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This year's G7 summit is full of combustible tensions and it's not clear how the gathered world leaders can work together to resolve them.
Stuff 17 Jun 2025 04:40
New York Times: The fighting has stirred anxiety over whether it could draw in the US.
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Israel is "knocking the stuffing" out of the Iranian regime - Security and Intelligence expert Professor Anthony Glees talks to Herald NOW's Ryan Bridge. Video / Herald NOW
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Fordow, a key nuclear site, remains intact and heavily fortified underground.
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Leaders are tackling divisive issues including tariffs, the Middle East, and Ukraine war.
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Donald Trump avoided personal conflicts that shaped previous meetings, but his remarks make clear that his goals differ from other leaders.
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Oman and Qatar were leading efforts to begin ceasefire talks, while mediators said Iran was open to resuming nuclear negotiations if Israel’s attacks stop.
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An Israeli strike hit Iran's state broadcaster on Monday while the head of the UN nuclear watchdog indicated extensive damage to Iran's biggest uranium enrichment plant and Iran called on the US to force a ceasefire in the aerial war.
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Trump asserted that it was a "very big mistake" to remove Russia in 2014 after it annexed Crimea, a move that precipitated Russia's wider invasion of Ukraine.
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“Because of what’s going on in the Middle East, president Trump will be leaving tonight after dinner,” a White House press secretary said.
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New York Times: US President has to decide whether to help Israel destroy Fordow facility.
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The summit had already generated a degree of division in the few hours Trump attended. AUDIO
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The US president appears to be gradually building the public case for more direct American involvement in the escalating conflict.
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G7 leaders have urged a de-escalation in the Israel-Iran conflict.
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"Much was accomplished, but because of what’s going on in the Middle East, President Trump will be leaving tonight after dinner with Heads of State."
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Six of the Group of Seven leaders discussed Russia’s war in Ukraine and international cooperation on key, non-military issues.
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Tulsi Gabbard left no doubt when she testified to Congress earlier this year that Iran was not building a nuclear weapon.
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The US President urged, in a social media posting, Iran's "UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER" as the five-day conflict continues to escalate.
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New York Times: Israel is believed to have at least 90 nuclear warheads.
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Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei rejected Donald Trump's demand for unconditional surrender and the US president said his patience had run out, though he gave no clue as to what his...
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The US president continued his increasingly pointed warnings about the US joining Israel in striking at Tehran’s nuclear programme.
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Iran is boasting that it has hypersonic missiles and says it already has begun firing the cutting-edge weapons at Israel.
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Moscow could help negotiate a settlement that could allow Tehran to pursue a peaceful atomic program while assuaging Israeli security concerns.
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Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is deeply sceptical of the West, but is willing to bend when the survival of the Islamic republic is at stake.
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Iran’s 'propaganda and incitement megaphone is about to disappear' - Israel Katz.
NZHerald 17 Jun 2025 18:35
Herald NOW talks to Kiwi living in Israel after MFAT warns New Zealanders to leave Israel and Iran. Video / Herald NOW
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An Israeli missile strike occurred during a live broadcast on Iranian TV, shocking viewers as explosions interrupted the ongoing transmission.
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In this Israeli city hit by an Iranian missile, many people still support their military's operation
When an Iranian missile slammed into this central Israeli city, Miryam was huddled inside the concrete safe room in her family’s apartment.
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Sahar Emami, an anchor at the Islamic Republic of Iran News Network, was seen hurrying off-camera as the screen behind her cut out.
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Israel warned hundreds of thousands of people to evacuate the middle of Iran's capital as Israel’s air campaign on Tehran appeared to broaden.
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The dayslong attacks between the two bitter enemies have opened a new chapter in their turbulent recent history.
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Explosions have been heard over Tel Aviv after Israel warned it had detected incoming missiles launched from Iran. AUDIO
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Iranian state television alleged without specific evidence that the messaging app gathered user information to send to Israel.
