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• US and Iran trade fresh blows

  23-07-2026 08:27 via smh.com.au
  
  The US and Iran are trading fresh blows as the conflict escalates across the region.
  
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• Dr. Fauci repeatedly invokes Fifth Amendment in COVID-19 Senate hearing

  29-07-2026 23:23 via smh.com.au
  
  The physician and immunologist repeatedly invokes the Fifth Amendment in a Republican-led COVID-19 Senate hearing.
  
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• Anthony Fauci pleads the Fifth in US hearing

  29-07-2026 22:54 via smh.com.au
  
  Former US top doctor Anthony Fauci has faced a Republican-led Senate hearing over his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.
  
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• ‘It’s our turn to hit ’em’: Trump signals retaliation after Iran fires missiles at US forces in Jordan

  29-07-2026 22:07 via smh.com.au
  
  Flare-ups on multiple fronts across the Middle East, after several days of relative calm, raise the risk of a return to all-out war.
  
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• Fauci faces contempt finding after pleading Fifth Amendment on COVID-19 origins

  29-07-2026 21:11 via smh.com.au
  
  The former chief medical adviser’s long-term nemesis, Republican senator Rand Paul, kicked Fauci’s lawyer out of the room amid a tense hearing that could lead to criminal charges.
  
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• ‘There are people still waiting to be rescued’: Foreigner among victims as Japan quake toll rises

  29-07-2026 19:35 via smh.com.au
  
  At least 18 people have died including a Vietnamese technical intern after a crane fell on him at a factory where he worked, while others remain missing.
  
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• Fauci pleads Fifth Amendment on COVID-19 origins, lawyer thrown out of tense hearing

  29-07-2026 18:45 via smh.com.au
  
  The committee led by the doctor’s long-term nemesis, Republican senator Rand Paul, will now vote on whether to refer Anthony Fauci for potential criminal prosecution.
  
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• Six Iranian advisers killed in US-Saudi strike on Iraq

  29-07-2026 12:02 via smh.com.au
  
  Iran said it had fired on ships in the Strait of Hormuz and at US bases in Jordan as diplomatic efforts give way to renewed combat operations.
  
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• No quick end to the war as US and Saudis strike Iran’s allies in Iraq

  29-07-2026 12:02 via smh.com.au
  
  Iran said it had fired on ships in the Strait of Hormuz and at US bases in Jordan as diplomatic efforts give way to renewed combat operations.
  
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• No quick end to the war as US and Saudi strike Iran’s allies in Iraq

  29-07-2026 12:02 via smh.com.au
  
  Iran said it had fired on ships in the Strait of Hormuz and at US bases in Jordan as diplomatic efforts give way to renewed combat operations.
  
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• Trump welcomes Ukraine and Israel leaders into White House

  29-07-2026 10:44 via smh.com.au
  
  As US President Donald Trump welcomed the leaders of Ukraine and Israel to the White House, Iran launched a fresh wave of attacks.
  
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• US lifeguard drags 10-year-old to shore in heart-stopping beach rescue

  29-07-2026 10:34 via smh.com.au
  
  A young US lifeguard has pulled off a heroic rescue in California, dragging a 10-year-old boy to shore in a monster swell.
  
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• Trump’s mass deportation drive has sent arrests surging at US airports

  29-07-2026 07:49 via smh.com.au
  
  Immigration agents in plain clothes have whisked away targets at check-in counters and arrival gates, with enforcement actions in at least 15 airports in recent weeks.
  
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• Race to find survivors of deadly Japan quake as death toll rises

  29-07-2026 03:46 via smh.com.au
  
  At least 13 people are now confirmed dead as search-and-rescue teams continue combing through a shopping mall torn apart by an explosion triggered by the powerful earthquake.
  
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• ‘Doing their best to survive’: Inside Bordeaux’s wildfire refugee centre

  29-07-2026 03:33 via smh.com.au
  
  As fires burn out of control and temperatures threaten to hit 39 degrees, thousands have sought shelter as part of the biggest evacuation of its kind in France since World War II.
  
