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2 weeks ago | 
bristoluniversitypress.co.uk | Luke Cooper |Chris Ogden |Michael Cox |Sven Biscop
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2 weeks ago | 
abc.net.au | Stephen Letts |Stephanie Chalmers |Michael Janda |Luke Cooper |Emilia Terzon
The ASX 200 index plunged more than 6 per cent at the open before regaining some ground. But it was still the biggest one-day fall for local shares since COVID-19.
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1 month ago | 
abc.net.au | Luke Cooper
China has retaliated with tariffs of its own after the US confirmed it would enforce 25 per cent tariffs on goods, with financial experts saying this could be the start of a trade war.
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2 months ago | 
abc.net.au | Luke Cooper |Lewis Wiseman |Caitlin Rawling
Good morning, I'm Luke Cooper and I'll be here with you this morning for our rolling coverage of breaking updates out of Israel and Gaza. Here is the latest of what we know has happened:Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has confirmed in a post on X that civilian Arbel Yehud, soldier Agam Berger and another hostage will be released by Hamas on Thursday local time as part of the ceasefire deal. Three additional hostages will be released by Hamas on Saturday.
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Jan 11, 2025 | 
abc.net.au | Luke Cooper
As Californian emergency authorities continue to battle wildfires ravaging Los Angeles, many people online have been left in awe of the capabilities and persistence of aerial water and fire-retardant bombardments being used to douse the flames. The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection — known in short as CAL Fire — says it "boasts the largest civil aerial firefighting fleet worldwide" and it has been deployed in the hope of extinguishing the blazes.
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Jan 3, 2025 | 
abc.net.au | Luke Cooper
The world in 2025 is growing faster, innovating larger and is more conflicted than ever — but there are signs Australia is being left behind, according to social experts. The reality of life in 2025 is far broader, insecure and fragmented when compared to the first quarter of the last century, according to social analysts. The 20th century's opening decades were dominated by a world war, groundbreaking inventions and social revolutions that fundamentally altered the way people lived.
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Dec 31, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Luke Cooper
The FBI says it has seized the largest collection of explosives uncovered in the United States agency's history. It is alleged more than 150 homemade bombs, a jar of highly-explosive material and a notebook filled with 'recipes' for making explosives were found in a raid on a farm in Virginia. Brad Spafford, 36, was located by authorities after a tip-off from a neighbour who claimed he had been stockpiling weapons and homemade ammunition.
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Dec 17, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Luke Cooper
Qantas has agreed to pay the $120 million in compensation proposed by the Transport Workers Union (TWU) to former ground handlers who were illegally sacked by the airline in 2020. The carrier and the TWU have agreed to set up a compensation fund in 2025, to be administered by the Maurice Blackburn law firm, for payments to be sent to 1,820 impacted former employees who were outsourced by Qantas.
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Dec 16, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Luke Cooper
A woman who threw a banana milkshake at British politician Nigel Farage during this year's UK election campaign has been handed a suspended 13-week jail sentence. Victoria Thomas Bowen was also ordered to pay about $300 in compensation and complete 120 hours of community service work. The 25-year-old will not serve time behind bars unless she commits another criminal offence within the next 12 months.
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Dec 12, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Luke Cooper |Lewis Wiseman
Donald Trump has been named as Time magazine's Person of the Year for a second time, one month before he is sworn in as the 47th president of the United States. In Time's announcement, editor-in-chief Sam Jacobs said: "For 97 years, the editors of TIME have been picking the Person of the Year: the individual who, for better or for worse, did the most to shape the world and the headlines over the past 12 months. In many years, that choice is a difficult one.
