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How do you broker UN climate talks when your own country is a big coal and gas exporter? Chris Bowen is about to find out

Ahead of Cop31, climate change minister dismisses concerns about whether Australia as a major producer can keep the world moving away from fossil fuelsListen to the podcast: Chris Bowen on how he’ll reach consensus at Cop31Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter hereAustral…

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Let a thousand blossoms bloom: Sydney’s jacarandas put on their spring show – in pictures

The city enters its purple patch with jacaranda trees blazing into flower in the warmer weather. Every October and November the fast-growing trees are festooned with trumpet-shaped blossoms that soon carpet the ground below them, drawing sightseers, photographers – and people taking photos of people taking photosBlo…

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A Big Build royal commission helped Ben Carroll become premier. Will it be his downfall?

Two weeks of public hearings will begin on Monday morning, right in the middle of the state election campaignGet our daily political email, free app or daily news podcastThe commitment that made Ben Carroll premier may ultimately cost him the election.On Monday morning, right in the middle of a state election campai…

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‘I’m walking up hills!’ Maggie Beer on recovery, young fans and 20 years since the Cook and the Chef

Ahead of her talk at the Powerhouse Parramatta Opening festival, the 81-year-old cookbook author and presenter says she still has a lot on her plateGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailIt has been 20 years since the first episode of the Cook and the Chef aired in 2006, introducing Australian viewers to culinar…

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Podcasters Laugh About 'Digging Up Charlie Kirk And Doing It Again'

Podcasters Laugh About 'Digging Up Charlie Kirk And Doing It Again' A 39-second clip of podcasters Jennifer Welch and Angie Sullivan laughing after Welch read out a post joking that "we're digging up Charlie Kirk and doing it again" spread across X on Thursday, with conservative accounts calling it a celebration of …

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Louis Rees-Zammit helps edge Wales to unconvincing victory against Japan

Wales 28-21 JapanHead coach wants more in New Zealand TestSteve Tandy has admitted there is no hiding from his team’s below-par performance ⁠in their 28-21 home Nations Championship victory over Japan on Saturday where they looked flat at times and kept their ⁠opponents in the ⁠contest.Wales ran ​in four tries to co…

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Saudi-led strikes kill at least 27 in Yemen's Sanaa, Houthis say

Saudi-led strikes kill at least 27 in Yemen's Sanaa, Houthis say Saudi-led coalition air strikes killed 27 people, most of them women and children, in Yemen’s Sanaa province, the Houthis said on Saturday. The Houthi-run health ministry told the group’s Saba news agency that 36 people were also wounded in the strikes…

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Young PH chessers bare fangs in Asean tilt

SINACABAN, Misamis Occidental — As foreign rivals continue to occupy the leaderboards, the troika of Michael Concio Jr, Paulo Bersamina and Jan Emmanuel Garcia all won their sixth round matches on Saturday morning to give life to the host country's struggle in men's section of the 7th Asean Individual Chess Champion…

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Heavily Armed Illegal Alien Arrested Near White House With AR-15, MAC-10; DHS Say He "Heard Voices In Head To Kill Trump"

Heavily Armed Illegal Alien Arrested Near White House With AR-15, MAC-10; DHS Say He "Heard Voices In Head To Kill Trump" Secret Service agents arrested a heavily armed illegal alien from Venezuela down the street from the White House who, according to the federal government, "heard voices in his head telling him to…

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Clashes in Paris after new French protests

Thousands of people protested across France on Saturday in a new show of anger against the government with clashes erupting between police and some protesters in Paris despite a lower turnout than in previous weeks. The protests marked the fourth consecutive weekend of demonstrations against the rising cost of livin…

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