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Rubio says concrete Ukraine proposals needed now, or US will step back

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Tuesday that now is the time for concrete proposals from Moscow and Kyiv to end the war in Ukraine and warned that the U.S. will step back as a mediator if there is no progress, State Department spokeswoman Tammy Bruce said.

April 30, 2025 10:14 am
 

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Three people killed in shooting in Sweden, police say

Three people were killed in a shooting in the Swedish city of Uppsala on Tuesday and a murder investigation has been launched, police said.

April 30, 2025 9:06 am
 

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Spain, Portugal switch back on, seek answers after biggest ever blackout

Spain and Portugal switched their power back on after the worst blackout in their history, though authorities offered little explanation for what had caused it or how they would prevent it happening again.

April 30, 2025 8:20 am
 

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Trump pressures Ukraine, Locals defend mineral rights

As Kyiv and Washington work on a deal that will give the U.S. a share of Ukraine’s mineral wealth, Ukrainians who live with seams of iron beneath their feet have a message for Donald Trump: don’t take advantage of us, these resources are ours.

April 30, 2025 7:49 am
 

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Carney aims for global leadership role against Trump after Canada election win

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney completed a comeback victory for the governing Liberals in Monday’s election, positioning himself for a global role as a champion of multilateralism against U.S. President Donald Trump’s more protectionist policies.

April 30, 2025 6:00 am
 

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Banking passwords stolen from Australians are being traded online by cybercriminals

More than 31,000 passwords belonging to Australian customers of the Big Four banks are being shared amongst cyber criminals online, often for free, the ABC can reveal.

April 29, 2025 5:00 pm
 

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Erin Patterson's murder trial over alleged mushroom killings begins today

Nearly two years after three people died after eating a beef Wellington allegedly laced with poisonous mushrooms, the woman accused of serving the contaminated meal will go on trial.

April 29, 2025 4:08 pm
 

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Judge questions US Defense Department role in Venezuelans' deportations

A federal judge ordered the Trump administration on Monday to turn over the names of any migrants flown recently from the U.S. naval base in Guantanamo Bay to El Salvador so he could determine whether they were deported in violation of a court order he issued.

April 29, 2025 2:10 pm
 

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Mexico will send more water to Texas to make up treaty shortfall, USDA says

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said on Monday that Mexico would increase its water shipments to Texas to help make up a shortfall under a 1944 treaty that outlines water-sharing between the countries.

April 29, 2025 1:14 pm
 

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Suspected US airstrike hits Yemen migrant centre, Houthi TV says 68 killed

Corpses covered in dust and debris were scattered in the wreckage of a detention centre for African migrants in Yemen, after what Houthi-controlled television described on Monday as a U.S. airstrike that killed 68 people.

April 29, 2025 12:09 pm
 

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Putin announces May 8-10 ceasefire, Ukraine wants truce now

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday declared a three-day ceasefire in May in the war with Ukraine to mark the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Soviet Union and its allies in World War Two.

April 29, 2025 11:05 am
 

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Pakistan defence minister says military incursion by India is imminent

Pakistan’s defence minister said on Monday a military incursion by neighbouring India was imminent in the aftermath of a deadly militant attack on tourists in Kashmir last week, as tensions rise between the two nuclear-armed nations.

April 29, 2025 10:02 am

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