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TOPSHOT - -- AFP PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2024 --  US Vice President Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris waves at supporters at the end of her concession speech at Howard University in Washington, DC, on November 6, 2024.. Donald Trump won a sweeping victory on November 6, 2024 in the US presidential election, defeating Kamala Harris to complete an astonishing political comeback that sent shock waves around the world. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) / AFP PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2024

Harris out of sync with US voters

2024 Junior Journalist competition entry – Primary News Story (Print) category: Kamala Harris campaigned for US presidency by taking a policy approach to issues that failed to speak to voters

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KIDS NEWS: China is limiting video game time for kids. Picture: iStock.

Free online games come at a cost

2024 Junior Journalist competition entry – Primary School News Story (Print) category: If something sounds too good to be true then it probably is, including when it comes to free online gaming

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visits the training base of the special operations armed forces of the Korea's Army, at an undisclosed location, in North Korea, in this handout picture released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency on October 4, 2024.   KCNA via REUTERS    ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. REUTERS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THIS IMAGE. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. SOUTH KOREA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN SOUTH KOREA.

Could Ukraine lead to WWIII?

2024 Junior Journalist competition entry – Primary School News Story (Print) category: The arrival of North Korean troops supporting Russia in Ukraine signals a new phase in conflict

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There's a Teletubbies Party coming to Adelaide. Picture: Supplied.

TV favourites impacting kid speak

2024 Junior Journalist competition entry – Primary School News Story (Print) category: Cartoon characters with speech problems could be influencing the rise in early childhood speech disorders

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Green time may be the antidote to screen time. For Kids News. istock image

Technology takeover

2024 Junior Journalist competition entry – Primary School News Story (Print) category: Brain rot, doomscrolling and blue light are affecting the IQs of kids as AI poses a possible future threat

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Shae Graham  Wheelchair Rugby vs France Yoyogi National Stadium 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games Paralympics Australia / Day 2Tokyo Japan : Thursday 26 Aug 2021 Sport the library / Jeff Crow / PA

Shae Graham: Paralympian Powerhouse

2024 Junior Journalist competition entry – Primary School Sports Story (Print) category: Wheelchair rugby player Shae Graham’s Paralympic success began after she made a bet with her brother

Animals
A large male great white photographed off the Neptune Islands. Picture:  Andrew Fox - Rodney Fox Shark Museum and Learning Centre

Australia’s deadliest animal named

From venomous snakes to saltwater crocodiles, Australia is home to some of the world’s most ferocious and feared creatures – but the most dangerous of them all may come as a big surprise

Money
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What’s troubling teens the most?

While climate change and mental health are big issues facing young Australians, a new survey shows there’s another massive problem that’s troubling teens the most

News
(FILES) Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks on stage during a campaign rally with former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at site of his first assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania on October 5, 2024. Elon Musk, the tech billionaire closely allied with US President-elect Donald Trump, met Iran's ambassador to the United Nations in a bid to defuse tensions in the next administration, The New York Times reported November 14, 2024. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP)

Elon Musk weighs in on UK PM

Ahead of his new role with the US Government, the world’s richest man Elon Musk has backed a petition calling for a UK election rematch four months after the Prime Minister took office

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Port Macquarie shark attack victim Kai Mckenzie posts to instagram surfing on one leg.

Brave surfer’s one-legged ride

Aussie surfer Kai McKenzie has returned to the waves for the first time after a shark attack claimed his right leg, amazing onlookers with his bravery and skill while surfing on one foot

Environment
General, generic stock photo of coral bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef off the Far North Queensland coast. The photo was taken on March 20 from an Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) Domier 328 plane, commissioned by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA) to survey the impact of coral bleaching on the northern Great Barrier Reef. PICTURE: BRENDAN RADKE

Great Barrier Reef coral in decline

New findings from the Great Barrier Reef show a large chunk of coral has disappeared from its northern section as warmer waters, cyclones and floods wreak havoc on the mighty natural wonder

Environment
The footage has shocked the world. Picture: China News Service

Solar power’s moment in the sun

A massive offshore solar farm has been unveiled in China as Elon Musk celebrated an Australian solar milestone, saying the renewable source was key for the world’s future power supply

VIDEOHistory
Was Tut a ‘hand-me-down’ king?

Was Tut a ‘hand-me-down’ king?

