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Firm linked to major gambling company conducting NT government racing review
A review of the Northern Territory racing industry is being undertaken by a consultancy firm that also represents Australiaβs largest gambling company, sparking questions about its integrity.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:
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Driver, 21, charged after Bundaberg cyclist killed in alleged hit-and-run
Police allege a vehicle struck the cyclist on Wednesday night and drove away.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Would more fines be the answer to tree vandals? Or is jail time the answer?
Two harbourside Sydney councils say support to find and prosecute offenders who cut down, vandal or poison trees is the next step in tackling the destruction.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Arab-American Trump voters have reservations but stand by their decision
Arab-American Trump voters have reservations but stand by their decision Submitted by Yasmine El-Sabawi on Tue, 04/29/2025 - 17:13 Middle East Eye revisited those who celebrated Trump's November win to ask how they're feeling after 100 days in power Then-Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is joined by his daughter's Lebanese father-in-law, Massad Boulos, during a campaign stop at the Great Commoner restaurant...
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Ukraine, U.S. officials sign natural resources deal
Ukraine and the U.S. said on Wednesday they signed an agreement on a joint fund to invest in Ukraine's reconstruction, and a draft of the deal said it would give Washington preferential access to new Ukrainian natural resources deals.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:16 countries to ask EU for fiscal leeway to spend big on defense
Germany is the only one of Europe's big five economies to take up the EU executives offer.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:How a mortgage transforms your investment portfolio
They turn retail savers into hedge-fund managers
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:How does consciousness work? Duelling scientists tested two big theories but found no winner
When it comes to consciousness, theories are like toothbrushes. Everybody has their own and nobody wants to use anybody elseβs.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:When it comes to health information, who should you trust? 4 ways to spot a dodgy βexpertβ
Even if we feel we have some understanding of science, few of us have the time or the capacity to verify every claim made by every so called βexpertβ.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Etsy shares sink after earnings as company says itβs βstaying nimbleβ to tariff uncertainty
Revenue for the quarter beat expectations, but its gross merchandise sales continue to lag year over year.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Parts of Oklahoma and Texas see record rainfall after storm leaves 3 dead in Pennsylvania
Slow-moving thunderstorms dropped record rainfall across much of southern Oklahoma and northern Texas Wednesday, triggering flash flooding and forcing evacuations, as residents in Pennsylvania and Ohio picked up from a powerful storm that left more than half a million customers in the dark.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Israeli forces kill a Syrian in air strike outside of Damascus
Israeli forces kill a Syrian in air strike outside of Damascus Israeli military conducted a strike outside Damascus in Syria, killing one member of Syria's new security forces, Haaretz reported on Wednesday. Israel claimed it was targeting people who attacked members of the Druze community. Syriaβs foreign ministry said in a statement that it rejected "all forms of foreign interference in our internal affairs,"...
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Playing politics with AI: why NZ needs rules on the use of βfakeβ images in election campaigns
Some countries have already moved to regulate the use of artificial intelligence in political campaigning. New Zealand should follow suit.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Snap sinks more than 12% after withholding guidance, citing ad concerns
Snap shares fell after the social media company didn't share second-quarter guidance due to the uncertain macroeconomic environment.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Starbucks shares slide as investors question cost of turnaround plan
Coffee chain to raise spending on baristas as it emphasises labour over gadgets to bring customers back
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Vietnam Marks 50 Years of Liberation with Grand Military Parade
A Half-Century Revisited: Why This Moment Matters On April 30, Vietnam paused to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Liberation of the South and National Reunification with a spectacular military parade in Ho Chi Minh City. More than 13,000 participants marched past the historic Independence Palace, as the Communist Partyβs General Secretary, To Lam, reflected [β¦]
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Trump has reshaped these 3 major things in his first 100 days
In these past 100 days, Trump worked feverishly to rewrite American policy on immigration, dismantle and restructure many government institutions and exert an amount of executive power that is unprecedented in recent times.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Trump says Canada PM Mark Carney to visit βwithin the next weekβ
The Liberal Party leader won Mondayβs election after vowing to stand up to the US presidentβs threats to annex his country.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:TΓΌrkiye: Donβt Deport Turkmen Activists
Click to expand Image Caption: Turkmen activists Alisher Sakhatov (left) and Abdulla Orusov (right). 2025 THF (Berlin, April 30, 2025) βTurkish migration authorities should immediately suspend any plans to deport two detained Turkmen activists toTurkmenistan, Human Rights Watch said today. If deported they would be at grave risk of torture and arbitrary imprisonment.On the morning of April 28, 2025, migration...
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:The choice: LBJβs decision to go to war inΒ Vietnam 60 years ago
Sixty years ago, during the first six months of 1965, Lyndon Johnson made the decision to Americanize the conflict in Vietnam. His vice-president, Hubert Humphrey advised him against it. So did his long-time mentor and friend Senator Richard Russell of Georgia. Inside the administration, Undersecretary of State George Ball also made the case for restraint. [β¦] The post The choice: LBJβs decision to go to war inVietnam...
