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Emily Macdonald is a journalist based in New York, covering world news. Macdonald has embedded with troops in Afghanistan, hit campaign trails and reported on landmark court cases. She’s currently involved in a long term investigation into the best bagels in Brooklyn – at least that’s her story.

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In this handout image released by the Portuguese Navy on December 22, 2024, the Russian cargo ship Ursa Major is pictured during a monitoring operation conducted by the Portuguese Navy along the Continental Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) off the coast of Portugal. Two crew members are missing after a Russian cargo ship sank in international waters in the Mediterranean after an explosion on board, Russia's foreign ministry said on Telegram on on December 24, 2024. The Ursa Major sank "after an explosion in the engine room," the ministry's crisis unit said. (Photo by Handout / Portuguese Navy / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / PORTUGUESE NAVY / HANDOUT / " - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

Russian ship mysteriously explodes at sea

A Russian cargo ship Ukraine claims has been evacuating weapons stockpiles from Syria has blown up in international waters with Spain having to step in to save the stricken sailors.

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Britain's King Charles III smiles during the recording of his Christmas message at the Fitzrovia Chapel in central London on December 11, 2024. This year marks the first time the Sovereign's Christmas message has been filmed outside a Royal residence since 2006, when it was filmed at Southwark Cathedral. (Photo by Aaron Chown / POOL / AFP)

‘We’re rolling sir’: King’s unheard of Christmas address sneak peek

While his mother Queen Elizabeth liked to keep us all in anticipation, King Charles has given his subjects an unprecedented teaser of his Christmas Day message.

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The Aussie media personalities who won and lost in 2024

As 2024 comes to a close, some Aussie high flyers in the business and entertainment industries will have more to celebrate than others. See who made the list and why.

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Queen Margrethe and Crown Prince Christian of Denmark

Aussie Queen’s teens unrecognisable in Christmas photo

Queen Mary’s kids are all grown up. The Australian born wife of King Frederik shared rare new photos of all four of her children as the Danish royals celebrate Christmas. See the pics.

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The bodies of people killed during an Israeli strike on Jabalia, in the northern Gaza Strip, lie at Al-Ahli Arab hospital, also known as the Baptist hospital, in Gaza City on December 19, 2024, as the war between Israel and Hamas militants continues. (Photo by Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP)

Israeli air strike kills family of 10

An Israeli air strike has killed 10 members of a family including several children in the northern part of the territory, Gaza’s civil defence rescue agency has reported.

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TOPSHOT - A woman walks among rubbles at the site of a missile attack in Kyiv on December 20, 2024, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Russian missiles targeted the Ukrainian capital Kyiv at sunrise on December 20, 2024, killing at least one person and cutting heating to hundreds of residential buildings in cold temperatures. (Photo by Roman PILIPEY / AFP)

Russia’s revenge: Kremlin strikes embassies in savage missile attack

Russia has sent a sinister message to the world targeting six foreign embassies in Ukraine with missiles in retaliation for the ongoing supply of western weapons to Kyiv.

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People search for human remains at a trench believed to be used as a mass grave on the outskirts of Damascus. Picture: AFP

Devil of Damascus: 100k bodies uncovered in Assad’s mass graves

Mass graves which a Syrian advocacy group says are filled with the bodies of more than 100,000 of ousted President Bashar al-Assad’s torture victims have been uncovered. Warning: graphic.

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HOLLIDAYSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA - DECEMBER 10: Luigi Mangione is led into the Blair County Courthouse for an extradition hearing December 10, 2024 in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania. Mangione has been arraigned on weapons and false identification charges related to the fatal shooting of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York City. Mangione is incarcerated in the State Correctional Institution in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania awaiting extradition to New York. Jeff Swensen/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by JEFF SWENSEN / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

Shooting suspect’s back pain ‘left him unable to have sex’

A possible motive is emerging in the assassination of a healthcare CEO in New York, as the suspect had an outburst on his way into court and his affluent background was exposed.

World

TOPSHOT - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives at the district court in Tel Aviv for his hearing on corruption charges on December 10, 2024. Netanyahu, the first sitting prime minister of Israel to face a criminal trial, testified for the first time when his corruption case resumed on December 10 on charges of bribery, fraud and breach of public trust in three separate cases. (Photo by Menahem KAHANA / POOL / AFP)

‘It was great’: Netanyahu dreams of Aussie holiday during trial

As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took the stand to defend himself against corruption charges, he said his life outside politics was much better – especially his holiday to Australia.

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People sing along K-pop music during a protest calling for the ouster of South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol outside the National Assembly in Seoul on December 8, 2024. South Korea's main opposition party said on December 8 it will try again to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol after his declaration of martial law. Yoon averted impeachment on December 7 as huge crowds braved freezing temperatures in another night of protests outside parliament to demand the president's ouster. (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP)

South Korean opposition plans new impeachment push

South Korea’s main opposition party says it will try again within days to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol after his declaration of martial law.

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