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• Is Indonesia’s new aircraft carrier worth its US$98,700 a day fuel cost?

  South China Morning Post · 5 minutes ago

  Indonesia’s fresh drills this month on its first and only aircraft carrier have refocused attention on the issue of whether the costly, ageing vessel is being put to good strategic use. The KRI...

• Tourists Brave a Muddy Jungle Trek to See a Famed World War II Wreck

  The New York Times · 6 minutes ago

  Seven Chinese tourists, a dozen villagers and a couple of journalists forded streams and bushwhacked to the downed plane of Isoroku Yamamoto, the Japanese admiral. Machetes proved handy.

• Breaking: Sydney Swans players will not face charges over sex assault investigation

  ABC News · 9 minutes ago

  Sydney Swans players embroiled in a police investigation into an alleged sexual assault in a Melbourne hotel will not face criminal charges.

• Yemen’s Houthis renew strikes on Saudi Arabia as UNSC extends sanctions

  Al Jazeera · 12 minutes ago

  Saudi-led coalition intercepts flurry of suspected Houthi drones targeting oil and military infrastructure.

• Teen missing for six days recounts ordeal from hospital

  ABC News · 7 minutes ago

  William, 17, says he sang John Denver's Country Roads, Take Me Home to keep his spirits up while he desperately hoped to be rescued in Victoria's east.

• Indonesia’s Vice President, Gibran, Resigns

  The New York Times · 4 minutes ago

  Gibran Rakabuming Raka, who is stepping down amid a scandal over his academic credentials, was a symbol of the partnership that elevated President Prabowo Subianto into office.

• Scandal-hit Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang quits, plunging AI chipmaking giant into turmoil

  BBC · 6 minutes ago

  US lawmakers now want to question Huang over whether one of his alleged relationships was with a Chinese spy.

• Darth Vader’s lightsaber used in ‘I am your father’ duel sells for nearly US$5 million

  South China Morning Post · 2 minutes ago

  A lightsaber used by Darth Vader in the Star Wars films The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi sold on Thursday for nearly US$5 million in an auction. The lightsaber, which was used in the...

• Russian court jails rights lawyer for 12 years on treason charge

  Al Jazeera · 21 minutes ago

  Prosecutors say the woman shared security details with Ukraine, while her lawyers argue the information was not secret.

• In Moscow, Witkoff and Kushner Ask Putin to Include Europe in Peace Talks

  The New York Times · 9 minutes ago

  In Dublin, President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine said Europeans would join the next round of talks. Russia has not confirmed that.

• US: New Congress members pose for traditional photo at Capitol

  Africanews · 7 minutes ago

  Euronews

  Newly elected US lawmakers gathered on Capitol Hill on Thursday 12 November for a traditional group photograph ahead of the opening of the 120th Congress. The incoming House members are attending...

• US: New Congress members pose for traditional photo at Capitol

  Euronews · 2 minutes ago

  Newly elected US lawmakers gathered on Capitol Hill on Thursday 12 November for a traditional group photograph ahead of the opening of the 120th Congress. The incoming House members are attending...

• Live: Victorian election campaign rolls on as parties appeal to regions

  ABC News · 5 minutes ago

  Liberal leader Jess Wilson was spotted pouring beers in Wodonga last night, while the Carroll government has promised to freeze a tax on farmers if re-elected.

• Live: Beau Lamarre-Condon answers questions in double murder trial

  ABC News · 3 minutes ago

  Beau Lamarre-Condon is continuing to answer questions after close to a week of cross-examination from the Crown.

• Paul Barril, French ‘Supergendarme’ Turned Mercenary, Has Died

  The New York Times · 3 minutes ago

  After years in elite police units, he drew scrutiny from human rights groups for selling arms and providing other services to unsavory governments. He was 80.

• Climate-vulnerable nations urge immediate action at UN Cop31 summit

  South China Morning Post · 4 minutes ago

  Urgent action is needed to help countries hardest-hit by the effects of climate change, small island leaders said on Thursday at the United Nations climate talks in Turkey, describing global warming...

• From Paddington to physics, there's a common thread to Ben Miller's career

  ABC News · 5 minutes ago

  An actor, comedian, author and physics enthusiast, Ben Miller is a man of many talents. So, how did the son of English teachers become so obsessed with quantum physics? And how does a comic end up...

• Eight killed, including two children, in New York building collapse

  France 24 · 2 minutes ago

  Eight people, including two children, were killed when a residential building collapsed into an adjacent construction site in Brooklyn on Wednesday. Firefighters spent hours searching the rubble...

• Why do supercell thunderstorms form and what makes them so dangerous?

  ABC News · 7 minutes ago

  More than 80,000 households were left without power after south-east Queensland thunderstorms downed more than 400 powerlines.

• Nvidia Scandal Unleashes a Flood of AI-Generated Memes

  The New York Times · 4 minutes ago

  The revelations surrounding Jensen Huang, who resigned from Nvidia over extramarital affairs, inspired social media posts using the very technology his company helped develop.