Google Maps will rename Gulf of Mexico as Gulf of America in US

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Tech firm to make change in line with Trump’s executive order, using both names in world outside US and Mexico

Google has confirmed it will rename the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America on Google Maps in the US, after an executive order from Donald Trump.

It will remain the Gulf of Mexico in Mexico, while users outside of the US and Mexico will see both names on Google Maps. The Alaskan peak Denali, the tallest mountain in North America, will also be changed to Mount McKinley in the US in line with Trump’s executive order on 20 January.

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Trump’s two-by-four foreign policy gets early wins with deportations – Axios

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  1. Trump's two-by-four foreign policy gets early wins with deportations  Axios
  2. Trump May Soon Find There’s a Big Downside to America First  Slate
  3. Trump previews brute foreign policy approach with Colombia spat  The Hill
  4. How Trump's assertive foreign policy impacts international relations  GZERO Media
  5. In the early going, Trump 2.0 approach on foreign policy is to talk loudly and carry a big stick  The Associated Press
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Trump doubles down on proposal to move Gazans; insists Egypt and Jordan will agree – The Times of Israel

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  1. Trump doubles down on proposal to move Gazans; insists Egypt and Jordan will agree  The Times of Israel
  2. Donald Trump increases pressure on Egypt and Jordan to accept Gaza ‘clean out’ plan  Financial Times
  3. Trump repeats suggestion Palestinians should leave Gaza for Egypt and Jordan  The Guardian US
  4. Trump wants Egypt and Jordan to let in Palestinian refugees from Gaza. Here’s why the idea is rejected  PBS NewsHour
  5. Trump’s genocidal plan to ‘clean out’ Gaza was there all along  Al Jazeera English
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Australia’s new chief scientist open to nuclear power but focused on energy forms available ‘right now’

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Prof Tony Haymet says nuclear industry will need to ‘rebuild their social licence’ while noting solar and wind are ‘incredibly cheap’

Australia’s new chief scientist has said he is open to the prospect of nuclear power playing a role in the country’s energy mix, but remained focused on forms of energy that were “available to help us right now”.

On his first day in the job, Prof Tony Haymet said new energy-intensive technologies like artificial intelligence could be powered by renewables, but that he thought serious discussions about nuclear in Australia were likely to be years away.

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Social media influencer manufactured symptoms that caused one-year-old to have brain surgery, Brisbane court hears

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The woman, 34, is accused of torturing an infant and posting videos of the little girl online to build a social media following and solicit donations

A social media influencer allegedly gave her baby multiple drugs that led to a cardiac arrest and manufactured symptoms that caused unnecessary brain surgery as part of a plan to gain fame and money online, a magistrate has heard.

Queensland police have accused the woman of filming the torture of her one-year-old infant after administering drugs to worsen the symptoms of her brain tumours.

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Queensland halts prescription of puberty blockers and hormones for children with gender dysphoria

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Pause comes as Crisafulli government launches independent review after reports gender-affirming hormones were given without proper consultation

Children with gender dysphoria will be denied puberty blockers as a state government reviews hormone therapies for minors.

The Queensland government launched the investigation after reports gender-affirming hormones had been given to children as young as 12 without authorised care.

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We tried out DeepSeek. It worked well, until we asked it about Tiananmen Square and Taiwan

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The AI app soared up the Apple charts and rocked US stocks, but the Chinese chatbot was reluctant to discuss sensitive questions about China and its government

The launch of a new chatbot by Chinese artificial intelligence firm DeepSeek triggered a plunge in US tech stocks as it appeared to perform as well as OpenAI’s ChatGPT and other AI models, but using fewer resources.

By Monday, DeepSeek’s AI assistant had rapidly overtaken ChatGPT as the most popular free app in Apple’s US and UK app stores. Despite its popularity with international users, the app appears to censor answers to sensitive questions about China and its government.

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Third arrest after alleged assault on police officers in Sydney – as it happened

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AFP warns parents over rise in AI-generated child abuse material

There has been an increase in the use of AI-generated child abuse material in the past year, including students creating material like deepfakes to harass or embarrass classmates, the Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation has said.

Children and young people are curious by nature, however, anything that depicts the abuse of someone under the age of 18 – whether that’s videos, images, drawings or stories – is child abuse material, irrespective of whether it is ‘real’ or not.

The AFP encourages all parents and guardians to have open and honest conversations with their child on this topic, particularly as AI technology continues to become increasingly accessible and integrated into platforms and products.

As a society, I think that it demonstrates the need for us to place a high value collectively on a civil political discourse, rather than an extreme one.

I wasn’t surprised to learn that of the 16 arrests, only one person was from South Australia and the rest were scattered from all over the country and for whatever reason, decided to convene in Adelaide.

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