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• Two powerful earthquakes and multiple aftershocks rock Panama

  10-10-2026 00:47 via smh.com.au
  
  The earlier quake was felt as far away as neighbouring Colombia.
  
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• ‘I should have won 8’: Trump fumes over latest Nobel snub

  11-10-2026 05:14 via smh.com.au
  
  In a nearly 600-word late-night tirade, Donald Trump disparaged this year’s winner of the Nobel Peace Prize and warned the award had been “forever discredited by a handful of radical ideologues”.
  
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• UK Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch hits back hard at Reform: Angus Taylor take note

  11-10-2026 04:30 via smh.com.au
  
  The new Conservative leader is very popular and knows how to fight.
  
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• The socialite, her ‘jobless’ ex and his accused ‘mastermind’ father: Inside the murder that shocked Hong Kong

  11-10-2026 04:30 via smh.com.au
  
  It’s a major global financial hub where violent crime is rare. But the nature of this one is so gruesome, a juror asked to be excused.
  
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• Once again, Trump is angry he didn’t win the Nobel Peace Prize

  11-10-2026 04:30 via smh.com.au
  
  President Donald Trump has fumed at the Norwegian committee that awards the prize, disparaging the winner and saying he “should have won 8 Nobel Peace Prizes”.
  
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• India detains thousands, locks down Delhi to foil election chief protest

  11-10-2026 00:48 via smh.com.au
  
  Thousands of police and paramilitary personnel were deployed across the city, mobile internet services were suspended in the central business district and dozens of metro stations and markets were shut.
  
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• Trump weighs joining the fight against Houthis after Saudi airport attack kills 12

  11-10-2026 00:25 via smh.com.au
  
  Saudi authorities say the latest attack on Riyadh airport killed 12 people and wounded over 300 more.
  
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• ‘Not acceptable’: Trump weighs joining fight against Houthis after Saudi airport attack

  11-10-2026 00:25 via smh.com.au
  
  The third attack this week on Riyadh’s international airport has left at least 12 people dead and more than 300 wounded.
  
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• ‘It was horrific’: Eight people from same family killed in US shooting

  11-10-2026 00:23 via smh.com.au
  
  Two children were among the eight people killed at a residential home in Erie. Police have described the mass shooting as one of the worst in the city’s history.
  
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• Trump weighs joining the fight against Houthis after Saudi capital’s airport is struck again

  11-10-2026 00:08 via smh.com.au
  
  Countries including the United States, Britain, Germany, Australia and Canada warned citizens to avoid the airport.
  
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• Tennessee execution survivor Christa Pike released from hospital, returned to prison

  10-10-2026 23:54 via smh.com.au
  
  Pike, sentenced to death for a 1995 murder, awoke “angry and confused” in the hospital this week, days after her botched execution.
  
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• Shooting leaves 9 dead including suspect in Erie, Pennsylvania, police say

  10-10-2026 23:44 via smh.com.au
  
  Shooting leaves 9 dead including suspect in Erie, Pennsylvania, police say
  
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• Eight people from the same family killed in Pennsylvania shooting

  10-10-2026 23:10 via smh.com.au
  
  Eight people from the same family, including a five-year-old boy, a 1-year-old girl, and a woman who was eight months pregnant, have been killed in a shooting in Erie, Pennsylvania
  
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• 'Time for a new president' Trumps slams Zelenskyy over diesel strikes

  10-10-2026 22:34 via smh.com.au
  
  Donald Trump said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky “better damn well stop” striking Russia’s diesel refineries and called for the wartime leader to leave office.
  
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• ‘Time for a new president’: Trump calls on Zelensky to go amid diesel stoush

  10-10-2026 20:22 via smh.com.au
  
  The US president said Ukraine “better damn well stop” striking Russia’s diesel refineries and called for Zelensky to be replaced with someone who would make a deal with Vladimir Putin.
  
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• Nine dead after mass shooting in Pennsylvania

  10-10-2026 20:15 via smh.com.au
  
  Two children were among the eight people killed at a residential home in the city of Erie. The shooter was also killed.
  
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• Trump promised to end the Russia-Ukraine war in a day. Now he’s funding it

  10-10-2026 20:00 via smh.com.au
  
  After nearly two years back in power Trump has not only failed to end the war, he has now committed to funding it.
  
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• A frog, a toad and Leonardo DiCaprio: Rinehart’s rainforest mine plan hits unusual problems

  10-10-2026 20:00 via smh.com.au
  
  A matchbox-sized ‘dinosaur’ could be a mine-defeating miracle, say opponents of developments in South American cloud forest.
  
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• Accused hijack pilot’s descent into extremism began in Melbourne, authorities say

  10-10-2026 08:35 via smh.com.au
  
  The flydubai co-pilot told authorities he acted alone but that he drew inspiration from the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in the US.
  
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• NYPD releases ICE shooting surveillance footage after shooting

  10-10-2026 04:53 via smh.com.au
  
  ICE agent shoots man during New York City enforcement operation.
  
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• Delhi sealed off ahead of youth ‘Cockroach’ protest

  10-10-2026 03:49 via smh.com.au
  
  The protest, called by the “Cockroach” youth movement, hopes to draw thousands of demonstrators.
  
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• Trump administration escalates war with International Criminal Court

  10-10-2026 03:32 via smh.com.au
  
  New sanctions are an intensification of the Trump administration’s push to undermine the court.
  
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• Trump picks Fox News expert for next White House press secretary

  10-10-2026 03:09 via smh.com.au
  
  Katie Zacharia will replace Karoline Leavitt as the US president’s top press liaison.
  
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• Trump strikes deal with Putin for Russian diesel

  10-10-2026 02:45 via smh.com.au
  
  The shock deal comes a month after the US imposed sanctions on Moscow. But Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky slammed the agreement as a “weak decision”.
  
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• Mudslide carries away cars, bus in Chile’s capital

  10-10-2026 02:45 via smh.com.au
  
  The episode highlights the challenges facing cities nestled against mountain ranges.
  
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• Hijacker rehearsed Tel Aviv airport attack twice before flight

  10-10-2026 00:21 via smh.com.au
  
  The co-pilot told authorities he acted alone but that he drew inspiration from the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in the US.
  
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• Trump says decision on streaming killer’s execution still pending

  10-10-2026 00:20 via smh.com.au
  
  Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth had previously announced the execution would be broadcast publicly.
  
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• Verdict being handed down in murder trial of Perth brothers

  09-10-2026 22:42 via smh.com.au
  
  A verdict is being handed down in the murder trial for Perth brothers Jake and Callum Robinson, allegedly killed by three men in Baja California in 2024.
  
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• Mexican men found guilty of murdering Australian brothers Jake and Callum Robinson

  09-10-2026 22:27 via smh.com.au
  
  The brothers and their American friend Carter Rhoad were killed during a surfing holiday in Baja California in April 2024.
  
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• Mountains of Trouble: Bumpy road for Rinehart’s offshore mining push

  09-10-2026 20:00 via smh.com.au
  
  Australia’s richest woman’s company is chasing copper and gold in the Andes. Local communities want no part of it.
  
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