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• Workers pulled from tunnel in Nepal nine days after flash floods

  04-09-2026 08:15 via smh.com.au
  
  Two workers have been pulled alive from a tunnel nine days after Nepal’s devastating flash floods.
  
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• Qantas plane diverted after suspected engine issue

  05-09-2026 07:45 via smh.com.au
  
  A Qantas plane travelling from Queenstown to Sydney was diverted to Christchurch.
  
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• Australia and Africa expand, North America and Europe shrink: UN adopts new world map

  05-09-2026 05:45 via smh.com.au
  
  The US was the only country to vote against the move to limit use of the famous 16th-century Mercator map for the Equal Earth projection, saying it promoted an “ideological agenda”.
  
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• At first, the smell is overwhelming. Then, they open the book of the dead

  05-09-2026 05:45 via smh.com.au
  
  For families whose desperate combing of Kathmandu hospitals after Nepal’s devastating flooding have come to naught, the morgue holds closure or hope.
  
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• In Nepal, families look for loved ones, but dread what they will find

  05-09-2026 04:06 via smh.com.au
  
  South-East Asia correspondent Zach Hope reports from Kathmandu, where people gather at a morgue to see if their relatives are among the flood victims.
  
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• Lindsay Clancy case ends in a mistrial

  04-09-2026 23:55 via smh.com.au
  
  A mistrial has been declared after mother Lindsay Clancy was charged with three counts of murder over the deaths of her three children.
  
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• New York police kill man who tried to climb the Brooklyn Bridge

  04-09-2026 23:48 via smh.com.au
  
  New York police have fatally shot a man after he attempted to climb the Brooklyn Bridge.
  
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• Boots on the ground as first Australian rescue team arrives in Nepal

  04-09-2026 22:33 via smh.com.au
  
  The 15-strong specialist drone team, which includes 10 Fire and Rescue NSW personnel, has arrived in Kathmandu following a plea for help from Nepal’s government.
  
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• The day that changed America and shaped the world we know today

  04-09-2026 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  Twenty-five years since the attacks on the World Trade Centre in New York, 9/11 casts a shadow over a nation that just can’t seem to agree on anything anymore.
  
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• Judge declares mistrial in Lindsay Clancy murder case that gripped America

  04-09-2026 20:56 via smh.com.au
  
  Clancy was on trial for the murder of her three children in 2023 in a case that has divided the US over mental illness and the 36-year-old’s criminal culpability.
  
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• Undercover sting targets Farage as protests disrupt his major address

  04-09-2026 20:14 via smh.com.au
  
  Addressing Reform UK’s annual conference, British right-wing leader Nigel Farage admitted there had been “loose pub talk” by two aides on donations but declared the party had not broken the law.
  
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• Two Australians found safe in Nepal as two trapped workers rescued from tunnels

  04-09-2026 09:05 via smh.com.au
  
  The number of Australians missing since last week’s flood has been revised down to 36, while Nepalese officials remain hopeful that more hydropower workers will be rescued.
  
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• Two Australians found safe in Nepal as trapped workers rescued from tunnel

  04-09-2026 09:05 via smh.com.au
  
  The number of Australians missing since last week’s flood has been revised down to 36, while Nepalese officials remain hopeful that more hydropower workers will be rescued.
  
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• Many Italians long resisted air-conditioning. Then Europe got hotter

  04-09-2026 07:45 via smh.com.au
  
  The brutal reality of unstinting heatwaves has forced a cultural shift in a country where home owners usually weather the summer with open windows and fans.
  
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• Is Burning Man burning out? America’s mega-festival is facing a midlife crisis

  04-09-2026 07:30 via smh.com.au
  
  The annual Nevada desert “freak fest” known for its anything-goes excess seems to be turning into a turn-off for Gen Z.
  
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• Rescuers pull survivors from ruined tunnels

  04-09-2026 06:29 via smh.com.au
  
  Rescuers have pulled several survivors from tunnels in Nepal after more than a week of being trapped by the catastrophic flooding and landslides.
  
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• In Nepal, hope gives way to grief. Few are counting on miracles

  04-09-2026 06:00 via smh.com.au
  
  In the village of Thulo Bharkhu on the Nepal-Tibet border, families mourn the loved ones lost, even as relatives of the Australians missing after the floods continue their desperate search.
  
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• Tributes to Gloria Steinem

  03-09-2026 22:39 via smh.com.au
  
  Tributes have flowed to journalist and feminist icon Gloria Steinem, who has died aged 92.
  
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• Trump suggests he would not help UK in another Falklands clash

  03-09-2026 21:56 via smh.com.au
  
  The president linked the issue to the Iran war by noting, again, that former British prime minister Keir Starmer turned down his request for military support to help open the Strait of Hormuz.
  
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• Renowned feminist Gloria Steinem dies, aged 92

  03-09-2026 12:58 via smh.com.au
  
  Renowned feminist Gloria Steinem has died at her home in New York City, surrounded by loved ones.
  
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• The US warship that spent too much time at sea finally gets a break

  03-09-2026 11:30 via smh.com.au
  
  The war-weary USS Abraham Lincoln has finally docked in Thailand bearing all the scars of a gruelling eight-month deployment in the Middle East.
  
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• Australia sending more help to Nepal as death toll rises

  03-09-2026 08:25 via smh.com.au
  
  Australia is sending more aid to Nepal as the death toll in the disaster zone continues to rise.
  
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• Quicksand and rotting flesh: No words can capture the devastation in Nepal

  03-09-2026 07:45 via smh.com.au
  
  Covering the Nepal flood disaster on the ground is dangerous and can feel like a crushing responsibility. But the Nepalese people want the world to know what is happening.
  
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• Britain’s budget blues will end Burnham’s honeymoon

  03-09-2026 07:45 via smh.com.au
  
  There are tough choices ahead for new UK PM Andy Burnham – if he has the stomach to make any.
  
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• Man survives being struck by lightning outside home

  03-09-2026 07:24 via smh.com.au
  
  A US man was heading to a dentist appointment when a bolt of lightning struck him right outside his house.
  
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• An insight into how Donald Trump thinks

  03-09-2026 06:19 via smh.com.au
  
  Critical economic and political decisions have not only been made on the fly, they have been made with little consultation from experts.
  
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• The ‘miracle house’ that survived Nepal’s floods

  03-09-2026 03:42 via smh.com.au
  
  People are coming to take photos of the green-painted house, which kept the Pyakurel family safe as raging floodwaters destroyed the area around them.
  
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• The moment a man is struck by lightning – then walks away unharmed

  03-09-2026 03:11 via smh.com.au
  
  Footage shows Thomas Fahmy suddenly drop to the ground in a fiery flash. After being discharged from hospital, he bought a lottery ticket and then went to church.
  
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• Nepal's 'miracle house'

  03-09-2026 02:46 via smh.com.au
  
  For an hour, the Pyakurel family could only watch the carnage unfold around them as their house somehow stood firm.
  
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• 'You look like s---': Trump mocks friend on obesity drugs

  03-09-2026 02:20 via smh.com.au
  
  Donald Trump has spoken at length about a "brutal" friend taking obesity drugs that he said looked like "s---", during a rambling speech.
  
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