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‘Meeting of two worlds’ as Prince Harry joins Wiggles and Australian football stars to put men’s mental health in spotlight

Second day of ‘faux-royal’ tour sees Duke of Sussex speak candidly about challenges of new fatherhood as amused football fans watch onIt was an unusual sight. As a group of children were rocking out to the Wiggles, Prince Harry kicked a football on Whitten Oval in Melbourne, home of Australian rules...

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Tuvalu, tiny Pacific nation at the forefront of climate crisis, to host world leaders before Cop31 summit

Conference president expresses ‘complete faith’ in Chris Bowen to lead tough negotiationsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTuvalu, the Pacific nation at the forefront of the global climate crisis, will host a special meet...

Tom McIlroy Political editor 3 days ago

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Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting to pay hundreds of millions’ worth of royalties to rival family in ‘half loss half win’

Landmark ruling finds Wright Prospecting successfully made out its contractual claim to 50% of past and future royalties from Hope Downs iron ore projectFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastGina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospectin...

Sarah Martin 3 days ago

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High court scraps Victorian political donation laws that created loophole for Labor and Coalition

Section of state’s electoral act that introduced caps on political donations but carved out an exemption for major parties ruled unconstitutional The high court has ruled Victoria’s political donation laws are unconstitutional, in a move that has been described as “enshrining a level playing field”....

Benita Kolovos Victorian state correspondent 3 days ago

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Air New Zealand's economy Skynest bunk beds set for launch

Passengers can book a four-hour session in the bunk beds from May for Auckland-New York flights but airline cautions against smuggling in childrenEconomy passengers on Air New Zealand’s ultra-long-haul flight between Auckland and New York can book a spot in the airline’s bunk-bed style sleeping pods...

Eva Corlett in Wellington 3 days ago

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Mexican president Claudia Sheinbaum pushes back against Trump over migrant deaths

Sheinbaum has recently been taking a firmer stance with the US, defying pressures where other countries have cavedThe Mexican government has voiced concern about the deaths of its citizens in US custody, with Mexican president Claudia Sheinbaum also pushing back against the Trump administration’s de...

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US DoJ files for overturning January 6 convictions for far-right groups’ members

Filing seeks to overturn seditious conspiracy charges of Proud Boys and Oath Keepers members who laid siege to US Capitol in 2021The US Department of Justice has requested that a federal appeals judge overturn convictions for members of far-right groups Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers, who were prev...

Uwa Ede-Osifo 3 days ago

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US military says it killed four more people in a boat strike in the eastern Pacific

Strike marks third deadly attack on vessels in region in four days, and the killing of 174 people since SeptemberSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxThe US military said it killed four more people in a boat strike in the eastern Pacific ocean on Tuesday, mark...

Sam Levin 3 days ago

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Kanye West faces possible ban from France ahead of concert in Marseille

Interior minister is ‘highly determined’ to block US rapper from performing in the southern city in June due to his past antisemitic remarks, sources sayFrance’s interior minister is seeking to block the US rapper formerly known as Kanye West from performing in the southern city of Marseille in June...

Sian Cain and agencies 3 days ago

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UK to call for end to Sudan bloodshed at Berlin talks on third anniversary of war

British aid to double as 19m people face acute hunger, but summit unlikely to end conflict amid Saudi-UAE tensions The British foreign secretary, Yvette Cooper, will urge Sudan’s warring parties to “cease bloodshed” during a major conference on Wednesday, which analysts believe is unlikely to delive...

Mark Townsend 3 days ago

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Lidl and Iceland ads are first banned under new UK junk food rules

ASA rules ads on Instagram and Daily Mail website broke ban on promoting items high in fat, salt and sugarLidl and Iceland have become the first companies to have ads banned after the introduction of rules cracking down on the marketing of junk food in the UK.The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA...

Mark Sweney 3 days ago

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Higher-income households benefited most from Help to Buy, thinktank finds

Analysis by IFS shows George Osborne’s mortgage schemes launched in 2013 had little effect on social mobilityHigher-income households were the biggest beneficiaries of George Osborne’s Help to Buy mortgage schemes, introduced in the 2010s, according to an analysis by the Institute for Fiscal Studies...

