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Princess Anne told the BBC she remembers "nothing" about her horse accident, more than six months after she ended up in hospital.
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The Princess Royal has revealed she still has no memory of the accident.
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NZHerald     26 Jan 05:36 PM
Musk’s appearance comes amid debate over whether a gesture he made twice during an inauguration rally was a Nazi-style salute, which he denies.
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The Republican-led Senate was determined to install Pete Hegseth as Pentagon chief, but the vote was 50-50 and required the tie-breaking vote of the vice president.
Stuff     12m ago
News of the payment came as the Senate advanced Hegseth’s nomination along party lines, with a final vote on his confirmation expected Friday.
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The private US spacecraft has captured stunning images of Earth one week into its flight.
1 News     9:30am
Dubbed Blue Ghost, the spacecraft beamed back photos and video of our planet.
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Record high winds from Storm Eowyn battered Ireland and Northern Ireland, leaving one man dead and almost one-third of Irish homes and businesses without power.
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Forecasters had issued a rare "red" weather warning, meaning danger to life, across the whole island of Ireland and central and southwest Scotland.
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Ireland was hit with wind gusts of 183kph, the strongest on record.
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Ireland, Northern Ireland and Scotland are braced, with forecasters warning of extremely rare hurricane-force winds and a danger to life.
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Two historic statues were damaged in Melbourne ahead of Australia Day celebrations today when tens of thousands are expected to join protests in support of Aboriginal people who say...
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Explainer: January 26 sparks celebrations for some, but for others, it’s a painful reminder of colonisation.
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Many Australians will make a beeline for the beach or a barbecue on Australia Day while others will shun festivities or take to the streets in protest on the national day.
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There were 1093 new HIV cases from the period of January to September 2024.
1 News     3:33pm
Fiji's minister for health and medical services has declared an HIV outbreak.
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A federal judge has blocked Donald Trump's executive order curtailing the right to automatic birthright citizenship in the United States, calling it "blatantly unconstitutional."
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The 14th Amendment to the Constitution promises citizenship to those born on US soil.
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The Hughes Fire broke out in the late morning and quickly ripped through 9 square kilometres of trees and brush, sending up a huge plume of dark smoke.
1 News     Thursday 10:50am
There has been intense scrutiny over hydrants running dry and problems with water pressure as firefighters battled the Eaton and Palisades fires.
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The Hughes Fire broke out late Wednesday morning (local time) and in less than a day had charred nearly 41 square kilometres of trees and brush.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin said Moscow is ready for talks with the US on a broad range of issues.
1 News     9:00am

The assassinations of JFK and his brother Robert F Kennedy have held America in a vice-like grip and conspiracy theories have raged for decades.
Stuff     10:58AM

A British teenager who killed three young girls at a Taylor Swift-themed dance event was jailed for at least 52 years.
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Judge Julian Goose said 18-year-old Axel Rudakubana “wanted to try and carry out mass murder of innocent, happy young girls”.
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As prosecutors began outlining the evidence, Rudakubana interrupted by shouting from the dock that he felt ill and wanted to see a paramedic.
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NZHerald     24 Jan 09:09 AM
The feared collision is raising fears that its colonies of penguins and seals could be wiped out.
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The iceberg known as A23a has a surface area of 1967km — making it the largest in the world.
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'Everything will be revealed,' US President told reporters.
NZHerald     24 Jan 11:09 AM
The US President signed an order aiming to declassify remaining records on the assassinations of President John F Kennedy, Senator Robert F Kennedy, and Martin Luther King Jr.
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US President Donald Trump says top infectious disease official Dr. Anthony Fauci cannot have government-provided security forever, and urged him to hire his own.
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Jessie Grace Lauder's loved ones issued an emotional plea for information on January 14 over two sex attacks in Melbourne's Newport during the 1980s.
1 News     Friday 4:57pm
Police officers arrested the 43-year-old near London Bridge after the couple arrived in London to celebrate the New Year.
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The White House says immigration agents have arrested 538 undocumented immigrants with criminal records and deported “hundreds” more.
Stuff     55m ago
The White House declared a start to the mass deportation campaign the President promised.
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US immigration agents have raided a business establishment in Newark, New Jersey, and detained undocumented residents as well as citizens, including a US military veteran, the city's mayor said.
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The Central Intelligence Agency has assessed that the Covid-19 pandemic is "more likely" to have emerged from a lab than from nature.
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But the US spy agency concedes it has “low confidence” in its own conclusion.
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An executive order Trump has signed offers a new federal government definition of the sexes that could have a major impact on transgender people.
Stuff     20m ago
The US president has made an executive order for "two genders" only. Could his move change attitudes here as well?
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Many of the provisions are likely to be challenged in court.
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The former Fox News host and combat veteran has vowed to bring a "warrior culture" to the Pentagon.
1 News     Saturday 4:31pm
Pete Hegseth was sworn in as the nation's 29th secretary of defence, quickly joining President Trump's Cabinet after a dramatic late-night vote in the Senate.
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The 29-year-old became the oldest first-time grand slam champion in a decade with a roller-coaster 6-3 2-6 7-5 victory at Rod Laver Arena on Saturday night.
1 News     6:55am
Keys will face Aryna Sabalenka in her first Australian Open final.
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Hamas freed four female Israeli soldiers on Saturday, in exchange for 200 Palestinian prisoners.
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The four female soldiers, Karina Ariev, 20; Daniella Gilboa, 20; Naama Levy, 20; and Liri Albag, 19, were captured in Hamas' October 7, 2023 attack.
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The names are due to be released in the coming hours, ahead of the exchange on Saturday (local time).
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Thousands of Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank city of Ramallah celebrated their arrival.
1 News     8:54am
Homes are feared lost as large bushfires sweep Australia's west, with thousands of residents told it is too late to leave their properties 
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Hundreds of Jenin residents left their homes on Thursday, prompted by messages from drones fitted with loudspeakers, witnesses said, as the military demolished a number of houses on the...
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NZHerald     25 Jan 10:20 PM
The US president announced the clemency grants in an Oval Office signing ceremony on the eve of the annual March for Life in Washington.
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Speaking to reporters, Trump said, "everything will be revealed".
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The US president told Fox News "it was time" to release the people imprisoned over the US capitol storming.
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On the first day of US rapper A$AP Rocky’s trial, jurors saw surveillance videos that a prosecutor argued make it clear the rapper fired a gun in 2021 at his former friend.
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A$AP Rocky faces two assault charges involving ex-friend Terell Ephron.
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Sunday, 26 January, 2025 22:04