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• Hundreds missing after avalanche triggers deadly flash floods in Nepal

  26-08-2026 14:22 via smh.com.au
  
  Hundreds of people are missing and at least eight have been killed after an avalanche of ice and rock triggered massive flash floods that swept through parts of Nepal.
  
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• ‘Like a bomb exploded’: How an enormous chunk of ice likely triggered catastrophe

  27-08-2026 00:31 via smh.com.au
  
  The phenomenon is known as an ice avalanche, which an expert described as plunging more than a kilometre after snapping off a glacier.
  
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• ‘Devastating’: Thirty-four Australians among missing in deadly flash floods in Nepal

  27-08-2026 00:23 via smh.com.au
  
  Prime Minister Anthony Albanese confirmed a number of Australians were in the area and officials were urgently working to confirm their welfare.
  
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• Red Cross video shows flood in full power

  27-08-2026 00:09 via smh.com.au
  
  A video captured by the Nepal Red Cross shows floodwaters at full tilt.
  
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• Nepal hit by deadly flash flooding

  26-08-2026 23:12 via smh.com.au
  
  Write-off: People run for shelter as a mudslide hits China's Gyirong Port on the China-Nepal border
  
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• Nepal floods live updates: Dozens of Australians missing, at least 160 dead as devastating floods hit Rasuwa, Nuwakot regions near Tibet border

  26-08-2026 22:50 via smh.com.au
  
  Hundreds of tourists from across the globe are among those missing after a deadly flash flood hit Nepal and China. Follow our live coverage.
  
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• Nepal floods live updates: Dozens of Australians missing, at least 160 dead as devastating floods hit Rasuwa, Nuwakot regions

  26-08-2026 22:50 via smh.com.au
  
  Hundreds of tourists from across the globe are among those missing after a deadly flash flood hit Nepal and China. Follow our live coverage.
  
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• Meta settles children's harm case

  26-08-2026 22:40 via smh.com.au
  
  Meta has reached a landmark $US18 billion settlement with 29 US states in a case over the mental harm to children.
  
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• Australians missing in Nepal flood disaster

  26-08-2026 22:20 via smh.com.au
  
  Dozens of Australians are missing and nearly 100 people confirmed dead after a suspected earthquake in Nepal triggered flash flooding.
  
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• World honours Dolly Parton

  26-08-2026 22:16 via smh.com.au
  
  The world has found wonderful ways to honour and celebrate country music legend Dolly Parton.
  
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• Nepal floods live updates: At least 160 dead, dozens of Australians among hundreds missing

  26-08-2026 21:15 via smh.com.au
  
  Hundreds of tourists from across the globe are among those missing after a deadly flash flood hit Nepal and China. Follow our live coverage.
  
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• Nepal floods live updates: Dozens of Australians among hundreds missing

  26-08-2026 21:06 via smh.com.au
  
  Hundreds of tourists from across the globe are among those missing after a deadly flash flood hit Nepal and China. Follow our live coverage.
  
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• Thirty-four Australians among hundreds missing in deadly flash floods in Nepal

  26-08-2026 18:12 via smh.com.au
  
  At least 98 people have been confirmed dead in Nepal and China, with fears for hundreds of people missing, including tourists from Australia, India and the UK.
  
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• Meta reaches $24 billion settlement over teen social media addiction

  26-08-2026 15:57 via smh.com.au
  
  The tech giant has agreed to add child safety measures to its Facebook and Instagram platforms in the settlement, ending a landmark trial in the US.
  
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• Prince Harry and Meghan arrive in UK for fresh start

  26-08-2026 15:28 via smh.com.au
  
  The Duke and Duchess of Sussex landed in Birmingham on Wednesday on a flight from California after six years in the United States, days before their two children start school.
  
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• Hundreds missing, at least 8 killed after avalanche triggers deadly flash floods in Nepal

  26-08-2026 12:53 via smh.com.au
  
  Tourists from India, the UK, US and Malaysia are reportedly among those missing.
  
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• Hundreds missing and at least 8 killed after avalanche triggers deadly flash floods in Nepal

  26-08-2026 12:53 via smh.com.au
  
  Hundreds of tourists are among those reportedly missing.
  
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• Australian among hundreds missing after avalanche triggers deadly flash floods in Nepal

  26-08-2026 12:53 via smh.com.au
  
  Eight people have been confirmed dead, with fears for hundreds of people missing, including tourists from Australia, India and the UK.
  
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• Swedes seize Russian tycoon’s island home over security fears

  26-08-2026 11:30 via smh.com.au
  
  The luxury property on a beautiful island near Stockholm has been confiscated because of its proximity to a naval base once likened to a hidden lair from a James Bond film.
  
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• ‘She’s a mythological figure’: America mourns the one person everybody loved

  26-08-2026 09:23 via smh.com.au
  
  From the streets of Nashville to Washington, it’s no understatement to say Dolly Parton was universally beloved among Americans – and in the present climate, that’s a rare thing.
  
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• Dolly Parton remembered as one-of-a-kind icon

  26-08-2026 09:02 via smh.com.au
  
  Dolly Parton is being remembered as one-of-a-kind by a music industry grappling with the enormous hole the country legend leaves behind.
  
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• Country music legend Dolly Parton dies aged 80

  26-08-2026 08:41 via smh.com.au
  
  Dolly Parton died aged 80 “after bravely facing a brief battle with cancer”, her family has announced.
  
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• World in pictures, August 26, 2026

  26-08-2026 07:59 via smh.com.au
  
  The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by The Age picture editors.
  
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• Pete Hegseth is hollowing out the US Army at the worst possible time

  26-08-2026 07:16 via smh.com.au
  
  The US army has not had a chief of staff, the service’s top officer, since April and that’s just one of the many senior positions vacant at a time when the military is busier than ever.
  
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• Judge rejects Ghislaine Maxwell appeal

  25-08-2026 22:14 via smh.com.au
  
  Ghislaine Maxwell's latest bid to overturn her sex trafficking conviction has been rejected.
  
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• Rare tornado hits French village

  25-08-2026 22:03 via smh.com.au
  
  Hundreds of people have been damaged when a tornado struck a French village.
  
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• Measles kills two unvaccinated people as US outbreak approaches 3000

  25-08-2026 21:36 via smh.com.au
  
  The deaths in Pennsylvania are the state’s first from the disease in 35 years. Two weeks ago, Donald Trump claimed the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine could be “quite lethal”.
  
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• Ghislaine Maxwell loses bid to overturn conviction for aiding Epstein

  25-08-2026 15:41 via smh.com.au
  
  A US judge said Maxwell’s bid to set aside her conviction and free her from a 20-year prison sentence on the grounds that there was “substantial new evidence” was “demonstrably meritless”.
  
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• Beijing warns it will not sever ties with Iran after US vows ‘economic D-Day’

  25-08-2026 14:25 via smh.com.au
  
  China threatened to retaliate against the US, after the Trump administration announced a fresh economic campaign to strangle the Iranian regime, which counts Beijing as a major trading partner.
  
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• The White House says this is the Iran endgame. We’ve heard that before

  25-08-2026 07:30 via smh.com.au
  
  The Trump administration’s latest vow to inflict an “economic D-Day” on Iran seems fated, yet again, to come up short against the cold, hard reality of global finance.
  
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