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Support slumps for Australian Indigenous rights referendum

Support slumps for Australian Indigenous rights referendum

Australia's historic Indigenous rights referendum is haemorrhaging support, with a barrage of damning new polls showing only a minority in favour of the October vote.

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Pause or hike? ECB rate decision on a knife edge

Pause or hike? ECB rate decision on a knife edge

The European Central Bank is walking a tightrope between still-high inflation and a darkening eurozone outlook as it decides whether to lift interest rates again or finally pause its historic hiking cycle.

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Djokovic not setting any limit on Grand Slam titles

Djokovic not setting any limit on Grand Slam titles

Novak Djokovic said he plans to play as long as possible while he is still capable of competing for the biggest prizes after winning a record-equalling 24th Grand Slam title at the US Open on Sunday.

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The worst market crashes

The worst market crashes

Fifteen years ago, on September 15, 2008, the Lehman Brothers investment bank went bankrupt, a victim of the global financial crisis during which stock markets crashed.

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Foreign rescuers join Morocco quake race against time

Foreign rescuers join Morocco quake race against time

Rescuers on Monday faced a growing race against time to dig any survivors from the rubble of devastated villages in Morocco's Atlas mountains, three days after the country's strongest-ever earthquake.

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Medvedev salutes 'great' Djokovic after US Open finals

Medvedev salutes 'great' Djokovic after US Open finals

Daniil Medvedev lavished praise on Novak Djokovic after the Serbian star defeated the Russian at the US Open on Sunday for a record-equalling 24th Grand Slam crown.

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Strike worries overshadow Detroit Auto Show

Strike worries overshadow Detroit Auto Show

This week's Detroit Auto Show is meant to showcase impressive new electric vehicles, but the fanfare looks destined to be upstaged by a brewing labor dispute and the increasing likelihood of a strike.

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US judge says 2008 bank fraudsters got off easy

US judge says 2008 bank fraudsters got off easy

US officials took a victory lap last month to commemorate their response to the 2008 financial crisis, pointing to $36 billion in fines as proof that banks have been held accountable.

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Arm's listing on NY exchange is a big wager in an uncertain market

Arm's listing on NY exchange is a big wager in an uncertain market

Shares in the British chip designer Arm will be listed Thursday on New York's Nasdaq exchange in the biggest such offering in two years, a $50 billion wager by principal shareholder SoftBank Group amid a still uncertain market.

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How it went down: Three accounts of the Lehman bankruptcy

How it went down: Three accounts of the Lehman bankruptcy

A key catalyst for the 2008 global financial crisis, the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers still reverberates for those who lived through it. Here are the accounts of three who were there.

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