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Tree nearly as old as US torn down to expand Mexico border wall
A 200-year-old cottonwood tree has been cut down to make way for a 44-km US-Mexico double border wall despite protests.
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A 200-year-old cottonwood tree has been cut down to make way for a 44-km US-Mexico double border wall despite protests.

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A ban on card surcharges has led some cafe owners to lift coffee prices. It's an unintended consequence of the Reserve Bank's…

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Benjamin Wen is sentenced to more than a decade behind bars for sexually abusing boys he treated at his clinic in Perth's south.

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The former Bishop of Broome is one of the most senior Catholic clerics in the world to face sex abuse charges.

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The Australian Defence Force has paused the use of the Supacat troop carrier involved in the rollover that killed Army Corporal…

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The Paramount Warner Bros mega-merger brings some of Hollywood's biggest film, television and news brands under one roof.

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The benchmark S&P 500 is up 14 percent this year despite elevated oil prices and US government debt sell-off.

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Mia Lay has been posthumously awarded the national police service medal, NSW Police Commissioner Mal Lanyon said.

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Sources have told the ABC that the phone of Reece Fakhr, who is accused of setting up murders, kidnappings and arsons, was found…

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A senior police officer who helped investigate the alleged murders of Sydney couple Jesse Baird and Luke Davies tells a jury of…

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India's Foreign Ministry says 11 out of 12 injured crew members on board the On Peace are Indian nationals.

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Lionel Messi played his final game for Argentina in a friendly against Benin, ending a 21-year international career.

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Lionel Messi gives Argentina fans one last moment of joy as he signs off with his 126th international goal in his final cap for…

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An attack by "unmanned boats" on a Liberian-flagged tanker off the coast of the Russian Olympic city of Sochi sparked a giant…

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Once one of the most senior and long-serving Catholic clerics in the country, Christopher Saunders is sentenced to six and a half…

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An explosion has ripped through Venezuela's second-largest oil refinery, causing it to suspend activities.

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Everyone follows these rules, but few know why. Each one traces back to an incident that changed aviation security.