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Uncertainty roiled the region and residents of Tehran fled their homes in droves on the sixth day of Israel’s air campaign aimed at Iran’s military and nuclear programme.
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Israel struck a key Iranian nuclear site and Iranian missiles hit an Israeli hospital, as President Donald Trump kept the world guessing about whether the US would join Israel in air strikes.
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The toll was the deadliest yet in the near-daily shootings that have taken place as thousands of Palestinians move through Israeli military-controlled areas to reach aid centres.
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The incident, the latest in spate of public shootings in Sydney, reportedly took place opposite Auburn railway station outside a kebab shop.
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Israeli fire killed at least 50 people Monday, nearly half of them near an aid distribution site run by the US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, as UN officials denounced aid delivery methods.
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The 34 people killed, according to health officials, made it the deadliest day of such shootings since the new aid system launched last month.
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Israeli tank shellfire has killed at least 51 Palestinians as they awaited aid trucks in Khan Younis, wounding dozens of others, the territory's health ministry…
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Iranian officials have reported 224 deaths, mostly civilians, while Israel say 24 civilians have been killed.
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The US military veteran was trying to stop an alleged gunman but instead shot Arthur Folasa Ah Loo at the Salt Lake City “No Kings” rally, police say.
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Missiles have hit Tel Aviv and Haifa, causing widespread damage.
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Israeli tanks fired into a crowd trying to get aid from trucks in Gaza on Tuesday, killing at least 59 people, according to medics, in one of the bloodiest incidents yet in mounting violence as...
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The Israeli military said soldiers had spotted a gathering near an aid truck that was stuck in Khan Younis, near where Israeli forces were operating
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Hundreds in Gaza have been killed seeking aid since late May, according to medics, as Israel says it is looking into the deaths.
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A Sydney plumber is among three Australians who have been charged with murder in Indonesia over a shooting at a luxury villa.
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The officer died at the scene and the alleged offender was not seriously injured.
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One person was killed and another critically injured in a targeted ambush on Saturday.
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The officer was fatally wounded while at a rural property, with their colleague firing back at the shooter.
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A veteran policeman has been "shockingly" shot dead at a rural property in Tasmania in a tragedy that has rocked the community.
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A third attempt on Samimjan Azari’s life this year has left three people injured.
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Prosecutors claim Erin Patterson faked illness in hospital visit.
NZHerald 17 Jun 2025 06:06
The Crown prosecutor alleges Erin Patterson "planted the seed" of the fake cancer claim at least a month earlier to ensure her guests would be over for lunch.
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Mushroom cook Erin Patterson did not have a motive to kill members of her ex-husband's family and never planned to serve them death cap mushrooms, her lawyer has argued.
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Erin Patterson's defence barrister has told the jury in her triple-murder trial that the "devoted" mother had no motive to deprive her children of their…
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Jurors should not find mushroom cook Erin Patterson guilty of three murders because she told some lies, her barrister has argued.
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Accused killer Erin Patterson was genuinely unwell and not faking illness in the days after serving a deadly beef Wellington lunch, her barrister has argued.
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However the US president says: "Our patience is wearing thin", while indicating he could dispatch diplomatic envoys.
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Trump claims US knows Ayatollah Khamenei's location but won't target him.
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President Trump called for Iran's "unconditional surrender" and warned that US patience was wearing thin, but said there was no intention to kill Iran's leader "for now", as the Israel-Iran air war raged for a fifth day.
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Analysis: For years now, Americans have been trending in a more isolationist, anti-war direction when it comes to the rest of the world's problems.
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But he says there was no intention to kill Iran's leader "for now", as the Israel-Iran air war entered a sixth day.
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New York Times: US troops on high alert as fears of wider war grow.
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New York Times: Trump has opposed military action but may deepen US involvement.
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As Iran's Supreme Leader rules out surrender, the US President says he has run out of patience. AUDIO
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The suspect accused of assassinating a Minnesota lawmaker and shooting another this weekend drove to the homes of at least four state politicians as part of a…
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Yvette and John Hoffman were gunned down at their property before the shooter went on to kill another US politician and her husband.
