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• Harvey Weinstein sentenced to 15 years

  23-09-2026 21:59 via smh.com.au
  
  Disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein has been sentenced to 15 years in prison over a sexual offence.
  
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• From Bangkok to New York, floods, storms spark emergency declarations

  27-09-2026 05:30 via smh.com.au
  
  Thailand’s capital declared all 50 of its districts disaster zones after nearly 300 millimetres of rain fell over 48 hours. Meanwhile in the US, emergency warnings sounded as powerful storms hit New York and New Jersey.
  
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• As three countries move to quit UK, a Brexit reversal might be its only hope

  27-09-2026 05:30 via smh.com.au
  
  New PM Andy Burnham may well promise a second referendum on EU membership to save Labour seats – and the Union itself.
  
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• Hundreds of thousands in Paris cheer Pope Leo in largest event of French tour

  27-09-2026 01:11 via smh.com.au
  
  Chants of “Leo, Leo” and “Long live the Pope” echoed down the Avenue des Champs-Élysées in Paris as Pope Leo urged Catholics to find happiness in faith, not material things.
  
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• Trump rejects Iran’s Hormuz deal as Houthis target Riyadh

  27-09-2026 00:54 via smh.com.au
  
  US President Donald Trump says Iran wants to make a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz because “they’re losing so badly”.
  
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• Iran insists on diplomatic solution after Trump rejects peace plan

  27-09-2026 00:54 via smh.com.au
  
  Donald Trump said he rejected the plan and argued that desperation drove the Iranians’ push for an agreement on the key waterway.
  
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• ‘Work is getting harder and harder to find’: On the street with China’s gig workers

  26-09-2026 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  Beijing’s largest temporary job market is one way to gauge the economic reality of ordinary people at the bottom of what analysts increasingly refer to as China’s K-shaped economy.
  
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• Australian senators summon OpenAI boss as hack expands beyond Medicare

  26-09-2026 16:02 via smh.com.au
  
  A Senate inquiry into artificial intelligence is demanding answers as OpenAI reveals it has breached dozens more organisations.
  
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• Australian senators invite OpenAI boss as hack expands beyond Medicare

  26-09-2026 16:02 via smh.com.au
  
  A Senate inquiry into artificial intelligence is demanding answers as OpenAI reveals it has breached dozens more organisations.
  
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• OpenAI says its bots broke into other governments’ websites

  26-09-2026 07:28 via smh.com.au
  
  The ChatGPT maker says its AI agents have meddled with websites of other government services and universities – and the list could include prominent US state departments.
  
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• Trump’s media feud takes another turn with CNN left off Air Force One trip

  26-09-2026 05:53 via smh.com.au
  
  The media outlet continues to bear the ire of the US president, with the White House signalling CNN would not join the media pack travelling with Trump on his latest trip.
  
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• OpenAI says its bots have broken into other governments’ websites

  26-09-2026 04:09 via smh.com.au
  
  The ChatGPT maker says its AI agents have meddled with websites of other government services and universities, and the list, according to a New York Times report, includes prominent US government departments.
  
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• OpenAI says its bots have broken into other government websites

  26-09-2026 04:09 via smh.com.au
  
  The ChatGPT maker says its AI agents have meddled with websites of government services and universities, and the list, according to a New York Times report, includes prominent US government departments.
  
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• U2 rock their old school with surprise concert to mark 50 years

  26-09-2026 02:17 via smh.com.au
  
  The iconic rock group followed up theirschool performance with a surprise concert on a Dublin pedestrian mall famous for hosting buskers.
  
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• Trump under fire over tax-payer funded ad

  26-09-2026 01:36 via smh.com.au
  
  Donald Trump is under fire after the White House used taxpayer money to broadcast an ad promoting him.
  
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• The ‘striking’ difference in how Trump and Xi used their invisible summit

  25-09-2026 22:15 via smh.com.au
  
  While the US president focused on pomp and prestige, his Chinese counterpart reinforced Beijing’s geopolitical message. But neither side achieved much by way of substance.
  
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• ‘My job is just to exist’: The Palestinian reporter on surviving Gaza, media fatigue and starting fresh

  25-09-2026 21:30 via smh.com.au
  
  She chronicled 45 days of destruction for millions on social media. Now, Plestia Alaqad questions whether news can still change the world.
  
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• OpenAI boss refuses to answer Medicare hack questions after Trump-Xi dinner

  25-09-2026 07:42 via smh.com.au
  
  Sam Altman remained silent and did not answer four times when asked by this masthead what he would say to Australians about the breach or why it took so long to report.
  
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• ‘Major countries’ US and China must co-operate on the world’s problems: Xi

  25-09-2026 06:50 via smh.com.au
  
  Xi Jinping linked his vision of “the great rejuvenation” of China with Donald Trump’s pitch to “make America great again”.
  
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• ‘Historic responsibility’: Xi urges expanded co-operation alongside ‘healthy’ competition

  25-09-2026 06:50 via smh.com.au
  
  AI must always remain “under human control” and serve people’s wellbeing, China’s leader told Donald Trump.
  
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• ‘Historic responsibility’: Xi urges expanded China-US co-operation alongside ‘healthy’ competition

  25-09-2026 06:50 via smh.com.au
  
  AI must always remain “under human control” and serve people’s wellbeing, China’s leader told Donald Trump.
  
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• Ignored, mocked, harangued – what’s the point of the UN any more?

  25-09-2026 03:36 via smh.com.au
  
  As Guterres prepares to step down from the UN’s top job, his critics call him a placeholder for a dying institution. Why is Australia fighting so hard for a seat at the table?
  
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• Indignant Israeli PM stares down critics but wins few new friends

  25-09-2026 02:55 via smh.com.au
  
  Israel’s leader Benjamin Netanyahu didn’t mince his words and even gave New York’s mayor – Zohran Mamdani – a serve in a defiant speech to the UN General Assembly.
  
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• Trump’s autopen Biden joke gets laughs from China’s President

  24-09-2026 23:53 via smh.com.au
  
  The US President shows his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping the autopen displayed in place of former President Joe Biden's portrait at the White House.
  
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• Britain confronts small boat surge

  24-09-2026 23:46 via smh.com.au
  
  Footage has been captured showing a small boat rescue in the English Channel.
  
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• ‘He has great interest in granite’: Trump shows Xi his new helipad, portrait of autopen

  24-09-2026 23:44 via smh.com.au
  
  The Chinese leader laughed heartily as he toured the Presidential Walk of Fame, a Trump installation at the White House that features a picture of an automatic pen instead of a portrait of Joe Biden.
  
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• Delegates walk out as Netanyahu enters UN General Assembly

  24-09-2026 23:34 via smh.com.au
  
  Dozens of delegates at the United Nations walked out of the hall when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu began his speech to the General Assembly meeting of world leaders.
  
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• Donald Trump hosts China president at White House

  24-09-2026 22:55 via smh.com.au
  
  Donald Trump has welcomed Xi Jinping at the White House before they held high-stakes talks.
  
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• Pakistani air strikes kill four in Afghanistan

  24-09-2026 22:54 via smh.com.au
  
  Pakistani air strikes in Afghanistan have killed at least four people.
  
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• Xi tells Trump AI must remain ‘under human control’ as White House starts lifting press ban

  24-09-2026 18:27 via smh.com.au
  
  Donald Trump’s much anticipated meeting with Xi Jinping began without cameras from the major US television networks as they continued to boycott pooled coverage in solidarity with CNN.
  
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