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• How an anonymous tipster cracked the US university shooting case

  19-12-2025 07:51 via smh.com.au
  
  Known only as “John”, the source is being hailed by investigators as the key figure who gave law enforcement the details needed to track down the suspected killer.
  
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• Jeffrey Epstein, Donald Trump and the case of the missing photograph

  21-12-2025 06:30 via smh.com.au
  
  The US Justice Department removed at least a dozen photos including one featuring US President Donald Trump a day after releasing them as part of the first tranche of Epstein files.
  
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• ‘Putin wants more’: Amid peace talks, US spies say Russia still aims to reclaim former Soviet bloc

  21-12-2025 04:22 via smh.com.au
  
  Reports from US intelligence present a starkly different picture from  that painted by US President Donald Trump and his Ukraine peace negotiators.
  
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• ‘Putin wants more’: Amid peace talks, US says Russia still aims to reclaim former Soviet bloc

  21-12-2025 04:22 via smh.com.au
  
  Reports present a starkly different picture from  that painted by US President Donald Trump and his Ukraine peace negotiators.
  
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• ‘Piracy’: US seizes oil tanker off Venezuela to enforce Trump’s blockade

  21-12-2025 02:05 via smh.com.au
  
  The seizure of the tanker carrying Venezuelan crude oil comes amid a large US military build-up in the region, which the Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro believes is to force him out.
  
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• Girls as young as 14 recruited for sexual massages, second batch of Epstein files reveals

  21-12-2025 00:01 via smh.com.au
  
  The FBI found additional victims beyond those identified by police by combing through high school yearbooks.
  
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• Andrew took Ghislaine Maxwell to Royal family’s inner sanctum, Epstein files reveal

  20-12-2025 19:30 via smh.com.au
  
  The photo is one of a series of images exposing the unparalleled access to British high society and power that the former prince granted convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
  
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• The British expat tracking Russia’s shadow fleet from his Singapore deck

  20-12-2025 19:00 via smh.com.au
  
  On his lunch break from his sales job, Remy Osman tracks rickety old tankers, often flying false flags, as they carry sanctioned Russian oil through one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes.
  
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• Imran Khan and wife handed 17-year jail terms in corruption case

  20-12-2025 11:28 via smh.com.au
  
  The conviction adds to a series of legal troubles for Pakistan’s former prime minister, who has been in prison since August 2023 serving a 14-year sentence in a separate case.
  
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• Epstein files release as it happened: Celebrities, politicians feature in photos, Congress told of 1200 victims as US Justice Department makes public Jeffrey Epstein files

  20-12-2025 08:25 via smh.com.au
  
  The US Justice Department has released records relating to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, who died by suicide in his jail cell in 2019. Follow along for our live coverage.
  
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• Dramatic day as Democrats and Republicans threaten impeachment over Epstein files

  20-12-2025 08:22 via smh.com.au
  
  The Trump administration is being accused of breaking the law and breaching public trust after it released only part of the so-called Epstein files.
  
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• Trump cannot shake Epstein ‘cover-up’ saga – and today’s release will not help

  20-12-2025 07:07 via smh.com.au
  
  These hedonistic photographs show men behaving badly with little compunction, knowing they could get away with it. The handling of today’s release makes you wonder if times have really changed.
  
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• Trump cannot shake Epstein ‘cover-up’ saga – and Saturday’s release will not help

  20-12-2025 07:07 via smh.com.au
  
  These hedonistic photographs show men behaving badly with little compunction, knowing they could get away with it. The handling of Saturday’s release makes you wonder if times have really changed.
  
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• ‘Going to grab a pickax’: Kennedy family furious after Trump adds name to memorial

  20-12-2025 04:26 via smh.com.au
  
  The new lettering on Washington DC’s “living memorial” to JFK marks the latest effort by the administration and its allies to remake the capital in Trump’s image.
  
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• UN’s grim week: 6 peacekeepers and an interpreter killed, 10 more staffers detained in Yemen

  20-12-2025 02:31 via smh.com.au
  
  The United Nations fears its peacekeepers, interpreters and other staff are increasingly coming under attack.
  
