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Benedict BrookUS correspondent

Benedict is an award-winning journalist and news.com.au’s US Correspondent, based in New York. He moved to Australia in 2006 and worked in corporate communications and journalism, becoming assistant editor of LGBTI publication the Star Observer before joining news.com.au in 2015. He writes on a range of topics from weather to retail and infrastructure. Benedict has won a Kennedy Award for environmental reporting and was nominated for another, for breaking news, in 2020. He has been nominated twice for an ACON Honour Award for his writing on the LGBTI community.

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FILE - In this Sept. 24, 2019, file photo, President Donald Trump meets with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson at the United Nations General Assembly in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Car crash souring UK-US relations

A UK car accident has turned into an international incident when the driver fled to the US claiming diplomatic immunity. Now Boris Johnson wants Trump to intervene.

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Iranian Instagram star Sahar Tabar whio has had surgery to resemble Angelina Jolie

‘Zombie’ Angelina Jolie lookalike arrested

An Iranian Instagram star who has been called the “corpse bride” for her extreme looks following surgery is now under arrest.

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Weather map turns dark purple colour

The mercury is set to soar to blistering 15-year highs in eastern Australia, turning an entire state dark purple on weather forecast maps.

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X for Xantippe, one dollar coin in Australia Post Great Aussie Coin Hunt

Story behind oddest Aussie coin

Aus Post’s Great Aussie Coins feature true-blue icons — footy, didgeridoos, Vegemite — but one coin has people scratching their heads. What is X for Xantippe?

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Australian Economy

ABC 7.30's Leigh Sales quizzes Treasurer Josh Frydenberg on big banks and their interest rate cuts. Picture: ABC.

‘Hot air’: Sales’ tough talk on big banks

Leigh Sales has taken Treasurer Josh Frydenberg to task asking why the Government is seemingly powerless to force the banks to pass on the RBA cut.

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Truck wedged beneath bridge at Flinders St Station Melbourne. Picture: Victoria Police

Footage captures dramatic truck crash

Dashcam footage has captured the dramatic moment a truck crashed into a rail bridge in Melbourne’s CBD, causing severe delays.

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UpdatedNSW & ACT Crime

Daniel King has been identified as the man shot dead by police. Picture: Instagram

Shot bodybuilder’s dreams of a ‘big’ death

A heavily-tattooed bodybuilder was expecting children with two separate women and had dreams of how he would die before he was shot, a friend claimed.

Australian Economy

Stacks of Australian one dollar coins. Focus on front coin. Australian cash, money generic

Aussie dollar slumps to 10-year-low

Prepare to pay more than you hoped for if travelling abroad with the Aussie dollar slipping to levels not seen since 2009 after the GFC.

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NSW / ACT Courts & Law

**PLEASE CONTACT DT PICTURE DESK FOR DIRECTIONS ON USE**** *****CANNOT USE NAME**** ***IMAGES MUST BE PIXELATED**** Supplied Images of the alleged camouflage rapist, TROY jOHNSON (CANNOT PUBLISH NAME) . Allegedly attacked a 12-year-old girl on her way to school at Narara in May, 2017 while dressed in a military-style Ghillie suit. Supplied by his wife to Danielle Gusmaroli

Married, camouflaged child rapist jailed

A ghillie-suit clad mechanic has been sentenced for raping a 12-year-old girl. After the attack, he bragged about what he had done.

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Complete chaos in Hong Kong

Shocking images of a shot teen bleeding and howling on the ground have emerged as horrific violence erupts in Hong Kong. WARNING: Graphic images.

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