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ACT strengthens fuel transparency laws amid global supply uncertainty
ACT Confirms Preferred Route for Woden Light Rail Extension
ACT advances legal reforms to boost protections and transparency
Why is Australia buying used submarines? A naval expert answers key AUKUS questions
Putin rejects Zelenskyy's offer to meet, saying he sees 'no point' in it
ACT Public School Enrolments Open for 2027
Tough crackdown on illegal tobacco and vaping products in Canberra
Australia is facing a new 12.5% US tariff over anti‑slavery claims. Are they right?
Hanson prepares to take the big stage as Husic hits out at straitjacket on caucus
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ACT strengthens fuel transparency laws amid global supply uncertainty
ACT Confirms Preferred Route for Woden Light Rail Extension
ACT advances legal reforms to boost protections and transparency
Why is Australia buying used submarines? A naval expert answers key AUKUS questions
Putin rejects Zelenskyy's offer to meet, saying he sees 'no point' in it
Families across the ACT will be able to begin enrolling students for the 2027 school year from Monday 4 May, with applications opening for children entering preschool through to year 12 at a new school. The ACT Government has confirmed that every child from kindergarten to year 12 remains guaranteed a place at their local public school within their Priority Enrolment Area (PEA).
The ACT Government has joined forces with the Australian Border Force and several partner agencies to carry out a major enforcement operation targeting the illicit tobacco trade across Canberra. Inspections were conducted at six retail outlets throughout the ACT as part of ongoing efforts to protect public health.
The United States is threatening to impose trade tariffs of up to 12.5% on 60 countries, including Australia, over their inaction on forced and slave labour worldwide. On Wednesday, US trade representative Jamieson Greer said: The failure of our most important trading partners to address the importation of goods made with forced labor is unacceptable.
Some of the leading artificial intelligence companies are moving toward initial public offerings this year at eye-popping valuations. From Anthropic to SpaceX to OpenAI, tech giants are looking to take their shares public to access more capital in the race to shape the technology’s future.
WASHINGTON (AP) – The American job market continues to show surprising strength – good news for President Donald Trump who has taken a beating in the polls over the surging gasoline prices that followed U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran.
Philanthropist Melinda French Gates will expand her giving to improve women’s health globally, pledging another $215 million to support contraceptive access and maternal care, as well as initiatives aimed at middle-aged women, including further study of menopause.
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Lebanese leaders lash out at Iran and say their country should not be used as a 'bargaining chip'
Truck breakdown in Sahara Desert strands passengers and leaves 49 dead
US to hold latest oil and gas lease sale for Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday rejected a proposal by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for a face-to-face meeting on the 4-year-old conflict, saying he sees “no point” in it. Thursday’s letter, the first public message Zelenskyy has written directly to Putin since Russia sent troops into Ukraine in 2022,
LONDON (AP) – The former Prince Andrew made money by subletting three cottages on the estate where he lived rent-free for two decades, according to a report on the royal family’s properties released Friday by the U.K. public spending watchdog. It also disclosed that his daughters, Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie, live in rent-controlled palace properties paid for by their uncle, King Charles III.
Employers added 172,000 jobs in May – roughly double what forecasters had expected – and the unemployment rate remained at a low 4.3%. The Labor Department reported Friday that job growth was down slightly last month from a revised 179,000 in April. The unemployment rate stayed at a low 4.3%.
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump tried to create a near $1.8 billion fund that could be funneled to his supporters as a means of settling a lawsuit he filed against his own government – even arguing that he “gave up a lot of money in allowing” it. After drawing outcry in Congress and the courts, however, the White House is reconsidering the fund.
Indonesians mark 20 years since mud volcano eruption swallowed entire communities
3 astronauts from China return to Earth after nearly 7 months in space
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Exceptionally early heat wave shatters records and brings deaths in Europe
Guide Kenton Cool scales Everest for the 20th time and says not ready to quit yet
A warmer world creates bigger and more damaging hailstones, study says
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