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Rescue divers in Laos have safely evacuated the first of five local villagers who had been trapped in a cave for more than a week by floodwaters.

A court has heard a man charged with extortion was "potentially gagged" by his bail terms in an effort to protect a ...

The US president has been weighing a tentative agreement that would open the Strait of Hormuz and begin talks on Tehran's nuclear program.

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We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Australians and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we live, learn and work.

A private prosecution launched by a businessman in Victoria's Hepburn Shire has been described as a "nightmare" by a lawyer defending one of two local government figures facing charges.