A Queensland daycare centre has been fined $15,000 following the death of a two-year-old during nap time, after an investigation uncovered multiple safety failures at the facility.
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An armed assailant drove a vehicle into Temple Israel synagogue in West Bloomfield, Michigan, before being shot dead by security. No students or staff were injured in the incident.
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A bipartisan US Senate bill would require the FBI to obtain a warrant before searching Americans' communications, closing what critics call a Fourth Amendment loophole in federal surveillance law.
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An Australian exchange student has faced his former girlfriend in a Taipei courtroom where she stands trial for allegedly poisoning him with rat poison in 2023.
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A 20-year-old from Bindoon faces terror charges after police seized seven firearms from his home, exposing weaknesses in Western Australia's old weapons regulations.
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A defective USB stick left nearly 2,100 votes uncounted in Basel-Stadt's e-voting trial, forcing authorities to suspend the programme and sparking renewed scrutiny of Switzerland's digital election experiment.
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NSW detectives have charged four educators following a four-month investigation into alleged assaults on three boys at a school in Queanbeyan.
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Pakistan, Thailand, Vietnam, and the Philippines have ordered public sector work-from-home schemes and energy rationing to conserve fuel as the Iran-Gulf conflict chokes global oil supplies.
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Indigenous legal advocates are calling for urgent action after remote Aboriginal communities in the NT's Big Rivers region face evacuation and unequal access to emergency assistance compared to the regional town of Katherine.
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A 31-year-old learner driver was arrested in Grafton after allegedly firing shots at police during a high-speed pursuit that ended with an attempted break-in. She faces multiple charges including firearm and weapons offences.
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An explosion damaged the US Embassy in Oslo early Sunday with no injuries reported. Norwegian police are investigating whether the blast was a deliberate attack linked to escalating Middle East tensions.
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Roblox has launched an AI-powered feature that automatically rewrites profanity instead of replacing it with hash marks, an attempt to balance moderation with user experience on a platform facing mounting child safety lawsuits.
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At the funeral of Rev. Jesse Jackson in Chicago, former President Barack Obama warned that citizens face daily assaults on democratic institutions and called for continued commitment to justice.
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Australia has banned Hizb ut-Tahrir under new hate group laws, marking the first use of powers introduced after the Bondi terror attack. The move raises questions about how broadly these laws will be applied.
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A House of Lords committee has warned that weakening UK copyright law to accommodate AI training could cause significant damage to creative industries worth £124 billion annually.
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Federal authorities have arrested a government contractor's son accused of stealing $46 million in cryptocurrency from the US Marshals Service. The case reveals troubling questions about how America safeguards seized digital assets.
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A 30-year-old man has escaped unlawful detention in Adelaide's northwest, with four people now facing serious charges including abduction and assault.
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NSW Police are appealing for information after a man allegedly broke into a western Sydney apartment and sexually assaulted a sleeping resident.
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A federal class action lawsuit filed in San Francisco accuses Meta of misleading consumers about Ray-Ban smart glasses privacy features, following reports that contractors overseas reviewed sensitive footage.
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After broad opposition from opposition, Greens, and transparency advocates, Labor has withdrawn its controversial freedom of information reforms from parliament, conceding the bill lacks Senate support.
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