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1 week ago | 
abc.net.au | Ahmed Yussuf |Zena Chamas
Hours before Israel began bombing Iran's capital Tehran, Mohammad Reza Azimi left. The escape was not planned; it was luck"I left Tehran just a day before the attacks began, unaware that any such escalation was imminent," he told the ABC. The migration agent from Sydney was in the capital, visiting his parents and siblings before the conflict between Israel and Iran unfolded. His wife and daughter back home in Australia are anxiously waiting to hear from him, hoping he will be safe.
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2 months ago | 
abc.net.au | Annika Burgess |Zena Chamas |Hannah Barry
It's Liberation Day in the US — a term coined by Donald Trump to signal the day the country gets its "money and respect back" by imposing tariffs on a number of international trade partners.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
abc.net.au | Zena Chamas |Elissa Steedman
More than 1,100 buildings have burned and at least five people are dead in wildfires burning across Los Angeles. The largest blaze consumed nearly 12,000 acres (4,856 hectares) in Pacific Palisades, an affluent neighbourhood between the beach towns of Santa Monica and Malibu. Jamie Lee Curtis, Mandy Moore, Maria Shriver and other celebrities were among the tens of thousands of people forced to evacuate their homes to escape the out-of-control wildfires burning around Los Angeles.
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Jan 6, 2025 | 
abc.net.au | Zena Chamas
Justin Trudeau's nine-year rule as Canada's prime minister will soon come to an end after he announced his resignation on Monday (local time). Mr Trudeau said he would stay on both as prime minister and Liberal head until the party chooses a new leader to take it into the next election, which must be held by late October this year.
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Dec 30, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Zena Chamas
Every year, millions of Australians across the country ring in the new year with a spectacular fireworks display. At the stroke of midnight, a colourful pyrotechnic show explodes under the night sky to mark the end of the year and the beginning of a new one. But where does this tradition come from? Take me there now:The fireworks that we see today didn't always look as elaborate.
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Dec 16, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Zena Chamas
Nothing could mentally prepare Roger Hearn for the devastation he saw in Gaza during a visit in November. The Melbourne-born UNRWA director of relief and social services in Gaza had visited several times throughout his decades-long career. But this time was different. "Kids were rummaging through the rubble for food. They're literally looking for food in bins and whatever they can find," he told the ABC. "[In some parts of Gaza] they're starving.
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Dec 9, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Zena Chamas |Kevin Nguyen |Kevin Nguyễn
The end of Bashar Al-Assad and his family's half-century-long regime in Syria came gradually, then all at once. Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), also known as the Syrian Rebels, brought an end to the 13-year civil war after taking over the capital, Damascus, in a lightning offensive. Bashar Al-Assad, who was Syria's ruler for 24 years after succeeding his father, Hafez Assad, fled the country shortly after his regime collapsed. Russian state media reported he was granted asylum in Moscow.
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Zena Chamas
Emergency room wait times have increased from previous years, but have not increased more than during the peak COVID-19 pandemic. Data released by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare showed the state of the public emergency departments needed improvement. The data also showed elective surgery admissions increased, with improved wait times for surgery.
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Dec 1, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Zena Chamas
When it's time to fill up your car with petrol, paying extra at the pump can be costly. You may have questioned why one petrol station is able to offer discounted rates while others seem to have consistently high prices. Finding answers can be confusing and there are myths about what controls prices and how they're determined. But the answers are not as straightforward.
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Nov 29, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Zena Chamas
Children in war-torn parts of the world are suffering more than before with violence against them reaching the highest numbers seen in almost two decades, according to Save the Children (STC). Its report has found grave violations against children in conflict-hit regions increased 15 per cent in 2023, the highest level since UN reporting of these crimes started in 2005.
