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SpaceX makes comeback with Starship test launch after fiery setbacks
SpaceX has pulled off a successful launch after a string of explosive setbacks earlier in the year, putting Starship development back on track.
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Brittany Higgins ordered to pay almost $350,000 in defamation damages to Linda Reynolds
Former defence minister’s reputation was damaged by social media posts by her former staffer, judge rulesFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastLinda Reynolds has won her defamation case against Brittany Higgins in the Western Australian supreme court, marking the end of a protracted legal battle with her former staffer.The state supreme court...
Published on: August 27, 2025 | Source:Why tiny Moldova is so important to Russia and Europe
Since declaring independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, Moldova has sought its own path in Europe — something Russia would like to prevent. Why has this small eastern European country become so significant?
Published on: August 27, 2025 | Source:Why Trump is more dangerous than just being a tyrant
Donald Trump’s actions and those of his acolytes are remarkably similar to those employed by Hitler
Published on: August 27, 2025 | Source:France: Budget plans throw government into crisis yet again
The French prime minister Francois Bayrou is seeking a confidence vote on his plans to implement budget cuts. If he loses, France may get an unprecedented fifth head of government in just 20 months.
Published on: August 27, 2025 | Source:From Facebook groups to shoot-outs with police: inside the sprawling ecosystem of ‘sovereign citizens’ | Ariel Bogle
As Cam Wilson and I found when reporting our book Conspiracy Nation, Australia has its own long and complicated history of pseudolaw beliefGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastIn 2010 two Arkansas police officers, Brandon Paudert and Bill Evans, were watching for drug trafficking on Interstate 40.Evans stopped a white minivan, arguing briefly with passenger Jerry Kane, before Kane’s son Joseph...
Published on: August 27, 2025 | Source:South Korea bans phones in school classrooms nationwide
It is the latest country to restrict phone use among children and teens.
Published on: August 27, 2025 | Source:CNBC Daily Open: Big M&A activity returns to the U.S. — but the deal-maker is the White House
It feels like we're in a game of Pac-Man, in which the U.S. government is the eponymous hungry yellow blob furiously chomping on everything in sight.
Published on: August 27, 2025 | Source:Ukraine admits Russia has entered key region of Dnipropetrovsk
Military says Russian advance "is the first attack of such a large scale" in industrial province.
Published on: August 27, 2025 | Source:What is the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, or the IRGC?
The organisation behind antisemitic arson attacks in Australia is now considered a terrorist group. Here’s how the enormously powerful group operates.
Published on: August 27, 2025 | Source:What’s Behind the Cancellation of Singapore’s Fighter Jet Basing in Guam?
Both nations arguably had sound reasons to shelve the agreement, which would have established a permanent base for the RSAF's F-15s.
Published on: August 27, 2025 | Source:Buddhist monk arrested for alleged embezzlement in Thailand
Luang Phor Alongkot is famed for establishing a HIV/Aids hospice at a central Thailand temple in 1992.
Published on: August 27, 2025 | Source:US explored energy deals with Russia during Ukraine peace talks
US and Russia discussed energy deals during Ukraine peace talks, while Trump’s new tariffs on India over Russian oil triggered on Wednesday
Published on: August 27, 2025 | Source:South Africa: Most Crimes Against Women Committed by Spouses - Stats SA
[allAfrica] Stats SA's victim crime report has revealed that 60% of crimes against women in the country are committed by spouses, friends, acquaintances and other relatives.
Published on: August 27, 2025 | Source:China's industrial profits narrow declines to 1.5% in July as Beijing clamps down on price wars
Industrial profits narrowed declines in July as Beijing stepped up efforts to bolster domestic consumption and curb price wars sweeping across sectors.
Published on: August 27, 2025 | Source:India's $434 billion merchandise exports engine: What's at stake as Trump's 50% tariffs kick in
Analysts warn that the higher U.S. tariffs risk substantially diminishing the allure of Indian exports to the U.S., compared to regional peers.
Published on: August 27, 2025 | Source:EU and Spain risk rights abuse complicity in Mauritania, says Human Rights Watch
The EU and Spain incentivised repression in Mauritania primarily against black African people attempting to get to Europe irregularly, says Human Rights Watch.
Published on: August 27, 2025 | Source:The Brussels Bubble is a conveyor belt of potential, crushed into uniformity
Brussels markets itself as the home of visionary policy, yet it breeds a culture where vision is impossible. The EU says it wants to win the global race on innovation, but the very people tasked with thinking about that innovation are too drained, too precarious, too unheard to imagine alternatives.
Published on: August 27, 2025 | Source:CNBC's UK Exchange newsletter: Why Britain's fiscal watchdog is under pressure to reform
Ian King takes a look at the debate engulfing the Office for Budget Responsibility, the U.K.'s independent fiscal watchdog.
