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• FIFA's World Cup privatisation bid

  30-07-2026 22:30 via smh.com.au
  
  FIFA is considering privatising the World Cup, but the plan has met fierce resistance.
  
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• Passenger train derails and 11 people injured after carriages overturn in southern England

  14-08-2026 04:26 via smh.com.au
  
  Passenger train derails and 11 people injured after carriages overturn in southern England
  
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• What China really wants, according to Australia’s former ambassador

  14-08-2026 03:56 via smh.com.au
  
  Former diplomat Graham Fletcher offers a blunt analogy for how Beijing would like its relationship with Australia to pan out given half a chance.
  
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• Concerns grow over conditions aboard US aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln

  14-08-2026 03:51 via smh.com.au
  
  Reports of food shortages and mental health issues during the carrier’s extended Middle East deployment have led to calls from leading Democrats for answers.
  
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• Reform's Nigel Farage political fate on the line

  13-08-2026 22:45 via smh.com.au
  
  Voters in south-east England are deciding the political fate of reform leader Nigel Farage in a snap by-election.
  
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• ‘We just went over’: Passenger train from London derails, flips

  13-08-2026 21:59 via smh.com.au
  
  People were thrown from their seats and dragged along the floor when the train derailed during its journey from Victoria Station, trapping some in carriages.
  
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• Luigi Mangione is tipped to plead guilty to stalking. What does that mean for his murder trial?

  13-08-2026 21:33 via smh.com.au
  
  Lawyers for the 28-year-old, who is accused of killing a healthcare chief executive, scheduled an unplanned court hearing with prosecutors. It could change the entire outcome of his New York murder trial, set to begin next month.
  
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• The salvation of democracy is a joke. Why Binface was absurdly appealing next to Farage

  13-08-2026 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  Nigel Farage called this a contest between the people and the establishment, but what did this mean once he was going head-to-head with a bin?
  
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• ‘We’ve been very clear in private’ what US needs from AUKUS: Pentagon

  13-08-2026 07:49 via smh.com.au
  
  Elbridge Colby, the Pentagon’s policy chief, said the Trump administration had tight, private discussions with the Albanese government about AUKUS, and the Australians “know what is required”.
  
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• Taste testing the Japanese melon at the heart of a political stink

  13-08-2026 07:47 via smh.com.au
  
  The fruit that has Canberra talking, and put the prime minister in the hot seat, sells for about $160 in Australia. Is it worth it?
  
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• The secret supply route Russia is using to sustain the Iran war

  13-08-2026 07:45 via smh.com.au
  
  The so-called “Caspian Express” has become the backbone of Vladimir Putin’s effort to arm Tehran while allowing both countries to circumvent US maritime pressure in the Persian Gulf.
  
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• Trump’s press secretary Karoline Leavitt is leaving. Here are some of her memorable moments

  13-08-2026 04:10 via smh.com.au
  
  Trump’s firebrand press spokesperson built a reputation as a MAGA true believer and one of his strongest defenders.
  
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• Here’s who joined Trump on his secret military plane – and who got left on the ‘risky’ Air Force One

  13-08-2026 04:01 via smh.com.au
  
  When the US president quietly slipped off his jet over a potential Iranian assassination threat, he was shuttled to another plane on a catering truck with some of his most loyal aides – but no Cabinet officials.
  
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• White House’s youngest press secretary steps aside

  13-08-2026 01:44 via smh.com.au
  
  President Donald Trump says Karoline Leavitt, who recently gave birth to her second child, wants to spend more time with her family.
  
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• The solar eclipse is seen across Europe

  13-08-2026 00:23 via smh.com.au
  
  For the first time in 27 years, a solar eclipse can be seen in countries across Europe.
  
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• Spectacular solar eclipse over Europe

  12-08-2026 22:56 via smh.com.au
  
  People across Europe have been treated to a rare solar eclipse.
  
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• ‘Once in a lifetime’: Millions gather in Europe to see first total solar eclipse in decades

  12-08-2026 22:21 via smh.com.au
  
  People crowded cloudless cities and towns to witness the alignment of the sun, moon and Earth briefly plunge parts of the planet into darkness.
  
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• US voters give both parties a reality check on their radical factions

  12-08-2026 21:52 via smh.com.au
  
  The latest midterm election developments suggest Americans are generally savvy enough to reward reasonable candidates and reject those who don’t seem ready for prime time.
  
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• Death toll following Colombian earthquake continues to rise

  12-08-2026 10:43 via smh.com.au
  
  The death toll from Colombia's devastating earthquake has reached more than 250.
  
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• Trump sneaks onto alternate military plane after potential threat

  12-08-2026 09:25 via smh.com.au
  
  It's been revealed US President Donald Trump secretly slipped out of Turkiye on an alternate military plane last month.
  
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• How Iran adapted its attacks as US munitions dwindled

  12-08-2026 07:30 via smh.com.au
  
  The Iranian strikes that killed three American soldiers in Jordan show how quickly Iran’s war-fighting skills have evolved, as the Pentagon runs low on interceptors.
  
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• World in pictures, August 12, 2026

  12-08-2026 06:39 via smh.com.au
  
  The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by The Age picture editors.
  
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• ‘So brutally cruel’: Suspected serial killer gang rattles Thailand

  12-08-2026 06:15 via smh.com.au
  
  The latest grisly story out of Pattaya, where Australian Simon Carman allegedly killed a teenage girl, involves a whole new level of horror.
  
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• 'It’s immediate and sharp': How the electric shock gloves work

  12-08-2026 04:24 via smh.com.au
  
  The manufacturer says the devices function as a normal pair of gloves - until you press a switch to activate their electrical mode.
  
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• Trump defends hiding in catering truck as he claims both planes had ‘equal safety’

  12-08-2026 04:18 via smh.com.au
  
  The US president has said he was only following instructions from the Secret Service when he sneaked off the presidential plane, over concerns of an Iranian attack on Air Force One.
  
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• How Trump slipped away from Air Force One in Turkey

  12-08-2026 03:36 via smh.com.au
  
  The switch involved the US president being secretly moved from one plane to another in a catering truck after a potential Iranian assassination threat.
  
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• ICE agents to get ‘Batman’ gloves that deliver painful electric shocks

  12-08-2026 03:27 via smh.com.au
  
  Civil rights advocates expressed alarm, saying ICE officers already face criticism for their use of force – including several deaths – with little oversight or accountability.
  
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• ‘Stranger things have happened’: Trump coy on calling midterm-elections emergency

  11-08-2026 22:10 via smh.com.au
  
  The president’s cryptic response to the idea of declaring a national security emergency ahead of November’s elections gives oxygen to a call coming from his boosters in the right-wing media.
  
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• Colombia earthquake victims rescued

  11-08-2026 21:57 via smh.com.au
  
  More than 24 hours after a devastating earthquake struck Colombia, survivors are being pulled from rubble.
  
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• Trump’s vaccine order adds more fuel to the anti-vaccine fire

  11-08-2026 11:30 via smh.com.au
  
  The US president’s executive order calling for scaling back the number of vaccinations American children receive may not have any legal power, but it normalises misinformation about vaccines.
  
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