• NSW Crackdown on No-Reason Evictions
  • NSW Fast-Tracks Police Recruitment
  • Kingscliff to Host World's Largest Women's Surf Festival
  • Sam Neill, New Zealand actor who starred in 'Jurassic Park' and 'The Piano,' dies at 78
  • Two Killed After Russia's Attack on Kyiv
Great Koala National Park Set to Boost Conservation and Tourism on Mid North Coast

NSW Environment Minister Penny Sharpe has visited Coffs Harbour as planning continues for the proposed Great Koala National Park, a major conservation project aimed at protecting one of Australia's most significant koala populations and more than 100 threatened species.

 

Australian cockroach kingpin caught with 100,000 illegal insects

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) – More than 100,000 live cockroaches illegal to keep in Australia were confiscated from a single breeder in the country’s largest-ever seizure of exotic invertebrates, officials said Friday.

Australian police form heavily armed team in response to Bondi Beach massacre

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) – An Australian state police force has worked to form a heavily armed rapid response team since gunmen killed 15 people and wounded three police officers armed only with handguns at a Sydney Hanukkah celebration in December, a government inquiry heard Wednesday.

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TSMC pledges $100 billion to expand US chipmaking capacity

HONG KONG (AP) – Major Taiwan computer chipmaker TSMC said Thursday it plans to spend another $100 billion on expanding its manufacturing capacity in the United States.

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Fujitsu and leading Japanese robotics companies to use Nvidia technology in 'physical AI'

TOKYO (AP) – Japanese communications company Fujitsu is leading a major push in artificial intelligence using Nvidia’s technology, bringing together what it said was the best in Japan’s manufacturing prowess in robotics with AI.

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Brazil calls Trump's 25% tariff unjustifiable, vows to impose reciprocal tariffs

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) – The Brazilian government has decried the latest U.S. tariff on certain Brazilian imports and threatened to impose reciprocal tariffs against U.S. products. The United States on Wednesday said it would impose a new 25% tariff on certain imports from Brazil, citing unfair trade practices by the world’s 10th-biggest economy.

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What remains of the Iran deal as fighting rages

The conflict between Iran and the United States has intensified in recent days and an interim deal to end the fighting has collapsed less than a month after it was signed. The Memorandum of Understanding was supposed to halt all military operations and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a crucial waterway for global oil and gas.

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Iran-backed Houthi leader in Yemen threatens escalation with Saudi Arabia

CAIRO (AP) – The leader of Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen said Thursday that his group was ready to escalate its conflict with Saudi Arabia, after the two sides exchanged strikes on each other’s airports.

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At least two people killed and five injured after Russia's attack on Kyiv

At least two people killed and five injured after Russia’s overnight attack on Kyiv

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump will deliver a primetime address this week that he says will include a focus on elections, suggesting he could revisit long-debunked conspiracy theories about his 2020 defeat to Democrat Joe Biden. The speech comes as he’s escalated calls for Republicans to pass tighter federal voting rules for November’s midterm elections.

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Mystery bidder buys T. rex nicknamed 'Gus' for a record $50 million
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E. Jean Carroll is paid $5.6 million in Trump sex abuse and defamation case
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Gibraltar border fence with Spain is removed
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Darline Graham, sister of late Sen. Lindsey Graham, has been sworn in to finish his term