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Marnus Labuschagne is dismissed for a five-ball duck as he desperately clings to his place in the Test team.

A staffer for Democratic hopeful Mary Peltola reportedly was instructed to find as many people with the name Dan Sullivan as possible, the Times reported.

Police have shot dead a woman after she threatened officers with an axe in Adelaide's inner eastern suburbs.

The Chancellor hailed a Budget for the 'working people of Britain' as he tried to balance the books amid the Middle East crisis and Prime Minister Andy Burnham's spending ambitions.

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The higher levy on bank profits - which comes on top of corporation tax of 25 per cent - will last for 15 months from January.

Influencers James O'Keefe and Cam Higby were charged on Wednesday with unlawful voting and identity theft by Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty over a political stunt they pulled in August.

Infants Illham and Daniel were last seen on Tuesday in Port Melbourne, sparking a public appeal.

The Treasury said the extra funds would allow the Home Office to carry on closing controversial asylum hotels.

King Charles has a packed programme of engagements from morning to evening, the highlight of which will be a traditional and highly colourful 'junkanoo' parade through Nassau.