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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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Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks during a joint press conference on the sidelines of the "Ukraine. Year 2025" forum in Kyiv on February 23, 2025, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Tetiana DZHAFAROVA / AFP)

‘I am ready’: Zelensky’s extraordinary offer to quit

After surviving three years of war and assassination attempts, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says he is ready to step aside – providing one very specific condition is met.

North America

Lynne Austin Hooters model. Picture: Supplied

Hooters on the brink of bankruptcy

The American arm of Hooters, a legendary restaurant chain that once boasted a slew of popular locations across Australia, is preparing to file for bankruptcy.

World

Meghan Markle has shared an intimate photo kissing Prince Harry for Valentine's Day.

Loved-up royals share smoochy photos

Meghan Markle has posted an intimate photo with a touching message to Prince Harry while the Prince and Princess of Wales share their own ‘kissing photo’ in a rare show of public affection.

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(FILES) Pope Francis leads a mass during the first Vespers and the Te Deum prayer as part of the New Year's celebrations in Saint Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, on December 31, 2024. Pope Francis was admitted to hospital in Rome on February 14, 2025 for tests and treatment for ongoing bronchitis, the Vatican announced. (Photo by Andreas SOLARO / AFP)

‘Not out of danger’: Pope’s medical team break silence

The doctors tasked with saving the life of Pope Francis have spoken publicly for the first time about the grim reality of the beloved 88-year-old religious leader’s health.

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Local Bali social media video reportedly shows shirtless Australian tourist and his mates wielding what appear to be planks of wood are accused of starting a shocking melee in Bali which left four security guards injured.

Aussie among five questioned over wild Bali brawl

An Australian is among a group of tourists being grilled by Bali police over a fight outside a popular beach club, with calls for them to spend time behind bars.

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Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, waves while attending a welcome celebration with her husband Britain's Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex, during the 2025 Invictus Games, in Whistler, British Columbia, Monday, Feb. 10, 2025. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP)

Meghan’s ’make or break’ moment

As Meghan Markle gets set for the release of a new Netflix series and her long-awaited lifestyle brand, the measure of success for both ventures could determine her future as a businesswoman.

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PIXELATED VERSIONS - LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 02: (EDITOR'S NOTE: Image contains nudity.) L-R, Kanye West and Bianca Censori attend the 67th Annual GRAMMY Awards on February 02, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)

‘She’s had enough’: Kanye West and Bianca Censori ‘split’

Kanye West and his Aussie wife Bianca Censori are said to have split after their Grammys nude stunt and his vile Nazi outburst.

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Israeli Prime Minster Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the reopening ceremony of the Paraguayan embassy in Jerusalem in the presence of Paraguay's president, on December 12, 2024. Paraguay had already moved the diplomatic mission in 2018 under President Horacio Cartes but the decision was later overturned by Mario Abdo Benitez when he became president until 2023. (Photo by GIL COHEN-MAGEN / AFP)

Israel threatens ‘intense fighting’ if hostages aren’t released

Israel has declared the ceasefire with Hamas will end if the militant group failed to release three hostages over the weekend but the militant group said it was committed to the truce agreement.

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TOPSHOT - Elon Musk speaks as his son X Ã A-Xii and US President Donald Trump look on in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on February 11, 2025. Tech billionaire Elon Musk, who has been tapped by President Donald Trump to lead federal cost-cutting efforts, said the United States would go "bankrupt" without budget cuts. Musk leads the efforts under the newly created Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), and was speaking at the White House with Trump, who has in recent weeks unleashed a flurry of orders aimed at slashing federal spending. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP)

Musk says US will go ‘bankrupt’ without cuts

Elon Musk, with Donald Trump and his son at the White House, has defended federal cost cutting measures which have put the Trump administration on a collision course with the US courts.

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(FILES) (COMBO) This combination of pictures created on November 07, 2024 shows Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) attends a meeting with US President Joe Biden in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on July 25, 2024, and former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump (R) attends a town hall meeting moderated by Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders at the Dort Financial Center in Flint, Michigan, on September 17, 2024. Benjamin Netanyahu and Donald Trump will discuss the future of the Gaza ceasefire on February 4, 2024 as the Israeli prime minister becomes the first foreign leader to visit the White House since the US president's return to power. Netanyahu is in Washington for talks with the new Trump administration on a second, longer-term phase of Israel's fragile truce with the Palestinian militant group Hamas, which has not yet been finalized. (Photo by Jim WATSON and JEFF KOWALSKY / AFP)

‘Potential to change everything’: Israel hails Trump’s Gaza plan

Benjamin Netanyahu has praised Donald Trump’s plan to move Palestinians out of the Gaza Strip, as Israel troops withdrew from the corridor that split Gaza in two amid a fragile ceasefire.

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