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The foreign minister, Penny Wong, is expected to join a meeting of her Quad counterparts in Washington DC next week.
The US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, said on Friday he would host foreign ministers from Australia, India and Japan on 1 July, with the meeting set to discuss geopolitical issues and China’s treatment of Indo-Pacific nations.
Continue reading...‘Twitter killer’ who murdered nine in Japan reportedly executed
The execution of Takahiro Shiraishi would be the first instance of capital punishment in Japan since 2022
Japan has executed a man dubbed the “Twitter killer” who murdered and dismembered nine people he met online, in the nation’s first enactment of the death penalty since 2022.
Takahiro Shiraishi was sentenced to death for murdering and dismembering nine people he met on the social media platform, now called X, in 2017. He was hanged on Friday.
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Continue reading...US reaches deal with China to speed up rare earth shipments, White House says, amid efforts to end trade war
US commerce secretary Howard Lutnick quoted as saying US countermeasures will be removed once US receives rare earths
The United States has reached an agreement with China on how to expedite rare earth shipments to the US, a White House official has said, amid efforts to end a trade war between the world’s biggest economies.
President Donald Trump said earlier on Thursday that the US had signed a deal with China the previous day, without providing additional details, and that there might be a separate deal coming up that would “open up” India.
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Teenage boy charged with murder after allegedly stabbing man during Brisbane house party
Boy, 15, charged with one count of murder after alleged stabbing of 58-year-old at Clayfield home on Thursday
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Distressed teenagers are being spoken to by police after a man’s fatal stabbing at a Brisbane house party packed with dozens of young people.
Police have charged a 15-year-old boy with murder after the 58-year-old’s body was found inside a large home in the upmarket inner-city suburb of Clayfield on Thursday night.
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Japan executes ‘Twitter killer’ who murdered nine
Takahiro Shiraishi made contact with his victims on social media then lured them to his apartment.
Japan executes ‘Twitter killer’ who murdered nine
Takahiro Shiraishi made contact with his victims on social media then lured them to his apartment.
Japan executes ‘Twitter killer’ who murdered nine – BBC
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- Japan hangs 'Twitter killer' in first execution since 2022 Reuters
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Canada passes law fast-tracking ‘nation building’ projects to counter Trump
The government hopes the legislation will reduce dependence on the US, but has drawn criticism from environmental groups.
Canada passes law fast-tracking ‘nation building’ projects to counter Trump
The government hopes the legislation will reduce dependence on the US, but has drawn criticism from environmental groups.
EU leaders try to out-bully Trump, floating world trade club without US – politico.eu
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Ceasefire in Iran gives rise to new calls for a deal to end Gaza war – The Washington Post
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Indian investigators download black box data from fatal Air India crash – Reuters
- Indian investigators download black box data from fatal Air India crash Reuters
- Investigators begin analyzing black boxes from fatal Air India crash The Washington Post
- India denies entry to UN aviation investigator in Air India crash probe, say sources The Economic Times
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India denies entry to UN aviation investigator in Air India crash probe, say sources – Reuters
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Home owned by Brad Pitt broken into in Los Angeles
LA police say suspects broke in through the front window, ransacked the home and fled with property
Police are investigating a break-in at a home reportedly owned by Brad Pitt, who has been on a globe-spanning promo tour for his new movie, F1, after three people allegedly “ransacked” the property.
The Los Angeles police department confirmed they responded to a break-in Wednesday night at a house on the 2300 block of North Edgemont Street in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles.
Continue reading...Lalo Schifrin, composer of Mission: Impossible theme and more than 100 film and TV scores, dies aged 93
The Argentinian composer also wrote the scores for Cool Hand Luke and Dirty Harry, and wrote one of the biggest-selling works in the history of classical music
Lalo Schifrin, the composer who wrote the endlessly catchy theme for Mission: Impossible and more than 100 other arrangements for film and television, has died aged 93.
Schifrin’s sons, William and Ryan, confirmed the composer died on Thursday of complications from pneumonia.
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