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• Gwyneth Paltrow not at fault for ski collision, jury decides

  31-03-2023 00:58 via smh.com.au
  
  Paltrow, an actor turned celebrity wellness entrepreneur, looked to her lawyers with a pursed lip smile when the judge read the verdict.
  
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• From sinister to prime minister? The surprise candidate putting his hand up to lead Thailand

  24-12-2025 03:30 via smh.com.au
  
  In this post-truth, Trumpian world, seemingly nothing can stop a political career. Certainly not a few years in a Sydney jail back in the 1990s for helping smuggle heroin.
  
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• Trump reacts to photos made public from the Epstein files

  24-12-2025 02:48 via smh.com.au
  
  President Donald Trump bemoaned the potential reputational damage inflicted on people who appear in photos released as part of the Jeffrey Epstein files.
  
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• Terrorists plotted to kill Jews in ‘deadliest attack in UK history’

  23-12-2025 23:58 via smh.com.au
  
  Two men have been found guilty over a foiled Islamic State-inspired attack in which they planned to use automatic weapons to kill hundreds of people.
  
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• Father-of-three faces court over drugging, sexually assaulting ex-wife with five other men

  23-12-2025 21:43 via smh.com.au
  
  Philip Young, a former UK Conservative councillor, has also allegedly had 230 indecent images of children – most deemed in the worst category – and other prohibited images related to “rape, animals, death and gore”.
  
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• New rape, sexual assault charges against Russell Brand

  23-12-2025 20:20 via smh.com.au
  
  The new charges against the comedian and actor – who is already facing similar charges involving four women – relate to two other women.
  
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• Bombshell Epstein files: ‘A’ from Balmoral asked for ‘inappropriate friends’

  23-12-2025 19:45 via smh.com.au
  
  The latest release also shows Jeffrey Epstein’s accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell corresponding with someone calling himself The Invisible Man about procuring women for “two-legged sightseeing” in Peru.
  
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• ‘No one lives there’: How remote village became entangled in Bondi terror

  23-12-2025 09:37 via smh.com.au
  
  Until a local police officer knocked on his door last week, the village chief in Dungoan wasn’t even aware of the horror that had unfolded in Sydney on December 14.
  
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• ‘No one lives there’: How a remote village became entangled in Bondi terror

  23-12-2025 09:37 via smh.com.au
  
  Until a police officer knocked on his door last week, the village chief in Dungoan wasn’t even aware of the horror that had unfolded in Sydney on December 14.
  
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• Private yachts and $20,000 hotels: Online posts reveal exiled dictator’s life of luxury

  23-12-2025 07:03 via smh.com.au
  
  From the moment they fled their Damascus palace via private jets and convoys of cars, the Assad family has maintained an opulent lifestyle.
  
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• Boiling live crabs, lobsters to be banned in UK animal rights crackdown

  23-12-2025 05:45 via smh.com.au
  
  The move comes after laws in 2022 recognised that crabs, lobsters, crayfish and squid were sentient and could feel pain.
  
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• Trump breaks silence on Epstein files – to defend Bill Clinton

  23-12-2025 02:50 via smh.com.au
  
  The US president lamented that the Epstein saga was intended to distract from his administration’s achievements, including an announcement about a new warship – named after Trump.
  
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• ‘We have to have it’: Trump enrages Denmark with Greenland envoy surprise

  23-12-2025 01:51 via smh.com.au
  
  Reiterating his desire to possess Greenland, the US president said: “They say that Denmark was there 300 years ago or something, with a boat. Well, we were there with boats too, I’m sure. So we’ll have to work it all out.”
  
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• ‘An absolute crater’: Moment giant hole swallows boat as canal collapses

  23-12-2025 01:45 via smh.com.au
  
  Authorities said it was a miracle no one was hurt or killed in the incident, which saw boat owners leaping for their lives in the middle of the night.
  
