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Emotional support alligator taken and released in swamp
WallyGator's owner believes he was taken as a prank and later released by local animal control.
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Police clear out US pro-Palestinian encampment, detain protesters
5:22 am todayHundreds of police officers in riot gear have cleared a pro-Palestinian encampment at the University of California, Los Angeles.
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Why Europe's most famous tourist attractions are turning people away
2 May 2024They say money can't buy you happiness, but at Europe's busiest tourist hot spots, it can get you peace and quiet.
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South Korea approves new inquiry into deadly Halloween crowd crush
2 May 2024South Korea's National Assembly has voted to approve a bill to launch a fresh probe into the deadly Halloween crowd crush in the capital Seoul in 2022.
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Georgia rocked by clashes over 'foreign agent' bill
2 May 2024Riot police fired tear gas and a water cannon into crowds protesting against a bill seen by the opposition as targeting media freedoms.
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Police mass near UCLA pro-Palestinian protest camp, a day after violent clashes
Live television footage showed police in tactical gear filing onto the UCLA campus adjacent to a complex of tents occupied by throngs of demonstrators.
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Uber faces $500m London black cab drivers lawsuit
2 May 2024Almost 11,000 London cabbies say Uber's business dealings have lost them money.
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Johnson & Johnson looks to settle baby powder lawsuits for $10.9 billion
2 May 2024In tens of thousands of lawsuits, consumers claim baby powder and talc products contain asbestos and cause ovarian cancer.
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New Solomon Islands prime minister elected
2 May 2024Jeremiah Manele's victory signals a return of the incumbent government formerly headed by Manasseh Sogavare.
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Israel supporters attack pro-Palestinian camp at US protest
2 May 2024Police were deployed while video showed people wielding sticks or poles to hammer on wooden boards being used as makeshift barricades.
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Harvey Weinstein will be retried after rape conviction overturned
2 May 2024The New York judge said he expected the retrial to be held after 2 September.
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School praises 'gentle character' killed in sword attack
2 May 2024The 14-year-old died in hospital after being stabbed in London where four other people, including two police officers, were seriously injured.
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US author Paul Auster dies aged 77
1 May 2024US author Paul Auster, who wrote the New York Trilogy mystery novels, has died at the age of 77.
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Police arrest pro-Palestinian protesters in US university raid
1 May 2024Officers have entetred a Columbia University hall and nearby protest encampment, putting more than 50 detainees onto a bus.
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'Lock your doors': London sword attack witnesses describe horror and screams
1 May 2024Sickening images being shared among people in London reveal in unforgiving detail an attack in which a 14-year-old was killed.
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Plastic-eating bacteria can help waste self-destruct
1 May 2024Scientists make a self-destructing plastic using plastic-eating bacteria in a sci-fi like development.
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King Charles shares 'shock' of cancer diagnosis with patients
1 May 2024The King told patients at a London cancer centre that he was doing all right.
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Peters still trying to find out what Aukus Pillar 2 is really about
2 May 2024The Foreign Minister says he is continuing work started by the previous Labour government. Audio
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Thousands of Kiwi Indians excluded from voting in election
19 Apr 2024With nearly 968 million people expected to vote, India's 2024 general election will be the world's largest.
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Binance crypto boss sentenced to 4 months in prison
Changpeng Zhao resigned from Binance in November and pleaded guilty to violating US money laundering laws.
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Trump fined, threatened with jail as trial continues
1 May 2024The judge overseeing the former US president's hush money trial said he would consider jailing Trump if he continued to violate a gag order.
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Boy, 14, dies after 'truly horrific' sword attack in London
1 May 2024Eyewitnesses described seeing the suspect run through London streets with a sword before he was tasered by police.
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Ex-Google workers say firings for protesting Israel contract were illegal
1 May 2024The group of former Google workers have filed a complaint with the US National Labor Relations Board over their termination.
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'Big privacy concern': Qantas investigates customers accessing others' info in app
One passenger said they could see another customer's name on their app as well as their boarding pass for a flight.
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US police investigate whether more than one shooter involved in officers' deaths
1 May 2024Four officers from the US Marshals Office were killed while serving an arrest warrant in North Carolina on Monday.
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Australian regulator examines possible contamination of Indian spice mixes
Australia's food safety agency is collecting information on the possible contamination of spice mixes sold by MDH and Everest.
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Indonesia's Ruang volcano erupts again, alert status at highest
30 Apr 2024Indonesia's Ruang volcano spewed "explosive" flows of incandescent lava into the night sky.
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Thousands stranded as Australian airline weighs its future
Australia's newest budget airline suspended all its flights on Tuesday, to discuss "the ongoing viability" of its business model.
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