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Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor formally stripped of last remaining titles

The King's brother had already lost his prince, HRH, and Duke of York titles in October.

How much Mariah Carey's Christmas hit makes her each year

The song has helped make Carey the only artist to top the US Hot 100 in four decades.

Pope gets rockstar welcome as he delivers message of hope to Lebanese youth

He urged Lebanese youth to 'change the course of history' and rebuild hope.

How Paris' oldest bridge will become an 'immersive cave'

Cars and buses will be banned from the bridge during the art installation’s run next June.

‘Very optimistic’: Trump envoy heads to Moscow with Ukraine war blueprint

US envoy Steve Witkoff is set to meet Vladimir Putin in Moscow.

UK’s OBR boss quits after report blames him for Budget leak

The inquiry blamed long-running IT flaws, not hacking or foreign actors.

Why Ikea's new Auckland store had to be built like a near-hospital-strength bunker

Builders spent six months driving 550 piles through volcanic rock beneath the site.

Off-grid Briton offered free home in Italy to reunite with his family

British-Australian family in Italy get help in their battle to be reunited.

Asia floods death toll tops 1160 as troops aid survivors

WHO is sending rapid response teams and medical supplies into the region.

Climate change, ageing farmers endanger Japan’s ‘Rolls-Royce of pearls’

Akoya pearl industry hit as seas warm and younger generations move to the city.

Thousands without shelter after flooding across Southeast Asia

Indonesia’s Sumatra island remains cut off, with looting reported amid aid delays.

These scam centres were blown up. Was it all for show?

New York Times: The demolition of buildings was broadcast on state media for days.

Monsoon floods in Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia leave more than 300 dead

In West Sumatra, at least 174 are dead and nearly 80 more people are missing.

'A source of stability': Pope Leo XIV begins historic Turkey visit

The 70-year-old pontiff is on his first overseas trip since his May election.

US offers Maduro exit route as Trump warns Venezuela airspace is ‘closed’

Senator Markwayne Mullin says Maduro was offered safe passage to Russia.

Nativity scene row in Beziers as mayor challenges French secularism law

Protesters say the town hall nativity breaches France's 1905 secularism law.

Early childhood educators in Australia get final 5% pay rise

The 15% total rise has lifted average educator pay by about $A160 a week.