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Foreign Minister Penny Wong urges Australians in New Caledonia "to exercise a high degree of caution" and says the government is working with authorities to regain order in the island nation.
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Man who police say shot Slovakian prime minister to be kept in detention, court rules
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For many parents, especially first-generation immigrants, academic pressure is a small price to pay for a lifetime of security. But amid Australia's rising cost of living, what happens when that price isn't so "small" anymore?
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Man convicted of attacking Nancy Pelosi's husband with a hammer gets 30 years in prison
The man convicted of attempting to kidnap then-US house speaker Nancy Pelosi and attacking her husband with a hammer has been sentenced to 30 years in prison.
For the first time, divorced parents in Japan will have the option of joint child custody
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Violence eases in New Caledonia as concerns grow about access to food and medicine
One thousand additional security personnel have been deployed across New Caledonia to bring riots that have gripped the island to a halt.
Australia joins other democracies in letter urging Israel to comply with humanitarian law in Gaza
More than a dozen countries, including all the members of the Group of Seven (G7) major democracies apart from the United States, have signed the letter, which also says they are opposed to a full-scale Israeli military operation in Rafah.
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