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• Jeffrey Epstein’s sperm may have survived him

  02-06-2026 07:30 via smh.com.au
  
  Emails and records in the Justice Department files indicate that Epstein had been banking his sperm for several years and did not want it to be discarded if he died.
  
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• How do you remember a massacre that’s been scrubbed from the history books? Very carefully

  05-06-2026 00:37 via smh.com.au
  
  More than 100,000 people used to cram into a Hong Kong park to remember the Tiananmen massacre. This year, some found a defiant way to continue their vigil.
  
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• Hezbollah rejects Israel-Lebanon ceasefire

  04-06-2026 23:06 via smh.com.au
  
  Fresh fighting has erupted in Lebanon despite the peace deal with Israel.
  
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• Sri Lankan nursery home fire leaves 12 dead

  04-06-2026 23:05 via smh.com.au
  
  A fire at an unregistered nursery home in Sri Lanka has killed 12 residents.
  
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• ‘Sanctimonious’ stars or guardians of journalism? 60 Minutes’ implosion tightens Trump’s media grip

  04-06-2026 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  When new executive producer Nick Bilton gathered staff to discuss his plans for the show, what was meant to be a polite meet-and-greet soon turned to disaster.
  
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• American and Iran ceasefire being tested

  04-06-2026 11:32 via smh.com.au
  
  America's ceasefire with Iran is being tested, with hostilities hitting Kuwait.
  
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• ‘I am tired of amateur hour’: Republicans begin to test the limits of Trump’s power

  04-06-2026 11:30 via smh.com.au
  
  The US president’s style of governing – unilateral, and often impatient – has collided with restive Republicans who seem to be exacting some political vengeance of their own.
  
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• Outrage as bodycam footage reveals UK police handcuffed dying student

  04-06-2026 07:45 via smh.com.au
  
  Bodycam footage of police arresting Henry Nowak before his death has sparked outrage in the UK, leading to violent protests. Senior reporter Maddison Skipper breaks down the circumstances surrounding the death of the 18-year-old student after he was stabbed by Vickrum Digwa in Southampton, and discusses the political tension that has followed.
  
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• AUKUS spats show the US that Australia still has some explaining to do

  04-06-2026 07:30 via smh.com.au
  
  The media frenzy over Australia getting “second-hand submarines” from the US shows successive governments haven’t done enough to sell the deal.
  
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• Henry Nowak riots the beginning of wider UK unrest, warns Farage

  04-06-2026 03:30 via smh.com.au
  
  The “division will get worse” if young white men felt police were prejudiced against them, the Reform leader said, adding: “This has to end”.
  
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• Chinese spies infiltrate LinkedIn with fake profiles and job offers, Five Eyes allies warn

  03-06-2026 23:11 via smh.com.au
  
  Australia and its intelligence partners issued what they said was an unprecedented joint notice about the threat of attempts by Beijing to use networking sites and online job platforms to recruit assets.
  
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• Kuwait says Iranian drones hit airport, killing one, as ceasefire is tested again

  03-06-2026 22:24 via smh.com.au
  
  Gulf hostilities flared again with diplomacy to halt the war showing little sign of progress.
  
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• Iran launches deadly attack in Kuwait

  03-06-2026 22:12 via smh.com.au
  
  At least one person has been killed and 60 injured in an Iranian attack on Kuwait.
  
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• Signs US and Iran ceasefire is rapidly deteriorating

  03-06-2026 12:05 via smh.com.au
  
  Signs are showing that the US and Iran ceasefire is rapidly deteriorating after the US knocked out an oil tanker attempting to breach their blockade.
  
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• US and Iran ceasefire falling apart

  03-06-2026 10:41 via smh.com.au
  
  Signs are showing that the US and Iran ceasefire is rapidly deteriorating after the US knocked out an oil tanker attempting to breach their blockade.
  
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• US, Iran hostilities escalate as diplomacy takes a back seat

  03-06-2026 10:26 via smh.com.au
  
  US allies in the Gulf – Kuwait and Bahrain – have come under Iranian missile attacks while the US military has hit targets at Qeshm Island near the Strait of Hormuz.
  
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• Stabbing victim told police "I can't breathe", bodycam footage reveals

  03-06-2026 08:35 via smh.com.au
  
  Bodycam footage released by UK police shows 18-year-old Henry Nowak telling police "I can't breathe" as they arrested him, with the university student later dying after being stabbed.
  
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• ‘Up to no good’: Mystery as people filmed popping in and out of NY manholes

  03-06-2026 07:58 via smh.com.au
  
  Mole people? Mario brothers? Ninja turtles? Bizarre sightings of people entering and leaving the city’s vast sewer system has left residents wondering what’s going on and sparked a police probe.
  
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• This ‘absurd’ Trump plan was a step too far – even for his party

  03-06-2026 07:30 via smh.com.au
  
  The US president has so far enjoyed plenty of support from a congress controlled by Republicans, but their patience is starting to wear thin ahead of tight midterm elections.
  
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• Groups entering the New York sewer systems

  03-06-2026 07:07 via smh.com.au
  
  Groups of people going into and coming out of the New York sewers have been caught on CCTV.
  
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• Putin’s ‘Davos’ haunted by war and stagnation despite swank of influencers

  03-06-2026 03:58 via smh.com.au
  
  An assortment of internet celebrities and Trump allies are expected in Russia as Putin attempts to put a gloss on his country’s stalled growth and military setbacks in Ukraine.
  
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• US and Iran trade missile strikes

  03-06-2026 03:55 via smh.com.au
  
  Fresh military strikes have erupted between the US and Iran in the Middle East.
  
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• Trump dumps $2.5b ‘slush fund for MAGA allies’ after Republican backlash

  03-06-2026 02:47 via smh.com.au
  
  It’s a significant backdown from the US president, who said he “gave up a lot of money” to allow the so-called Anti-Weaponisation Fund to go ahead.
  
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• Australian racing driver in court accused of raping Michael Schumacher’s nurse

  03-06-2026 02:43 via smh.com.au
  
  Joey Mawson, 30, is accused of raping the nurse while he was staying at a villa near Geneva owned by the former F1 champion.
  
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• ‘I can’t breathe’: Stabbed teen died while handcuffed by police, sparking outrage in UK

  02-06-2026 23:50 via smh.com.au
  
  Police bodycam footage shows Henry Nowak lying on the street saying “I’ve been stabbed”, while an officer responds: “I don’t think you have, mate.”
  
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• UK police face backlash after dying student was handcuffed

  02-06-2026 23:49 via smh.com.au
  
  Bodycam footage shows Henry Nowak pleading "I've been stabbed" and an officer replying "I don't think you have mate". Some audio has been removed due to its distressing content.
  
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• Bear chases man in Japan carpark

  02-06-2026 22:05 via smh.com.au
  
  Four people have been injured when they were chased by a bear in a Japanese city.
  
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• FBI probes missing scientists mystery as nuclear lab worker found dead

  02-06-2026 11:51 via smh.com.au
  
  The disappearance of nuclear lab worker Melissa Casias had been linked to a string of missing person cases involving US scientists, which have fuelled internet conspiracy theories.
  
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• Explosive documents linked to UK PM and former ambassador released

  02-06-2026 10:41 via smh.com.au
  
  A fresh batch of explosive documents linked to British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s controversial appointment of Peter Mandelson as ambassador to the US have been released.
  
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• US politics has gone insane. Why the worst ideas of the 20th century are back to haunt us

  02-06-2026 10:37 via smh.com.au
  
  It is no coincidence that authoritarianism is once again appealing to people. Liberal democracies are struggling and entire generations have no living memory of what the alternatives bring.
  
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