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Australia national security, immigration ministers sacked amid scandal
The Australian Prime Minister has replaced his national security and immigration ministers following a debacle regarding incarcerated immigrants.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese addresses the media at Parliament House in Canberra, on Monday, June 17, 2024. (AP)
Australia's Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, replaced his national…
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Vice-presidential wannabes parade for the cameras, and Harris campaign
The time-honored American tradition of the vice-presidential audition period is here.If you turned on your television this weekend — mainly cable news, of course — you would have a difficult time not seeing it: a parade of Democrats vying, fairly overtly, to join Kamala Harris on the presidential ticket. These would-be running mates are mainly…
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Jung Takes Narrow Lead, Great Britain Holds Top Spot After Olympic Cross-Country
Paris—July 28
At recent championships, the cross-country phase has been haunting Michael Jung and Chipmunk FRH. At the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, they were leading after dressage but triggered a pin on cross-country, incurring 11 penalties, and two years later at the FEI European Eventing Championships (France), the German rider fell from…
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Relaxing FDI from China: Govt to tread with caution – Industry News
The Economic Survey’s prescription of more foreign direct investment (FDI) from China for manufacturing and export push is being supported with caution by the commerce and industry ministry, which formulates and administers FDI policies.
Officials that there cannot be general opening up for Chinese investments, but in cases where technology…
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France investigating death threats against Israeli Olympians
viaJuly 28, 2024, 1:29 PM ET• 2 min readPARIS -- French police have opened an investigation into death threats received by three Israeli athletes at the Paris Olympic Games, the Paris' prosecutors office said on Sunday.Anti-cybercrime officers are also investigating the release of athletes' personal data on social networks on Friday and seeking…
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As F-16s Arrive, Ukraine Still Faces Steep Challenges in the Skies
The surveillance drone appeared high above the Ukrainian air base without warning in early July. Minutes after it relayed targeting data back to a Russian base, a barrage of ballistic missiles struck the airfield, Ukrainian officials said, recounting the episode.“That first hit was so powerful that even our windows were trembling,” said Valeria…
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Mali rebels claim major victory over army, Russian mercenaries
Tuareg separatists say they ‘obliterated’ enemy columns and seized a large amount of equipment and weapons.A mainly Tuareg separatist coalition has claimed a major victory over Mali’s army and its Russian allies following three days of intense fighting in a district on the Algerian border.
“Our forces decisively obliterated these enemy columns…
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Thousands protest against Turkish stray dog bill amid fears it will lead to mass killing of
The bill aims to regulate the country's estimated four million dogs - but protesters fear it could lead to the mass killing of the animals.
By Claire Gilbody Dickerson, news reporter…
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Inside the powerful Peter Thiel network that anointed JD Vance
In the weeks before former president Donald Trump announced his vice-presidential pick, some of tech’s biggest names launched a quiet campaign to push for one of their own: Ohio Sen. JD Vance.The former president fielded repeated calls from tech entrepreneur David Sacks, Palantir adviser Jacob Helberg, and billionaire venture capitalist Peter…
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Olympic gymnastics live results: Simone Biles injury updates
Simone Biles and the U.S. women's gymnastics team are competing at the 2024 Paris Olympics today in qualifying. Suni Lee and Jordan Chiles are joining Biles in doing the all-around while Jade Carey and Hezly Rivera will do two events each today. Biles tweaked her ankle in floor warmups, but taped it and continued to compete. NBC is airing the…
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