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Up to 60% of Hong Kong landslides on private slopes related to poor upkeep
Authorities warn higher drainage capacity for slopes needed, with more extreme weather expected in the future.
Published on: March 30, 2025 | Source:
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Fact check: Can you ‘erase’ your student debt because DOGE accessed federal loan databases?
Donโt trust videos saying you can erase your student loans by filing a student privacy law complaint.
Published on: March 30, 2025 | Source:Routine drugging of race horses 'disaster waiting to happen'
Workers in the racing industry across Australia say horses are being routinely drugged for track work at the peril of rider and horse safety in a malpractice which could breach nation-wide racing rules.
Published on: March 30, 2025 | Source:Great Lakes region loses power due to freezing rain while Tennessee braces for high winds
Freezing rain brought down trees and power lines in Michigan and Wisconsin, cutting electricity for thousands of people Sunday in the upper Great Lakes region, while forecasters said severe weather was on its way to Tennessee.
Published on: March 30, 2025 | Source:Musk: Wisconsin Supreme Court race 'might decide the future of America and Western Civilization'
Tech billionaire Elon Musk on Sunday stressed the importance of the Wisconsin Supreme Court race, saying it could determine โthe future of America and Western Civilization.โ Musk reposted a report from a right-wing social media account suggesting if Democrats win the Supreme Court seat, they would โredraw up districts and add seats for Democrats.โ โ1000%,โ...
Published on: March 30, 2025 | Source:Trump wants India to buy US corn - but here's why it probably won't
India feeds over a billion people, yet low yields and poor infrastructure keep agriculture lagging.
Published on: March 30, 2025 | Source:Missing 9yo found in Snowy Mountains
Police have thanked the public after missing nine-year-old Axtyn Flack was located safely on Monday morning.
Published on: March 30, 2025 | Source:Manhunt underway after man shot, another stabbed on the Gold Coast
Police are searching for a man who allegedly shot a neighbour and stabbed another at a Surfers Paradise unit complex.
Published on: March 30, 2025 | Source:When is the next RBA meeting? Will we be getting another interest rate cut?
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is due to meet for the second time in 2025 this week. Many people paying off a mortgage are hoping for a cut, but they may be waiting a while.
Published on: March 30, 2025 | Source:Lee holds nerve to claim Houston Open title for first PGA Tour win
After leading by a stroke heading into the final hole, Australia's Min Woo Lee breaks through for his first PGA Tour victory following a tense finish at the Houston Open.
Published on: March 30, 2025 | Source:Elon Musk says xAI has acquired X in deal that values social media site at $33 billion
In a social media post on Friday, Elon Musk said his startup xAI has acquired his social media company X.
Published on: March 30, 2025 | Source:Venezuela says it has received first high-level criminal among US deportees
Interior minister said deportee โbelongs to a gang from Trujillo state, the gang โฆ El Cagonโ, without elaborating on the personโs identity.
Published on: March 30, 2025 | Source:Trump calls 'never ending' Signal leak story 'old and boring,' blasts media
President Trump slammed the media for its โnever-endingโ coverage of the Signal group chat leak, calling it โold and boring.โ In a post Sunday on Truth Social, Trump praised Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, after he pushed back on NBC host Kristen Welker over the matter. โA GREAT...
Published on: March 30, 2025 | Source:China is ready to start producing its own top mathematicians: Shing-Tung Yau
When the 75-year-old maths genius left Harvard, many thought he would retire. Instead, he is nurturing the next generation of Chinese talent.
Published on: March 30, 2025 | Source:Lebanon makes arrests over rockets fired at Israel
Lebanon makes arrests over rockets fired at Israel Lebanese authorities said Sunday several suspects had been arrested after rockets were fired at neighbouringIsraelearlier this month, testing a fragile November ceasefire. Lebanon's General Security agency said it had "arrested a number of suspects, and the relevant authorities have begun investigations with them to determine responsibility and take the appropriate...
Published on: March 30, 2025 | Source:White House to remove magnolia tree dating to Andrew Jackson
The White House will remove from its property a magnolia tree planted nearly 200 years ago with seeds said to have been brought from former President Jacksonโs home in Tennessee. President Trump announced Sunday that, after consulting with the Executive Residence Staff and the National Park Service, the administration has decided to replace the tree, saying it...
Published on: March 30, 2025 | Source:How Trump’s steep tariffs on imported vehicles may affect car prices and the auto industry
Some car buyers have been rushing to showrooms across the country this weekend, as automakers brace for Trumpโs 25 percent tariffs on vehicles and auto parts made outside the United States. The tariffs kick in on Thursday and could raise some car prices by thousands of dollars. Business journalist and author Micheline Maynard joins Lisa Desjardins to discuss.
Published on: March 30, 2025 | Source:News Wrap: Trump says he’s ‘not joking’ about a third term as president
In our news wrap Sunday, Trump said he is considering a third term despite the Constitution banning it, the growing Texas measles outbreak is sparking concern in Washington and putting a spotlight on RFK Jr., crews are fighting to contain wildfires in the Carolinas, ceasefire talks between Israel and Hamas hit another roadblock, and actor Richard Chamberlain has died at age 90.
