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Ethan Smith, 30, is a Australian investigative reporter covering breaking news, technology and current affairs. Their reporting aims to be clear, sourced and accountable to readers.

Pakistan Army Chief’s Tehran Visit Aims to Broker Iran-US Ceasefire

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Pakistan Army Chief's Tehran Visit Aims to Broker Iran-US Ceasefire
The Pakistan Army field marshal’s visit to Tehran on May 22, 2026, lands at a moment when the region is bracing for more than just a diplomatic handshake. Asim

Army Releases 1947 California UFO Pilot Checklist

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A checklist. A box number. A single line of text typed decades ago, now sitting in a government PDF released to the public on May 8, 2026. That is how the Depar

Sri Lanka Raid on Cyber Fraud Center Reveals Deeper Crime Network

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Sri Lanka Raid on Cyber Fraud Center Reveals Deeper Crime Network
The 37 Chinese nationals arrested in Colombo on May 3 are now in police custody, their electronic devices and SIM cards seized as evidence. But the raid on what

RBC Acquires HSBC Canada in Quiet 2024 Deal

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Two years after HSBC’s Canadian retail operations were sold off, the ripples of that quiet deal are still spreading through the country’s banking sector. The Ma

Pentagon Confirms Boarding of Stateless Tanker Linked to Iran by Indo-Pacific...

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Pentagon Confirms Boarding of Stateless Tanker Linked to Iran by Indo-Pacific Command
The U.S. Indo-Pacific Command boarded a stateless tanker in international waters this week, a vessel the Pentagon says is tied to Iran. The operation, announced

Turkish F-16 Crash Kills Pilot, Grounds Fleet

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A single F-16 fighter jet, a mainstay of the Turkish Air Force, now lies wrecked in western Turkey. The pilot is dead. The crash, which occurred on February 25,

SDF Withdraws From Aleppo After Talks

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The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have withdrawn from Aleppo, following negotiations with the Syrian transitional government, in a significant development that

Rocket Strikes Damascus Home, Injures Woman

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A woman lies injured tonight in Mezzeh, a suburb of Damascus, after a rocket struck her home. The attack happened on November 14, 2025. No group has claimed res

Crypto Leverage Liquidations Hit $19 Billion

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A staggering $19 billion of crypto leverage was liquidated in a mere 24 hours, marking a significant event in the cryptocurrency market. This sudden and drastic

Typhoon Bualoi Kills 10 in Philippines, Toll Expected to Rise

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Typhoon Bualoi has cut a path through the Visayas and southern Luzon, and the death toll stands at ten. That number will likely climb. The storm is gone, but th

OpenAI Releases GPT-5 Multimodal AI on August 7

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Sam Altman's company did it again. OpenAI released GPT-5 on August 7, 2025. The fifth iteration of their generative pre-trained transformer foundation model is

Japan Executes Twitter Killer Takahiro Shiraishi

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Takahiro Shiraishi, the Japanese serial killer and rapist known as the Twitter Killer or the Zama Suicide Pact Killer, was executed today, June 27, 2025, for th

Singapore Becomes First in Asia to Ban Disposable Coffee Cups

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Singapore has become the first country in Asia to ban single-use disposable coffee cups, a move that took effect on April 24, 2024. The ban…

Hana Micron Breaks Ground on $2B Vietnam Chip Plant

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The bare earth of a 23-hectare plot at Hoa Lac Hi-Tech Park, 35 km west of Hanoi, was turned the same afternoon the contract was signed. By 2 June 2025, South K

Chile Medical Plane Crash Kills All Six Aboard

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The wreckage of a Piper PA-31T Cheyenne II sat undiscovered for hours in a mountainous stretch of Chile after it went down overnight on May 7. By the time searc

India Expels Pakistani Diplomats After Pahalgam Attack

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A crisis has emerged between India and Pakistan following a terrorist attack in Pahalgam on 22 April 2025, which resulted in the killing of 26...

Cessna 180 Crash Kills Three in Nebraska River

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A tragic accident occurred on April 18, 2025, when a Cessna 180 Skywagon crashed into the Platte River in Fremont, Nebraska, resulting in the loss of three live

US Severe Weather Death Toll Rises to 18

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The death toll from the severe weather in the United States has risen to 18, as a slow-moving weather system and a stationary front continue to bring widespread

Bolivia Floods Kill 50, Displace 100,000

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Bolivia has declared a national emergency after severe floods swept through the country, leaving a trail of destruction and devastation in their wake. The flood

Storm Prediction Center Issues Rare High Risk for Deep South

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A severe weather outbreak is looming over much of the United States, with the Storm Prediction Center issuing a rare high risk convective outlook for the Deep S

Nvidia Unveils Project DIGITS AI Supercomputer

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For a company that started in a Denny's coffee shop in 1993, Nvidia has come a long way. On January 7, 2025, at the Consumer Electronics Show, it unveiled the G

Adani Controversy Unresolved After Hindenburg Report

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In a development that has reignited scrutiny of one of India’s most powerful business figures, the long-running legal and financial controversy surrounding billionaire industrialist Gautam...

High Seas Treaty Adds Marine Protections for 169 Nations

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The world's oceans now operate under a single, sprawling rulebook. As of October 2024, 169 countries plus the European Union are party to the United Nations Con

Militants Kill Nine Pakistani Soldiers in Waziristan

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A deadly wave of militant attacks has struck Pakistan, claiming the lives of nine soldiers in separate incidents across North and South Waziristan, Khyber Pakht

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