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Pakistan’s PM had said the ceasefire would cover Lebanon; Iran says passage through the strait of Hormuz will be allowed for the next 2 weeks ...

The former chancellor was the chief architect of Germany’s dependence on Russian fossil fuels and cuts to defence spending. Both haunt the country today, says German-British historian Katja Hoyer ...

Richard Hewett, who was forced to sleep in his car when his relationship broke down, is one of many hit by rising costs and a lack of social housing ...

The UK and EU countries who abstained when Ghana’s UN resolution was adopted may soon find it harder to sustain the same old script on reparations ...

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Sydney Theatre CompanyMiranda Otto, Ewen Leslie and Andrea Demetriades are all pleasant to watch but this decade-old play is sometimes obnoxiously mysterious ...

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President says on Truth Social he will annihilate country if government ignores deadline to reopen strait of Hormuz ...

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