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Australia’s Uranium Export Deal with India Sparks Domestic Nuclear Policy Contradiction Debate
The Australian government has concluded a significant uranium export agreement with India, triggering sharp criticism from political figures including One Nation leader Pauline Hanson and commentator Peter van Onselen. T
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Court Refuses Trump’s Request To Put His Name Back on Kennedy Center
The appeals court ruled that the argument by the president’s team that the Kennedy Center will lose money without Trump’s name was bogus. Court Refuses Trump’s Request To Put His Name Back on Kennedy Center Travis Bland
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Trump launches ‘Operation B*** Slap’ in retaliation for Iran shooting ships in Strait of Hormuz: ‘Going with his gut’
US President Donald Trump has ordered renewed military strikes against Iran following a series of Iranian attacks on commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz earlier in the week, according to the Daily Mail. The White House has indicated the campaign could continue for days or even weeks unless Tehran backs down, marking a sharp…
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Pauline Hanson accuses Anthony Albanese of major double standard after landmark deal with India: ‘It makes no sense’
One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has accused Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s Labor government of hypocrisy after it signed a multi-billion-dollar deal to export Australian uranium to India. Hanson argued that it made no sense for Australia to supply nuclear fuel to other countries while banning nuclear energy and uranium mining domestically, framing it as part…
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‘A lot of red flags’: plans for New Zealand’s first datacentre spark concern as locals demand greater transparency
Plans for New Zealand’s first AI datacentre, a NZ$3.5bn (US$2bn) facility to be built by Singapore-based company Datagrid in Makarewa, north of Invercargill, have prompted concern among local residents who are demanding greater transparency. Their worries centre on the centre’s substantial electricity and water consumption, potential noise and light pollution, and a sense that the…
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MPs draw up a list of Labour sex pests as a warning for Andy Burnham
Labour MPs are said to be compiling a dossier of colleagues facing allegations of impropriety, sleaze, bullying and sexual misconduct, intended as a warning to Andy Burnham as he prepares to become Prime Minister. According to the reports, the aim is to dissuade Mr Burnham from appointing the named individuals to roles in the next…
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Music Orgs Seek U.S. Intervention as Europe Floats Rolling Back Radio Royalties for American Artists
More than a dozen U.S. music industry organisations have appealed to the federal government for help in opposing a European Union proposal that could eliminate close to $300 million in annual royalties for American artists and labels. In a letter sent on Wednesday 8 July to U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, groups including the Recording…
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Bernie-backed Maine Democratic Senate hopeful squirms over past Graham Platner support
Troy Jackson, a former Maine gubernatorial candidate and potential Democratic candidate for the US Senate, struggled to defend his earlier support for Graham Platner during an interview on MS NOW on Thursday. Jackson had been one of Platner’s earliest backers and had campaigned alongside him, but he later filed paperwork with the Federal Election Commission…
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Bonnie Tyler dies at 75 as MPs move to axe Palantir’s £330m NHS deal
Singer Bonnie Tyler has died aged 75 in Portugal; MPs urge Labour to scrap Palantir’s £330m NHS contract as Peter Kyle presses pension funds to invest patriotically in Britain.
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How Olivia Rodrigo Is Getting Back at the Trump Administration
Pop star Olivia Rodrigo is backing a voter-registration drive ahead of this year’s US midterm elections, in what The Hollywood Reporter frames as a response to the Trump administration after one of her songs was used in an anti-immigration advertisement. In November, Rodrigo publicly criticised the Department of Homeland Security when her track “all-american bitch”…