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Why learn French when your phone can do it for you?
Learning a foreign language is hard, using AI is easy... but Henry Mance thinks the rewards are worth the effort
Published on: August 23, 2025 | Source:
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In defence of the bank holiday
Scrapping public days off is not a fiscal fix
Published on: August 23, 2025 | Source:Editorial: Distracted by politics of noise
The Gayton McKenzie saga over what he says are not racist tweets are noise pollution in lieu of stable governance
Published on: August 23, 2025 | Source:Neither US nor China ready for a sea drone fight
The US Navyโs effort to field autonomous maritime drones to counter China is sinking under the weight of software breakdowns, contract suspensions, and leadership turmoil, according to documents and people familiar with the effort, as quoted in a Reuters report. In a test off California, a Saronic-built drone boat stalled before being rammed by a [โฆ] The post Neither US nor China ready for a sea drone fight appeared...
Published on: August 23, 2025 | Source:Trump taps Sergio Gor as next US ambassador to India
The nomination comes as relations between Washington and New Delhi have become increasingly strained over President Trump's tariffs on India.
Published on: August 23, 2025 | Source:An EV road user charge is looming. Could it slam the brakes on Australiaโs clean car transition?
The revenue from fuel excise is falling but itโs not only because of EVs, which make up less than 2% of cars on the roadsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastEvery time a driver puts 10 litres of fuel in their car, theyโre paying about $5 in tax that goes to the federal government.That is, of course, unless they drive an electric vehicle. No petrol or diesel being bought means the government loses...
Published on: August 23, 2025 | Source:Singing for joy: Why new mothers in regional Victoria are joining choirs
New research suggests that group singing can lower anxiety and give new mothers a feeling of achievement and identitySign up for the Rural Network email newsletterToys, books and cushions are strewn over the floor of the community centre classroom. The gleeful babbling of babies and toddlers fills the air, rising above the background chatter of their mothers. But as soon as the singing starts, the children fall...
Published on: August 23, 2025 | Source:Lobbying rules in NSW are woefully inadequate but Icacโs calls for reform keep getting ignored
The stateโs corruption watchdog is up against the age-old dynamic of cosy relationships: no one on the inside of politics wants to changeGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustraliaโs parliaments arenโt just filled with MPs, staff and media โ but also armies of lobbyists seeking an audience or a coffee with the people who can affect their interests with the stroke of a pen.Millions of dollars...
Published on: August 23, 2025 | Source:Recycling alone wonโt limit the scourge of soft plastics in our everyday lives
What else can Australian households and individuals do to reduce their soft plastic waste?Change by degrees offers life hacks and sustainable living tips each Saturday to help reduce your householdโs carbon footprintGot a question or tip for reducing household emissions? Email us at changebydegrees@theguardian.comIt remains one of the biggest questions facing environmentally conscious consumers: how to stop the...
Published on: August 23, 2025 | Source:US group offers fares and accommodation for councillors to attend Gold Coast antisemitism conference
At least one councillor has accepted having costs paid, while the mayor of Sydneyโs Inner West council says he will speak out against remarks by the organisers at the summitGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA US-based group has written to hundreds of local mayors and councillors in Australia offering all-inclusive travel and accommodation to attend a Gold Coast summit dedicated to addressing...
Published on: August 23, 2025 | Source:Maduro Defends Venezuelaโs Sovereignty Amid Rising U.S. Military Pressure in the Caribbean
Venezuelan President Nicolรกs Maduro Moros delivered a defiant speech Friday during the โAct in Defense of Sovereignty and Peace of Venezuela, Latin America and the Caribbean,โ held in the Elliptical Hall of the Federal Legislative Palace in Caracas. Addressing lawmakers, military leaders, and civil society representatives, Maduro declared Venezuela โuntouchable,โ asserting that โnothing and no [โฆ]
Published on: August 22, 2025 | Source:Coral collectors move world's largest living display in four-year effort
Scientists relocate a precious collection of coral and fish to a temporary home while a new Queensland aquarium is built.
Published on: August 22, 2025 | Source:'She's beautiful': New Spirit of Tasmania ferry arrives in Hobart
Spirit of Tasmania IV has at last arrived in the state, eight years after the Tasmanian government embarked on a project to replace the two ships currently in operation. The other new ferry remains in Finland, where they were built.
Published on: August 22, 2025 | Source:Dutch foreign minister resigns over Israel policy, rocking caretaker government
Casper Veldkamp's resignation further weakens the Netherlands' government after it collapsed in June.
Published on: August 22, 2025 | Source:The US teenagers wowed by African prom dresses
"I felt like a Disney princess," says a prom goer about her dress, one of many custom-made in Nigeria.
Published on: August 22, 2025 | Source:England 'will get better' after scoring 11 tries in World Cup opener
Women's Rugby World Cup hosts England start their tournament with a bang, recording a 69-7 win over the United States, and coach John Mitchell warned there is more to come.
Published on: August 22, 2025 | Source:At least five killed after tour bus from Niagara Falls to New York City crashes
Injuries from the bus crash ranged from head trauma to broken arms and legs.
Published on: August 22, 2025 | Source:Chicago mayor slams Trump over possible crime crackdown: 'Uncalled for'
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson (D) slammed President Trump over possibly sending the national guard to Chicago after his D.C. crime crackdown, calling the president's plans to target the Windy City "offensive." โCertainly, we have grave concerns about the impact of any unlawful deployment of National Guard troops to the City of Chicago. The problem with...
