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• Oscar Pistorius stays in prison after his parole is denied

  31-03-2023 20:23 via smh.com.au
  
  Reeva Steenkamp’s parents, Barry and June, are “relieved” with the decision to keep Pistorius in prison.
  
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• US concerned over growing spying threat from Israel

  07-06-2026 05:30 via smh.com.au
  
  Intelligence agencies warn that intensified Israeli efforts to learn about American positions in talks with Iran have crossed a line, complicating efforts to end the war.
  
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• Why one woman has persisted as the world’s most shimmery sex symbol – and it wasn’t her looks

  07-06-2026 04:29 via smh.com.au
  
  Norma Jeane Mortenson is getting the love she always craved. In a world that lacks artists who burn through the screen, Marilyn Monroe remains as seductive as ever.
  
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• Why one smart dumb blonde is the world’s most shimmery sex symbol

  07-06-2026 04:29 via smh.com.au
  
  Norma Jeane Mortenson is getting the love she always craved. In a world that lacks artists who burn through the screen she remains as seductive as ever.
  
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• Why one smart dumb blonde has persisted as the world’s most shimmery sex symbol

  07-06-2026 04:29 via smh.com.au
  
  Norma Jeane Mortenson is getting the love she always craved. In a world that lacks artists who burn through the screen, Marilyn Monroe remains as seductive as ever.
  
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• Why one ‘smart dumb blonde’ has persisted as the world’s most shimmery sex symbol

  07-06-2026 04:29 via smh.com.au
  
  Norma Jeane Mortenson is getting the love she always craved. In a world that lacks artists who burn through the screen, Marilyn Monroe remains as seductive as ever.
  
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• Royals turn out for wedding of King’s nephew, Peter Phillips

  07-06-2026 02:44 via smh.com.au
  
  Senior royals led the well-wishers as Princess Anne’s son married nurse Harriet Sperling at a small country church.
  
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• Hegseth uses D-Day memorial to rail against ‘invasion’ of Europe by migrants

  06-06-2026 21:43 via smh.com.au
  
  The issue of European immigration has been a preoccupation of the Trump administration, with Vice President JD Vance also weighing in on the topic.
  
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• The David v Goliath battle playing out in Australia’s backyard

  06-06-2026 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  A diplomatic stoush between Vanuatu and France over two uninhabitable islands could have global implications.
  
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• Iran, US exchange missile and drone fire, testing fragile ceasefire

  06-06-2026 10:03 via smh.com.au
  
  The fragile truce between the US and Iran has come under further stress in the Gulf, with American forces striking Iranian drones and radar sites, and Iran firing missiles at US bases in the Gulf.
  
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• British PM hits back at Vance over comments on teen’s stabbing death

  06-06-2026 07:41 via smh.com.au
  
  Keir Starmer’s office has condemned social media comments by the US vice president in which Vance blamed immigration for the death of 21-year-old student Henry Nowak.
  
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• The prestigious arts school where Jeffrey Epstein’s shadow still lingers

  06-06-2026 05:30 via smh.com.au
  
  Years before his conviction as a sex offender, Epstein directed hundreds of thousands of dollars to the Michigan campus, and stayed there many times in the 1990s and 2000.
  
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• Putin sees ‘no point’ in Zelensky meeting, tells army to ‘keep working’

  06-06-2026 03:17 via smh.com.au
  
  Ruling out an offer from the Ukrainian leader to meet face to face, Putin said Russia was “calmly and resolutely” reaching its military goals in Ukraine.
  
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• Andrew made money subletting cottages on his rent-free estate, report shows

  06-06-2026 01:18 via smh.com.au
  
  The audit office review was requested by MPs after Mountbatten-Windsor was stripped of his royal titles and evicted from Royal Lodge by the King.
  
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• The mysterious database that provides clues to China’s foreign surveillance

  05-06-2026 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  The discovery of an unsecured Chinese policing dashboard has painted a picture of how authorities track foreign journalists and other people of interest.
  
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• Australian lawyer cops fine, suspended sentence for Hong Kong dine-and-dash spree

  05-06-2026 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  Samuel Monkivitch gained a reputation for running away from bills at Hong Kong’s five-star hotels as well as smaller restaurants.
  
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• Astronauts shelter for air leak repairs on International Space Station

  05-06-2026 18:00 via smh.com.au
  
  NASA ordered five astronauts to safety in their SpaceX-built spacecraft docked to the ISS as a Russian crew attempted to fix a worsening air leak on the Zvezda service module.
  
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• Renewed Israel and Lebanon ceasefire at risk of crumbling

  05-06-2026 10:25 via smh.com.au
  
  A ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon could already be falling apart, with Lebanese militia Hezbollah rejecting the agreement calling the terms "futile" and "humiliating".
  
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• Miracle on Everest: Sherpa believed dead crawls back to base camp

  05-06-2026 07:45 via smh.com.au
  
  The Nepali guide had been missing on the mountain for six days and his family had begun preparing funeral rites. Then base camp workers saw something remarkable.
  
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• Sherpa guide missing for a week on Mount Everest found crawling to base camp

  05-06-2026 04:46 via smh.com.au
  
  Dawa Sherpa was found crawling to base camp on Mount Everest a week after he went missing, and was reunited with his family who had given up hope he would return.
  
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• ‘Young beautiful woman, never smiles’: Trump attacks journalist again amid battle for CNN

  05-06-2026 03:42 via smh.com.au
  
  A former aide to the US president said Trump’s “misogynistic” treatment of Kaitlan Collins stemmed from fear – but there are also political factors at play amid a mega media merger.
  
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• Trump takes aim at CNN journalist

  05-06-2026 03:31 via smh.com.au
  
  The US president singled out Kaitlan Collins in the Oval Office, saying she had "hatred in her eyes".
  
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• Bruised Andrew under fire for secret rent deals

  05-06-2026 01:56 via smh.com.au
  
  It’s been revealed the disgraced former prince, spotted with a large bruise on his cheek, made money from his Windsor estate despite paying a peppercorn rent for two decades.
  
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• Bruised Andrew back in spotlight over secret rent deals

  05-06-2026 01:56 via smh.com.au
  
  It’s been revealed the disgraced former prince, spotted with a large bruise on his cheek, made money from his Windsor estate despite paying a peppercorn rent for two decades.
  
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• Andrew spotted with large, purple bruise covering much of his face

  05-06-2026 01:56 via smh.com.au
  
  A source insisted there had been “no drama”, accident or attack, but would not discuss it further because of medical confidentiality.
  
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• Trump appears to doze off in Oval Office event

  05-06-2026 01:47 via smh.com.au
  
  Donald Trump appears to have dozed off multiple times during an Oval Office event.
  
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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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