in the trial, jurors heard from police officers who responded to emergency calls who said Heard’s face looked red from crying but that they saw no visible bruises.
  
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• Longest battle of war ends as Ukrainian troops evacuated from Azovstal steel mill in Mariupol

  17-05-2022 01:14 via smh.com.au
  
  Since Russia launched its invasion in February, Mariupol’s devastation has become a symbol both of Ukraine’s ability to withstand Russia’s invasion and of Russia’s willingness to devastate Ukrainian cities that hold out.
  
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• ‘Heroes’: Azovstal steel mill evacuation underway in Mariupol

  17-05-2022 01:14 via smh.com.au
  
  The evacuation likely marked the end of the longest and bloodiest battle of the Ukraine war and a significant defeat for Ukraine.
  
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• Buffalo shooter sought to kill more black people before his rampage was halted: police

  17-05-2022 00:43 via smh.com.au
  
  News that the shooter had been scoping out the supermarket in advance, added to the anger and heartbreak of local residents trying desperately to process the massacre.
  
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• Hate against Taiwanese led to church attack, say police

  16-05-2022 22:36 via smh.com.au
  
  Orange County Sheriff Don Barnes said the motive of the shooting was a grievance between the shooter, identified as a Chinese immigrant, and the Taiwanese community.
  
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• Sweden formally announces it wants to join NATO

  16-05-2022 22:06 via smh.com.au
  
  Nordic nation to end neutrality despite Russian warnings.
  
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• Jeff Bezos battles Joe Biden’s White House over inflation - on Twitter, naturally

  16-05-2022 22:05 via smh.com.au
  
  Billionaire Bezos criticised the White House’s economic record by pointing to high inflation. Biden, meanwhile, wants Amazon to have a union and Bezos to pay more in taxes.
  
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• ‘No problems, none’: Putin appears to back off threats as Sweden, Finland prepare to join NATO

  16-05-2022 21:18 via smh.com.au
  
  Russian President Vladimir Putin’s seemed to downplay the significance of Sweden and Finland’s bids to join NATO, marking a major shift in rhetoric.
  
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• ‘No longer tenable’: McDonald’s seeks to sell Russian business

  16-05-2022 13:33 via smh.com.au
  
  The fast-food company has been in Russia for more than three decades. Now, it is joining other Western companies in exiting the country in response to the invasion of Ukraine.
  
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• Russia's military losses mount in Ukraine

  16-05-2022 11:16 via smh.com.au
  
  Russia's military losses are mounting in Ukraine with its troops being driven out of the eastern city of Kharkiv.
  
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