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Vance Boelter went to the homes of two other legislators, intending to inflict more carnage against those on his hitlist, a federal prosecutor said
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Vance Boelter is accused of killing one Minnesota lawmaker and wounding another in what prosecutors have described as a meticulously planned attack.
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The suspect in the Minnesota attack had dozens of Democratic members of Congress listed in his writings.
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Prosecutors say Bryan Kohberger, a former graduate student in criminal justice, sneaked into a home not far from the University of Idaho campus and stabbed four students.
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Former House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, were killed in their home in the northern Minneapolis suburbs.
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The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights used some of his most forceful words yet to highlight the violence in the Middle East.
Stuff 17 Jun 2025 00:24
Israeli tanks fired into a crowd trying to get aid from trucks in Gaza, they say.
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New York Times: The term is 'toxic in Washington. Everyone thinks about 2003'.
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The eruption of Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki on the tourist island of Flores has stranded Kiwis in Indonesia. Video / AFP
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All Air New Zealand flights to the Indonesian resort island of Bali have been cancelled after the eruption of Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki spewed ash into the sky.
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Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki, a nearly 1600-metre-high volcano is spewing a colossal ash tower into the sky.
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Indonesian authorities said ash was fired up to 11km into the atmosphere.
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The new wireless service is being marketed to the president's supporters in competition with major phone carriers like AT&T and Verizon and smartphone makers like Apple and Samsung.
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Trump's company has launched a gold-coloured smartphone and a mobile service: "Trump Mobile".
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The Trump company says the new business, Trump Mobile, will offer cell service in a licensing deal and sell gold phones by the summer.
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If Trump watches or sneakers or bibles aren't your thing, the family business just added another product to show your support for the US president: mobile phones.
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Kyiv’s mayor Vitalii Klitschko said nine people were wounded in the city’s Sviatoshynskyi district and 11 more in the Solomianskyi district.
Stuff 17 Jun 2025 13:29
A hurricane warning was issued for a portion of southern Mexico as Tropical Storm Erick gained strength in the Pacific Ocean, forecasters said.
Stuff 18 Jun 2025 14:52
It is likely to become a dangerous major hurricane threatening the region with damaging winds, life-threatening flash floods and mudslides.
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Having doubled in strength in less than a day and still expected to grow further, Hurricane Erick on Wednesday local time, moved through the ideal environment to intensify rapidly as it approached Mexico's southern Pacific coast.
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The amendment aims to end prosecutions of women for self-terminating pregnancies.
NZHerald 17 Jun 2025 16:39
Doctors said they were not allowed to remove the devices keeping Adriana Smith breathing because state law bans abortion after cardiac activity can be detected.
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An allegedly stolen SUV speeds through a Melbourne shopping mall. Video / 7 News
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A stolen SUV crashed through the Northland Shopping Centre on Wednesday afternoon.
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A 27-year-old man has been arrested after allegedly driving a stolen Toyota Landcruiser through Northland Shopping Centre in Melbourne’s north to evade police.
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NZHerald 17 Jun 2025 17:30
Human remains found in a national park have been confirmed as missing teenager Pheobe Bishop, who was allegedly murdered by her two housemates.
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The remains were found during a search of Good Night Scrub National Park, about an hour from where Pheobe Bishop was last seen in southern Queensland on June 6.
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Salvador Plasencia faces up to 40 years in prison.
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Salvador Plasencia will plead guilty to four counts of ketamine distribution.
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Dr Salvador Plasencia has agreed to plead guilty to four counts of distribution of ketamine. The plea carries a maximum sentence of 40 years in prison.
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Londoner Jennifer Abbott was known professionally as Sarah Steinberg.
NZHerald 19 Jun 11:49 AM
Pilot Robert John Crawford is accused of murdering his wife in their home and trying to make it look like an accident.
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Police say Jennifer Abbott, 69, may have been stabbed for her luxury watch at her house in Camden.
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A boy, 14, is one of four young men charged over the alleged attack on a teenager at various locations across Sydney.
