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Australia news live: dog-whistle politics ‘now a set of bagpipes’, Tony Burke says; controversial APY exhibition to return
Follow today’s news liveAustralian soldier dies after training accident in north QueenslandGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastMore information on the incident at a Townsville facility...
Thirsty AI mega projects raise alarm in some of Europe’s driest regions
Europe is planning to at least triple its data center capacity as part of a push to become a world-class AI hub.
San Francisco opposes ‘authoritarian crackdown’ as Trump threatens to send troops
President pushes hyperbolic claims of out-of-control crime as city leaders say no need for ‘Trump’s personal army’Donald Trump suggested Wednesday that San Francisco could be the next city he targets...
Rachel Reeves should consider welfare cuts in budget, IFS says
Thinktank urges chancellor to take ‘bold’ action on benefits and pensions to placate jittery financial marketsBritain’s leading tax and spending experts have urged Rachel Reeves to consider announcing billions of...
Bowser doesn't think it's legal for National Guard to 'police Americans on American soil'
Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser said she is skeptical that the federal deployment of the National Guard to cities across the country is legal.
Jim Bolger, former New Zealand prime minister who drove reconciliation with Māori, dies at 90
Tributes flow from across political spectrum for man known for high ideals but also remembered for controversially slashing welfare and health spendingFormer New Zealand prime minister Jim Bolger, whose political...
Schumer Calls on Trump and Vance to Condemn Young Republicans’ Texts
The top Senate Democrat said the president and Republican leaders had an “obligation to denounce vile rhetoric,” even when it comes from within their own party.
News Corp told by Liberal MP that allegations about Sam Groth and wife were ‘political hit job’, couple’s lawyers say
Exclusive: Articles about Sam and Brittany Groth failed to include key comments, documents filed in defamation and privacy case sayFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking...
US may take strategic stakes in rare earths companies to tackle China ‘power grab’
Treasury secretary Scott Bessent raises possibility of taking more direct stakes in companies to protect national security in wake of Beijing’s curbs on rare earths exportsThe Trump administration has criticised...
Trump says Modi has agreed to stop buying Russian oil
The US president says the move is "a big stop", but there has been no confirmation so far from Delhi.
Closure of GP clinics will leave thousands of vulnerable Victorians without ‘lifesaving healthcare’
GP services will end at the Collingwood, Fitzroy, and Kensington sites in DecemberFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news...
South Korea's Kospi hits record high on trade deal optimism, IMF growth forecast upgrade
The IMF raised its growth projection for the global economy as the impact of U.S. tariffs on was "at the modest end of the range."