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Turkish habit of stashing gold "under the pillow' hurts economy, government says
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All support acts on Ed Sheeran's US tour quit after Macklemore dropped
The star said he was not responsible for Macklemore being dropped from the line-up after he made pro-Palestinian statements on stage.
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Russia plotting to kill Ukraine allies in US and Europe, FBI says
Intelligence services allegedly attempted to pay people to surveil and kill people perceived to be aligned with Ukraine Russia’s intelligence services are plotting to carry out targeted killings in the United States and in European nations supporting Ukraine, federal authorities said Tuesday as they announced charges against five people who remain at large. An indictment unsealed in Manhattan federal court said a network of the intelligence services had paid and attempted to pay individuals in the United States and in other countries to surveil targets to be killed with plans to then kill them. Continue reading...
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Australian politics live: Labor to announce delayed migration policy tomorrow; one in five Melbourne units sold in June quarter made a loss
Follow the day’s news live Get our new political email , free app or daily news podcast Sports precinct funding report reveals a ‘pattern of behaviour’, Wilson says Tim Wilson says there are questions for Labor to answer over an ABC report which says health minister Mark Butler’s office asked an Adelaide council to put forward a $6m sports precinct upgrade for federal funding before any detailed costings or formal planning had been done. I think what we’re now seeing is a pattern of behaviour. The prime minister gave a grant to a golf course in his electorate just around the corner from his home, of which he was a member, which he failed to declare. Now we have the health minister, the next wannabe prime minister, doing exactly the same thing. That’s a difficult thing to do. However, I think one way to do it is to ensure that Muslim leaders are at the centre of any such discussion and gu
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Saudi-led coalition intercepts drone headed for Mecca
Saudi Arabia says it intercepted a drone before it entered Islam's holiest city, calling pilgrims' security a 'red line'
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Israeli soldiers rappel from helicopter in occupied West Bank
Israeli forces rappelled from a helicopter onto the roof of a residential building in Yatta, in the occupied West Bank.
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Iran war increasing inflation, straining US munitions: congressional report
Report by nonpartisan research body finds that replenishing depleted munitions stockpiles could take up to five years.