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Dream life in Australia sold by influencers doesn't match reality
Influencers push a false promise of easy money and a better life in Australia with a Work and Holiday Visa, inspiring young Indonesians to take extreme measures to chase an almost unrealisable dream. Source link
Trump Media group buys fusion power company for $9bn
The US president’s company also operates a number of cryptocurrency-related financial products and owns social media platform Truth Social. Source link
French doctor jailed for poisoning 30 patients, including children
Frederic Pechier’s youngest victim, a four-year-old, survived two cardiac arrests during routine tonsil surgery in 2016. Source link
Bali court sentences Lamar Ahchee to 12 years for role in cocaine smuggling plot
An Australian man is sentenced to 12 years in a Bali prison for his role in trafficking cocaine into the country in Lindt chocolate wrappers. Source link
US approves largest ever weapons spending for Taiwan
The United States has approved its largest ever weapons package for Taiwan which is under increasing military pressure from China. Source link
Inside room 315, where hotel staff say gunmen spent most of November
Alleged terrorists Naveed and Sajid Akram spent almost a month holed up in a small hotel room in a city in the southern Philippines in the lead-up to the attack, local staff have said. Source link
Rob Reiner's son Nick appears in court charged with parents' stabbing deaths
Nick Reiner briefly faces court three days after he was arrested over the stabbing murders of his Hollywood director father, Rob Reiner, and mother, Michele Singer Reiner. Source link
Trump's first impeachment started with a phone call and ended with a newspaper
When Trump was elected president in 2016, he joined the world’s most exclusive and revered club. But three years later, the president added his name to a smaller list of US leaders who’d been impeached. Source link
Philippines police investigate gunmen's travel to region with violent history
Philippines National Police say they are investigating whether the father-son Bondi gunmen travelled to a region known as a hotbed for violent Islamic extremism. Source link
PNG community seeking support to repatriate victims of minivan crash
A teenage boy and a 51-year-old woman from Papua New Guinea have been identified as victims of a fatal crash in Northern Victoria. Source link