Lockheed Martin Plans Bargain-Rate Patriot Missile to Replenish Low Stockpiles – WSJ

  1. Lockheed Martin Plans Bargain-Rate Patriot Missile to Replenish Low Stockpiles  WSJ
  2. Lockheed Martin Introduces PAC-3 ACE™ - A High-Performance, Low-Cost Interceptor  Lockheed Martin
  3. Lockheed to make cheaper Patriot interceptors as air defense demand soars  Reuters
  4. Lockheed to build cheaper Patriot missile to counter drone threat  Financial Times
  5. A Sub-$2M Patriot Missile Is on the Way—and It Could Save PAC-3 MSEs for the Hardest Targets  UNITED24 Media
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Southeast Asian ministers set to call for opening of Strait of Hormuz in Manila talks – AP News

  1. Southeast Asian ministers set to call for opening of Strait of Hormuz in Manila talks  AP News
  2. ASEAN's top diplomats meet in shadow of US-Iran conflict  Reuters
  3. Rubio visiting Manila for Asean foreign ministers’ meetings  Inquirer.net
  4. ASEAN foreign ministers face test of unity at Manila meetings  Nikkei Asia
  5. CORRECTION ASEAN Rubio  Bluefield Daily Telegraph
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Breaking News: Hungary’s PM nominates Judit Polgar for presidency – Chess News | ChessBase

  1. Breaking News: Hungary's PM nominates Judit Polgar for presidency  Chess News | ChessBase
  2. Hungary's PM Magyar to ask chess champion Judit Polgar to become president  Reuters
  3. Hungarian PM nominates Jewish chess grandmaster Judit Polgár to serve as interim president  The Times of Israel
  4. Jewish chess trailblazer Judit Polgár tapped for Hungary's presidency  The Jerusalem Post
  5. Magyar Endorses Chess Great Judit Polgar for Hungarian President  Bloomberg.com
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Russia pounds Kyiv as NATO military chief warns Moscow would ‘lose a lot’ by attacking Baltics – CNBC

  1. Russia pounds Kyiv as NATO military chief warns Moscow would 'lose a lot' by attacking Baltics  CNBC
  2. Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, July 19, 2026  Institute for the Study of War
  3. Russia unleashes one of biggest ballistic missile attacks of the Ukraine war, Kyiv says  CNN
  4. Russia launches major ballistic-missile attack on Ukrainian cities  BBC
  5. Russia Hits Kyiv With Largest Ballistic Missile Barrage  Bloomberg.com
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Australia spent more than $9m for each asylum seeker held on Nauru last year – so why can’t they afford to buy food?

Many of the more than 100 people awaiting processing on the tiny Pacific island are skipping meals to make ends meet, a new survey has found

Most refugees and asylum seekers held in Nauru’s detention centres say they cannot afford to buy enough food or access clean drinking water, despite the Australian government spending the equivalent of more than $9m per person last financial year.

The group of more than 100 people have been sent indefinitely to the tiny Pacific island while they wait for their asylum claims to be processed. Many of the cohort say they are skipping meals to make ends meet, according to a new survey by the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC) advocacy group.

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Russian President Putin meets with North Korean foreign minister in latest high-level diplomacy – AP News

  1. Russian President Putin meets with North Korean foreign minister in latest high-level diplomacy  AP News
  2. Russia's Putin meets North Korea's top diplomat in Kremlin  Reuters
  3. Meeting with DPRK Foreign Minister Choe Son-hui  Президент России
  4. North Korea paves way for possible Kim trip to Moscow  South China Morning Post
  5. North Korea vows to support Russia in Ukraine war until victory: top envoy  NK News
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Australia news live: Derryn Hinch mourned at state funeral; Mark Dreyfus tells antisemitism inquiry of ‘deeply wounding’ attack

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The use of AI in automated decision-making by government departments and agencies will be subject to tough rules under a new national plan, expected to extend to consumer protections, workplace safety and privacy.

As the Albanese government grapples with the rapid growth in the use of artificial intelligence and a boom in datacentre construction, senior ministers have begun work to draw up new rules to ensure safety is built into AI processes inside government, prioritising fairness, accuracy and transparency.

I know who Pauline is, Mum is, and I know that’s not what her intention was in any way. I do think snippets of it was misinterpreted. Under no way, shape, or form did she say she wished the White Australia policy hadn’t have been changed. She does not support it and she does not want it back. So I do believe it’s been taken out of context.

We know that media grabbed their snippets and their grabs, and it’s all about clickbait, and then Labor’s obviously jumped on it, and so are the Liberals, right? That’s how they try to better themselves, by picking out a little slogan when she was talking about the history of immigration and the change that has occurred.

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Iran vows not a ‘single drop’ of oil or gas will pass strait of Hormuz as US carries out ninth night of strikes – Middle East crisis live

Revolutionary Guard says it targeted US aircraft in Jordan and stopped two tankers in strait while American military says it is ‘holding Iran accountable’

The price of oil jumped in early Asian trade on Monday after the US carried out its latest wave of strikes on Iran and a vessel caught fire in the strait of Hormuz.

Brent crude for September delivery rose 2.72% to $90.50 a barrel by around 0100 GMT, after briefly crossing $91 – its highest price since June.

CENTCOM assets targeted Iranian military command centers, air defense and coastal surveillance sites, maritime capabilities, missile and drone launch sites, and communications networks to further diminish Iran’s ability to attack commercial vessels and civilian mariners transiting the Strait of Hormuz.

The U.S. military is holding Iran accountable at the Commander in Chief’s direction.

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Ukraine war briefing: Russia behind deadly strike on cargo ship, says Ukraine, as Putin thanks North Korea – The Guardian

  1. Ukraine war briefing: Russia behind deadly strike on cargo ship, says Ukraine, as Putin thanks North Korea  The Guardian
  2. Russian attack on corn ship off Ukraine's Odesa kills 10  Reuters
  3. Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, July 15, 2026  Institute for the Study of War
  4. Russia hits amusement park in Odesa Oblast: several killed, child among those injured  Українська правда
  5. Ukraine blames Russia for deadly strike on Turkish cargo ship  Yahoo
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Ukraine war live: Putin launches ‘biggest ballistic missile attack on Kyiv’ – The Independent

  1. Ukraine war live: Putin launches ‘biggest ballistic missile attack on Kyiv’  The Independent
  2. Russia pounds Kyiv as NATO military chief warns Moscow would 'lose a lot' by attacking Baltics  CNBC
  3. Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, July 19, 2026  Institute for the Study of War
  4. Russia unleashes one of biggest ballistic missile attacks of the Ukraine war, Kyiv says  CNN
  5. Russia launches major ballistic-missile attack on Ukrainian cities  BBC
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