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A six-hour gang rape of teenage girl in a car allegedly at the hands of four youths has been described by senior Sydney police as a degrading crime that "beggars belief".
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A 17-year-old girl’s Sunday afternoon shopping trip in the lead-up to Christmas ended in a horrific gang rape, police allege.
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Kate has said her road to full recovery would be long and she would “take each day as it comes”.
Stuff 19 Jun 2025 06:10
The 43-year-old has been making a gradual return to public duties since she announced she was cancer free in September 2024.
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Catherine continues to tread a careful line as she makes her way back to health, but signs are good.
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The farmer alleged the Trump administration is illegally denying financial assistance to white farmers by continuing programs that favour minorities.
Stuff 17 Jun 2025 08:25
A judge ruled it was illegal for Trump to cancel several hundred research grants, adding that the cuts raise serious questions about racial discrimination.
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Years of floods and low food prices have driven a dairy farm in England's northeast to stop milking its cows and instead charge visitors to cuddle them.
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Owen Jackson changed his flight booking to two days later, avoiding the crash.
NZHerald 17 Jun 10:25 AM
Aryan Asari had been making videos of planes flying past when he spotted one going “down and down”, before wobbling and crashing “right before my eyes”.
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The only person to survive the crash of the Air India flight that killed at least 270 people has left hospital to help lay his brother to rest
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The ruling means transgender or nonbinary people who are without a passport or need a new one can request a male, female or X identification marker.
Stuff 18 Jun 2025 15:00
US families of trans kids worry about what's next after Supreme Court rules on gender-affirming care
The case stems from a Tennessee law banning puberty blockers and hormone treatments for transgender minors.
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Two dozen Republican-led states have similar laws affecting transgender youth.
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Brad Lander was tackled by federal agents after he linked arms with a person that authorities were attempting to detain.
Stuff 18 Jun 2025 06:31
Homeland Security says Brad Lander was arrested for assaulting and impeding officers.
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Mario Guevara was doing his job and committed no crime when police arrested him, his attorney said.
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The body of 47-year-old mother Leanne Akrap had been in a nearby nature reserve for several days before being discovered.
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Pheobe Bishop, 17, was last seen alive on May 15 in Queensland before failing to board a flight to Brisbane. Her housemates have since been charged with her murder.
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Australian police have confirmed human remains found almost two weeks ago are those of missing Queensland teenager Pheobe Bishop.
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Kristi Noem was taken to the emergency room “out of abundance of caution” and “is alert and recovering”, an official said.
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Kristi Noem was taken to the hospital after experiencing an allergic reaction, her spokeswoman said.
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The pangolin is “the most trafficked mammal in the world” in large part for its scales, used in traditional Chinese medicine, and meat, according to the World Wildlife Fund.
Stuff 17 Jun 2025 11:45
Pangolins are the most trafficked mammals, hunted for their scales and meat.
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Students around the world have been waiting anxiously for US consulates to reopen appointments for visa interviews.
Stuff 19 Jun 2025 09:43
It wants to identify applicants who are hostile towards the United States or pose a threat to national security.
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It's an intricate, prolonged dance requiring extreme precision by the cube-shaped spacecraft, less than 1.5 metres in size.
Stuff 17 Jun 2025 07:08
Launched late last year, the orbiting duo have churned out simulated solar eclipses since March while zooming tens of thousands of kilometres above Earth.
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Masked gunmen stormed a Turkish restaurant and shot three people in broad daylight.
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The manhunt for the two attackers behind the shooting – suspected to be Australians – had put all exit points from the holiday island on high alert.
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Advertisements will be shown only in the app’s Updates tab, which is used by as many as 1.5 billion people each day.
Stuff 17 Jun 2025 11:00
Ads will roll out to three billion users, violating a 2014 'no ads' pledge.
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Calls for her resignation grew after a major coalition partner pulled out and further destabilised the already rocky government led by her Pheu Thai Party.
