8am Zedlines
This is Ted and Boddhi with your 8am Zedlines
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Woman Falls Overboard In Pacific Ocean
A woman has fallen overboard on a P&O cruise ship headed towards Brisbane yesterday.
President Donald Trump looks to re-enter Trans-Pacific Partnership
US President Donald Trump has instructed his trade officials and economic advisors to review rejoining the Trans-Pacific Partnership, an 11-nation trade deal the country withdrew from when he first took office in 2017.
Saudi Arabia’s first women’s cycle race
Saudia Arabia hosted their first ever women’s cycling race, surprising conservatives across the nation and the majority of social media.
Australia launches world-first coal to hydrogen plant
Coal from the Latrobe Valley in Victoria will be converted to liquid hydrogen and exported to Japan in a world-first trial with $50 million in backing.
More Athletes Disappear From Comm Games
A Rwandan athlete, two Ugandans and possibly a Ghanaian have disappeared from the Commonwealth games, after eight Cameroonian athletes went missing last week.
Synthetic Clothes Exacerbating Barrier Reef Decay
A recent survey on the Great Barrier Reef has found that synthetic microfibres from clothing make up almost seventy percent of the pollution found there.
StolenWealth Games Protest at Australia Fair
Coverage of the protest at Australia Fair as a part of the StolenWealth Games campaign.
11am Zedlines
This is Justin and Maria with your 11am Zedlines.
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Dead palestinian journalist not Hamas member, US officials state
The US State Department has revealed that palestinian photojournalist Yaser Murtaja who was killed by Israeli sniper fire at a protest in Gaza on the 6th of April had been vetted by US authorities as part of of an successfull application from his organisation for a grant from the U.S. Agency for International Development.
This casts doubt on claims from the Israeli defence department that Mr Murtaja had been a high ranking member of the islamic fundamentalist group Hamas.