Cruise cancelled following death of woman left behind on island – BBC

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  1. Cruise cancelled following death of woman left behind on island  BBC
  2. Luxury cruise cancelled after 80-year-old left behind on Lizard Island dies alone  The Guardian
  3. Cruise passenger found dead after accidentally being left behind on island in Australia: "Mum died, alone"  CBS News
  4. Elderly woman found dead on tropical island after cruise ship leaves without her  CNN
  5. Elderly cruise passenger found dead after being abandoned on tropical island  NBC News
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Weather bureau warns of hail, flash floods and tornadoes as storms hit Queensland and northern NSW

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Bureau of Meteorology says band of severe thunderstorms bearing down on Australia’s east coast

Destructive winds, giant hail, flash floods and tornadoes could wreak havoc on southern Queensland and northern New South Wales, the Bureau of Meteorology has warned.

A major band of severe thunderstorms was bearing down on Australia’s east coast on Saturday, senior BoM forecaster Angus Hines said.

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US allies await answers before committing to Trump’s Gaza peace force – CNN

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  1. US allies await answers before committing to Trump’s Gaza peace force  CNN
  2. Next Question for Gaza Peace Plan: Who Wants to Police It?  The Wall Street Journal
  3. As Trump touts international force to stabilize Gaza, key questions remain  NBC News
  4. Only Muslim soldiers will serve as peacekeepers in Gaza  The Telegraph
  5. Can International Intervention Actually Solve Gaza?  Haaretz
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Gumnuts, baby! How two abseiling horticulturalists rescued specimens from an endangered tree

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The threatened Jillaga Ash (Eucalyptus stenostoma) was spotted 90m down a cliff in Wadbilliga national park, in southern New South Wales

Two horticulturalists have undertaken a daring abseiling mission to rescue gumnuts from an endangered tree on a 300m cliff face.

Stan Wawrzyczek, a threatened flora ecologist at the Threatened Species Conservancy, spotted an endangered tree, Eucalyptus stenostoma (Jillaga Ash), 90m down the cliff in Wadbilliga national park in southern New South Wales.

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China’s Xi pushes for global AI body at APEC in counter to US – Reuters

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  1. China's Xi pushes for global AI body at APEC in counter to US  Reuters
  2. Xi Delivers Veiled Warning to Nations Not to Take the U.S.’s Side  The New York Times
  3. Trump no-show at big Asian economic forum may risk US reputation in region  AP News
  4. Trump may have skipped APEC—but Xi's using it to sell China as globalization's last defender  Fortune
  5. Xi Jinping’s moment and whirlwind diplomatic tours: key takeaways from the Apec summit in South Korea  The Guardian
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Nationals members vote to ditch net zero target from party platform

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Policy position diverging from senior Coalition partner expected to be formalised at Nationals partyroom meeting on Sunday morning

The Nationals’ grassroots members have voted to ditch net zero, setting the scene to formally scrap the target at a meeting on Sunday morning.

“We believe in reducing emissions, but not at any cost,” the Nationals leader, David Littleproud, told the party’s federal council on Saturday.

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Netherlands: D66 party beats Wilders in tight election — ANP – DW

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  1. Netherlands: D66 party beats Wilders in tight election — ANP  DW
  2. ‘Not So Bulletproof’: A Far-Right Party Faces Rebuke in the Netherlands  The New York Times
  3. Dutch centrist D66 party confirmed as election winner, ANP says  CNN
  4. Who is Rob Jetten, tipped to become youngest Dutch prime minister?  BBC
  5. Santa Claus will be here before a new Dutch government, caretaker PM warns  politico.eu
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Egypt’s Grand Museum opens, displaying Tutankhamun tomb in full for first time – BBC

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  1. Egypt's Grand Museum opens, displaying Tutankhamun tomb in full for first time  BBC
  2. Grand Egyptian Museum set for a very grand opening after 3 decades and more than $1 billion  CBS News
  3. Egypt unveils the world's largest museum dedicated to a single civilization  ABC News
  4. Egypt’s vast $1bn museum to open in Cairo after two-decade build  The Guardian
  5. More than $1 billion and two decades later, the Grand Egyptian Museum is — finally — ready to share its treasures  CNN
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