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• Kennedy Centre adds Trump’s name to building one day after board vote

  20-12-2025 00:35 via smh.com.au
  
  The new lettering on the “living memorial” to JFK marks the latest effort by the administration and its allies to remake the capital in Trump’s image.
  
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• ‘Intolerable’: UK police crack down on hate after Bondi massacre

  20-12-2025 00:21 via smh.com.au
  
  Manchester’s top police officer says there are reports some people celebrated the Bondi killings. Meanwhile, a video with false claims highlights the challenge of separating threats from misinformation.
  
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• Hegseth announces effort to ‘eliminate’ Islamic State fighters in Syria after deaths of Americans

  20-12-2025 00:11 via smh.com.au
  
  US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has announced the start of an effort to “eliminate ISIS fighters, infrastructure and weapons sites” in Syria after the deaths of three US citizens.
  
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• Epstein files released LIVE updates: Celebrities, politicians feature in photos, Congress told of 1200 victims as US Justice Department makes public Jeffrey Epstein files

  19-12-2025 23:36 via smh.com.au
  
  The US Justice Department has released records relating to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, who died by suicide in his jail cell in 2019. Follow along for our live coverage.
  
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• Epstein files released LIVE updates: US Justice Department makes records on disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein public

  19-12-2025 20:59 via smh.com.au
  
  The US Justice Department has released records relating to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, who died by suicide in his jail cell in 2019. Follow along for our live coverage.
  
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• Democrats rage as Trump admin says it won’t release all Epstein files today

  19-12-2025 19:30 via smh.com.au
  
  Hundreds of thousands of documents related to the investigation into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein are poised to be made public today, but the full cache will take weeks.
  
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• Knife-wielding attacker kills three in Taipei, dies during police chase

  19-12-2025 16:35 via smh.com.au
  
  The man had let off smoke bombs at Taipei’s main train station, and then ran to a nearby shopping district while attacking people on the way, authorities said.
  
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• French anaesthetist ‘Dr Death’ killed 12 patients to ‘feed his thirst for power’

  19-12-2025 08:30 via smh.com.au
  
  Frederic Pechier worked as an anaesthetist in two clinics when patients went into cardiac arrest in suspicious circumstances between 2008 and 2017.
  
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• Suspect in Brown University shooting and MIT professor’s killing found dead, officials say

  19-12-2025 05:54 via smh.com.au
  
  The suspect’s body was discovered in a New Hampshire storage facility where he had rented a unit.
  
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• ‘We had to go to Plan B’: EU to loan $160 billion to Ukraine for war effort

  19-12-2025 05:51 via smh.com.au
  
  The move sidestepped divisions over an unprecedented plan to finance Kyiv with Russian sovereign cash.
  
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• Suspected Brown University gunman found dead, officials say, as police probe link with MIT killing

  19-12-2025 03:55 via smh.com.au
  
  It is believed the suspect’s body was discovered in a storage unit in Salem, New Hampshire.
  
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• EU to loan $160 billion to cover Ukraine’s military needs for two years

  19-12-2025 03:33 via smh.com.au
  
  Ukraine will only have to repay the loan if Russia pays reparations for its war, while the EU reserved the right to use frozen Russian assets for repayment if Moscow fails to pay.
  
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• Seven dead after jet erupts into giant fireball shortly after takeoff

  19-12-2025 03:27 via smh.com.au
  
  A sporting champion and his wife were among those killed when the jet dramatically crashed.
  
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• Seven dead after jet erupts into giant fireball shortly after take-off

  19-12-2025 03:27 via smh.com.au
  
  A sporting champion and his wife were among those killed when the jet crashed.
  
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• Police ID suspect in Brown University shooting, probe link with MIT killing

  19-12-2025 02:58 via smh.com.au
  
  Officers in SWAT gear and law enforcement vehicles were seen surrounding a storage facility in Salem, New Hampshire on Friday.
  
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