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Maria Bervanakis is the Morning Digital Editor at News Corp’s Premium National News Network. With more than a decades’ experience at News Corp, she leads a team to produce national and world stories across all masthead titles.

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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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Luigi Mangione, main, and Vester Lee Flanagan II, inset.

Executed CEO’s company linked to another high-profile murder

The execution of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York is not the first time the company has been embroiled in a high-profile murder.

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NEW YORK, NEW YORK - DECEMBER 12: President-elect Donald Trump walks onto the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) with his wife Melania, after being named TIMEâs âPerson of the Yearâ for the second time on December 12, 2024 in New York City. Trump attended a reception and rang the opening bell on the trading floor. Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by SPENCER PLATT / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

Trump named ‘Person of the Year’ amid Biden pardon shock

President-elect Donald Trump savaged Kamala Harris as he was named Time magazine’s ‘Person of the Year’ for a second time, as Joe Biden delivered the largest single-day pardon in US history.

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US rapper Jay-Z and US singer-songwriter Beyonce attend the world premiere of Disney's

Jay-Z slammed for ‘improper’ move to expose rape accuser

Jay-Z’s attempts to unmask the identity of a woman alleging he raped her as a 13-year-old were ‘improper’, according to the accuser’s lawyer.

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Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is surrounded by U.S. Secret Service agents at a campaign rally, Saturday, July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pa. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

‘Grave danger’: Scathing Trump security failure report

A congressional taskforce investigating the assassination attempts on Donald Trump has released a scathing report into the Secret Service.

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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.

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US actress Nicole Kidman arrives for The Hollywood Reporterâs Annual Women in Entertainment Gala at The Beverly Hills Hotel in Beverly Hills, California on December 4, 2024, . (Photo by Michael Tran / AFP)

Kidman leads Aussie charge at Golden Globes

The Golden Globes contenders have been announced, with Nicole Kidman nominated for her salacious role in Babygirl. See the other Australians up for a gong.

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Britain's King Charles III (C) with Chief Executive of Apple, Tim Cook (L), visits the firmâs UK headquarters, in London, on December 12, 2024. (Photo by Paul Grover / POOL / AFP)

King Charles lauds ‘fantastic’ AI tool

King Charles got a rousing reception as Apple CEO Tim Cook welcome the monarch to London’s headquarters.

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a press conference in Jerusalem on December 9, 2024. Netanyahu said on December 9 that the occupied Golan Heights would remain Israeli

Israel PM says he won’t stop Gaza war ‘now’

Amid renewed efforts towards a ceasefire, Benjamin Netanyahu reiterated that he had set the goal of “the annihilation of Hamas” Follow updates.

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BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 04: (L-R) Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, and Tyler Perry attend The Paley Center for Media hosts Paley Honors Fall Gala honoring Tyler Perry at Beverly Wilshire, A Four Seasons Hotel on December 04, 2024 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Unique Nicole/Getty Images)

Movie mogul’s frosty response to Meghan question

He is the godfather of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s daughter and even let the royals stay in his mansion. But Tyler Perry gave little away when asked a key Sussex question.

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