Published on: March 30, 2025 | Source:Aid group describes unfolding crisis in Southeast Asia after deadly earthquake
A new 5.1 magnitude aftershock rattled survivors of Fridayโs devastating earthquake as rescuers worked frantically to pull survivors from the rubble in Myanmarโs second-largest city. In neighboring Thailand, more bodies were pulled from a collapsed building in Bangkok. Lisa Desjardins speaks with Jeremy Stoner of Save the Children about the effects of the quake in Thailand and Myanmar.
Published on: March 30, 2025 | Source:New Mexico GOP says its office was damaged in 'deliberate act of arson'
The Republican Party of New Mexico said its office in Albuquerque was damaged in a โdeliberate act of arson.โ The organization said in a statement that someone had spray-painted the words โICE=KKKโ on the outside of its headquarters, calling it a โhorrific attackโ that was โfueled by hatred and intoleranceโ that was directed toward the...
Published on: March 30, 2025 | Source:How journalist Masih Alinejad survived multiple assassination plots by Iran
Earlier this month, two men were convicted in a plot to kill Masih Alinejad, an Iranian American journalist and womenโs rights activist living in New York. Her attempted assassination was orchestrated by the Iranian government, part of more than a decade of violent plots targeting its critics abroad. Lisa Desjardins speaks with Alinejad about how she sees these times in the U.S. and Iran.
Published on: March 30, 2025 | Source:FirstFT: Pete Hegseth says US planning a โwar-fightingโ base in Japan
Also in todayโs newsletter, China seeks to shore up its banking sector, and an earthquake deepens the crisis in Myanmar
Published on: March 30, 2025 | Source:The history and symbolism of Washington’s iconic cherry blossoms
The Tidal Basin, the entry point to Washington, D.C. and home to the Jefferson Memorial, is at its most colorful and vibrant this weekend. The cityโs historic cherry blossoms are in full bloom. Lisa Desjardins has more on the history and symbolism behind these national treasures.
Published on: March 30, 2025 | Source:Axe oil and gas windfall tax before 2030, urges task force
North Sea steering group calls on ministers to โact now to restore investor confidenceโ
Published on: March 30, 2025 | Source:Why Duterte drama should inspire Malaysia to reconsider joining ICC
If Malaysia is serious about its global legal credibility and commitment to justice, it must take this chance to return to the Rome Statute.
Published on: March 30, 2025 | Source:Trump says he is โnot jokingโ about seeking a third term in office
President has repeatedly mused about a move that would breach the US Constitution
Published on: March 30, 2025 | Source:Driver charged after man struck by two cars in fatal crash
A 65-year-old Adelaide man who was hit by two cars in Adelaide's CBD on Sunday night has died, with the driver of one of the vehicles being charged.
Published on: March 30, 2025 | Source:Keir Starmer, Donald Trump hold โproductiveโ talks on US-UK trade deal: Downing Street
Trump himself has dangled prospect of โgreatโ deal that could help UK avoid, or at least soften, blow caused by tariffs he has promised.
Published on: March 30, 2025 | Source:Window for Myanmar quake rescues closing as Russian and Chinese teams arrive
In Myanmar, there are reports of screaming coming from piles of rubble as the window to find earthquake survivors is quickly diminishing.
Published on: March 30, 2025 | Source:In photos: Palestine Red Crescent, families bid farewell to slain ambulance workers
In photos: Palestine Red Crescent, families bid farewell to slain ambulance workers The Palestine Red Crescent Society members and families bid farewell to their slain Palestinian first responderskilled in an Israeli military fire on ambulances in Gaza last week. The Palestinian Red Crescent said on March 30 that it had recovered the bodies of 15 rescuers from the Red Crescent, Gaza's civil defence agency, and one UN...
Published on: March 30, 2025 | Source:Ex-Danish leader: 'Nothing is stopping the Americans' from having more bases in Greenland
Former Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt said there is nothing thatโs stopping the Americans from setting up more bases in Greenland amid the territoryโs fight to not be acquired by the U.S. Thorning-Schmidt joined CNN on Sunday, where she was asked about what the Trump administration wants from Greenland, the land owned by Denmark. โThere...
Published on: March 30, 2025 | Source:Rain forecast to continue across Queensland prolonging flood risk
The weather bureau says there is potential to see further flood level rises depending where the rain falls over the next several days.
Published on: March 30, 2025 | Source:Ex-British ambassador to US who criticized Trump urges Starmer not to concede on retaliatory tariffs
Former United Kingdom Ambassador to the United States Kim Darroch urged British Prime Minister Keir Starmer to take a robust stance against President Trumpโs threats of retaliatory tariffs, saying the U.K. should avoid giving Trump โwins.โ Darroch โ who famously called Trump โineptโ and โdysfunctionalโ as ambassador during Trumpโs first term โ warned that conceding...
Published on: March 30, 2025 | Source:Republicans look to avert humiliation in Florida special election
Republicans are pulling out all the stops ahead of the special election in Floridaโs 6th Congressional District as worries of a narrower-than-expected margin grow in the district President Trump won by more than 30 points in November. Trump called into two tele-town halls for state Sen. Randy Fine (R) in an effort to drive out...
Published on: March 30, 2025 | Source:Trump insists he is โnot jokingโ about seeking a third term as president
US President Donald Trump hints at exploring paths to a third term despite constitutional limits.
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