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Politics News brief 18 Oct 2026
Pope Leo XIV has made his first major public appearance since his lung cancer surgery, appearing at the same spot in the Vatican that he announced he was going in for an operation.
By NewsJaws News Feed · 1 min read World How Trump’s justice department is testing separation of powers before the US midterms From the attorney general stumping for Republican candidates to federal agents raiding the home of a Democratic congresswoman up for re-election, the department is violating...
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World This is how we do it: ‘After marriage counselling, she no longer wants the lights off and the covers on’ Financial, work and childrearing pressures had killed off their sex life, but therapy gave Henry and Kelly an insight into each other’s perspective
Business World Bank says ‘small AI’ could transform developing countries Bank’s chief knowledge officer says the tech could speed up economic development from centuries to decades The World Bank is urging developing countries to kickstart the...
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World To keep the Panama Canal flowing, the living and the dead must pay the price The Panama Canal’s Rio Indio reservoir project is expected to flood dozens of communities, requiring families to relocate — along with their deceased loved ones.
Politics A social experiment connected Democrats in California with Republicans in Texas. Here’s how it went A payphone in liberal San Francisco was connected to a similar phone in deeply red Texas. Residents made hundreds of calls back and forth — and the results were surprising.
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World Jordon Steele-John says ‘I’m not on leave’ and accuses Greens leader of making ‘bad call’ regarding complaints Greens senator for WA says complaints regarding his behaviour towards women not about ‘accountability’ but rather ‘factionalism’
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World NHS staff who wrongly accessed tiger victim’s records should be sacked, says Yvette Cooper Health secretary says it is ‘total disgrace’ if staff looked up records of William Chapman, who died at Yorkshire Wildlife Park
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Sports Finucane will 'come back fighting' after missing gold Emma Finucane says she will "come back fighting" for gold medals after narrowly missing out on the top step in the Keirin.
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World Can Ken Paxton outrun a trail of scandal to win US Senate seat in ruby-red Texas? The Republican state attorney general appears uniquely ill-chosen as a candidate – but he is a political survivor who could yet frustrate Democratic dreams
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Entertainment Ali G answers his critics: ‘Me ain’t the first intellectual to get haterz’ Staines’s finest nailed the zeitgeist of the late 90s and early 00s, and now he’s back – but how does he fit into 2026? He discusses the backlash against his return, his worst...
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Entertainment Hilarious quips and ‘100,000-volt’ energy: the hypemen (and women) redefining Afrobeats music Style of emceeing based on high-octane, ad-libbed vocals has flourished thanks to its unique way of captivating crowds For the 2015 freshmen cohort of the history degree...
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World More peas, please! 17 delicious ways to devour Britain’s most brilliant vegetable They’re healthy, versatile, sustainable and available. Yet pea consumption in the UK is at a 50-year low. Here are the curries, dips, pasta dishes and even cakes that could...
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World ‘Shakespeare was a Black woman’: the playwright’s under-recognized connection to Black culture A new Washington DC exhibition examines how Toni Morrison, Maya Angelou and more used the Bard’s work to help tell their own stories
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Sports 'It's so close' - Finucane has to settle for keirin bronze Great Britain's Emma Finucane is beaten on the line and has to settle for bronze in the women's keirin on the final day the UCI World Track Championships in China.
Entertainment Film star Law to play Shankly in TV series - gossip Film star Jude Law is to play Bill Shankly in a television series about the Scottish football legend, while Rangers edge out Celtic in the list of most valuable British squads.
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Entertainment ‘I drunkenly sing Wonderwall off-key and awfully’: Rebecca Ferguson’s honest playlist The singer-songwriter gets a lift from U2 and likes to reminisce to Bette Midler, but which cheesy Euro banger does she secretly like?
World ‘Many family stories’: Tim Winton’s Cloudstreet takes out ABC radio poll of top 100 Australian books Markus Zusak’s novel The Book Thief secures second place, while Trent Dalton’s Boy Swallows Universe rounds out podium dominated by men