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Trump rallies Latin American allies against drug cartels
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Australia news live: Shoebridge says US submission on online safety laws an ‘extraordinary intervention in our domestic politics’
Follow the day’s news live Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Andrew Bragg , the shadow housing minister, said he believes in “big debates” about housing after pushing his new proposal yesterday to allow people to use their superannuation as collateral to get a home loan. The policy hasn’t been adopted by the opposition, and leader Angus Taylor said yesterday it wasn’t Coalition policy. We’re a great country, and we should be able to have big debates, as we had in the 80s and 90s about national savings and housing and the like, which led, in fact, to the super guarantee. … It’s very important that we look to calibrate the retirement and housing and superannuation systems to make sure that they’re getting the best outcomes for the Australian people. Continue reading...
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At least 11 people killed in South Africa township shooting
Armed men open fire at a house party in a Durban township, killing a pregnant woman and 10 others.
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Gus Lamont’s parents make emotional plea as $1m reward offered for information about disappearance
No trace of Gus has been found since he went missing from his family’s South Australian farm on 27 September last year The parents of missing four-year-old Gus Lamont have made an emotional plea for any information about their “unique little boy” as authorities offered a $1m reward over the disappearance. No trace of Gus has been found since he went missing from his family’s enormous sheep farm in the South Australian outback almost a year ago. Continue reading...
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Pakistan’s new drone deal is with Trump-backed firm also selling to India
The company's cofounder is also an ex-Israeli soldier. Pakistan does not recognise Israel.
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WHO’S FUTURE IS IT: CHINA OR THE WEST?
As global power shifts, how different are these two visions, and does the future belong to just one?
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Jesse Baird ‘petrified’ of Beau Lamarre-Condon and kept repeating ‘he has a gun’, court hears
Friend sobs in witness box and tells Sydney murder trial Baird was scared to go to the police Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Before he was fatally shot, Jesse Baird became “petrified” of Beau Lamarre and kept repeating that the police officer had a gun, a court has heard. Lamarre-Condon has been accused of fatally shooting Sydney couple Jesse Baird, 26, and Luke Davies, 29, with a police service weapon at Baird’s Paddington home on 19 February 2024. Continue reading...