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• Not a solo performance, but a symphony: What China’s leader thinks about AI

  17-07-2026 11:30 via smh.com.au
  
  Xi Jinping has urged countries to seize the “rare, historic opportunity” of open-source AI and warned against new “historical injustices” from unequal access.
  
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• US launches major strikes against Iran for first time since late July

  01-09-2026 18:55 via smh.com.au
  
  Iranian state media reported explosions near the port city of Bandar Abbas, and other locations.
  
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• Perth family's desperate plea for missing 30-year-old

  01-09-2026 13:56 via smh.com.au
  
  Luke Costanzo's family issues desperate plea to help find the missing Perth man in Nepal's disaster zone.
  
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• ‘Legend’ former ADF combat medic killed while volunteering in Ukraine

  01-09-2026 12:10 via smh.com.au
  
  The soldier, known by his call sign “Mozzie” in Ukraine, was killed in action last Wednesday, according to his former Australian Army colleague, federal Liberal MP Phillip Thompson.
  
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• Former ADF combat medic killed while volunteering in Ukraine

  01-09-2026 12:10 via smh.com.au
  
  The soldier, known by his call-sign “Mozzie” in Ukraine, was killed in action last Wednesday, according to his former Australian Army colleague, federal Liberal MP Phillip Thompson.
  
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• Second missing Australian found following Nepal-Tibet flash floods

  01-09-2026 10:40 via smh.com.au
  
  A second missing Australian has been found safe in Tibet, after almost a week unaccounted for.
  
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• Norwegian queen’s disgraced son freed from house arrest to attend late king’s funeral

  01-09-2026 09:32 via smh.com.au
  
  Marius Borg Høiby was found guilty of rape in June and is serving his sentence under house arrest with an ankle tag while awaiting a new trial.
  
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• Defense attorney comments as Lindsay Clancy jury ends third day of deliberations without verdict

  01-09-2026 09:05 via smh.com.au
  
  Lindsay Clancy's defense attorney discusses the ramifications of the case after the jury ended a third day of deliberations without reaching a verdict.
  
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• Second Australian found after Nepal disaster, ‘grave concerns’ for 42 still missing as death toll passes 1000

  01-09-2026 08:12 via smh.com.au
  
  DFAT officials contacted the person, whom the government has not identified, on Tuesday to offer consular assistance and put them in touch with family members.
  
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• Second Australian found after Nepal disaster, ‘grave concerns’ for 42 still missing

  01-09-2026 08:12 via smh.com.au
  
  DFAT officials contacted the person, whom the government has not identified, on Tuesday to offer consular assistance and put them in touch with family members.
  
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• US Army’s top civilian leader resigns as it grapples with two wars

  01-09-2026 07:46 via smh.com.au
  
  Dan Driscoll has handed in his notice with no replacement lined up and the armed forces under pressure from the wars in the Middle East and Ukraine.
  
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• Norway’s rapist prince freed from house arrest to attend late king’s funeral

  01-09-2026 07:45 via smh.com.au
  
  Marius Borg Høiby was found guilty of rape in June and is serving his sentence under house arrest with an ankle tag while awaiting a new trial.
  
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• Race to free hundreds feared trapped in Nepal’s hydropower tunnels as flood deaths surpass 950

  01-09-2026 03:54 via smh.com.au
  
  At least 900 workers are still reportedly unaccounted for from 12 hydropower projects destroyed or damaged by last week’s flash floods.
  
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• NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks after stabbing attack

  01-09-2026 02:59 via smh.com.au
  
  New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani addressed the media after a stabbing attack in Times Square.
  
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• ‘My heart is aching’: Wall of the missing lays bare desperate race to find Nepal victims

  01-09-2026 00:56 via smh.com.au
  
  Every day, visitors post pictures of their loved ones outside a hospital in Kathmandu, hoping someone will recognise the face and say they are alive.
  
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• Trump rebukes reporter over nuclear weapons

  01-09-2026 00:54 via smh.com.au
  
  Donald Trump has scolded a reporter in the White House when she asked him if he considered using a nuclear weapon against Iran.
  
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• Reports former ADF soldier died in Ukraine

  31-08-2026 22:49 via smh.com.au
  
  Australian officials are investigating reports a former ADF soldier has died while fighting for Ukraine.
  
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• Donald Trump threatens more strikes on Iran

  31-08-2026 22:48 via smh.com.au
  
  US President Donald Trump has vowed to hit Iran hard after American forces were targeted in the Middle East.
  
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• ‘Hoaxes’: Migrant border rush sparked by Israeli, Russian misinformation, Spanish leaders says

  31-08-2026 21:53 via smh.com.au
  
  In response, Israel’s foreign minister accused Pedro Sanchez of “lying shamelessly” to distract attention from his own failures in government.
  
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• ‘Hoaxes’: Migrant border rush sparked by Israeli, Russian misinformation, Spanish leader says

  31-08-2026 21:53 via smh.com.au
  
  In response, Israel’s foreign minister accused Pedro Sanchez of “lying shamelessly” to distract attention from his own failures in government.
  
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• NSW hiker first Australian declared dead in Nepal flood disaster

  31-08-2026 11:54 via smh.com.au
  
  Michael Keats, from the NSW South Coast, was described by his partner, Emily Boyd, as “an incredibly important part” of her family.
  
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• NSW hiker first Australian declared dead in devastating Nepal flood disaster

  31-08-2026 11:54 via smh.com.au
  
  Michael Keats, from the NSW South Coast, was described by his partner, Emily Boyd, as “an incredibly important part” of her family.
  
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• Race to rescue 900 trapped workers as floodwaters recede in Nepal

  31-08-2026 10:47 via smh.com.au
  
  Communities across flood-ravaged Nepal have suffered immense devastation, while crews work to find 900 workers still missing.
  
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• Five Australians were having breakfast at a Nepalese hotel. Then came a wall of water

  31-08-2026 10:04 via smh.com.au
  
  Footage of the township hours after the flash flooding shows brown sludge blanketing the riverbank where several buildings once stood.
  
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• Maduro flashes peace sign in prison picture

  31-08-2026 08:54 via smh.com.au
  
  The ousted Venezuelan president, 63, and his wife, Cilia Flores, have been detained in the US for seven months after US forces captured them in a raid in Caracas in January.
  
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• ‘Survived by just 10 seconds’: How teacher’s quick decision saved 900 children

  31-08-2026 08:33 via smh.com.au
  
  As they evacuated to higher ground, Rajendra Dawadi said he saw a building about 100 metres from the river being engulfed.
  
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• Prince Harry gave security committee only a fortnight’s warning over return home

  31-08-2026 07:49 via smh.com.au
  
  When the Sussexes landed at Birmingham Airport last week, they were met by private security rather than a visible publicly funded police convoy.
  
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• Can great music survive in the age of tech? Ireland has the answer

  31-08-2026 07:44 via smh.com.au
  
  While the digital age has presented plenty of challenges to live music, in Dublin’s downtown pubs it is helping keep traditions alive.
  
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• We saw the floods in Nepal. But will we ever know what happened in Tibet?

  31-08-2026 07:30 via smh.com.au
  
  We cannot properly understand the climate crisis in Asia when an important part of it remains behind a mountain of political censorship and control.
  
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• Helicopter footage captures scale of destruction in Nepali town

  31-08-2026 05:05 via smh.com.au
  
  At least five Australians were staying in a Nepali hotel near the Tibetan border when it was flattened by catastrophic floods.
  
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