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• Pressure on Trump to respond after Iran launches missiles at Middle East bases

  29-07-2026 02:48 via smh.com.au
  
  The “surprise attack” came as Iran rejected Oman’s proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and hours after Trump hosted Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House.
  
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• Race to find survivors of deadly Japan quake and mall blast

  29-07-2026 02:26 via smh.com.au
  
  Search-and-rescue teams are working at the scene of the collapsed Aeon shopping mall in Kumamoto, which was torn apart by an explosion triggered by the powerful earthquake.
  
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• Trump appears to doze off at Lindsey Graham's funeral

  29-07-2026 02:08 via smh.com.au
  
  Donald Trump had trouble keeping his eyes open at the funeral for friend and ally Lindsey Graham.
  
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• Powerful earthquake strikes southern Japan

  29-07-2026 00:15 via smh.com.au
  
  A deadly 7.1 magnitude earthquake shook Kyushu, leaving dozens of people injured or missing after part of a shopping mall and a chimney at a paper factory collapsed.
  
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• Major earthquake hits Japan

  28-07-2026 22:31 via smh.com.au
  
  There are fears of multiple deaths after a major earthquake struck Japan.
  
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• Trump’s children appear to be grifting their way to nepo-billionaire status

  28-07-2026 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  Donald Trump’s progeny are not missing the opportunity to leverage their father’s role as president to enrich themselves, with his favourite even sparking a revolution in Albania.
  
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• ‘Don’t need him to tell me that’: Trump rebukes Netanyahu as they meet on Iran

  28-07-2026 19:17 via smh.com.au
  
  The US president said his Israeli counterpart was showing him intelligence about Iran’s nuclear capabilities because he wanted to prolong the war, in a candid admission of the dynamics between the two leaders.
  
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• ‘Huge impact’: Deadly Japan earthquake triggers shopping mall blast, collapse

  28-07-2026 18:21 via smh.com.au
  
  Dozens of people at the Aeon shopping mall were feared trapped after it was rocked by an explosion following the powerful earthquake.
  
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• Deaths confirmed after powerful earthquake hits Japan, shopping mall blast

  28-07-2026 18:21 via smh.com.au
  
  Around 20 to 30 workers at the Aeon shopping mall are unaccounted for after it was rocked by an explosion after the earthquake, which was centred around Kumamoto prefecture.
  
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• Deaths confirmed after Japan rocked by earthquake, shopping mall blast

  28-07-2026 18:21 via smh.com.au
  
  Dozens of workers at the Aeon shopping mall are unaccounted for after it was rocked by an explosion following the earthquake, which was centred around Kumamoto prefecture.
  
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• Powerful earthquake hits Japan, several feared dead in shopping mall blast

  28-07-2026 14:06 via smh.com.au
  
  Multiple people are trapped inside an Aeon shopping mall rocked by an explosion that occurred after the earthquake, which was centred around Kumamoto prefecture.
  
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• Powerful earthquake hits Japan, injuring at least 50

  28-07-2026 14:06 via smh.com.au
  
  The tremor, centred around Kumamoto prefecture, has damaged infrastructure, with dozens of people reportedly trapped inside a shopping mall.
  
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• Powerful earthquake hits Japan, deaths feared in shopping mall blast

  28-07-2026 14:06 via smh.com.au
  
  Multiple people are trapped inside an Aeon shopping mall rocked by an explosion that occurred after the earthquake, which was centred around Kumamoto prefecture.
  
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• Devastating fires in Europe generating their own weather

  28-07-2026 13:53 via smh.com.au
  
  The devastating wildfires ripping through Europe are so massive they're generating their own weather and an impending heatwave is set to worsen an already unprecedented situation.
  
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• Russia levels stunning spying accusations at New Zealand

  28-07-2026 13:52 via smh.com.au
  
  The Kremlin is accusing New Zealand of hiring a Russian citizen as a spy. New Zealand is questioning the accuracy of the Russian media reporting.
  
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