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Canada’s new PM calls snap election for April 28
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Pope Francis makes first public appearance after five weeks in hospital
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Trump’s Government slashes $51,000 funding for NZ scientists’ trip to US
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Queensland surgeon fined over Nazi penis photo
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Israel launches strikes on Lebanon after cross-border rocket fire, risking ‘new war’
Lebanese PM warned the escalation risks dragging the country into ‘a new war’.
US revokes legal status for 500,000 immigrants
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Israel threatens to annex parts of Gaza unless hostages released
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