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Israeli blockade on Gaza reaches 60th day
Israeli blockade on Gaza reaches 60th day The 30th of April marks the 60th day since Israel started a complete blockade of food, water, medicine and medical supplies entering Gaza on 2 March, more than two weeks before Israel broke the ceasefire agreement on 18 March 18 to restart attacks on Palestinians in the enclave. The UN has warned of famine-like conditions across the enclave and has called for action to stop a β...
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:US judge limits Trumpβs push to rapidly deport migrants in Guantanamo Bay
Judge says administration must give migrants opportunity to express concerns about safety of deportation destinations.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Kneecap invites mixed responses amid row over βkill your MPβ footage
Kneecap invites mixed responses amid row over βkill your MPβ footage Submitted by MEE staff on Wed, 04/30/2025 - 18:10 βReal anger should be directed towards slaughter and famine [in Gaza],' the hip hop group said in a statement Mo Chara (L) and Moglai Bap from the Irish Hip Hop trio Kneecap perform onstage during 2025 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at Empire Polo Club in Indio, California, on 11 2025...
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Palestinian workers suffer monthly losses of $373m following war
Palestinian workers suffer monthly losses of $373m following war The secretary general of the Palestinian General Federation of Trade Unions (PGFTU) said that tens of thousands of Palestinian workers have been deprived of their wages for the past 17 months, Wafa news agency reported on Wednesday. Shaher Saad added that the estimated monthly loss for workers was around 1.35 billion shekels (approximately $373m). In a...
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Tongan Undersea Volcano Eruption Triggers Climate Impacts
The eruption blasted up to 3 billion tons of water vapor into the atmosphere in just one hour. On Wednesday, New Zealand and Tongan scientists confirmed that the 2022 Hunga volcano eruption in Tonga released a record-breaking steam plume, triggering far-reaching and unexpected climate impacts, driven not by sulfur, but by water vapor. RELATED: Fuego [β¦]
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Mountain Blaze Under Control Thanks to South African Firefighters
As firefighting efforts have been scaled back in the South Peninsula, where multiple fireserupted in Tokaion Friday, 25 April, several areas within Table Mountain National Park are being deemed βsuccessfully containedβ. βThe area along Boyes Drive into Kalk Bay, around Clovelly and along Ou Kaapse Weg into Noordhoek has been deemed safe,β said City of [β¦]
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Shipments from China fall as Trump’s tariffs loom over economy
The presidentβs massive and unpredictable taxes on imports seems likely to mean emptier shelves and higher prices for American shoppers, perhaps within weeks.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Rachel Reeves under investigation by parliamentary watchdog
Probe into chancellor focuses on her declaration of theatre tickets in the MPsβ register of interests
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Most U.S. Citizens Disapprove of Trumpβs Immigration Policies
Fifty-two percent of respondents say the U.S. has not become a safer place to live as a result of mass deportations. On Wednesday, CNN released a poll showing that a majority of U.S. citizens believe President Donald Trump has gone too far in the deportations of undocumented immigrants. RELATED: Trumpβs Trade War Shrinks U.S. Economy [β¦]
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Stocks sink after weak GDP report but storm back after inflation update
Much like its wild month of April, a scary Wednesday for Wall Street found a gentler ending as U.S. stocks stormed back from steep early losses to continue their manic swings amid uncertainty about what President Donald Trumpβs trade war will do to the economy.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Ukraine ready to sign controversial minerals deal with the United States, officials say
US President Donald Trump indicated in February that he wanted access to Ukraine's rare earth materials as a condition for continued US support in the war, describing it as reimbursement for the billions of dollars in aid Washington has given to Kyiv.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Trial begins for Australian woman charged with killing ex-husband’s relatives with poisonous mushrooms
The Australian host of a weekend family lunch is on trial charged with murdering her estranged husbandβs parents and an aunt and attempting to murder an uncle with poisonous mushrooms.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Brussels unveils Trump trade retaliation tactics to EU countries
EU executive is planning a two-track approach of incentives and retaliatory measures to convince the White House to strike a deal.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Deadly Attack on Tourists in Jammu and Kashmir
Click to expand Image Kashmiri boatmen protest the deadly militant attack on tourists at a famous tourist resort Pahalgam, Srinagar, India. April 24, 2025. 2025 Saqib Majeed/SOPA Images via AP Photo The April 22 attack by gunmen that killed 26 people, mostly Hindu tourists, in the town of Pahalgam in Jammu and Kashmir state has heightenedtensions between India and Pakistan. The Indian authorities say the assailants...
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Columbia protest leader Mohsen Mahdawi released from US custody
Mahdawi is among the student protesters targeted for deportation under President Trump for pro-Palestine advocacy.
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