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How Australia plans to ban under-16s from social media

Militaries come to aid of Asia flood victims as toll nears 1,000

'For him': Australia mum channels grief into social media limits

Thunder down Blazers to avenge lone defeat of season

Asian markets mixed as traders eye US data ahead of Fed decision

Migrant domestic workers seek support, solace after Hong Kong fire

Experts work on UN climate report amid US pushback

Spain aim to turn 'suffering' to success in Nations League final second leg

Pope to urge unity, bring hope to Lebanese youth on day two of visit

Thousands march in Zagreb against far right

Trump confirms call with Maduro, Caracas slams US maneuvers

Argentina's radical Shift

Hidden Cartel crisis in USA

New York’s lost Luster

Europe’s power shock

Adobe down 40%: Kodak moment?

Boomers: Selfish or Scapegoats?

Australian economy Crisis

Israel’s Haredi Challenge

Kharkiv's lute-playing publisher champions 'cultural resistance'

With his eyes closed, Oleksandr Savchuk plucks the strings on his bandura, a lute-like Ukrainian folk instrument, as he delivers a gently melancholic performance in the frontline city of Kharkiv.

Gavaskar calls for 'post-mortem' after India Test debacle

Batting great Sunil Gavaskar has called for a "post-mortem" into India Test cricket after their aura of home invincibility was blown away by a second series whitewash in 12 months.

South Africa slams Trump's G20 ban as punitive

South Africa denounced US President Donald Trump's decision to bar it from the 2026 G20 summit, calling the move punitive and driven by distortions that erode global cooperation.

Gavaskar calls for 'post-mortem' after India's Test debacle

Batting great Sunil Gavaskar has called for a "post-mortem" into India Test cricket after their aura of home invincibility was blown away by a second series whitewash 12 months.

The Rwanda camp giving a second chance to genocidal enemies

As his comrades died of starvation and thirst around him, Mbale Hafashimana Amos finally decided to flee the Congolese bush for a country he had always been told would butcher him on arrival.

Beer giant Asahi not engaging with hackers after cyberattack

Japanese beer giant Asahi said Thursday it had not received any specific demand from the hackers behind a "sophisticated and cunning" cyberattack that is about to enter its third month.

Hospital video helps clear Chinese long jump world champion of doping

China's world champion long jumper Wang Jianan has been cleared of doping after hospital video camera footage showed he had inadvertently inhaled a banned substance.

France wary of MAGA influence ahead of 2027 elections

US President Donald Trump's MAGA movement is cosying up to France's far right as part of an ideological offensive abroad since his return to office, with French authorities worried about its influence ahead of key elections.

'God created it to be eaten': Jakarta's dog meat ban divides

Sitting at an empty Jakarta stall, Alfindo Hutagaol gobbled down some rice, green sambal and grilled dog meat -- a meal that is now banned in the Indonesian capital.

'Very worried': Hong Kong fire survivors hunt for the missing

The morning after saving her elderly neighbour from Hong Kong's deadliest fire in decades, retiree Kwok was trawling through social media groups looking for signs other missing residents were safe on Thursday.

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