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“Admit it, and move on”: Rex Patrick on Australia’s East Timor spying
Michael West Media
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June 21, 2025
It’s 21 years since the Howard Government spied on Timor-Leste’s sea boundary negotiation team, but the National Archives is refusing to even say whether they hold documents relating to the spying. Rex Patrick puts to bed any doubts about the fact...
Australia should hope for collapse of AUKUS
Taipei Times
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June 21, 2025
The AUKUS partnership, a 2021 deal whereby the US and the UK agreed to provide Australia with at least eight nuclear-propelled submarines over the next three decades, has come under review by the US Department of Defense. The prospect of its...
Yemen's Houthis vow to strike US ships if Americans join Israel’s war on Iran
The National News
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Yemen's Houthi rebels vowed on Saturday to resume attacks on US ships if American forces join Israel's war on Iran. "In the event that the Americans are involved in the attack and aggression against Iran alongside the Israeli enemy, the armed...
News Analysis: Latest global rankings show shift in global research landscape
Xinhua News Agency
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LONDON, June 21 (Xinhua) -- China's contribution to world-class science is advancing at a remarkable pace, further extending its lead in research output, according to calendar-year data for 2024 released in the latest Nature Index Research Leaders...
When Katherine Legge suffered brutal IndyCar wreck at Road America
Sportskeeda
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June 21, 2025
Racing in motorsports often comes with its fair share of hazards—something Katherine Legge experienced firsthand during the 2006 IndyCar Road America race. The then 26-year-old suffered a terrifying crash that many spectators could only watch with...
IndyCar rookie Foster positions himself to battle for Road America win
Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune
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ELKHART LAKE – Shaving his mustache was a big deal. Winning his first IndyCar pole was bigger. And race day is yet to come for Louis Foster at the XPEL Grand Prix at Road America. “We’ve had very, very good qualifying results so far this year....
Wanted in Australia: rich tourists to kill crocodiles
The Times
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There’s a saltwater crocodile that Murrandoo Yanner has had his eye on for a while. The croc sunbathes on a river bank near his home in Burketown, a remote outback town in Far North Queensland. Or, depending on when you read this, sunbathed.“I’ve...
Australia's enduring love affair with the US is at a critical point
The Singleton Argus
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June 21, 2025
It is worth remembering that the trend to American unreliability now so blatant, started more than two decades ago, when fragmentary intelligence was deliberately "sexed up" to look like solid intel ahead of the Iraq invasion. America's "forever...
Luxon starts Europe trip remembering NZ's past WWI sacrifice
1News
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Christopher Luxon's Europe trip has opened with the Prime Minister paying tribute to New Zealanders who served in World War I in Belgium's historic Ypres. Luxon gave a reading of the Ode of Remembrance and laid a wreath as part of the Last Post...
Global Super League turns up the he...
SKNVibes
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GEORGETOWN, GUYANA – The ExxonMobil Guyana Global Super League (GSL) is bringing the fire on the field - and the fête off it! Get ready for a cricket-meets-carnival experience like no other, as Hits and Jams Entertainment joins forces with the GSL...
America's Deadliest Aircraft From Every Aerial War
SlashGear
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June 21, 2025
The United States has been at the forefront of aircraft development for more than a century, and with innovation driving growth through each new conflict, resulting in impressive military machines. The U.S. only fielded one aircraft, the DH-4,...
International drug cartel behind shabu seized off Zambales
Philstar
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June 21, 2025
MANILA, Philippines — International drug cartel Sam Gor is responsible for the 1.5 tons of shabu valued at P10.2 billion seized by the Philippine Navy off the coast of Zambales on Friday, according to the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency. PDEA...
GET OUT THERE: Best international destinations for Utah families
Daily Herald - Utah
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1 / 5 This Jan. 20, 2017, photo shows the Monument to the Discoveries on the Lisbon waterfront in Portugal. The stone ship memorializes the Age of Exploration, beginning in the 15th century, when Portuguese seafarers sailed the globe, establishing...
Price wars, cheap airfares, stiff competition for Qantas: What can Aussies expect from the new Virgin Australia
Sky News Australia
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June 21, 2025
Australia’s second largest airline is heading back on the market for the first time since it fell into administration in 2020. Virgin Australia last week finally unveiled initial public offering plans after years of rumours and reports. The...
'Projects are falling away': Donald Trump's $400m blow to Australia's global moves
SBS
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The Trump administration's cuts to foreign aid have resulted in a $400 million blow to Australian projects, according to a peak body for humanitarian agencies, forcing organisations to abandon critical work and leaving vulnerable communities...
From a rectal kit to a Berlin Wall-era transmitter: the artefacts of Australia’s spy museum which doesn’t exist – yet
The Guardian
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June 21, 2025
Every morning Mike Pritchard eats breakfast next to a Stasi surveillance rack. The machine, sitting on a couple of milk crates near his dining room table, is composed of colour-coded buttons, switches and dials. It contains a surveillance...
A battle between brothers, locals hungry for giant killings and beers aplenty! NIK SIMON goes behind enemy lines to find out what awaits the Lions as Andy Farrell's wounded squad head for Perth on first leg of Australia tour
Daily Mail
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June 21, 2025
Sitting around a long table at the Victoria Park bar in Perth, a few coaches from the Western Force are having a heated debate about what a Southern Hemisphere XV would look like. The best of Argentina, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa....
11 Coaches Named For Australia’s Worlds Team; Full List Of All Swimmers’ Training Bases
SwimSwam - Texas
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June 21, 2025
Swimming Australia has named 11 coaches for the 2025 World Swimming Championships in Singapore, set for July 27 to August 3. Rohan Taylor, who has served as head coach of the Dolphins at every major international meet since the Tokyo Olympics,...
Australian diplomats celebrates 'Yoga Day' with adorable puppy in Delhi: 'Perfect way to find your zen'
DNA India
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June 21, 2025
The video, which has now gone viral, shows members of the Australian High Commission performing yoga asanas while their four-legged companions enthusiastically distract them. As the world marked the 11th International Yoga Day on June 21,...
Australian Dollar to Pakistani Rupee Rate Today- June 21, 2025
ARY News
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June 21, 2025
Karachi/Sydney, June 21, 2025 — The Australian Dollar (AUD) has seen a modest rise against the Pakistani Rupee (PKR), trading at 183.67 PKR as of today, up from 183.36 PKR on June 18 and a notable increase from 180.17 PKR earlier this month. This...