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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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The Aussie and Hollywood stars we lost

A number of our beloved stars took their final bows this year. Here, we reflect on some famous lives well lived in Hollywood and across Australia.

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‘Not welcome arms’: Why Aussie expats don’t return

They’ll always be Aussies, but our expats who have pulled up stumps to chase their dreams overseas are facing increasingly high hurdles to return. See why and watch the video.

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(FILES) Former US President Bill Clinton speaks on the third day of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois, on August 21, 2024. Former US President Bill Clinton has been hospitalized with a fever, an aide to the former president announced on December 23, 2024. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP)

Major update after Bill Clinton admitted to hospital

Former US president Bill Clinton’s team has revealed his diagnosis after he was taken to hospital to undergo testing.

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This handout photograph released by the official Telegram channel of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on December 30, 2024, shows a Ukrainian prisoner of war embracing his wife, after an exchange at an undisclosed location, amid the Russian invasion in Ukraine. Russia and Ukraine swapped more than 300 prisoners of war on December 30, 2024 in an exchange brokered by the United Arab Emirates ahead of New Year's Eve, officials from both countries said. (Photo by HANDOUT / Telegram / @Volodymyr Zelensky / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / - / HANDOUT / Telegram /@Volodymyr Zelensky" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

Russia, Ukraine swap 300 prisoners in major deal

Hundreds of prisoners of war have been freed and will be home for New Year’s Day in an unprecedented exchange. Follow updates.

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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.

National

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.

World

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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