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We’ve rounded up all the latest stories from Australia and around the world – so you don’t have to go searching.

1.  Eight-year-old boy donates long hair to charity.

An 8-year-old boy has defied his bullies in order to donate four 10-inch ponytails to those in need.

Christian McPhilamy from Florida was taunted and teased for growing his long, blond locks. Kids called him a girl and he was told he needed to cut his hair to play sport.

However, Christian stuck to his goal to help cancer sufferers and now he can celebrate his success.

His mother, Deeanna Thomas, explained to TODAY in America that it all started with a little harmless internet browsing.

She and Christian were searching for interesting things online when they looked up St Jude Children’s Research Hospital, and an advertisement for hair donation popped up.

Christian decided to make it his goal to grow his hair and donate it to other children who don’t have any — and two years later he has achieved his goal.

“Christian has such a huge heart,” she told TODAY. “I don’t even know if there are words to describe how proud I am of him.”

2. Teen charged with murder after body found in car.

A teenage boy has been charged with the murder of a woman whose body was found in a car in outer Melbourne.

Police were called to Keeley Reserve in Clayton South around 3.30pm yesterday upon reports a woman was assaulted — only to discover the unconscious body of the victim in a car.

An 18-year-old has been charged with murder and is due to appear at Melbourne Magistrates’ Court today.

The Age reports the victim was known to the accused killer.

3. First Nauru refugees arrive in Cambodia.

Four refugees who agreed to be transferred from Nauru to Cambodia have arrived at their destination.

ABC News reports two Iranian men, an Iranian woman and a Rohingya man arrived in Phnom Penh on a commercial flight today.

They are the first group to volunteer to participate in Australia’s offshore processing policy, which transfers asylum seekers to Cambodia while their claims are being processed.

4. YouTube star launches landmark revenge-porn lawsuit.

An American YouTube sensation has launched a legal battle against an ex-boyfriend who posted sexually explicit videos of her online.

Chrissy Chambers is suing her ex-boyfriend for damages, after the online leak left her with depression and night terrors.

Chambers was 18 when she started an online relationship with a man who lives in the UK and is six years her senior.

Chambers, 24, claims he secretly filmed the pair having sex and then posted the footage on a number of sites, clearly identifying her as a participant.

According to The Independent, the case would be a landmark because the pair are in different jurisdictions.

While revenge porn is illegal in the UK, it is not criminalised in the United States. However, because the crime happened prior to the institution of the British revenge porn laws, Chambers and her legal team will pursue action under privacy and harassment laws.

Chambers is one part of YouTube sensation BriaAndChrissy, who have more than 350,000 fans.

5. Melbourne boy died after paramedics said he was fine.

Caleb Pearson had been complaining of a sore throat for a week.

His mother took him to the doctor, who prescribed him antibiotics.

Then, five days later, the 17-year-old from Croydon came home sick from work.

According to his mother, she rushed home to find him looking “ashen” and unable to move his legs. When she attempted to move him to take him to the emergency room, he collapsed.

His mother called the paramedics, who promptly came over, assessed him and gave him the all-clear to go back to bed.

The next morning, when Caleb’s condition was unimproved, his mother called emergency services again — only, this time, they were too late.

Ambulance Victoria Acting CEO Tony Walker told the Herald Sun that an investigation was underway.

“They are highly qualified and trained paramedics, they have applied their clinical judgement, we need to understand everything that occurred in the case and will be talking to them more about it,” he said.

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