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Big Tech bosses line up to back Melania Trump’s AI initiative

Heads of Google, Microsoft, OpenAI and Apple appear at White House events in bid to court favour with the administration

Published on: September 05, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

White House says Trump will seek ‘Department of War’ rebrand for Pentagon

President Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order Friday to rebrand theDepartment of Defenseas the Department of War, his latest effort to project an image of toughness for America's military.

Published on: September 05, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour favicon PBS NewsHour

Germany in trouble after first-ever away World Cup qualifier loss

Germany has been one of the dominant nations in world football for decades, but the team has to lift to avoid play-offs to make it to the World Cup after a stunning loss to Slovakia.

Published on: September 05, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Recreational shooter says culled WA deer look to have suffered

A South West recreational shooter has criticised the WA government's deer aerial cull program after finding several deer with multiple bullet wounds on crown land.

Published on: September 05, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Schiff responds to ProPublica report on Trump cabinet mortgages: 'Staggering' hypocrisy

Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) on Thursday responded to ProPublica reporting about Trump Cabinet members’ mortgages, saying that β€œthe hypocrisy of the Trump administration is nothing short of staggering.” β€œDonald Trump has made mortgage fraud accusations his weapon of choice to attack people standing in his way and people standing up to him, like me,” Schiff...

Published on: September 05, 2025 | Source: The Hill favicon The Hill

Sky News Australia gives neo-Nazi centre stage with uninterrupted press conference | Weekly Beast

News Corp channel puts to air statement from extremist just days after alleged attack on Indigenous protest site. Plus: 4BC’s typo to end all typos Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWe all saw footage of the disturbing behaviour of neo-Nazi Thomas Sewell, who shouted at the Victorian premier, Jacinta Allan, as she was holding a press conference at Eades Park in West Melbourne earlier this...

Published on: September 04, 2025 | Source: Guardian Australia favicon Guardian Australia

Trump presses tech CEOs on American manufacturing investments at WH event

President Trump on Thursday night hosted top tech executives in a one-of-a-kind White House event, during which he asked attendees to say how much their companies were investing in U.S. manufacturing. The president sat beside Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg at a long table, with first lady Melania Trump on the other side. Microphones and place...

Published on: September 04, 2025 | Source: The Hill favicon The Hill

Asia-Pacific markets set to open mixed after Trump formalizes lower Japanese auto tariffs

Japan's Nikkei 225 was set to open higher after U.S. President Donald Trump formalized a lower tariff on Japanese auto imports at 15%.

Published on: September 04, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

Rubio says U.S. is designating 2 Ecuadorian gangs as foreign terrorist groups

Secretary of State Marco Rubio made the announcement Thursday while in Ecuador as part of a trip to Latin America overshadowed by an American military strike against a similarly designated gang, Venezuela's Tren de Aragua.

Published on: September 04, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour favicon PBS NewsHour

Trump’s strike on β€˜narco-terrorist’ boat legally murky

Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Trump’s strike on β€˜narco-terrorist’ boat legally murky The Trump administration's few details about a U.S. military strike on a boat in the Caribbean Sea has fueled questions as to whether it violated maritime law or human...

Published on: September 04, 2025 | Source: The Hill favicon The Hill

Prosecutors launch probe into Argentina couple over Nazi-looted painting

The painting, Portrait of a Lady, had disappeared from the collection of a Jewish art dealer during World War II.

Published on: September 04, 2025 | Source: Al Jazeera Middle East favicon Al Jazeera Middle East

Spring snow puts on a show in Tasmania

Snow settled as low as about 300 metres in parts of Tasmania, but warmer conditions are on the way.

Published on: September 04, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Appeals court halts order requiring Alligator Alcatraz dismantling

An appeals court issued a Thursday order halting the dismantling of Alligator Alcatraz, the Trump administration's migrant detention site based in the Florida Everglades. In a 2-1 ruling, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit overturned a lower court’s order that deemed the site a threat to the environment. Judge Barbara Lagoa and...

Published on: September 04, 2025 | Source: The Hill favicon The Hill

Biden had procedure to remove skin cancer from forehead

Former President Biden underwent a procedure recently to have skin cancer removed from his forehead, a spokesperson confirmed to The Hill on Thursday. A Biden spokesperson told The Hill that the former president had Mohs surgery, a procedure where surgeons cut away thin layers of skin, examining each for signs of cancer, until no signs...

Published on: September 04, 2025 | Source: The Hill favicon The Hill

Masses of near-perfect clothing thrown in rubbish bin, tip hunt finds

A Ballina Council audit finds 80 per cent of clothes thrown away are in perfect or near-perfect condition, sometimes with the tags still on.

Published on: September 04, 2025 | Source: ABC Australia favicon ABC Australia

Trump's tariffs are pushing food and drink exporters closer to China

Agricultural brokers tell the BBC there has been a surge of interest in trade with China from exporters.

Published on: September 04, 2025 | Source: BBC Asia favicon BBC Asia

OpenAI is going big in India β€” here's everything the ChatGPT developer is up to

OpenAI is looking to expand its infrastructure and hiring in India after CEO Sam Altman visited the country this year.

Published on: September 04, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

How Gen Z workers are reshaping corporate norms as they return to office

"Gen Z is reshaping workplace norms by introducing new ways of working that reflect their values, digital fluency, and desire for authenticity," one expert told CNBC Make It.

Published on: September 04, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

Apollo settles industrial espionage claims with former executives

Private equity titan accused pair of helping a former colleague launch a competitor

Published on: September 04, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

South Korea trials 4-day weeks and half-days for its stressed-out workers

The East Asian nation known for its grueling work culture is trying to find a better work-life balance for its citizens.

