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• Trump dances to Village People at World Cup draw

  06-12-2025 05:39 via smh.com.au
  
  President Donald Trump showed off his signature dance moves as FIFA capped off its draw for the 2026 World Cup on Friday.
  
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• How a manosphere star accused of rape and trafficking was freed

  11-12-2025 09:51 via smh.com.au
  
  Facing serious charges, Andrew Tate was barred from leaving Romania. Then weeks after Donald Trump took office, an extraordinary order came down from the highest levels of the Romanian government.
  
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• Supercars towed from Mayfair after wealthy owners ‘ignore fines’

  11-12-2025 08:14 via smh.com.au
  
  A Saudi-registered blue Rolls-Royce worth nearly $501,000 was one of the cars removed in a council crackdown outside a London hotel that charges from $2800 a night.
  
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• Could Trump’s Caribbean boat strikes be what finally splinters the MAGA movement?

  11-12-2025 07:19 via smh.com.au
  
  The captain’s pick for the role of defence secretary is facing allegations he’s presided over a military mission that may have been marked by war crimes. That’s a step too far for some of the president’s fans.
  
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• With single act, Nobel Peace Prize winner drastically raises stakes in Trump stand-off

  11-12-2025 05:45 via smh.com.au
  
  Overnight, Maria Corina Machado has re-established herself as a major player in an escalating game of brinkmanship between the US president and Venezuela’s leader.
  
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• Prince Harry and Meghan celebrate – and criticise – Australia’s social media ban

  11-12-2025 04:38 via smh.com.au
  
  The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have issued a statement lauding the world-leading legislation. But they also have some ideas for how it could be improved.
  
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• ‘Borderline frightening’: Pentagon outlines major challenge to AUKUS

  11-12-2025 04:35 via smh.com.au
  
  Defence Minister Richard Marles has also confirmed the deal’s sprawling second pillar will be slimmed down in light of industry complaints.
  
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• US seize oil tanker off Venezuela

  11-12-2025 01:22 via smh.com.au
  
  The US attorney-general has released video of the seizure of an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela.
  
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• US seizes oil tanker off coast of Venezuela

  10-12-2025 22:03 via smh.com.au
  
  President Donald Trump says the US has taken over a “very large” oil tanker in the latest move to increase pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
  
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• No mass migration: European right-wing populists seize on Trump’s ‘decay’ claims

  10-12-2025 20:40 via smh.com.au
  
  The US president’s warning has gained emphatic support from European political leaders who aim to take or hold power by tapping into discontent on migration and social change.
  
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• US plans to ask overseas visitors for social media history

  10-12-2025 20:00 via smh.com.au
  
  Australians entering the US will have to provide a five-year social media history under plans by the Trump administration.
  
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• Australians to be forced to provide their social media to enter the US

  10-12-2025 19:29 via smh.com.au
  
  Applying for a visa waiver is also set to get more complicated under the new plan, with authorities seeking to collect far more detailed information including biometrics, IP addresses and metadata and family histories.
  
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• At least 22 killed in building collapse in Moroccan city popular with tourists

  10-12-2025 11:47 via smh.com.au
  
  Search and rescue operations are ongoing after two adjacent buildings collapsed in the country’s second-largest city.
  
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• 22 killed in building collapse in Moroccan city popular with tourists

  10-12-2025 11:47 via smh.com.au
  
  Search and rescue operations are ongoing after two adjacent buildings collapsed in the country’s second-largest city.
  
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• 19 killed in building collapse in Moroccan city popular with tourists

  10-12-2025 11:47 via smh.com.au
  
  Search and rescue operations are ongoing after two adjacent buildings collapsed in the country’s second-largest city.
  
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• Miss Universe contestant suffered serious head injury in stage fall, update reveals

  10-12-2025 09:40 via smh.com.au
  
  Miss Jamaica Gabrielle Henry requires constant medical supervision weeks after falling off the stage in Bangkok.
  
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• ‘What’s your name?’ Moment police found Mangione eating McDonald’s after shooting

  10-12-2025 05:10 via smh.com.au
  
  The restaurant manager called 911, concerned the customer sitting alone in a back corner resembled the man wanted over a brazen killing days earlier.
  
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• Police encounter Luigi Mangione at McDonald's

  10-12-2025 04:09 via smh.com.au
  
  A court has been shown bodycam footage of the moment police approached Luigi Mangione as he ate a meal after allegedly shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in Manhattan.
  
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• ‘Parents need help’: US Republicans back Australia’s social media ban as tech groups attack

  10-12-2025 02:04 via smh.com.au
  
  Australia’s move has galvanised advocates for reform in the United States, despite lobby groups claiming the Australian ban will “severely disadvantage” US companies.
  
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• ‘Backdoor way to control access’: World reacts to social media ban

  10-12-2025 02:04 via smh.com.au
  
  As Australia brings in the world’s first social media ban for teenagers, other countries are watching closely and many want to introduce similar measures.
  
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• Tariff rescue: Trump gives Band-Aids to the farmers he hurt

  10-12-2025 02:03 via smh.com.au
  
  Trump’s $18 billion Band-Aid for embattled US farmers won’t make China buy more soybeans or fix the rising costs of equipment.
  
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• Stakeknife: British agent inside IRA committed murders with MI5’s knowledge

  10-12-2025 01:58 via smh.com.au
  
  UK security services protected the spy – despite his links to more than a dozen killings, abductions and torture during the Troubles – and suppressed the truth about for him decades, a new report reveals.
  
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• ‘Figured it would stick’: NZ police officer makes arrest 20,000 kilometres from home

  10-12-2025 01:54 via smh.com.au
  
  Mark Strongman was at the Tower of London as a tourist with his family. But the moment he heard a commotion ahead of him, he kicked into work mode.
  
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• World watches as Australia’s teen social media ban kicks in

  10-12-2025 00:51 via smh.com.au
  
  As Australia brings in the world’s first social media ban for teenagers, other countries are watching closely and many want to introduce similar measures.
  
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• French first lady caught on video insulting feminist protesters

  10-12-2025 00:09 via smh.com.au
  
  Footage has emerged of Brigitte Macron using a French slur to describe the women while speaking to a comedian backstage.
  
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• Donald Trump says Europe is 'decaying'

  09-12-2025 19:56 via smh.com.au
  
  US President Donald Trump says European leaders are 'weak', and has renewed calls for elections in Ukraine.
  
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• ‘They’re weak’: Trump slams Europe on migration, tightens screws on Ukraine

  09-12-2025 19:23 via smh.com.au
  
  Describing Europe’s immigration policy as a “disaster”, the US president also suggested Russia would win its war in Ukraine as he blasted European leaders for talking too much without producing results.
  
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• ‘I think they’re weak’: Trump slams Europe over migration, Ukraine

  09-12-2025 19:23 via smh.com.au
  
  US President Donald Trump has called European leaders “weak” on migration, and suggested Russia will win its war against Ukraine.
  
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• Secrecy over Pentagon review suggests there’s stuff in there Australia doesn’t want to talk about

  09-12-2025 02:18 via smh.com.au
  
  The Pentagon’s AUKUS review might be an American document, but the Australian government has a duty to its own taxpayers to insist upon greater transparency.
  
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• Zelensky digs in against Trump pressure as peace talks at risk of collapse

  09-12-2025 01:46 via smh.com.au
  
  The Ukraine president is holding firm in a deepening dispute over whether to cede land to Russia to end the war, issuing a forceful statement of his nation’s sovereignty.
  
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