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Australian businessman Damien Carew has reportedly been detained in France as police investigate the attempted murder of his wife, Anna Polianskaya Carew. Picture: Facebook

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Melb private schoolboy’s stunning Russian mafia admission

An investigation into former Melbourne private schoolboy Damien Carew has taken a dramatic turn after his latest police confession.

Tottenham manager Ange Postecoglou fronts a press conference on May 20, 2025. Picture: YouTube

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‘I’m not a clown’: Ange Postecoglou snaps at reporter

Ange Postecoglou has lashed out at a British sports journalist who dubbed him a “clown” in a tense exchange ahead of his bid to win the Europa League final. See the video

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(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on May 19, 2025 shows President Donald Trump (L) on the phone on January 28, 2017 in Washington, and Russia's President Vladimir Putin (R) on the phone Moscow on December 27, 2023. US President Donald Trump will hold a phone call with Russia's Vladimir Putin on May 19, 2025 as part of his long-running effort to end the war set off by Moscow's 2022 invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Drew ANGERER and Gavriil GRIGOROV / various sources / AFP)

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Trump has offered no ‘concession’ to Putin

The US has rejected fresh criticism as Donald Trump revealed how his phone call with Vladimir Putin went in an attempt to end the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Follow updates.

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This photo taken and handout on May 19, 2025 by The Vatican Media shows Pope Leo XIV during an audience with the Prime Minister of Australia Anthony Albanese, in The Vatican. (Photo by Handout / VATICAN MEDIA / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT

Albo’s cheeky $42 Aussie gift amid Pope meeting

Anthony Albanese presented Pope Leo and Archbishop Paul Gallagher with Aussie-themed gifts, as he extended a personal invitation to the pontiff.

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AUS OUT - PRINT EMBARGO 19th October 2022 - NETWORK FIRST USE ONLY- NETWORK NEWS PREMIUM CONTENT: NO THE AUSTRALIAN/NO NEWS.COM/NO SKY NEWS Ruggiero Albanese Anthony Albanese's half brother in the town of Barletta in Puglia in the south of Italy is the birthplace of Carlo Albanese, the father of the Australian Prime Minister. Photo: Ella Pellegrini

Albo invites half-brother to Pope’s inauguration

Anthony Albanese’s Italian-based half-brother has revealed how the Prime Minister has personally invited him to go to Pope Leo XIV’s inauguration in Rome.

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(COMBO) This combination of files pictures created on may 12, 2025 shows (L) a handout photograph taken and released by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Service on March 25, 2025, showing Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky addressing Security Service officers during a ceremony marking the 33rd anniversary of the Security Service of Ukraine in Kyiv and (R) a pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin giving a speech during a state awards ceremony for Russian Paralympians, medallists from the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games at the Kremlin in Moscow on December 16, 2024. Following the visit of the leaders of France, Germany, Poland and the UK to Kyiv, where they called for Russia to agree to an unconditional 30-day ceasefire to allow for peace talks -- a proposal they said was backed by the US, Russian President Vladimir Putin May 11, 2025 proposed direct negotiations with Ukraine in Istanbul on May 15, but did not respond to the European call for a 30-day ceasefire. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he would be prepared to meet Putin in Turkey, but did not say whether he would still attend if Russia refused the European proposal. (Photo by KRISTINA KORMILITSYNA and Handout / various sources / AFP) / XGTY / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT

No peace in sight as Ukraine-Russia talks turn into chaos

Planned Ukraine peace talks in Turkey have spiralled into confusion, with Russian and Ukrainian delegates landing in different cities and casting doubt on whether they’ll meet at all.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, talk as they watch the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia, Friday, May 9, 2025, during celebrations of the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany during the World War II. (Sergei Bobylev/Photo host agency RIA Novosti via AP)

‘Expand cooperation’: Worrying sign in Russia-China alliance

China has signalled it is ready to strengthen its partnership with the Russian army in a move that is bound to raise alarm bells for the rest of the world.

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The star will hit the stage for the Oasis reunion tour later this year. Picture: AFP

Oasis star Liam’s baby joy ahead of world reunion tour

Liam Gallagher, the former bad boy of rock, is celebrating a huge milestone ahead of his upcoming Oasis reunion tour of Australia.

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Britain's Catherine, Princess of Wales smiles during a visit to present

Kate wears Victoria Beckham’s label amid family feud

Princess Catherine has donned none other than Posh Spice’s very own label to present a prestigious fashion award as the Beckhams continue to be torn apart by a rift with son Brooklyn.

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(FILES) French actor Gerard Depardieu arrives on the fourth day of his trial in which he is charged with sexually assaulting two women during a film shoot in 2021, at the Paris criminal court in the Tribunal de Paris courthouse, on March 27, 2025. French actor Gerard Depardieu, tried for the sexual assault against two women, will recieve a judgement at the Batignolles Judicial Court, in Paris on May 13, 2025. (Photo by JULIEN DE ROSA / AFP)

French actor Gérard Depardieu found guilty of sexual assault

The cinema icon, who has acted in more than 200 films and television series, is the highest-profile figure caught up in France’s response to the #MeToo movement.

Australia has welcomed a landmark ruling by the United Nations’ top aviation authority that found Russia responsible for the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17, calling on Moscow to make reparations under international law.

‘Horrific act’: Australia demands justice after ruling on MH17 tragedy

Australia has called on Russia to face accountability following a landmark ruling over one of the deadliest aviation disasters in recent history, which killed 298 people, including 38 Australians.

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LONDON, ENGLAND - MAY 12: Police forensics officers seen near the home of UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer on May 12, 2025 in London, England. An investigation is underway after a fire broke out in the early hours of Monday morning at a property owned by Prime Minister Keir Starmer in north London. The doorway to the home was damaged, but no injuries were reported. Starmer and his family currently reside at the prime minister's official residence at Downing Street in central London. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

British PM’s London house ‘firebombed’

Counter-terrorism police are leading an investigation into a “suspicious” fire at British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s house in north London.

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David Beckham with son, Brooklyn. Picture: Supplied

David’s olive branch to Brooklyn amid Beckham ‘feud’

Amid rumours of a family feud, David Beckham has given a small shout-out to son Brooklyn after the 26-year-old was absent from the soccer legend’s 50th birthday celebrations.

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Pope Leo XIV leads an audience to representatives of the media, at Paul-VI hall in The Vatican, on May 12, 2025. (Photo by Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP)

Zelensky reveals details of phone call with Pope Leo XIV

In his first-known call with a foreign leader, Pope Leo XIV has spoken with Volodymyr Zelensky, the Ukrainian president said. Find out what they discussed.

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