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  • Joseph Spinelle and his wife got Italian citizenship in 2024, but his family were blocked from obtaining it in the US.
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    ‘It’s about equality:’ The families who were ripped apart by Italy’s new citizenship laws
  • A page of the book "Antiquities of Athens," stamped by a library, is shown on July 30, 2026, after its return in Kiama, Australia, an estimated 150 years late.
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    A book found bricked in a fireplace is returned to an Australian library, 150 years overdue
  • Actor Rebel Wilson on the first day of a nine-day defamation hearing in Sydney, Australia, April 20, 2026.
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    Hollywood star Rebel Wilson wins defamation case brought by young actress
  • Lachie Bennett, left, and Fletcher Crowley pictured on a mountain pass in Spain, in the rugged foothills of the Pyrenees.
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    He was told he’d never walk again. He set off on a trip around the world with his best friend anyway
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    This chaotic 2,000-pound seal has returned to sea – but leaves behind a conundrum
  • A metal sphere washed ashore on Forrest Beach in northern Queensland that authorities believe may be a pressure vessel from a rocket.
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    Mystery spheres on beach are likely space debris that fell back to Earth
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  • A picture taken on June 13, 2021 shows the Nyhavn, a 17th-century waterfront, canal and tourists attraction in Copenhagen, Denmark. (Photo by JONATHAN NACKSTRAND / AFP) (Photo by JONATHAN NACKSTRAND/AFP via Getty Images)
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    The world’s most livable city for 2026 has been revealed
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  • Soccer Football - FIFA World Cup 2026 - Group D - United States v Australia - Seattle Stadium, Seattle, Washington, U.S. - June 19, 2026
Folarin Balogun and Antonee Robinson of the U.S. celebrate after Australia's Cameron Burgess scores an own goal and the first goal for U.S. IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters/Troy Wayrynen
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    USA wins World Cup group by defeating Australia, coupled with Paraguay’s win over Turkey
  • United States' Folarin Balogun (20) celebrates scoring his side's third goal against Paraguay with teamates during the World Cup Group D soccer match in Inglewood, Calif., near Los Angeles, Friday, June 12, 2026. (Andre Penner/AP)
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    US manager Mauricio Pochettino wants the nation to believe in his team

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  • MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - MAY 18: McDonald's Fawkner is seen re-opened on May 18, 2020 in Melbourne, Australia. McDonald's has closed 12 restaurants across Melbourne for deep cleaning after an external delivery driver tested positive for COVID-19.  The precautionary decision to close the stores was made after a truck driver delivering supplies to the restaurants while asymptomatic later tested positive for coronavirus. All staff have been asked to self isolate not to return to work for 14 days. The restaurant closures come after the closure of the Fawkner and Craigieburn McDonald's restaurants due to COVID-19 cluster outbreak last week. (Photo by Daniel Pockett/Getty Images)
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    McDonald’s shortens breakfast time in Australia as bird flu causes egg shortage
  • Vape pens are pictured on a counter at a vape store, in Melbourne, Australia, May 2, 2023.  REUTERS/Sandra Sanders
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    Australia restricts vape sales to pharmacies in ‘world-leading’ move to cut nicotine use
  • Elon Musk, owner of X, speaks at the Milken Institute's Global Conference at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on May 6, 2024.
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    Australia drops legal fight against X over church stabbing video
  • Qantas Airways CEO Vanessa Hudson announces half-yearly earnings in an aircraft hanger at Sydney's Kingsford Smith airport in February 2024.
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    Qantas CEO: ‘We let our customers down’ on canceled flights scandal
  • Cows walk through a field during a cattle drive at a farm in Gunnedah, New South Wales, Australia, on Thursday, May 28, 2020. A growing number of Australia's primary producers are mulling the potential for a further tightening of restrictions on Australia's agricultural exports by China. Two thirds of Australias farm production is exported, with almost one third of this, 28%, going to China, including 18% of Australia's total beef production, according to Australia's National Farmers' Federation. Photographer: David Gray/Bloomberg via Getty Images
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  • From right, Gina Rinehart and a portrait of her by artist Vincent Namatjira.
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    Australia’s richest woman seeks removal of her portrait from exhibition
  • Loong is displayed at the Golden Dragon Museum in Bendigo.
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    Vandals target ‘world’s oldest’ Chinese parade dragon in an Australian museum
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  • Four surviving 1770 Gweagal Spears.
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    Aboriginal spears returned to Australia after 250 years in ‘momentous occasion’
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