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Calm appeared to be returning to the protest-hit city as the mayor lifted a nighttime curfew, while President Trump battled to keep control of California troops he deployed to the city.
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A net outflow of migrants could stoke inflation and labour shortages, economists say.
NZHerald 17 Jun 2025 06:00
Interviews with more than four dozen people in this swing region north of Los Angeles show that tactics matter quite a bit in the immigration debate.
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New York Times: False claim used to justify policy change that caused public confusion.
NZHerald 17 Jun 10:11 AM
X maintains that the measure impinges on free speech rights and on a 1996 law that lets internet platforms moderate posts as they see fit.
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Initially, some Russia analysts judged it could draw support away from Ukraine.
NZHerald 18 Jun 2025 10:29
“Russia is already a direct threat to the European Union,” EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said.
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The Los Angeles Press Club sued the city of Los Angeles and its police chief, Jim McDonnell, over alleged police violence toward journalists covering protests.
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Tyler Perry was sued for sexual harassment, assault and retaliation in a lawsuit filed in Los Angeles last week.
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The underground hospital is designed to protect medics from targeted attacks.
NZHerald 17 Jun 2025 07:00
The building in the Solomianskyi district took a direct hit and collapsed during the deadliest Russian attack on Kyiv this year.
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Only 21% of Kiwis view China as a friend – but say the country is important for our future
NZHerald 17 Jun 2025 06:00
A friend of a New Zealander stuck in Iran says the government needs to help provide safe passage, and that the advice so far has been "vague and lacking any…
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Fiona Havers, who oversaw CDC respiratory virus data, told colleagues she no longer had confidence the data would be used objectively to set vaccine policy.
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NZHerald 17 Jun 2025 12:15
The self-taught fashion designer known to many as Afa devoted his life to doing "good things for his neighbours and community," state Rep. Verona Mauga, a close friend.
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“This event means the world to me... it’s a cherished tradition, a celebration of American culture, and a huge part of my life,” Chestnut said.
Stuff 17 Jun 2025 08:40
Competitive eater Joey Chestnut announced he will return to compete in this year's Nathan's Famous Fourth of July hot dog eating contest after skipping last year's battle.
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"He's expected to be okay," her mother told the TV station. "He's just fighting. We just want prayers for him."
1 News 18 Jun 2025 07:45
Adriana Smith was kept alive until her son was born via C-section.
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Aside from a commando attack on the ground or a nuclear strike, the bunker buster bomb seems the most likely option to destroy Fordow.
Stuff 18 Jun 2025 08:05
The MOP can penetrate up to 60m underground, experts say.
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Steven Crowchild said the US president has “caused much pain and suffering in the world”.
Stuff 17 Jun 2025 09:59
Steven Crowchild, who greeted world heads of state arriving for the Group of Seven summit, says he was "filled with rage" and considered leaving before Donald Trump arrived.
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New York Times analysis: Past wars show that 'unknown unknowns' can come back to bite.
NZHerald 19 Jun 11:58 AM
The conflict has entered its sixth day.
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Seven hours after calling triple zero, an aspiring cancer researcher was found dead from a caffeine overdose and a coroner says the wait for help was unacceptable.
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Paramedics gained access to 32-year-old Christina Lackmann's apartment seven hours and 11 minutes after her first triple-zero call.
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NZHerald 17 Jun 2025 06:52
Protesters and activists gathered near Parliament as it voted to decriminalise abortion for women at any stage – the most significant change to UK abortion laws in half a century.
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While a vaccine to prevent HIV still is needed, some experts say the shot — a drug called lenacapvir — could be the next best thing.
Stuff 19 Jun 2025 08:05
The drug would be a convenient new way to ward off infection in a wide range of people.
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New York Times: One CIA tool helps US analysts assess the positions of foreign leaders.
NZHerald 19 Jun 06:00 AM
Brazil's federal police accused former president Jair Bolsonaro and 35 others of involvement in a sprawling scheme that used the country's intelligence agency to spy on members of the judiciary, lawmakers and journalists.
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