Published on: September 04, 2025 | Source: Al Jazeera Middle East favicon Al Jazeera Middle East

Northwestern’s president will resign following tenure marked by White House tension

Northwestern emerged as a prominent target of President Donald Trump's campaign to reshape elite colleges he has derided as hotbeds of liberalism and antisemitism.

Published on: September 04, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour favicon PBS NewsHour

Arizonans Protest State’s Largest Utility Abandoning Clean Energy Commitments

PHOENIXβ€”Despite a summer in which nearly 600 people are suspected to have died in the increasing heat of the changing climate in the nation’s sunniest state, Arizona’s largest utility walked back its clean energy commitments in August. Nearly two dozen Arizonans gathered outside Arizona Public Services headquarters Thursday to protest that decisionβ€”as well as the […]

Published on: September 04, 2025 | Source: Inside Climate News favicon Inside Climate News

β€˜City of fear’: Palestinians trapped as Israel intensifies Gaza City attack

Almost one million remain in the city; those who flee risk death elsewhere in enclave, with no safe place to hide.

Published on: September 04, 2025 | Source: Al Jazeera Middle East favicon Al Jazeera Middle East

China’s Xi and North Korea’s Kim pledge deeper ties between nations at meeting in Beijing

China has been North Korea’s biggest trading partner and aid provider, though questions have lingered about the strength of their bilateral relationship.

Published on: September 04, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour favicon PBS NewsHour

In tense hearing, RFK Jr. challenged on vaccine views and trust in health agencies

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was grilled during a combative hearing before the Senate Finance Committee. Senators pressed Kennedy on his views on vaccines and whether he was effectively limiting access and destroying trust in past data and public health agencies. The hearing comes just a week after his decision to fire the director of the CDC, Dr. Susan Monarez. Lisa Desjardins reports.

Published on: September 04, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour favicon PBS NewsHour

White House to rebrand Pentagon the Department of War

The name change will likely require an act of Congress, although the White House is looking for ways to avoid a vote.

Published on: September 04, 2025 | Source: Politico Europe favicon Politico Europe

Blackburn pushes for KOSA

{beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story Blackburn presses for kids online safety bill Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) is pushing for the passage of kids’ online safety legislation in the face of growing concern about the impacts of artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots on young users. Greg Nash Blackburn, who has long advocated for the...

Published on: September 04, 2025 | Source: The Hill favicon The Hill

Examining RFK Jr.’s claims about vaccines, COVID and the health of Americans

In a fiery Senate hearing, Robert Kennedy Jr. made a number of questionable or misleading claims about vaccines, COVID and the health of Americans. Amna Nawaz discussed some of these claims with Dr. Richard Besser, the president and CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention during the Obama administration.

Published on: September 04, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour favicon PBS NewsHour

Marco Rubio Downplays the UN and Justifies Interventionism in Latin America

Rubio's position justifies extraterritorial armed intervention under the pretext of the "war on drugs," dividing countries into cooperative and non-cooperative.

Published on: September 04, 2025 | Source: Telesur English favicon Telesur English

Robert Kennedy grilled over vaccine scepticism in fiery US senate hearing

Trump officials defend health secretary after sharp questioning from Republican and Democratic lawmakers

Published on: September 04, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

As Opposition to an Alabama Medical Waste Treatment Facility Boils Over, aΒ  Mysterious Facebook Page Weighs In

ONEONTA, Ala.β€”The names echoed down the halls of the Blount County courthouse Thursday morning like a child’s game of telephone. β€œDarlene?” One of the county commissioners was reading from a list of those who’d asked to speak at a public meeting concerning the potential approval of a medical waste treatment facility in nearby Remlap. β€œDarlene,” […]

Published on: September 04, 2025 | Source: Inside Climate News favicon Inside Climate News

News Wrap: D.C. suing Trump administration to end National Guard deployment

In our news wrap Thursday, D.C. is suing the Trump administration to end its deployment of the National Guard in the city, President Trump’s nominee to fill an open seat on the Federal Reserve Board of Governors said he would not resign his position at the White House if confirmed to the role and Gaza health officials say more than 64,000 people have been killed in the Israel-Hamas war.

Published on: September 04, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour favicon PBS NewsHour

GOP senators grill Kennedy: Watch 3 key moments

It wasn't only Democrats confronting President Trump's health secretary during a heated hearing in the Senate Finance Committee on Thursday. Three Republican senators β€” Bill Cassidy (La.), Thom Tillis (N.C.) and John Barrasso (Wyo.) β€” also harshly questioned Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over his opinion on Trump’s COVID-19 response,...

Published on: September 04, 2025 | Source: The Hill favicon The Hill

Pennsylvania Plastics Pollution Settlement Could Set a National Precedent for Control of Pellets

A Pennsylvania plastics manufacturer will pay $2.6 million for allegedly violating the federal Clean Water Act and will ensure that no more of its plastic pellets leak into waterways, under a proposed settlement with two environmental groups. PennEnvironment and Three Rivers Waterkeeper sued Styropek USA, claiming the company discharged large quantities of β€œnurdles”—tiny pellets used […]

Published on: September 04, 2025 | Source: Inside Climate News favicon Inside Climate News

Trump to sign order renaming Department of Defense to 'Department of War'

President Trump is scheduled to sign an executive order Friday formally renaming the Department of Defense the Department of War, the White House confirmed. Trump had in recent days signaled the change was coming, pointing to the history behind the name and his belief that it better reflected the Pentagon's offensive operations. Fox News first...

Published on: September 04, 2025 | Source: The Hill favicon The Hill