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Venezuela's Machado swaps Nobel for MAGA swag bag
16 Jan 2026Despite Machado's upbeat tone, it remains unclear if she secured beyond a photo-op and an official gift bag embossed with Trump's signature.
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Bar-fridge-sized wasp nest discovered in WA town
16 Jan 2026The nest is 16 times the average size, and European wasps are one of the world's worst invasive wasp species.
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South Korea's ex-president given 5-year jail term
16 Jan 2026The verdict marks the completion of the first of multiple trials faced by Yoon Suk Yeol faces his botched martial law declaration, one of which carries a possible death sentence.
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Mother of Elon Musk's son sues his AI bot over AI-deepfake images
16 Jan 2026Ashley St. Clair, alleges the his AI chatbot Grok generated sexually explicit deepfake images of her without her consent.
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Trump accepts Nobel medal from Venezuelan opposition leader
16 Jan 2026A White House official confirmed that Trump intends to keep the medal, but the Nobel committee says the honour cannot be transferred, shared or revoked.
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World records longest ever lull in nuclear tests - but it's on shaky ground
16 Jan 2026Although there have been countless missile tests, the last nuclear detonation was eight years, four months, and 11 days ago.
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Trump announces 'board of peace' formed for Gaza
16 Jan 2026The board's creation comes shortly after the announcement of a 15-member Palestinian technocratic committee, charged with managing the day-to-day governance of post-war Gaza.
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Major fire breaks out in slum area of South Korea's Gangnam district
16 Jan 2026A total of 85 fire trucks were sent to the scene, but officials could not send a helicopter due to haze and fine dust shrouding the city.
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Venezuela's Machado offers Trump her Nobel Peace Prize
16 Jan 2026It remains unclear if the US President accepted it.
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Inside Trump's 'crazy world' of milk bottles, sled dogs and threats
16 Jan 2026Analysis: Asked how he could trust pledges from an Iranian regime, the US president left on a cliff-hanger.
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White House shrugs off European troops in Greenland
16 Jan 2026As European countries send in small numbers of troops, it says their presence won't affect the US President's ambitions.
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Trump threatens to invoke centuries-old law as new shooting triggers protests
16 Jan 2026The Insurrection Act allows the president to deploy soldiers to put down unrest deemed to be an insurrection. It has not been used in more than 30 years.
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Cars washed out to sea, rain record smashed in Victoria deluge
15 Jan 2026There have been no reports of injuries but the State Emergency Service was responding to reports of people stuck in caravans as floodwaters inundated caravan parks.
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After an epic journey, the Riley family's world was shaken
16 Jan 2026A hundred years ago two missionaries lapped Australia in a tiny car with barely the power of a mower. An Aussie family followed their journey.
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Australia's social media ban sees 4.5m accounts close in two days
16 Jan 2026Millions of Australian social media accounts held by children have been culled since new age limits took effect
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French mother superior bullied nuns at Paris order, inquiry finds
16 Jan 2026The head nun and her allies spied on, physically abused and even stole more than $1.7m from other nuns, investigators say.
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UK, Canadian watchdogs press on with probes into Elon Musk's Grok chatbot
16 Jan 2026Canada's privacy watchdog said it was expanding an existing probe into X.
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Venezuela's Machado meets Trump for 'positive' talks despite snub
16 Jan 2026Since toppling Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro, Trump has said that Machado doesn't have the support of the oil-rich country's people.
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US says it has seized another oil tanker in Caribbean
16 Jan 2026Marines and sailors seized the Veronica without incident in a pre-dawn raid, US Southern Command says.
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Spain hosted record 97 million foreign tourists in 2025
16 Jan 2026It's the world's second most-visited country after France.
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Two-star Michelin restaurant handed one-star hygiene rating
16 Jan 2026A British restaurant with two Michelin stars has been given a one-star hygiene rating after food standards inspectors visited the premises in November.
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How new passport rules for UK and Ireland dual citizens will work
15 Jan 2026From 25 February, dual citizens of the UK and Ireland will be prevented from entering on documents from a different country - such as a New Zealand passport.
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NZ 'appalled' by Iranian regime crackdown
15 Jan 2026Winston Peters has condemned the brutal response to the protests - which has included the reported killing of thousands of demonstrators.
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Another immigration-related shooting fuels chaos in Minneapolis
15 Jan 2026Protesters throwing rocks, ice and fireworks clashed with law enforcement agents who fired tear gas and crowd-control munitions late into the night following the shooting.