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• JD Vance launches foul-mouthed rant against his wife’s critics

  23-12-2025 01:41 via smh.com.au
  
  The second lady was subjected to a torrent of racist abuse from far-right podcaster Nick Fuentes.
  
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• House boats swallowed in canal collapse

  23-12-2025 01:30 via smh.com.au
  
  Residents of the boats had to be rescued after a canal embankment collapsed in Shropshire, United Kingdom.
  
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• Trump unveils new warship – named after himself

  23-12-2025 00:02 via smh.com.au
  
  An artist’s rendering of the new “Trump-class” warship shows a sleek-looking vessel, cutting through choppy waters with a laser beam shooting from its deck and smoke billowing from a target in the background.
  
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• Husband and other men repeatedly drugged, raped woman over 13 years, prosecutors say

  22-12-2025 20:45 via smh.com.au
  
  A British man has been charged over a string of sex crimes against a woman – now his ex-wife – between 2010 and 2023. Five other men have also been charged with sexual offences against her.
  
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• Car bomb kills another Russian general in Moscow

  22-12-2025 19:58 via smh.com.au
  
  Images shared by investigators showed a white car in parking lot with heavy damage, the driver’s seat stained in blood. Moscow has blamed this and a series of other apparent assassinations on Ukraine.
  
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• Myanmar’s elections will be neither free nor fair. But could they rattle the deadly status quo?

  22-12-2025 19:00 via smh.com.au
  
  Min Aung Hlaing is desperate for his regime to be seen as legitimate, and he believes elections starting on December 28 are a means to that end.
  
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• Bondi gunman’s phone may have pinged in area with a history of extremism: source

  22-12-2025 07:48 via smh.com.au
  
  Until now, there had been no suggestion of them travelling any further than Davao City in the Philippines.
  
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• Bondi gunman’s phone pinged in area with a history of extremism: source

  22-12-2025 07:31 via smh.com.au
  
  Until now, there had been no suggestion of them travelling any further than Davao City in the Philippines.
  
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• Rapper Nicki Minaj mortified by own gaffe during talk with Charlie Kirk’s widow

  22-12-2025 06:46 via smh.com.au
  
  The singer went silent for a few seconds at a conservative conference as the audience laughed over the awkward moment. Erika Kirk quickly consoled her.
  
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• Pilot declared ‘Mayday’ after flying through Musk rocket explosion

  22-12-2025 04:49 via smh.com.au
  
  The explosion of a SpaceX rocket earlier this year put multiple passenger planes and hundreds of people in danger, new documents reveal.
  
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• Rapper Nicki Minaj praises Trump in surprise conference appearance

  22-12-2025 03:38 via smh.com.au
  
  Rapper Nicki Minaj appeared as a special guest at the AmericaFest conference, where she spoke about the Trump administration.
  
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• Israel approves 19 new Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank

  22-12-2025 02:20 via smh.com.au
  
  The approval follows increased settler violence and lifts the number of settlements by nearly 50 per cent during the current far-right government’s tenure.
  
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• Nicki Minaj mortified by own gaffe during talk with Charlie Kirk’s widow

  22-12-2025 01:52 via smh.com.au
  
  Minaj went silent for a few seconds as the audience laughed over the awkward moment. Erika Kirk quickly consoled her.
  
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• Charlie Kirk’s widow comes to Nicki Minaj’s rescue after ‘assassin’ gaffe

  22-12-2025 01:52 via smh.com.au
  
  Minaj went silent for a few seconds as the audience laughed over the awkward moment. Erika Kirk quickly consoled her.
  
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• A neighbourhood in India fears being blamed for a distant atrocity

  22-12-2025 01:45 via smh.com.au
  
  Hyderabad has come under scrutiny after one of its own was named in connection with the Bondi shooting.
  
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• Nicki Minaj calls JD Vance an 'assassin' in gaffe at Turning Point conference

  22-12-2025 01:23 via smh.com.au
  
  The performer was on stage with Charlie Kirk's widow when she was left mortified by her choice of words.
  
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