Federal MPs accept free sport tickets from gambling companies amid calls to restrict wagering ads

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Tabcorp and Sportsbet provided tickets to at least six Liberal and Labor politicians, register of interests shows

At least six federal Labor and Liberal politicians, including an assistant minister and shadow ministers, have disclosed they accepted free tickets to lucrative sporting events from major gambling companies in the past six months, as the government faces calls to restrict wagering ads and better regulate the sector.

Anthony Chisholm, the assistant minister for regional development and agriculture, has declared twice in recent months taking tickets and hospitality from Tabcorp for major horse race meets in Victoria and Queensland. Sportsbet, Australia’s biggest online bookmaker, also provided tickets to rugby union, the Australian Open or race meets to the Labor MPs Raff Ciccone and Dan Repacholi, Coalition shadow ministers Dan Tehan and Tim Wilson, and Liberal MP Mary Aldred.

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Gabon suspends social media, citing threats to security and stability – Reuters

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  1. Gabon suspends social media, citing threats to security and stability  Reuters
  2. Facebook, TikTok suspended in Gabon under regulator’s order  Al Jazeera
  3. Social media suspended in Gabon 'until further notice': media regulator  africanews.com
  4. Social media suspended in Gabon for 'spreading of false information'  BBC
  5. Gabon Halts Social Media as Cost-of-Living Protests Spread  Bloomberg
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Former army chief seen as Zelenskyy’s top rival reveals to AP a rift between them – Associated Press News

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  1. Former army chief seen as Zelenskyy’s top rival reveals to AP a rift between them  Associated Press News
  2. Ukraine's ex-military chief Zaluzhnyi reveals new details of rift with Zelenskiy  Reuters
  3. Zelenskyy and officials allocated insufficient resources for 2023 counteroffensive plan – former Ukrainian mi  Українська правда
  4. Zaluzhny Lifts Lid on Zelensky Rift, Failed Counteroffensive – and Surprise Manafort Contact  Kyiv Post
  5. SSU comments on “visit” to Zaluzhnyi's secret office in 2022  Ukrinform
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Palestine Action activists to face retrial over Elbit break-in – BBC

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  1. Palestine Action activists to face retrial over Elbit break-in  BBC
  2. Palestine Action: Aggravated burglary charges dropped against 18 defendants  Middle East Eye
  3. Palestine Action activists to face retrial over UK Elbit factory raid following backlash  The Times of Israel
  4. Six Palestine Action activists face a retrial over a break-in at an Israel-linked defence firm's UK site.  Sky News
  5. Aggravated burglary charges against 18 Palestine Action activists dropped  The Guardian
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Credit cards cancelled, Google accounts closed: ICC judges on life under Trump sanctions

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Kimberly Prost and Luz del Carmen Ibáñez Carranza vow US reprisals will not affect work of international criminal court

When the Canadian Kimberly Prost learned Donald Trump’s administration had imposed sanctions on her, it came as a shock.

For years, she has sat as a judge at the international criminal court, weighing accusations of war crimes, genocide and crimes against humanity; now she is on the same list as terrorists and those involved in organised crime. “It really was a moment of a bit of disbelief,” she said.

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Russia Cuts Oil Drilling as Money Dries Up, With Output at Risk – Bloomberg

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  1. Russia Cuts Oil Drilling as Money Dries Up, With Output at Risk  Bloomberg
  2. Suffocating Western pressure may finally force Russian oil output cuts  Reuters
  3. Sanctions, Ship Seizures and Low Prices Squeeze Russia’s Oil Industry  The Wall Street Journal
  4. Wave of Bankruptcies Hits Russian Oil as Half of Sector Operates at a Loss  UNITED24 Media
  5. Russia Is Running Out of Places to Put Its Oil as Exports Stall  Kyiv Post
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Carney offers to ‘broker a bridge’ to build giant anti-Trump trade club – politico.eu

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  1. Carney offers to ‘broker a bridge’ to build giant anti-Trump trade club  politico.eu
  2. Carney constructs a mega anti-Trump trade alliance  politico.eu
  3. ‘Canada can broker a bridge,’ Carney says on new trading bloc efforts - National  Global News
  4. Opinion: How Canada and allies can stand up to Trump and other great-power bullies  The Globe and Mail
  5. John Ivison: Canada's pivot to Europe for trade gains traction as Trump loses momentum  National Post
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Indian university faces backlash for claiming Chinese robodog as own at AI summit – BBC

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  1. Indian university faces backlash for claiming Chinese robodog as own at AI summit  BBC
  2. India tells university to leave AI summit after presenting Chinese robot as its own, sources say  Reuters
  3. Claim: A tweet by China Pulse alleges that Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw stated that the Chinese robot presented at Galgotia University is an Indian robot. #PIBFactCheck: ❌ The Claim is false ▪️The Union Minister has nowhere stated that the robot present  x.com
  4. Indian University Slammed for Claiming China-Made Robot as Own  Bloomberg
  5. Indian university faces backlash for presenting Chinese robot as its own  Al Jazeera
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