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• Irish gang boss extradited

  10-08-2026 01:42 via smh.com.au
  
  The alleged leader of an Irish organized crime gang was extradited to Ireland from Dubai on Sunday to face allegations that he ran an international drug smuggling and money laundering empire with tentacles that stretched to Britain, Spain and the U.S.
  
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• Death toll rises in Indonesia after powerful earthquake

  15-08-2026 08:11 via smh.com.au
  
  At least five people have died when a magnitude 7.7 struck off the coast of Indonesia early on Saturday. A tsunami warning has now been lifted.
  
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• Five dead in Indonesia as powerful earthquake strikes

  15-08-2026 07:33 via smh.com.au
  
  At least five people have died when a magnitude 7.7 struck off the coast of Indonesia early on Saturday. A tsunami warning has now been lifted.
  
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• A hurricane could hit Hawaii’s Big Island for the first time in 155 years

  15-08-2026 05:57 via smh.com.au
  
  A hurricane warning was issued for Big Island, and a tropical storm warning was in effect for Maui County. Residents across Hawaii are bracing for strong winds and intense rain.
  
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• The beautiful new bridge that became a symbol of the US-Canada divide

  15-08-2026 05:45 via smh.com.au
  
  It was named for a beloved figure who united North Americans on the hockey rink. But the Gordie Howe International Bridge has opened amid sour relations between the two neighbours.
  
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• 7.7-magnitude quake strikes Indonesia

  15-08-2026 05:10 via smh.com.au
  
  A powerful earthquake with several aftershocks struck has hit Indonesia, damaging buildings and triggering a tsunami warning.
  
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• Moment billy goats board a bus in Portland

  15-08-2026 04:30 via smh.com.au
  
  CCTV shows two Billy goats attempting to catch a TriMet bus in Southeast Portland.
  
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• Massive 7.7 magnitude earthquake rocks Indonesia

  15-08-2026 02:40 via smh.com.au
  
  A 7.7 magnitude tremor has been recorded off the coast of Indonesia, with several aftershocks recorded.
  
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• Tsunami warning for Indonesia as powerful earthquake strikes

  15-08-2026 02:37 via smh.com.au
  
  A powerful earthquake struck off the coast of Indonesia early on Saturday, triggering an early tsunami warning by the country’s geophysics agency.
  
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• Trump says he will make Strait of Hormuz as US territory

  15-08-2026 00:00 via smh.com.au
  
  Donald Trump said he will make the Strait of Hormuz a territory of the United States.
  
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• Disposable barbecues temporarily banned in the UK

  14-08-2026 23:40 via smh.com.au
  
  Disposable barbecues are temporarily banned in parts of the UK, where wildfires have destroyed homes and threatened lives.
  
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• Luigi Mangione admits to killing healthcare executive in New York

  14-08-2026 23:30 via smh.com.au
  
  Luigi Mangione has admitted he did shoot a healthcare executive in Manhattan in 2024.
  
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• Former Cambridge professor Jason Arday, who resigned amid plagiarism row, found dead

  14-08-2026 23:19 via smh.com.au
  
  Jason Arday had resigned from Cambridge University earlier this month following the plagiarism accusations, which had rocked the world of academia.
  
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• ‘Swung wildly’: Second UK train derails in as many days amid heatwave

  14-08-2026 20:37 via smh.com.au
  
  A passenger train has derailed near London, the second derailment in two days after two people were seriously injured when another train came off the tracks on Thursday.
  
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• Luigi Mangione pleads guilty in federal case, admits killing insurance CEO

  14-08-2026 18:23 via smh.com.au
  
  Mangione told the court: “I shot Mr. Thompson in Manhattan and he died”.
  
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• Luigi Mangione admits killing insurance CEO, asks to void state murder trial

  14-08-2026 18:23 via smh.com.au
  
  “I shot Mr Thompson in Manhattan, and he died,” Mangione told the court as he pleaded guilty to federal charges of stalking resulting in death. He is now seeking to dismiss a state murder trial.
  
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• Farage byelection win a hollow victory

  14-08-2026 11:30 via smh.com.au
  
  The UK Reform leader Nigel Farage went to the people who voted for him last time, and faced with voting for a man dressed as a rubbish bin, they stayed true.
  
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• Farage began a political farce. Binface missed his chance

  14-08-2026 07:37 via smh.com.au
  
  The Reform leader’s byelection win over the celebrated “man wearing a bin on his head” means little politically, and it wasn’t exactly comedy gold in the end either.
  
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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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