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    British actor and comedian Russell Brand, who has been charged with rape and multiple counts of...

    Russell Brand charged with two more sex offences

    British police say that comedian and actor Russell Brand had been charged with a new count of rape and another of sexual assault.

    ‘Call of Duty’ creator dies

    Vince Zampella. Photo: Getty Images

    ‘Call of Duty’ creator dies

    Vince Zampella, the video game developer who helped launch the Call of Duty franchise and Apex Legends studio Respawn Entertainment, has died.

    Return deportees: judge

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    Return deportees: judge

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    Sinking feeling

    Boats lie stranded, after a collapse of a section of the Shropshire Union Canal, caused by a sinkhole, near Chemistry, Britain, yesterday.

    NSW set to pass tougher gun, hate speech laws

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    NSW set to pass tougher gun, hate speech laws

    Australia's most populous state is set to pass tougher gun laws, ban the display of terrorist symbols and curb protests in an emergency sitting following the Bondi mass shooting.

    US announces plans for new 'Trump class' of battleships

    President Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio with a rendering of the new 'Trump-class'...

    US announces plans for new 'Trump class' of battleships

    US President Trump has announced plans for a new "Trump class" of battleships, marking the start of an expanded naval buildup.

    Trump appoints envoy 'to make Greenland a part of the US'

    President Trump with Louisiana Governor and newly appointed envoy to Greenland Jeff Landry (in...

    Trump appoints envoy 'to make Greenland a part of the US'

    US President Donald Trump has named Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry as his special envoy to Greenland, drawing renewed criticism from Denmark and Greenland over Washington's interest in the mineral-rich Arctic island.

    Barry Manilow needs surgery for lung cancer

    Barry Manilow say he expects to be feeling better by February since his treatment does not...

    Barry Manilow needs surgery for lung cancer

    US singer-songwriter Barry Manilow says he has been diagnosed with lung cancer, prompting him to pause his scheduled concerts while he undergoes surgery.

    'Driving Home For Christmas' singer Chris Rea dies

    Chris Rea in his studio in 2005. Photo: Richard Ecclestone/Redferns via Getty Images

    'Driving Home For Christmas' singer Chris Rea dies

    Chris Rea, an English singer-songwriter and guitarist best known for his festive hit Driving Home For Christmas, has died aged 74 following a short illness.

    Bondi shooting: Bombs thrown but didn't go off, say police

    An improvised explosive device found n the boot of a vehicle believed to have been used by Sajid...

    Bondi shooting: Bombs thrown but didn't go off, say police

    Australian police say homemade pipe and tennis ball bombs were thrown at a crowd at Bondi Beach before a mass shooting but failed to detonate, court documents show.

    Trump photo restored to public database of Epstein files

    President Donald Trump told reporters he thought the United States could make a deal with China,...

    Trump photo restored to public database of Epstein files

    A photo of US President Donald Trump, removed from the cache of Jeffrey Epstein files released by the Department of Justice has been restored, after officials determined none of Epstein's victims were in the image, the department said.

    Albanese booed as Bondi victims honoured

    Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese stands between a rabbi and a police officer as...

    Albanese booed as Bondi victims honoured

    Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was booed by an angry crowd gathered at the famous Bondi beach on Sunday to honour the victims of a gun attack a week earlier.

    Nine killed, 10 injured in South Africa shooting

    Nine killed, 10 injured in South Africa shooting

    Nine people were killed and 10 wounded in an early morning shooting in a township south-west of Johannesburg and authorities have launched a manhunt for the suspects.

    Seven wild elephants killed by train

    Bodies of elephants lie in between railway tracks after they were hit by a train in India's Hojai...

    Seven wild elephants killed by train

    At least seven wild elephants were killed when hey were hit by an express train in eastern India.

    Strikes hit IS operatives

    A US Airman attaches a GBU-31 munitions system to an F-15E Strike Eagle in the US Central Command...

    Strikes hit IS operatives

    At least five Islamic State operatives were killed in overnight airstrikes launched in a major operation by the United States-led coalition against the terrorist organisation in Syria

    Six enjoy Blue Origin suborbital joyride

    European Space Agency engineer Michaela Benthaus is carried from the capsule door of a Blue...

    Six enjoy Blue Origin suborbital joyride

    Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin completed a suborbital joyride on Saturday with a six-person crew, including the first wheelchair user to reach space and one of SpaceX’s first engineers.

    US seizes second oil tanker off Venezuela coast

    A U.S. military helicopter flies over the Panama-flagged Centuries, which was intercepted by the...

    US seizes second oil tanker off Venezuela coast

    The US has intercepted an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela in international waters, a move that comes just days after US President Donald Trump announced a "blockade" of all sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela.

    Suspect in Brown University shooting found dead

    Claudio Neves Valente, the suspect in the Brown University shooting in Providence, Rhode Island,...

    Suspect in Brown University shooting found dead

    The suspect in last weekend's mass shooting at Brown University in the US is dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

    Ukraine hits Russian 'shadow fleet' tanker in Mediterranean

    The targeted oil tanker was identified as the Qendil, seen here passing through the Bosphorus in...

    Ukraine hits Russian 'shadow fleet' tanker in Mediterranean

    Ukraine has struck a Russian "shadow fleet" oil tanker in the Mediterranean Sea with aerial drones for the first time, reflecting the growing intensity of Kyiv's attacks on Russian oil shipping.

    Australia plans major gun buyback in wake of Bondi attack

    Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. File photo

    Australia plans major gun buyback in wake of Bondi attack

    Australian gun owners will be offered cash for their firearms in the nation's largest buyback in nearly 30 years.
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