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‘Innocent’ Sydney tradie shot dead as bungling gangsters kill the wrong man for the second time in a week
An unidentified tradesman, Joshua MacDonald, was shot dead in what police believe was a case of mistaken identity in Merrylands West, western Sydney. The 40-year-old electrical contractor was walking towards a house on Bruce Street on Wednesday afternoon when gunmen in a stolen Audi opened fire, hitting him in the head; he died instantly. Police…
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Utopai Studios, DeNA Team on AI-Assisted Animation Projects in Japan (EXCLUSIVE)
Utopai Studios and DeNA have launched an AI-assisted animation partnership in Japan, marking Utopai’s entry into the country’s anime industry. DeNA’s Entertainment Development Business Unit will trial Utopai’s storytelling AI system, PAI, within experimental animation workflows, with a team of Utopai specialists working alongside DeNA’s creative staff on early visual concepts, character and environment design,…
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Markets raise UK borrowing costs after Burnham renationalisation plans
Daily Mail columnist Alex Brummer warns that Prime Minister Andy Burnham risks triggering a repeat of the market turmoil seen under Liz Truss, after a Commons speech outlining plans to reverse Thatcherite reforms, avoid “crude cuts” to welfare and pursue “relentless” renationalisation of utilities such as water and energy. The article argues that bond markets…
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Kemi vows to slash the benefits bill to boost defence as she piles pressure on Burnham
Kemi Badenoch has pledged to raise UK defence spending to 3% of GDP by the end of the decade, funded by a £10billion package of welfare cuts, in a move that piles pressure on the Government to match her commitment. The intervention comes as Sir Keir Starmer and new Chancellor John Healey face growing criticism…
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Andy Burnham rhetoric coincides with 18-year gilt yield high
The Daily Mail’s editorial criticises new Prime Minister Andy Burnham for Left-wing rhetoric that it says has spooked financial markets, arguing his stance echoes 1970s-style economics and undermines confidence ahead of next month’s Budget. It contrasts his approach unfavourably with Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch’s welfare-cuts plan, and separately criticises Labour figures over remarks on defence…
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Google Won’t Have To Break Up Its Ad Business, Judge Rules, Though It Will Have To Change Its Ways
A US federal judge has ruled that Google will not be forced to break up its advertising technology business, though the company will have to change some of its business practices. Judge Leonie Brinkema of the Eastern District of Virginia issued the decision, which remains under seal, after previously finding that Google had “willfully engaged…
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Dutch central bank moves 86 tonnes of gold to UK from US and Canada, citing ‘geopolitical unrest’
The Dutch central bank, De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB), has relocated 86 tonnes of gold from vaults in the United States and Canada to London, citing “increasing geopolitical unrest”. The bank said gold held in London can be traded more quickly than reserves in New York or Ottawa, allowing it to respond faster in a crisis,…
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Rachel Griffiths Joins Binge’s ‘Wentworth’ Universe Series ‘Halfway Home’ Along With Some Familiar Faces
Rachel Griffiths has joined the cast of Wentworth: Halfway Home, the upcoming Australian drama spin-off streaming on Binge, alongside fellow newcomer Sophie Lowe. The casting news matters for fans of the acclaimed prison drama Wentworth, which ran for eight seasons from 2013 and was sold to more than 170 territories, as the new series brings…
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Stronger Than Achilles quest guide covers Font of Life choice
A new guide for The Blood of Dawnwalker walks players through the “Stronger Than Achilles” quest, part of companion Anca’s storyline, which culminates in a pivotal choice over who should use the mysterious Font of Life: Coen, hoping it will grant him a new power, or Anca, who wants it to erase her troubled past.…
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China’s falling emissions amid Iran war spark hope of decarbonisation watershed
China’s carbon dioxide emissions fell by 1% following the outbreak of the US-Israeli war on Iran, as a sharp drop in oil consumption and continued growth in electric vehicle and public transport use cushioned the impact of the strait of Hormuz crisis. The findings, based on second-quarter data from China’s National Bureau of Statistics analysed…