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Trump Sneezes, Aussie Economy Catches $13B Flu

Donald Trump threw a tariff tantrum and Australia’s economy just faceplanted into a $13 billion mess. One trade threat from Mar-a-Lago and suddenly we’re prepping...

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Auckland FC's Victory: Too Good for the AFC

Auckland FC just won the A-League Premier’s Plate… only to be told they can’t compete in the AFC Champions League. Why? Because geography is a...

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Australia’s Defence Plan: Hope China Doesn’t Notice

If Australia’s national security strategy were a mood board, it would feature a blindfold, a submarine wishlist, and a nervous laugh. Experts are now waving...

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Australia's Strategic Landscape: Most Complex Since WWII, Say Experts

Australia's playing 4D chess on the global stage, and the stakes have never been higher. Security experts are sounding the alarm that Australia’s current strategic...

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Trump Celebrates 100 Days with Classic Move: Confuse Everyone

Donald Trump has marked his first 100 days back in office the only way he knows how: by doing the exact opposite of what he...

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Iran Blows Up — Literally — and the World Watches in Horror

In the kind of nightmare headline no one needed today, a massive explosion in Iran has left at least 70 people dead, with satellite images...

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Trump Grabs More Power Than a Kid at a Birthday Piñata Party.

Donald Trump, the man who once suggested nuking hurricanes, has apparently moved on to his next big idea: nuking the U.S. Constitution. In his eternal...

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Papal Hunger Games Begin: May the Holiest Man Win.

Nothing says “global spiritual leadership” like a good old-fashioned job vacancy. With Pope Francis’ chair now officially up for grabs, the Vatican has basically posted...

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Sudan's Crisis Hits Year Three: Humanity Checks Out.

If international “thoughts and prayers” could fix anything, Sudan would have been a sparkling utopia by now. Instead, the country enters Year Three of its...

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China's TikTok Army Fights US Tariffs with Dance Battles.

Forget tanks and tariffs — welcome to 2025, where geopolitical warfare is fought through dance challenges. China’s young influencers have been mobilised into an unofficial...

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Trump's Deportation Plan So Wild, Even U.S. Citizens Are Getting Boote...

Donald Trump’s immigration plan for 2025 is apparently “deport first, read passports later.” According to reports, his sweeping crackdown proposals are so broad, even actual...

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Conclave Kicks Off: White Smoke or Just More Hot Air?

Cue the Gregorian chanting — it’s conclave time, baby. The world's most secretive job hunt is underway as Catholic cardinals shuffle into the Vatican, preparing...

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Gina Rinehart’s family tree might have more branches than previously d...

Move over Ancestry.com — the Gina Rinehart family saga just dropped a surprise expansion pack. New documents suggest Australia’s richest woman may have Aboriginal half-sisters...

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Yemen's Houthis Vow to Continue Attacks After More Than 70 Killed in U...

Because nothing says "effective diplomacy" like blowing things up, the U.S. carried out airstrikes on a Yemeni port, reportedly killing over 70 people and predictably...

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Trump Pleads with Putin: 'Vladimir, STOP!'

In a moment that felt more soap opera than summit, Donald Trump took to social media to beg Vladimir Putin—yes, beg—to stop missile attacks on...

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Trump Ditches Peace Talks, Blames Zelenskyy Like It’s Reality TV

Donald Trump just rage-quit diplomacy again—this time storming off stage and blaming Volodymyr Zelenskyy for ruining what was apparently a perfectly scripted “peace plan” moment....

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Giro d'Italia 2025: Stage 13 Kicks Off in Rovigo

Nothing says European elegance like Lycra, leg cramps, and 180 kilometres of sweaty glory. Stage 13 of the Giro d’Italia launched in Rovigo today, sending...

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IMF Warns Trump's Trade Tantrums Could Cost Australia $13B

Donald Trump’s latest foreign policy plan (read: global temper tantrum) has the IMF clutching pearls and calculators. According to the newly released report, Trump’s proposed...

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Pope Francis dies at 88; world mourns, Australia reflects

Pope Francis, the reformist pontiff who tried to drag the Catholic Church into the 21st century without setting it on fire, has died at the...

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Tourist Paradise Bans Israeli Passport Holders

The Indian Ocean island nation of the Maldives has decided it's had enough of the Israeli passport drama and flat-out banned all holders from entering...

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Xi's Chilling Message to America as Beijing Prepares for War

If Xi Jinping had a love language, it’d be "militarised passive aggression." This week, the Chinese President effectively told the PLA: stop polishing your boots...