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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has been visiting China to meet with leaders. 

Mr Albanese met the Chinese president in Beijing on Tuesday for a meeting and lunch.

In his lengthy meeting with the Chinese president, Mr Albanese raised concerns about the lack of notice before Chinese warships conducted live firing exercises and a lap of Australia in February. 

Mr Albanese also visited the Great Wall, and said it's his great honour to visit the site for the second time in his life. He visited for the first time as part of a bipartisan delegation back in the 90s.

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Evidence of blast injury has been found inside the brain of a deceased Australian veteran.

While blast injuries have previously been found in the brains of deceased US veterans, this is the first time it has been found in an Australian.

Chief of the Australian Army Lieutenant General Simon Stuart says the army is working with the US to learn more about the condition.

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German backpacker Carolina Wilga has been discharged from Perth's Fiona Stanley Hospital after spending five nights recovering from her outback ordeal.

The backpacker was missing for 11 nights in WA's remote outback, north of the Wheatbelt town of Beacon, more than 300 kilometres north-east of Perth.

After an extensive air and land search, she was found on the edge of Karroun Hill Nature Reserve in WA's remote Wheatbelt region by a local farmer.

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Australians aged in their 30s and 40s are experiencing unprecedented rates of 10 different types of cancer.

Between 2000 and 2024 — in 30–39-year-olds — early onset prostate cancer increased by 500 per cent, among other increases in separate cancers.

Screening at younger ages and more assertive preventive strategies are some ways to change the steep cancer trajectories.

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The jury has found Erin Patterson guilty of three counts of murder and one count of attempted murder.

Patterson pleaded not guilty, telling the court the poisonous mushrooms were accidentally included in the meals she served to four relatives in 2023.

As the verdict was handed down, Patterson did not express any obvious outward emotion.

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Fashion visionary Dame Anna Wintour has stepped down as editor of US Vogue after almost 40 years in the role.

The British-born 75-year-old is described by many as the single most powerful person in the global fashion industry.

However, while she will exit the top role at Vogue, she will stay on as global chief content officer at group owner Conde Nast.