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BREAKING: Earthquake, Magnitude 5.2, South of the Fiji Islands [M5.2 21h ago]
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BREAKING: Earthquake, Magnitude 5.2, South of the Fiji Islands [M5.2 21h ago]

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A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck south of the Fiji Islands on February 16, 2026, at 03:02 UTC. The quake occurred in a seismically active region,...

Feb 16, 2026 07:23 PM 3 min read
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Suspect in Bondi Beach mass shooting appears in court following hospital release
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Suspect in Bondi Beach mass shooting appears in court following hospital release

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A man accused of killing 15 people during a mass shooting at a Jewish festival on Sydney's Bondi Beach appeared in court on Monday. This marks his...

Feb 16, 2026 03:20 PM 2 min read
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ISIS brides returning to Australia from abroad
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ISIS brides returning to Australia from abroad

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ISIS brides are heading home to Australia. The article from News.com.au reports on these women returning after associating with ISIS. It...

Feb 16, 2026 09:16 AM 1 min read
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Australian women and children released from Syrian detention camp for repatriation
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Australian women and children released from Syrian detention camp for repatriation

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Australian women and children held for years without charge in a squalid detention camp in north-east Syria have been released ahead of their...

Feb 16, 2026 08:02 AM 1 min read
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Loraini Seru becomes first woman Assistant Commissioner of Police in Fiji
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Loraini Seru becomes first woman Assistant Commissioner of Police in Fiji

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Loraini Seru, former head of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID), has been promoted to Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP). She will...

Feb 16, 2026 02:23 AM 1 min read
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Sky News Host Criticizes Australia's Response to Israeli President's Visit
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Sky News Host Criticizes Australia's Response to Israeli President's Visit

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Sky News host Danica De Giorgio has stated that Australia has descended into a farce over Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s visit. This comment was...

Feb 15, 2026 10:45 AM 1 min read
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Two women killed in Sydney car crash involving alleged stolen vehicle
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Two women killed in Sydney car crash involving alleged stolen vehicle

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Maureen Crosland, 84, and Lee Casuscelli, 60, were killed in a car crash on the Old Hume Highway in Camden, south-west Sydney. Crosland was a...

Feb 15, 2026 06:34 AM 1 min read
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Mother and daughter injured in alleged hit-and-run by stolen car on Gold Coast
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Mother and daughter injured in alleged hit-and-run by stolen car on Gold Coast

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A mother and daughter were allegedly run down by a stolen car while on a pedestrian crossing at Mermaid Beach on the Gold Coast at 9am today. The...

Feb 15, 2026 06:32 AM 2 min read
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