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5 days ago | 
stuff.co.nz | Nick O'Malley |Stan Choe |Seung Min Kim
The parking lot outside the low-slung industrial building is mostly empty and the machinery inside is quiet. But sometime next year, if all goes well, this factory will help break China’s chokehold on a critical global market. USA Rare Earth is part of a belated US bid to re-establish a domestic supply chain for the high-performance magnets used in products such as drones, electric vehicles, smartphones, medical devices and military weapons.
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5 days ago | 
stuff.co.nz | Julietta Jameson |Nick O'Malley |Prejula Prem |Lloyd Burr
AP explains US strikes on Iran’s nuclear sitesBritish Airways and Singapore Airlines suspended flights to Dubai amid US airstrikes on Iran. Airlines avoiding vast Middle East airspace since Israel-Iran war broke out on June 13. Dubai International Airport is world's busiest, with over 90 million passengers per year. British Airways and Singapore Airlines have suspended flights to Dubai in the wake of US airstrikes on Iran in the early hours of Sunday morning.
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6 days ago | 
stuff.co.nz | Phoebe Utteridge |Nick O'Malley |Stephanie Liechtenstein |Sam McNeil
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6 days ago | 
stuff.co.nz | Poppy Clark |Rajesh Roy |Nick O'Malley |Rob Gillies
Pakistan has nominated Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize, citing his “pivotal leadership” in diffusing its recent conflict with India that brought the two South Asian neighbours to the brink of an all-out war.
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1 week ago | 
brisbanetimes.com.au | Ben Cubby |Colin Kruger |Nick O'Malley
Pinned post from Good morning. Welcome to our ongoing coverage of the crisis in the Middle East as the Israel-Iran war enters its second week. Here’s a quick overview of the latest events:Israel and Iran launched more missile strikes overnight Australian time, with Israel bombing sites across Iran, including in the capital Tehran and at Rasht on the Caspian Sea. Iranian missiles struck Beersheba and the port city of Haifa.
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1 week ago | 
smh.com.au | Caitlin Fitzsimmons |Nick O'Malley
By Caitlin Fitzsimmons and Nick O'Malley June 18, 2025 — 12.31pm, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Insurance claims for wild weather in the first five months of this year have already surpassed 2024 for at least one major insurer, as the community tallies the cost of Cyclone Alfred and the NSW floods.
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1 week ago | 
smh.com.au | Nick O'Malley
, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. A tenfold surge in rockets to launch satellites – and at least one joyride bearing Katy Perry and friends – could damage the most successful international environmental treaty in history, the global agreement to repair damage to the ozone layer. Historically, space flight has had little impact on the Earth’s weather and climate systems.
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2 weeks ago | 
smh.com.au | Nick O'Malley
, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Governments should mandate that all new Sydney residential and commercial buildings carry solar cells and help property owners install them on all existing rooftops to allow the city to generate three-quarters of its own energy.
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2 weeks ago | 
watoday.com.au | Nick O'Malley
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3 weeks ago | 
watoday.com.au | William Davis |Caitlin Fitzsimmons |Nick O'Malley |Catherine Strohfeldt
As it happened: Billions in state budget for CopperString | Police allege Pheobe killed, then her body moved | Brisbane sweeps ‘best of’ competitionUpdated June 6, 2025 — 12.35pmfirst published at 5.27amSaveNormal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text sizeKey postsHide key postsToday’s headlinesBillion-dollar energy announcement for QueenslandBy William DavisMore than a billion dollars has been earmarked for a major Queensland energy project.
