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• SpaceX rocket 'caught' at launchpad

  15-11-2026 01:12 via Sydney Morning Herald - World
  
  SpaceX's Starship landed back on Earth after entering orbit, with mechanical arms grabbing it at the launchpad.
  
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• SpaceX’s Starship breakthrough as it’s captured by launch pad after orbit

  15-11-2026 08:47 via Sydney Morning Herald - World
  
  SpaceX’s Starship made a triumphant return to Earth as it was caught in mid-air by giant mechanical arms in a dramatic first.
  
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• Hungary finds $30 million cash, some buried in forests, in bribery probe

  15-11-2026 04:29 via Sydney Morning Herald - World
  
  It took eight hours to count the cash that was discovered as part of an anti-graft drive led by Hungary’s new government.
  
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• Nvidia’s Huang is not alone. Here are some of the costliest affairs in history

  15-11-2026 03:51 via Sydney Morning Herald - World
  
  Tech kings, actual kings, politicians, sport stars … The list of their famous (and expensive) affairs is long.
  
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• Goodbye, Mr Chips. Why brainiacs and Trump make easy marks

  15-11-2026 03:40 via Sydney Morning Herald - World
  
  Our future is being moulded by stunted tech bros who are immature, awkward and high on their own supply.
  
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• ‘Baby, she’s back!’ SpaceX’s Starship is caught midair in a dramatic first

  15-11-2026 01:41 via Sydney Morning Herald - World
  
  It was the grand finale that Elon Musk and his team hoped for – the first-ever capture of a Starship flying back from space.
  
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• Cash found in Hungary in anti-graft probe

  15-11-2026 00:37 via Sydney Morning Herald - World
  
  Footage from Hungary’s National Asset Recovery and Protection Office
  
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• The safe space for travelling Israelis is narrowing, even in the Land of Smiles

  14-11-2026 23:30 via Sydney Morning Herald - World
  
  On the blissful island of Koh Phangan, tensions are growing between local Thais and an ever-increasing number of Israeli travellers.
  
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• Dozens rescued from water after cruise ship sinks

  14-11-2026 22:22 via Sydney Morning Herald - World
  
  Passengers were seen swimming in the river as their ship sank after being hit bytanker in New Orleans.
  
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• Australian travellers prepare for delays after US groundings

  14-11-2026 21:57 via Sydney Morning Herald - World
  
  Australian travellers are bracing for days of flight delays after planes across the US were grounded for four hours.
  
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• Ukrainian president unveils new plan for peace

  14-11-2026 21:52 via Sydney Morning Herald - World
  
  Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky has revealed a new proposal to give up part of his country’s sovereign territory to reach a new peace deal.
  
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• An old copper wire in the bush: why the US had to shut down its airspace

  14-11-2026 20:18 via Sydney Morning Herald - World
  
  Officials have all but ruled out a cyberattack or the involvement of any artificial intelligence systems, as attention turns to America’s outdated air traffic system that still uses floppy disks.
  
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• How Australian Kate Whiteman took down the biggest sex traffickers since Jeffrey Epstein

  14-11-2026 19:00 via Sydney Morning Herald - World
  
  The Alexander brothers would lure women in with promises of glamour. It would end in a secret dungeon of horrors.
  
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• Behind the riots, Europe wrestles with hard choices

  14-11-2026 19:00 via Sydney Morning Herald - World
  
  The lights are dimming on old assumptions about European prosperity, and political leaders have nothing to offer other than promises.
  
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• Nvidia scandal raises new concerns about scale of Chinese spying

  14-11-2026 09:30 via Sydney Morning Herald - World
  
  China’s espionage efforts are intensifying in its backyard as Beijing continues to expand its military footprint in the South China Sea.
  
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• UK police investigating comedian David Walliams over serious allegations

  14-11-2026 09:03 via Sydney Morning Herald - World
  
  David Walliams is being investigated by British police over reports of alleged serious sexual offences.
  
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• King Charles receives early birthday surprise during market visit

  14-11-2026 09:03 via Sydney Morning Herald - World
  
  The birthday surprises have started early for King Charles, who was surrounded by excited students during a visit to a local market a day before turning 78.
  
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• Microsoft reports progress as outage enters day two

  14-11-2026 08:57 via Sydney Morning Herald - World
  
  Microsoft says there's progress being made as its global outage enters a second day.
  
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• Love? No, just thousands of dispirited, stranded passengers, actually

  14-11-2026 06:31 via Sydney Morning Herald - World
  
  American air travel is rarely glamorous, but when the system works, it is pretty impressive. When it fails, it’s miserable.
  
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• Student pilot’s panic as US flights grounded

  14-11-2026 05:46 via Sydney Morning Herald - World
  
  A student pilot on his first solo flight asked air traffic control what to do after being told to land amid the USA flight shutdown.
  
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• ‘Overloaded’: US flight grounding leaves days of travel chaos in its wake

  14-11-2026 05:39 via Sydney Morning Herald - World
  
  The Trump administration blamed old and “overloaded” technical infrastructure for the failure, and used it to demand the US Congress appropriate $US50 billion for new systems.
  
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• US flight grounding leaves days of travel chaos in its wake

  14-11-2026 05:34 via Sydney Morning Herald - World
  
  The Trump administration blamed old and “overloaded” technical infrastructure for the failure, and used it to demand the US Congress appropriate $US50 billion for new systems.
  
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• US grounds flights amid communications issue

  14-11-2026 05:26 via Sydney Morning Herald - World
  
  The shutdown, which was lifted after more than four hours, caused chaos at airports.
  
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• Here’s what we know about the US flight shutdown – and what it means for travel

  14-11-2026 04:29 via Sydney Morning Herald - World
  
  Flights in the US have been cleared for take-off, but the air traffic control system outage is having knock-on effects in Australia. Here’s what we know.
  
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• Trump to raise nuclear arms cuts with Putin, Xi in rare trilateral meeting

  14-11-2026 03:43 via Sydney Morning Herald - World
  
  Putin, Xi and Trump are expected to meet on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation forum in Shenzhen.
  
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• Trump to have first trilateral meeting with Putin, Xi

  14-11-2026 02:56 via Sydney Morning Herald - World
  
  The discussion would be the first trilateral meeting between the leaders, although all three attended the larger G20 meeting in 2019.
  
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• ‘Extraordinary circumstances’: US lifts nationwide grounding of flights

  14-11-2026 02:40 via Sydney Morning Herald - World
  
  Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said there was no suggestion at this stage that a cyberattack was to blame.
  
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• ‘Extraordinary circumstances’: US cancels nationwide grounding of flights

  14-11-2026 02:40 via Sydney Morning Herald - World
  
  Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said there was no suggestion at this stage that a cyberattack was to blame.
  
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• Student pilot forced into solo landing following US ground stop

  14-11-2026 01:20 via Sydney Morning Herald - World
  
  The student pilot told air traffic controllers ‘I don’t know what to do’ in response to being asked where he wanted to land
  
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• Rescue underway after ships collide in New Orleans

  14-11-2026 01:06 via Sydney Morning Herald - World
  
  A rescue effort is underway after a tanker collided with a cruise ship on the Mississippi River in New Orleans.
  
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