This supermodel took fashion by storm – and turned out to be a total fake
She looks uncannily authentic, but has no name, demands no pay and can change outfits at the click of a button. And she has rocked the fashion world since appearing in the pages of Vogue.
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Continue Reading‘A threat was made’: Trump repositions nuclear subs after online spat with ex-Russian leader
In a warning to Russia, the US president ordered the move over “highly provocative statements” by Dmitry Medvedev, who raised the prospect of war.
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Continue Reading‘Luxury prison’: Epstein accomplice Maxwell quietly moved to low-security camp
The family of Virginia Giuffre – the American-Australian woman who was among Jeffrey Epstein’s most well-known sex-trafficking accusers – said the transfer reflected “the justice system failing victims right before our eyes”.
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Continue ReadingCheesed off: Swiss meltdown over Trump’s ‘incomprehensible’ tariff whack
Switzerland’s brand-name suppliers of luxury watches, jewellery, cheese and chocolate are reeling after a 39 per cent tariff was slapped on their exports to the US.
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Continue Reading‘Rigged’: The jobs numbers came in and they were bad. Trump fired the stats boss
The Bureau of Labour Statistics found only 73,000 jobs were created in the world’s biggest economy in July, well below market expectations, and significantly revised down the figures for May and June.
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Continue ReadingThe US economy keeps chugging along. Does everyone owe Trump an apology?
Are we really seeing “the Trump economy” in effect, or is it too soon to tell? Are these positive numbers a miracle or a mirage?
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Continue ReadingRadioactive wasp nest found at former US nuclear weapons site
Workers made an unwelcome discovery during routine checks at a facility that once produced plutonium for Cold War-era bombs.
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Continue ReadingMan arrested in UK suspected of poisoning eight children at a summer camp
British police have arrested a 76-year-old man suspected of poisoning eight children at a summer camp.
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Continue ReadingMany German voters are shifting their support to new extreme leaders
European correspondent David Crowe finds out why many Germans are turning to new political parties who some have labelled extremists or even Nazis.
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Continue ReadingUkrainian soldier escapes on e-bike delivered by drone
Footage shared by the Ukrainian military appears to show an unmanned aerial vehicle winching the e-bike down to the wounded man, who was reportedly surrounded by Russian forces.
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Continue ReadingTrump was never that interested in Australia. Albanese just kept it that way
Labor can take some credit for its strategy on tariffs – within reason.
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Continue ReadingWorld leaders risk a Trump backlash to turn on Israel
Anthony Albanese will have to decide whether Australia stands with Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu, or with the long list of leaders heading in the other direction.
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Continue ReadingHow a $155 billion ‘eco-paradise’ fell short of its promise
Forest City stands as a testament to rapacious ambition, cheap credit and blind faith in the appeal of “build it and they will come”. It didn’t anticipate the collapse of the Chinese property market.
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Continue ReadingYou can’t quit America: It’s too big to fail as the global leviathan
Even under Trump’s protectionism, America keeps growing – and there’s no country on Earth to match it for trade or political power.
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Continue ReadingUnsold paradise: inside Malaysia's Chinese-built Forest City
Planned as a $US100 billion eco-paradise for 700,000 people, today its Chinese developer Country Garden is broke, the project is part-built, and thousands of units are unsold.
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Continue ReadingTrump takes aim at ‘foreign freeloading nations’ over drug prices in new threat to PBS
As the world awaits new US tariffs, the president has ordered American pharmaceutical firms to “negotiate harder” with other countries and return those increased profits to the US.
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