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Obama rips Trump on campaign trail for Harris

Former US president Barack Obama has made a passionate case against Donald Trump and in favour of Vice President Kamala Harris during a rally at a Pittsburgh college campus aimed in part at spurring young people to show up for the November 5 election.

October 11, 2024 4:30 pm
 

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At least 20 killed in attack on miners in Pakistan

At least 20 miners have been killed and seven injured in an attack by armed men on a small private coal mine in the southwestern Pakistani province of Balochistan.

October 11, 2024 3:20 pm
 

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Turn wind into jobs with local turbine tower production

Australia could create thousands of jobs and transition workers out of the fossil fuel industry if wind towers were produced at home, a research group says.

October 11, 2024 2:23 pm
 

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Top Hezbollah official 'survives assassination attempt'

A senior Hezbollah official has eluded an Israeli assassination attempt in Beirut, three security sources say, as Israeli strikes there killed 22 people and the United Nations said its peacekeepers in southern Lebanon were in growing danger.

October 11, 2024 1:24 pm
 

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Murder charge for shot man over alleged family stabbing

A stepson has been charged with murder after allegedly stabbing his stepfather in Melbourne’s northwest.

October 11, 2024 12:36 pm
 

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AI deepfake ads set to screen during federal election

Deepfake political advertisements with videos pretending to be the prime minister or opposition leader will be allowed at the next federal election under contentious recommendations from an AI inquiry.

October 11, 2024 11:23 am
 

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Hurricane Milton ploughs across Florida, killing five

Hurricane Milton whirled into the Atlantic Ocean after ploughing across Florida, where it had whipped up a barrage of tornadoes and caused at least five deaths.

October 11, 2024 7:23 am
 

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Murder victim's mum backs DNA lab poll funding pledge

A forensic science lab that sparked two inquiries will receive millions in funding from the Liberal National Party as part of an election pitch to address a backlog of cases.

October 11, 2024 6:15 am
 

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US moves to break google dominance

The U.S. Department of Justice’s proposed remedies to break up Google’s search dominance could weaken its main profit engine and stall its advances in artificial intelligence, even though an outcome may be years away, analysts said.

October 10, 2024 3:30 pm
 

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California confirms third bird flu case

California reported a third human case of bird flu on Wednesday in a dairy worker who had contact with infected cattle and said the state identified two more possible cases in people.

October 10, 2024 1:22 pm
 

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Ratan Tata dies at 86

Ratan Tata, the former Tata Group chairman who put a staid and sprawling Indian conglomerate on the global stage with a string of high-profile acquisitions, has died, the Tata Group said in a statement late on Wednesday. He was 86.

October 10, 2024 12:27 pm
 

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Saudi Arabia misses U.N. seat

Saudi Arabia narrowly failed on Wednesday to win a seat on the United Nations Human Rights Council, a blow to Riyadh’s efforts to boost the country’s rights reputation abroad and four years after it was rejected in a 2020 bid to join the 47-member body.

October 10, 2024 10:15 am

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