Tutankhamun has long been one of Egypt’s most famous pharaohs following the discovery of his iconic gold death mask, but experts say he may have been ‘cast off’ and given his stepmother’s tomb

Environment
TOPSHOT - This aerial handout picture taken on November 9, 2024 and released on November 10, 2024 by the National Disaster Mitigation Agency shows the eruption of Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki as seen from the Eputobi rest area in East Flores, East Nusa Tenggara. (Photo by Handout / National Disaster Mitigation Agency / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT AFP PHOTO / National Disaster Mitigation Agency - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

Bali volcano grounds Aussie flights

Travellers were left stranded after multiple airlines cancelled flights to and from Australia to holiday hotspot Bali due to the giant ash cloud caused by Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki erupting

Animals
Short-tailed shearwaters have a long life-span. Picture: Trevor Pescott.

Why washed up birds are a worry

Authorities are monitoring beaches along the eastern seaboard as migrating bird dying of ‘malnutrition’ wash ashore, with bird flu experts on alert in the bid to keep H5N1 out of Australia

Space
KIDS NEWS 2024: students watch the launch at the Powerhouse Future Space Launch of their algae experiment for the International Space Station. Picture: Powerhouse Future Space Launch/Maja Baska.

Student experiment goes to space

Australian students are celebrating the successful lift off of their history-making space mission, as their algae experiment heads to the International Space Station in a bid to grow a greener future

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(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on November 04, 2024 shows, L-R, US Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris speaking during a "When We Vote We Win" rally at the Wisconsin State Fair Park Exposition Center in West Allis, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, November 1, 2024 and former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump departing the stage after speaking at a campaign rally at Lee's Family Forum in Henderson, Nevada, October 31, 2024.  (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI and Ian Maule / AFP)

Five-minute guide to US election

The US political system differs from ours – here are key details and some essential information, so you can follow the US presidential election as history unfolds and America decides

History
LiDAR survey data reveals ancient Maya buildings (inset, center) clustered on a hilltop, while a satellite image (far left and right) shows modern agriculture and roadbuilding underway in the valleys below. Picture: Luke Auld-Thomas

Lost city found hidden in jungle

An archaeologist has stumbled upon an ancient city in modern-day Mexico that was buried ‘in plain sight’ for centuries, after unanalysed data from a Google search led to the remarkable find

Explainers
A picture taken on October 31, 2024 shows piled up cars following deadly floods in Sedavi, south of Valencia, eastern Spain. Rescuers raced on October 31, 2024 to find survivors and victims of once-in-a-generation floods in Spain that killed at least 95 people and left towns submerged in a muddy deluge with overturned cars scattered in the streets. About 1,000 troops joined police and firefighters in the grim search for bodies in the Valencia region as Spain started three days of mourning. Up to a year's rain fell in a few hours on the eastern city of Valencia and surrounding region on October 29 sending torrents of water and mud through towns and cities. (Photo by Manaure Quintero / AFP)

Angry Spanish flood victims react

Spanish communities reeling from last week’s devastating floods in the Valencia region have publicly erupted at their king, queen and government officials – why are impacted residents so furious?

Just for Fun
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Ghost House

Sydney Most Haunted House. Picture Thomas Lisson

Is this Oz’s most haunted house?

Would you dare knock on the door of this house while ‘trick or treating’ this Halloween? It may not have cobwebs or pumpkins outside but tales told about it will send shivers down your spine

History
Mystery of human bones found in castle well is finally solved as DNA matches skeleton with 800-year-old saga figure

800-year-old castle saga solved

A mystery man mentioned in a passage of medieval Norwegian history written over 800 years ago has been connected by DNA testing to remains first recovered from a castle well in 1938

Health
The artifical tissue mimics the top crucial layers of skin and comes after years of work at The Alfred and Monash University. Picture: supplied

Grow your own ‘skin’ for burns

In a world-first medical trial, an Australian patient has received human-like skin grown in a lab to treat severe burns – a major breakthrough doctors say could improve healing and save lives

History
NETWORK SPECIAL.  MUST TALK WITH NETWORK PIC DESK BEFORE PUBLISHING.      Prominent journalist Stan Grant features in a new documentary that aims to “challenge the false narrative of Captain Cook” by celebrating the history between Muslims and Indigenous Australians in the pre-colonial period., , Produced by the Islamic Abu Hanifa Institute in Berala in Sydney’s west, Before 1770 recreates the journey of sea cucumber fisherman, called Macassan trepangers, from the Indonesian island of Sulawesi to northern Australia., , Promotional material for the documentary said it is “designed to encapsulate the history of Muslims in Australia before the First Fleet.”

Doco queries Captain Cook history

A contentious new documentary challenges ‘first contact’ history about how Australia was founded by highlighting links between northern Indigenous communities and Indonesian fishermen

Animals
An AI-generated image of a thylacine which could soon be  brought back from extinction by scientists from the US bioscience company Collosal.

How Tassie tigers will be reborn

The Tasmanian tiger could be brought back from extinction in just three years’ time thanks to a major breakthrough in genome sequencing. But exactly how will scientists rebirth the species?

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