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Newspoll shows One Nation support falling after Hanson speech
One Nation has suffered a new setback in a new poll.
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US knocked out of 2026 World Cup as Belgium win 4-1 in Seattle
The United States Men’s National Team was knocked out of the 2026 World Cup on Monday, losing 4-1 to Belgium in the Round of 16 in Seattle. The defeat eliminated the host nation and matters because it fell largely to self-inflicted errors — a shaky back line and goalkeeping display that repeatedly handed Belgium chances,…
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Zelensky to seek stronger air defences from Nato amid Russian bombardment
The Ukrainian president will use the Nato meeting in Turkey to argue he needs more interceptor missiles.
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Belgium knock hosts United States out of World Cup with 4-1 win
The United States men’s national team were knocked out of the 2026 FIFA World Cup after losing 4-1 to Belgium in the Round of 16 in Seattle. The defeat, in front of a sold-out and largely American crowd, ended the host nation’s tournament run and saw Belgium advance to the quarter-finals. It matters as a…
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Democrats face reckoning over Senate candidate Graham Platner in Maine
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Doctor found guilty of misconduct over surgery threat and psychiatrist insults
Dr Stewart Proper, a Melbourne orthopaedic surgeon based in Glen Iris, has been found by the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT) to have engaged in professional misconduct. The ruling, handed down on Friday, followed both an aggressive outburst he made during an operation and a separate online campaign of insults directed at fellow doctors,…
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Mario Lopez denies MAGA label as former co-host claims otherwise
Actor and TV host Mario Lopez has publicly denied being a supporter of President Donald Trump after being labelled a “MAGA” figure in an online video, in a since-deleted Instagram comment reported by Buzzfeed. The dispute matters because it reflects wider tensions over the political labelling of Latino celebrities, with Lopez insisting he is not…
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Agentic ransomware operation JadePuffer still relied on human setup
Cloud security firm Sysdig has documented what it calls the first known case of “agentic ransomware”, an extortion operation dubbed JadePuffer in which an AI agent, rather than a person, carried out the technical steps of a real-world cyberattack. The agent broke into a vulnerable server, stole credentials, moved through the network, encrypted files and…
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Australian opposition accuses Albanese of disrespecting Japan’s Sanae Takaichi over melon remarks
Australia’s opposition Coalition has accused Prime Minister Anthony Albanese of making “disrespectful” remarks about Japan’s first female prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, during an appearance on Nova’s Bush Deep podcast last Friday. The row centres on comments Albanese made about an official gift of two melons that Takaichi had presented to him, which critics say reduced…
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China test-fires nuclear-capable submarine missile into Pacific as Marles withholds landing site
Australia’s Acting Prime Minister Richard Marles has declined to disclose where a Chinese nuclear-capable missile, fitted with a dummy warhead, came down in the Pacific Ocean after China test-launched it. Marles told the ABC it was “not something that I can talk about publicly”, but described the test as “deeply destabilising”, stressing the significance of…