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What people with tourette’s want you to know
25 Feb 2026The condition has become even more public after a man shouted expletives at the Baftas.
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Tourists stranded in Mexico amid 'really scary' cartel violence
25 Feb 2026The killing of Mexican cartel leader Nemesio "El Mencho" Oseguera Cervantes set off a wave of retaliatory violence from his gunmen.
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Australian police charge NZ man after extremist videos found on phone
24 Feb 2026The 24-year-old was stopped at Perth Airport .
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Why we need new ways to protect rivers from extreme weather
25 Feb 2026Analysis: In the summer of 2022, extreme heat and unprecedented drought drove parts of the world's third-largest river, the Yangtze, to dry up.
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New US tariffs start at 10%, Trump administration working to hike them to 15%
25 Feb 2026A White House official says the US President has had "no change of heart" in his desire for a 15 percent tariff.
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Savannah Guthrie offers up to $1.6m for information about her mother
25 Feb 2026The tearful Today host acknowledged that her 84-year-old mother, who has been missing since 1 February, "may already be gone".
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Zelensky says Ukraine unbroken after 4 years, but Russia vows to fight on
The Kremlin marked the start of the fifth year of its invasion by vowing to keep fighting Europe's bloodiest conflict since World War II until it achieves its goals.
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Albanese evacuated from his residence after security incident
25 Feb 2026Police have so far not shared detaileds of what sparked an "alleged security incident".
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Russell Brand pleads not guilty to further rape, sex assault charges
The British actor and comedian appeared at Southwark Crown Court in London and denied accusations of raping one woman and sexually assaulting another in 2009.
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UK govt urged to release documents linked to ex-prince Andrew
25 Feb 2026Britain's former ambassador in Washington Peter Mandelson was arrested in a separate misconduct in public office probe, also related to his links to Epstein.
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Trump to address State of the Union at fraught moment for his presidency
24 Feb 2026The televised prime-time speech to Congress comes as Trump faces stiff political headwinds at home and abroad.
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Could NZ seriously boycott the Football World Cup?
24 Feb 2026Explainer - Talk of boycotting the World Cup in the US have grown overseas. Could New Zealand actually skip it - and what do fans think?
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'Ultra-processed foods are making us sick' - attorney sues manufacturers
24 Feb 2026The lawyer behind lawsuit says some of the world's biggest food manufacturers are "leaving taxpayers to clean up the mess". Audio
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Parents of missing Australian 4yo say lives have been 'shattered'
24 Feb 2026They have also released a video of Gus. Video
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Suspect at Nancy Guthrie's door before night of her disappearance
24 Feb 2026It's another clue in the exhaustive, multi-week search for the mother of "Today" show host Savannah Guthrie.
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US women's hockey team declines Trump's invite
24 Feb 2026It comes after the US President invited the men's team, telling them he would have to invite the women too - or "I probably would be impeached".
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Suspected human remains found in search for kidnapped 85-year-old
24 Feb 2026Chris Baghsarian was snatched from his Australian home on February 13, with police confident he was not the intended target of the abduction plot.
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Developer behind Gold Coast Trump Tower proposal went bankrupt twice
24 Feb 2026A search by the ABC of federal insolvency records reveals the developer has had personal financial scrapes.
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Primary care under unprecedented strain worldwide
24 Feb 2026Analysis: Strengthening primary care is not just another reform. It is the only path to a sustainable health system. Countries that fail to recognise this are already seeing the consequences.
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US wellness guru exits CBS News over Epstein files: reports
24 Feb 2026The released files reveal Peter Attia sent Epstein some vulgar notes about women, and in an email, wrote that the "biggest problem" with being friends was "the life you lead is so outrageous and yet I… Audio
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Mexican cartel leader killed after visit from romantic partner
24 Feb 2026Information from a confidante of one of 'El Mencho's' romantic partners helped officials quickly plan the raid at the crime boss' compound.
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Former UK ambassador to the US led away from home by police
24 Feb 2026Peter Mandelson was fired from the top posting after his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein became clear.
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Slain filmmaker Rob Reiner's son denies murdering parents
24 Feb 2026Nick Reiner pleaded not guilty to two counts of first-degree murder in the deadly knife attack on actor-director Rob Reiner, 78, and his wife photographer-producer Michele Reiner, 70.
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New US military-led group aided Mexico's hunt for 'El Mencho' cartel boss
24 Feb 2026Mexico's defense ministry said US authorities provided "complementary information", while a source said the Mexican government designed and executed the raid.
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