Heather Stewart 3 days ago

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Chiang Mai’s New Year revelry hit by smog and war-related price spikes

Air pollution caused by wildfires is another blow to northern Thailand’s tourism industry as businesses suffer amid war in IranThe Doi Suthep temple in northern Thailand is known for its spectacular views of Chiang Mai and the lush forested mountains that surround it. Over recent weeks, though, visi...

Rebecca Ratcliffe in Chiang Mai and Navaon Siradapuvadol 3 days ago

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‘An incalculable loss’: Hampshire College to close doors after fall semester

Massachusetts liberal arts college laments ‘heartbreaking reality’ and says financial pressures to blameA Massachusetts liberal arts college is set to close permanently due to low enrollment and financial problems.The board of trustees of Hampshire College, a small liberal arts school in Amherst fou...

Maya Yang 3 days ago

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Health of boy thrown from Tate Modern’s 10th floor worse after surgery, says family

French child, who was six years old at the time of the incident in 2019, suffered life-changing injuriesThe family of a boy thrown from the 10th-storey balcony of the Tate Modern art gallery seven years ago said it feels as though his recovery has taken a “sad step backward” after surgery.The unname...

Nadeem Badshah 3 days ago

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FBI arrests California man shot by ICE on ‘assault’ charges

DHS accused of false and misleading statements about Carlos Ivan Mendoza Hernandez who was shot in faceFederal officials have arrested a California man who was shot by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents and charged him with “assault” on a federal officer.Carlos Ivan Mendoza Hernande...

Sam Levin 3 days ago

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UCLA gynecologist pleads guilty to 13 sexual abuse charges and is sentenced to 11 years in prison

James Heaps was first sentenced in 2023, but verdict was overturned after appeals court found he was denied a fair trialSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxA former University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) gynecologist pleaded guilty to 13 felony sexual a...

Associated Press 3 days ago

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Streeting relaunches women’s health strategy to tackle ‘medical misogyny’

Health secretary says NHS is ‘failing women’ and pledges to end ‘gaslighting’ by doctorsWes Streeting has vowed to stop women being “gaslit” by doctors as he relaunches the women’s health strategy for England.Speaking before the publication of the renewed strategy on Wednesday, Streeting said the NH...

Andrew Gregory Health editor 3 days ago

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Thousands rattled by 4.5-magnitude earthquake in central west NSW

Geoscience Australia says aftershocks likely but much lighter and in a smaller areaFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastPart of Australia’s east coast has been shaken by an earthquake that could be felt hundred of kilometres...

Australian Associated Press 3 days ago

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Trump’s ‘DoorDash grandma’ had previously lobbied for the president, setting off controversy

Sharon Simmons, photographed delivering McDonald’s to Trump on Monday, lobbied for the ‘no tax on tips’ policy in 2025Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxThe DoorDash delivery driver who had a turn in the national spotlight on Monday by bringing a fast-food o...

Michael Sainato 3 days ago

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‘Bizarre’ lack of urgency in putting UK on war footing, says defence review co-author

Exclusive: Fiona Hill, a former White House chief adviser, joins ex-Nato chief in criticising Starmer’s leadership on defenceA co-author of Britain’s strategic defence review has joined criticism of Keir Starmer’s leadership on military policy, warning of a “bizarre” lack of urgency in defence plann...

Daniel Boffey Chief reporter 3 days ago

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NAACP lawsuit accuses Elon Musk’s xAI of polluting Black neighborhoods near Memphis

Suit alleges the billionaire’s AI company is illegally spewing toxic pollutants from its datacenter in the Memphis areaA new lawsuit accuses Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company of illegally spewing toxic pollutants into the Black neighborhoods on the border of Tennessee and Mississippi.The s...

Dara Kerr 3 days ago

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Australia news live: thousands feel ‘large’ earthquake in central-west NSW; Albanese arrives in Brunei for fuel supply talks

After Singapore last week, the PM visits supplier of 9% of Australia’s diesel as treasurer travels to Washington for G20 finance ministers’ meetingGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastJim Chalmers will travel to Washington DC this morning to meet finance ministers, treasurers a...

Martin Farrer 3 days ago

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Eric Swalwell and Tony Gonzales resign from Congress amid sexual misconduct allegations

Departures came after lawmakers from both parties threatened to introduce resolutions expelling the two menUS politics live – latest updatesSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter emailDemocratic congressman Eric Swalwell and Republican Tony Gonzales submitted their resignations to the House of...

Chris Stein in Washington and Lauren Gambino in Los Angeles 3 days ago

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