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Australia to tighten gun laws after Bondi Beach Hanukkah massacre
Australian leaders have promised to immediately overhaul already-tough gun control laws after a mass shooting targeted a Hanukkah celebration on Sydney's Bondi Beach.
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Trial set to begin for Wisconsin judge accused of helping immigrant evade federal authorities
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South Korea's ousted president Yoon plotted martial law to eliminate rivals, probe finds
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Interstellar comet keeps its distance as it makes its closest approach to Earth
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Japan will be without a panda for the first time in 50 years after twins leave Tokyo zoo
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How an AM radio station in California weathered the Trump administration's assault on media
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Iran's rial currency plummets to new low, sparking fears of higher food prices
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Pope denounces 'antisemitic violence' of Sydney attack as he thanks Christmas donors
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UAE-backed Yemeni separatists march to another southern province, raising fears of renewed conflict
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Spain fines Airbnb $75 million for unlicensed tourist rentals
Court battle begins over California's new congressional map designed to favor Democrats
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Iran hosts regional talks on Afghanistan but Kabul stays away
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The Latest: Former Trump aides set to appear in Wisconsin over 2020 election fraud charges
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Punk protest group Pussy Riot declared 'extremist organization' by a Russian court
Baltimore cyclist finds joy in collecting lost hubcaps and stringing them into art
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Thailand to hold early election on Feb. 8 after parliament dissolution
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Serbia organized crime prosecutors charge minister, others in connection with Kushner-linked project
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What will Virginia's Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin do next? He's not ready to tell
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The Bondi Beach shooting as seen from the beach, the boardwalk and a hotel
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Cambodia says Thai bombing is hitting deeper into its territory near shelters for displaced
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What to know about the attack on the Hannukah festival in Australia that killed 15 people
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Czech president swears in new coalition government of populist billionaire Andrej Babiš
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MI6 chief says UK faces threat from Russia's desire to export chaos
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Pakistan begins last anti-polio vaccination drive of the year after surge in new cases
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Toxic smog blankets New Delhi, disrupting travel and plunging air quality to hazardous levels
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Latest round of talks between Ukraine, US conclude as Trump seeks swift peace
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Israeli military expansion in Syria raises tensions as they carve out a buffer zone
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Militant groups are experimenting with AI, and the risks are expected to grow
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Louvre workers vote to strike in another blow to the Paris museum
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'Eli was a person of inspiration'
Rabbi Motti Grossbaum of Stony Brook, left, with Rabbi Eli Schlanger, in 2002 in France, where they studied together in a yeshiva. Schlanger was one of the victims of the Australia attack. NewsdayTV's Andrew Ehinger reports.
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