Francesca Albanese on being cancelled and censorship of Palestine
Francesca Albanese warns that censorship targeting Palestine and its supporters, is globally on the rise.
Former MLB players Octavio Dotel, Tony Blanco die in nightclub tragedy
The two ex-MLB players were among more than 90 people who died when a roof collapsed at a Dominican Republic nightclub.
US “reciprocal tariffs” will ultimately backfire
The trade and tariff wars have no winners.
Nursing home fire in northern China leaves 20 dead
The Hebei nursing home’s other residents have been transferred to nearby hospitals as authorities investigate cause of the blaze
Twenty people have died in a fire at a nursing home in northern China’s Hebei province, Beijing’s state news agency Xinhua said on Wednesday.
The fire broke out on Tuesday night at the nursing home in Longhua County, roughly 180km northeast of the Chinese capital Beijing, Xinhua said.
Continue reading...Can Trump convince Iran to ditch its nuclear programme?
The BBC's James Landale looks at how Iran might respond to Trump's threat to agree to a deal or face military action
US and Iran still far apart ahead of nuclear talks
The BBC's James Landale looks at how Iran might respond to Trump's threat to agree to a deal or face military action
Tracking the world’s major cocaine route to Europe – and why it’s growing
The UK is now a major market for cocaine in Europe - and that's affecting people around the world.
Tracking the world’s major cocaine route to Europe – and why it’s growing
The UK is now a major market for cocaine in Europe - and that's affecting people around the world.
Dominican Republic nightclub collapse kills 98
More than 150 people are injured as rescuers continue to search for survivors in Santo Domingo.
As Trump hikes tariffs again, nervous businesses weigh what comes next
Business owners say the rapid change in US trade policy, including major tariffs on China, has left operations in flux.
Trump Wants an Iran Nuclear Deal, but It Must Be Better Than Obama’s – The New York Times
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- Opinion | Iran’s foreign minister: The ball is in America’s court The Washington Post
- Iran's president insists Tehran does not seek a nuclear bomb and dangles US business opportunities AP News
- Iran: ‘Not after a nuclear bomb,’ ahead of US talks Al Jazeera
- An emboldened US and a weakened Iran will hold nuclear talks. Is there space for a deal? CNN
Australia election 2025 live: Bowen says Coalition modelling on gas bill savings is a ‘scamphlet’ missing important detail
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Health minister grilled on Labor’s $1bn mental health package
The health minister, Mark Butler, says Labor will not technically be building new mental health centres under its $1bn mental health promise.
We’re not building them. This is to fund the operations of these centres. Generally, they will rent existing premises.
They won’t be brand-new buildings. What we will do, say, in a particular area of say, north Brisbane or regional Queensland – we say we want to establish - let’s use the word establish other than build.
Head to Health – no one knew what it was, okay?
We did research. We basically, looked at how the existing services, which had started under the former government, were performing.
Continue reading...Asian markets fall as Trump’s sweeping global tariffs, including 104% against China, due to take effect – business live
Stock markets down from Australia to Japan and Taiwan as Trump presses ahead with plans to hit China with huge retaliatory tariffs
Today’s tariffs follow Trump’s 10% tariff on all imports from many countries, including Australia, which came into effect at the weekend.
US customs agents began collecting the unilateral tariff at US seaports, airports and customs warehouses on Saturday. Today’s measures are higher levies on goods from 57 larger trading partners.
Continue reading...Faulty antenna played role in fatal Australian helicopter crash
Four people died and six were seriously injured when two helicopters collided on the Gold Coast in 2023.
Spain’s Sanchez Calls on EU to Rethink Relationship With China – Bloomberg.com
Palau president backs Australia’s bid to host Cop31 climate summit after Dutton labels it ‘madness’
Surangel Whipps Jr says he would be ‘deeply disappointed’ if attempt were abandoned under Coalition
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The president of Palau has delivered a pointed barb at Peter Dutton while strongly backing an Australian bid to host a UN climate conference on behalf of the Pacific, arguing that it would boost regional solidarity and he would be “deeply disappointed” if the attempt was abandoned under the Coalition.
Speaking at a renewable energy conference in Sydney on Wednesday, Surangel Whipps Jr described seeing two-thirds of an island in his archipelago country disappear under water in his lifetime. “For those of us in the Pacific who have lived through storm surges, rising ocean levels and increasingly high tides, the phrase ‘water lapping at our door’ is not a metaphor or a punchline. It’s our fear and reality,” he said.
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Continue reading...AI chips not ice creams – minister’s dig at Indian start-ups sparks debate
Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal says Indian start-ups need to focus more on deep-tech innovations.
Double murderer fails in bid to overturn Queensland’s no body, no parole laws
Rodney Cherry was found guilty of killing his wife and stepdaughter but argued no body, no parole became law after he was sentenced
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A double murderer has failed in a high court bid to overturn Queensland’s “no body, no parole” laws, in a case which also involved almost every other state and territory government.
Rodney Michael Cherry, 65, was found guilty in 2002 of killing his 35-year-old wife, Annette Cherry, and 18-year-old stepdaughter, Kira Guise, at Roma in central Queensland and sentenced to life in prison.
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Continue reading...White House freezes funds for Cornell and Northwestern in latest crackdown
Pauses come after Trump officials sent warning letters to 60 US universities for ‘failure to protect Jewish students’
In early March, the Trump administration sent warning letters to 60 US universities it said were facing “potential enforcement actions” for what it described as “failure to protect Jewish students on campus” in the wake of widespread pro-Palestinian protests on campuses last year.
The president of Cornell University, which was on the list, responded with a defiant op-ed in the New York Times, arguing that universities, and their students, could weather debates and protests over the war in Gaza.
Continue reading...Australian government gave $2.7m to Elon Musk’s X for advertisements in billionaire’s first year as owner
Exclusive: Spending came after the Albanese government paused ads for a week amid reports ads were appearing next to inappropriate content
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The Australian government spent nearly $3m of taxpayer dollars advertising on Twitter/X in the first year after the world’s richest man, Elon Musk, took over the platform, despite warnings of brand reputation damage that caused the government to initially pause ads.
Data obtained by Guardian Australia, after a protracted freedom of information battle with the federal finance department, revealed $2.7m was spent between November 2022 and November 2023. Musk finalised his purchase of the platform on 28 October 2022.
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