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US president’s Board of Peace hails ‘critical step’, but responses of Israeli and Hamas officials suggest disagreements remain ...

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Diaa al-Awadi claimed insulin was a fraud, smoking was safe and chemotherapy useless. But despite losing his medical licence and dying at early age, his reach continues to grow ...

About 20,000 unaccompanied minors will lose legal representation if the federal government ends a longstanding contract on Friday, kicking current problems into overdrive across US ...

Companies must ensure people know when they are interacting with artificially generated images, audio and text designed to look real ...

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Born in regional Queensland in 1941 or 1943 - depending on who you ask - Alan Jones started his career as a school teacher. He ran for politics, and coached Australia's national rugby union team ...