Published on: August 27, 2025 | Source:Thai Government Grants Refugees From Myanmar the Right to Work
Humanitarian funding cuts and the ongoing exodus of Cambodian workers have prompted Bangkok to reverse course on a long-standing policy.
Published on: August 27, 2025 | Source:Putin acts like he doesn't care about peace. Russia's economy could depend on it
Russian President Vladimir Putin has not show much interest in pursuing peace. Recession risks in Russia might make him think twice.
Published on: August 27, 2025 | Source:How this 30-year-old billionaire spends money, from Uber Eats deals to a $30 million mansion
"I really have an ick for depreciating assets, but I did splurge on one, and that would probably be my Ferrari," billionaire Lucy Guo tells CNBC Make It.
Published on: August 27, 2025 | Source:Linda Reynolds wins defamation case against Brittany Higgins in WA supreme court – video
A Western Australian supreme court has found that Brittany Higgins defamed her former boss, ex-senator Linda Reynolds. Delivering his judgment on Wednesday, Justice Paul Tottle ruled that three social media posts in dispute were defamatory to Reynolds, and that in two of the three Higgins could not establish a defence of truth or otherwise. In the third post, Tottle found Higgins had a valid defence of honest opinion,...
Published on: August 27, 2025 | Source:Australia faces a home insurance reckoning – and we can learn from California’s bold move
The California approach promises to keep home insurance prices stable, ensure coverage in high-risk areas, and make homes safer as climate change worsens.
Published on: August 27, 2025 | Source:Mr Squiggle entertained Australia’s children for 40 years. Now, he’s back in the spotlight
A new exhibition at the National Museum of Australia pays tribute to one of Australia’s most beloved children’s television icons.
Published on: August 27, 2025 | Source:Zimbabwe: Reserve Bank to Rebrand Devalued Currency
[New Zimbabwe] THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has unveiled plans to launch newly designed ZWG notes, effectively dumping the old 'defiled' versions in a move set to trigger yet another wave of shock across the markets.
Published on: August 27, 2025 | Source:Why are police a target for sovereign citizen violence?
The alleged shooter in the Porepunkah police killings was reportedly a sovereign citizen - a group with often deep antagonism towards authority figures.
Published on: August 27, 2025 | Source:CNBC's The China Connection newsletter: From gamblers to investors?
China's retail investors are getting savvier, thanks in part to hard lessons and a surge of online information.
Published on: August 27, 2025 | Source:Uni students are using AI to ‘ask stupid questions’ and get feedback on their work
Research shows nearly half of surveyed Australian university students use generative artificial intelligence for feedback.
Published on: August 27, 2025 | Source:Power play: CATL driving China’s foreign policy in SE Asia
China’s battery-making titan CATL is transforming electric vehicle batteries from mere commodities into strategic tools of foreign policy across the Asia-Pacific. Backed by massive investments spanning Southeast Asia’s entire battery value chain—from raw materials to recycling—CATL has extended its influence in line with Beijing’s global industrial ambitions. The critical question for ASEAN and regional players […] The...
Published on: August 27, 2025 | Source:Mauritania: Years of Migration Control Abuses
Click to expand Image Two men near a wooden boat known as a pirogue, traditionally used for fishing in Mauritania and West Africa, on a beach in Nouakchott, Mauritania, June 28, 2022. Pirogues have been frequently used by migrants seeking to cross the Atlantic Ocean to reach Spain’s Canary Islands. 2022 Lauren Seibert/Human Rights Watch Mauritanian security forces committed serious human rights violations between 2020...
Published on: August 27, 2025 | Source:Taylor Swift is engaged. She’s been getting her fans ready for this moment for 20 years
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce have announced their engagement to an outpouring of love. What is it about Swift that encourages such emotional reactions?
Published on: August 27, 2025 | Source:Why grow plants in space? They can improve how we produce food and medicine on Earth
Space inventions we all take for granted include everything from smartphone cameras to car sun shades. Plants are the next frontier.
Published on: August 27, 2025 | Source:Kpop Demon Hunters becomes Netflix's most viewed film ever
It is the latest in a series of chart-topping achievements by the animated musical.
Published on: August 27, 2025 | Source:China’s Mao has nothing on Chairman Trump
If imitation really is the highest form of flattery, Xi Jinping’s economic team is surely blushing at Donald Trump’s China-style policy pivots. US President Trump’s esteem for the Chinese leader has long been evident to geopolitical experts. But the last 10 days have seen a whirlwind of Trump policy moves that might shock even thePolitburoin […] The post China’s Mao has nothing on Chairman Trump appeared first on Asia...
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