Published on: August 22, 2025 | Source:Meta to license AI technology from start-up as in-house models lag rivals
Partnership with Midjourney marks shift away from internal product development
Published on: August 22, 2025 | Source:Carney says Canada will match U.S. tariff exemptions under USMCA trade pact
Canada is dropping many of its retaliatory tariffs to match U.S. tariff exemptions for goods covered under theUnited States-Mexico-Canada trade pact,Prime Minister Mark Carney announced Friday.
Published on: August 22, 2025 | Source:ABC Quote Quiz: Who said it, and what were they on about?
We've collected some of the most jaw-dropping, eyebrow-raising or mildly confusing quotes in the news this week. See how you go with our first quote quiz.
Published on: August 22, 2025 | Source:Ether notches first new record since 2021 after Powell speech teasing rate cuts
The price of ether smashed through its 2021 record on Friday after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell hinted at upcoming rate cuts.
Published on: August 22, 2025 | Source:'Two laptops, six plugs': The South Korean cafes grappling with students who don't leave
As Starbucks asks some to stop bringing printers into its branches to work, what's going on?
Published on: August 22, 2025 | Source:'Creepy' 74yo avoids jail for indecently assaulting Swedish sunbather
A drunk who terrified and indecently assaulted a 23-year-old woman sunbathing at a popular Broome beach has been handed a seven-month suspended sentence.
Published on: August 22, 2025 | Source:Football star returns to field after tackling rare autoimmune disorder
At the peak of his football career, Cameron Vazzoler's immune system started attacking his nerves and he had to learn to walk again. But now he is back on the field.
Published on: August 22, 2025 | Source:FBI raids home of John Bolton, a former Trump adviser turned vocal critic
Early Friday, FBI agents searched the Maryland home of John Bolton, the former national security adviser in President Trumpโs first administration. Agents were also seen entering a building in Washington where Bolton has an office. Bolton has become a sharp critic of Trump, attacking his foreign policy and national security decisions. Amna Nawaz discussed more with Josh Gerstein of Politico.
Published on: August 22, 2025 | Source:News Wrap: Pentagon says troops will start carrying firearms in D.C.
In our news wrap Friday, the Pentagon says National Guard troops will start carrying firearms in D.C. as part of President Trumpโs security crackdown of the city, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth fired the head of the Defense Intelligence Agency, the White House says the federal government has taken a 10% stake in Intel and Kilmar Abrego Garcia was released from jail in Tennessee as he awaits trial.
Published on: August 22, 2025 | Source:Deadly Cholera Outbreaks in Sudan and South Sudan Expose Fragile Health Systems and Threaten Millions of Children
The cholera crisis sweeping across Sudan and South Sudan has reached alarming proportions, with over 189,000 cases and thousands of deaths reported across both countries. Humanitarian organizations warn that the convergence of disease, hunger, and displacement is creating a perfect storm that disproportionately endangers children and vulnerable populations. In South Sudan, the outbreak began in [โฆ]
Published on: August 22, 2025 | Source:Chaves Robles becomes first Costa Rican president to face loss of immunity
The conservative president faced a legislative panel weighing whether he should retain his immunity from prosecution.
Published on: August 22, 2025 | Source:‘Man-made disaster’: Famine declared in Gaza City where half a million face starvation
The international organization that monitors hunger crises around the world has declared that parts of Gaza are in famine. The U.N.-backed group of experts said that half a million people in Gaza, a quarter of the population, are facing โcatastrophic conditions characterised by starvation, destitution and death.โ Nick Schifrin spoke with David Miliband of the International Rescue Committee.
Published on: August 22, 2025 | Source:A glimpse of life in Gaza, through the voices of its children
As many as 132,000 children in Gaza under the age of five are at risk of dying from acute malnutrition between now and next summer, according to a U.N.-backed group of experts. Half of Gazaโs population is children, and many of them have been left scarred, traumatized and forever changed by the war. Nick Schifrin reports. A warning, images in this story are disturbing.
Published on: August 22, 2025 | Source:US to take 10% stake in troubled chipmaker Intel
Equity investment of $8.9bn marks the Trump administrationโs latest corporate intervention
Published on: August 22, 2025 | Source:Community group accuses WA government of spin over controversial racetrack
A community group is accusing the WA Government of "spinning" the results of public feedback on a controversial proposal for a community hub and racetrack in Perth.
Published on: August 22, 2025 | Source:Trump’s death penalty push faces setbacks as judges block efforts to reverse prior decisions
Since taking office in February,U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondihas authorized prosecutors to seek the death penalty against19 people, including nine defendants in cases in which the Biden administration had sought lesser sentences. But judges have blocked those reversal attempts for all but two defendants.
Published on: August 22, 2025 | Source:Pastor leading Target boycott on its impact and the retailer’s response
Target is reeling as sales have stalled and its stock price has plunged. The company faced backlash after a rollback of its DEI initiatives prompted a boycott that slowed store traffic nationwide, one of the factors that pushed CEO Brian Cornell to step down. Now, Target is scrambling to reset its image. Geoff Bennett discussed more with Pastor Jamal Bryant, who spearheaded the Target boycott.
Published on: August 22, 2025 | Source: