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• Pilot wrote about suicide in diary before crashing into Beijing skyscraper: authorities

  02-07-2026 13:00 via smh.com.au
  
  Beijing authorities have identified the pilot as a 66-year-old man who suffered anxiety and chronic insomnia.
  
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• Russian attack kills at least 20, injures scores and causes damage across Ukraine capital

  02-07-2026 16:25 via smh.com.au
  
  Russia said the attack – the second-deadliest on Kyiv so far this year – was in retaliation for recent strikes on its civil infrastructure.
  
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• American pilot shot dead by Papua separatists, plane torched

  02-07-2026 15:33 via smh.com.au
  
  The West Papua Liberation Army said the aircraft was targeted because it allegedly entered an area the separatist group considers an operational zone.
  
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• Europe’s summers are changing. The continent isn’t ready

  02-07-2026 11:45 via smh.com.au
  
  Australians have experienced the heat Europeans are starting to discover. Sadly, the lesson is that the best way to survive the heat is to stay well out of it.
  
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• Russian attack kills at least 17, injures scores and causes damage across Ukraine capital

  02-07-2026 11:37 via smh.com.au
  
  Russia said the attack – the second-deadliest on Kyiv so far this year – was in retaliation for recent strikes on its civil infrastructure.
  
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• How gold became the symbol of Donald Trump’s second term

  02-07-2026 07:55 via smh.com.au
  
  The significance of gold to Donald Trump leads beyond the precious metal itself. He acquires it and bathes in its glow at every opportunity, just as he covets territory and imposes tariffs in a way no other American leader has in a century.
  
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• Bear breaks into truck, helps itself to handyman’s lunch

  02-07-2026 07:45 via smh.com.au
  
  A worker’s shock encounter with a bear cub was captured by a garage camera, revealing the moment he discovered the unwelcome stowaway and chased it from the truck.
  
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• Social media video may show missing tourist days before disappearance

  02-07-2026 04:54 via smh.com.au
  
  A new video has shown a woman matching the description of Sally Grace Contarino being filmed by a content creator days before she went missing. There is no suggestion he is connected with her disappearance.
  
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• Extreme heatwave sparks safety concern for Trump’s July 4 festivities

  02-07-2026 03:52 via smh.com.au
  
  With temperatures forecast to reach up to 42 degrees, the US president told an audience he planned to make a long speech, “just to show that I can do anything”.
  
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• 4 charged after 16 children found in 'deplorable' conditions in Ohio home

  02-07-2026 03:36 via smh.com.au
  
  The children are part of the same family, officials said. The four people charged appeared in court Wednesday where a judge entered not guilty pleas on their behalf.
  
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• Ohio 'house of horrors' where sixteen children were living in one room

  02-07-2026 03:12 via smh.com.au
  
  Sixteen children from the same family who were rescued from a dilapidated home in rural Ohio were living in wretched conditions with human waste all around, confined to just one room over much of the past four years.
  
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• ‘Just a disgusting scene’: Sixteen children rescued from house of horrors

  02-07-2026 02:25 via smh.com.au
  
  Ohio authorities were horrified when they found the children – all from the same family, some unable to speak – living in wretched conditions, largely confined to one room in a dilapidated home.
  
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• ‘Almost feral animals’: Sixteen children rescued from house of horrors

  02-07-2026 02:25 via smh.com.au
  
  Ohio authorities were horrified when they found the children – all from the same family, some unable to speak – living in wretched conditions, largely confined to one room in a dilapidated home.
  
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• Two arrested after climbing to the top of Empire State Building

  02-07-2026 00:30 via smh.com.au
  
  Two Russian daredevils have been arrested after climbing to the top of the Empire State Building in New York City.
  
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• Donald Trump leads tributes to Village People frontman

  01-07-2026 22:24 via smh.com.au
  
  Village People frontman Victor Willis has died after a short illness.
  
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• Eurovision, eh? Canada joins Australia in European song contest

  01-07-2026 22:16 via smh.com.au
  
  The Commonwealth nation becomes the first new entrant to the famous song contest since Australia joined in 2015.
  
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• Daredevils climb antenna at top of Empire State Building, get engaged

  01-07-2026 21:37 via smh.com.au
  
  The two people, who unmasked themselves as Russian “roof-toppers” popular on social media, unfurled a pro-peace banner before they were detained by New York police.
  
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• Australian suspect ‘likely’ to face death sentence over Thai killing if convicted

  01-07-2026 10:26 via smh.com.au
  
  Aggravating factors in the death of 17-year-old Thanchanok Donhomla mean prosecutors will probably ask for execution in the trial of Australian man Simon Carman.
  
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• I went to Trump’s Great American State Fair. Here’s what I discovered

  01-07-2026 08:54 via smh.com.au
  
  The president’s unapologetic temple to American greatness and “freedom” has been ridiculed for attracting small crowds. But is it really that bad?
  
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• New images show room where Australian man allegedly murdered Thai teen

  01-07-2026 08:49 via smh.com.au
  
  New photos have emerged inside the Thailand room of accused teen killer Simon Peter Carman.
  
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• Trump has revealed how much money he made last year, and it’s unprecedented

  01-07-2026 07:58 via smh.com.au
  
  The US president raked in billions, including revenue from crypto ventures, in an unheard-of moneymaking flex by a sitting US president.
  
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• Inside alleged killer’s squalid Thai apartment

  01-07-2026 05:40 via smh.com.au
  
  Piles of clothes and empty bottles crowd the cramped unit where Simon Peter Carman allegedly killed a teenage girl.
  
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• Starmer’s parting gift lays a trap for Burnham and sets up a showdown with Trump

  01-07-2026 03:39 via smh.com.au
  
  On his way out the door, the British prime minister unveiled the UK’s long-awaited defence spending plan, but the grand vision falls short of the US president’s demands on NATO allies.
  
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• US-Iran talks wobble as senior clerics call for assassination of ‘criminal’ Trump

  01-07-2026 00:56 via smh.com.au
  
  Iran officials said they would not meet with top US envoys who flew to Qatar for “high level” talks, clouding the prospects for a lasting peace.
  
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• Supreme Court strikes down Trump’s attempt to end birthright citizenship

  30-06-2026 16:50 via smh.com.au
  
  But in a major win for the Trump administration, the court allowed states to bar transgender athletes from women’s and girls’ sports.
  
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• Six killed in mass shooting at German family welfare clinic

  30-06-2026 12:17 via smh.com.au
  
  Six people have been killed in a mass shooting at a shelter for mothers and children in northern Germany.
  
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• Family reclaims body of Thai girl found dead in suitcase

  30-06-2026 10:47 via smh.com.au
  
  The family of the 17-year-old Thanchanok Donhomla have taken her body home to the nation’s north-east, and have called again for her alleged killer, Australian Simon Peter Carman, to face a death sentence.
  
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• He’s gay, Jewish, pro-Palestine and pro-trans. Left-wing activists keep abusing him

  30-06-2026 08:02 via smh.com.au
  
  Antisemitism on the hard left is under the spotlight in the US after chilling videos showed California Democrat Scott Wiener being repeatedly harassed – despite his agreeing that Israel had committed genocide.
  
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• Australian murder suspect shopped, did laundry while girl’s body lay in suitcase, say police

  30-06-2026 06:20 via smh.com.au
  
  A network of CCTV cameras captured the 45-year-old’s seemingly casual comings and goings that led to his arrest at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport.
  
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• Scott Wiener abused by activists

  30-06-2026 06:06 via smh.com.au
  
  Social media footage shows pro-Palestine activists abusing the California Democrat at a sports bar and in a public park.
  
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