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What your dreams could be telling you about your Alzheimer's risk

Frequent nightmares, or the inability to recall your dreams at all, could be early signs of Alzheimer's disease.

Australia

Trump has not asked Australia to help blockade the Strait of Hormuz, Albanese says
Iran has restricted traffic through the strait while allowing vessels deemed to be working for friendly countries to pass.
World
'A dangerous precedent': Iran wants to impose tolls in the Strait of Hormuz. Can it?
Charging ongoing fees for transit through the Strait of Hormuz would likely trigger international uproar.
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Yu went by an anglicised name for almost two decades — until it became exhausting
More than half of Australia's residents or their parents were born overseas, but many still find having a non-English-sounding name hard.
Life

War in the Middle East

Why Pakistan is hosting the highest-level US-Iran talks in almost half a century

World

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Iran and US still at odds on truce terms as negotiating teams arrive in Islamabad

World

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They were cleaning their homes in hope. By morning, the bombs had fallen

Middle East

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Why experts seriously doubt the US' claim of 'overwhelming victory' in the war against Iran

World

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'Beaten' and 'subject to mock executions': How protesters are being forgotten in war

World

They were cleaning their homes in hope. By morning, the bombs had fallen

Middle East

This industry faced near total collapse in Australia. How did it come back from the brink?

Arts

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There were once throngs of pilgrims. Now silence fills Jerusalem's streets

World

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The simple initiative helping migrants and refugees step into their new life

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A local program in Darwin is helping refugees and new migrants connect with their community while building life-long friendships. The walking group may be simple, but organisers say at a time when more people are facing conflict and displacement, the initiative provides a welcome escape.

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US VP JD Vance arriving at talks in Pakistan.

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Israel and Lebanon to host talks in the US as ceasefire divisions emerge | Midday News Bulletin 12 April 2026

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'You need to be a breadwinner': The parenting views dividing young dads

Life

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'Hurting and humiliating us': Iraqis meet the US veterans who shattered their childhoods

World

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Australia has strict gun laws but is now a hotspot for this type of gun — just like the US

Australia

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Lea says she and her sister didn't talk for a year. This is why estrangements are common

Life

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Locals and refugees are stuck in housing limbo in this city. It's fuelling a deep divide

World

Small Business Secrets

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'Grief and rage': This Nowruz, celebrations hide a 'devastating' reality for Iranian Australians

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'A piece of living history': How Greek milk bars changed the way Australians meet and eat

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The cost of war: How the Middle East conflict could worsen food insecurity in Australia

Australia

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As the threat of war heightens distress, help may be just a phone call away

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Watch Insight on Tuesday 14 April at 8.30pm (AEDT) on SBS and SBS On Demand

Names are more than just labels; they are deeply linked to our identity and shape how we move through the world. In this uplifting episode of Insight, host Kumi Taguchi asks our guests: “Would a rose by any other name smell as sweet?”

Watch Dateline on Tuesday 14 April at 9.30pm (AEST) on SBS and SBS On Demand

After the US intervention in Venezuela, Colombia was warned it could be next. Dateline investigates plans to uproot its vast cocaine crops and meets farmers stuck in the middle of a deadly drug war.

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