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Megacap tech adds more than $800 billion in market cap after U.S.-China tariff pause
Member of the so-called Magnificent 7 group added an aggregate $837.5 billion in market value on Monday after the U.S. and China agreed to pause most tariffs,
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High Court to decide if information from encrypted app legally obtained
The High Court will today consider whether information gathered from encrypted messaging on an app known as AN0M, which was secretly controlled by the FBI and the Australian Federal Police, was legally obtained.
Published on: May 12, 2025 | Source:Man shot, cars set alight in suspected gangland shooting
A man is in a stable condition in hospital after a gunman opened fired on him inside his work truck at Yennora late Monday night.
Published on: May 12, 2025 | Source:Trump administration welcomes 59 white South Africans as refugees to the US
Move comes as administration largely closes refugee admissions from countries experiencing widespread violence, poverty.
Published on: May 12, 2025 | Source:Walz speaking at Democratic conventions in South Carolina, California
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) will speak at the Democratic state conventions in South Carolina and California at the end of this month as the former vice presidential candidate stirs speculation of his own presidential ambitions. The two states are particularly notable as South Carolina is the first state in the Democratic primary process and...
Published on: May 12, 2025 | Source:Chinaโs New Silk Road: Opportunities and Challenges for Latin America
Chinaโs New Silk Road, launched in 2013, has become a global infrastructure and cooperation project that is transforming Latin Americaโs economic and geopolitical landscape. This initiative aims to strengthen connectivity and trade between Asia, Europe, Africa, and Latin America, already driving major projects in the region and opening a path toward sovereignty and comprehensive development. [โฆ]
Published on: May 12, 2025 | Source:Who blinked first? How the US and China broke their trade deadlock
Secret meeting in IMF basement paved way for tariff deal seen on both sides as a victory
Published on: May 12, 2025 | Source:US-Israeli soldier Edan Alexander reunites with family after release
Video from the Israeli military showed the moment of US-Israeli citizen Edan Alexander reuniting with his family.
Published on: May 12, 2025 | Source:US students enter seventh day of hunger strike for Gaza
US students enter seventh day of hunger strike for Gaza Submitted by Syma Mohammed on Mon, 05/12/2025 - 19:03 California State University students from several campuses have gone on a hunger strike in solidarity with Palestinians at risk of famine in Gaza A pro-Palestinian protester walks past graffiti reading โYour Complicity Will Be Rememberedโ in a hallway of the student services building at California State...
Published on: May 12, 2025 | Source:What did the parties say on TikTok in the election, and how? Hereโs the campaign broken down in 5 charts
TikTok has never played a bigger role in election campaigning, but it was hard to know what Gen Z were being told and by who - until now.
Published on: May 12, 2025 | Source:First group of white South Africans arrives in US for resettlement
Trump essentially halted refugee arrivals after taking office but granted Afrikaners refugee status as victims of what he called โgenocideโ.
Published on: May 12, 2025 | Source:Range anxiety โย or charger drama? Australians are buying hybrid cars because they donโt trust public chargers
Hybrid and plug-in hybrid vehicles now outsell battery-electric in Australia. One reason? Drivers donโt feel confident in the public charger network.
Published on: May 12, 2025 | Source:Free food and beer are common perks for hospitality workers โ but are they masking unfairness?
As one chef put it: โFree steak dinners donโt pay my rent or stop my boss docking pay for smoke breaks.โ
Published on: May 12, 2025 | Source:S&P 500 notches third-biggest jump of past 5 years on trade deal hopes
Equities, dollar and oil advance in afternoon trading after worldโs biggest economies reduce punitive levies
Published on: May 12, 2025 | Source:A looming workforce crisis in NZ tourism and hospitality threatens industry growth plans
The government is โgoing for growthโ in tourism. But New Zealand already struggles to serve current visitor numbers, and enrolments in training courses have plummeted.
Published on: May 12, 2025 | Source:Natural disasters leave NSW councils facing $3.4b road repair bill
Cash-strapped NSW councils are struggling to keep local road networks up to scratch as natural disasters take their toll.
Published on: May 12, 2025 | Source:Dementia risk depends on more than lifestyle factors. Overstating this can cause stigma and blame
Are we promoting prevention strategies that work for everyone, or only for those who already have the means and access?
Published on: May 12, 2025 | Source:Should Joan Didionโs therapy notes to her husband about their daughter have been published?
Reading Joan Didionโs posthumously published new book feels like eavesdropping on private marital conversations. Itโs revealing, raw and haunting.
Published on: May 12, 2025 | Source:Markets rise as US and China agree to slash tariffs
Shares jump as markets welcome news of a major de-escalation of the trade conflict between the two nations.
Published on: May 12, 2025 | Source:Treasury Secretary Bessent says he's likely to meet with China again in 'next few weeks' to work on bigger agreement
The comments come after the U.S. and China announced a 90-day pause on most of the tariffs the countries had imposed on one another.
Published on: May 12, 2025 | Source:Wall Street stocks soar on US-China tariff reprieve
Deal stokes optimism among investors that Donald Trump will de-escalate trade war
Published on: May 12, 2025 | Source:McDonald's announces plans to hire 375,000 workers with Trump Labor secretary
Through its company-owned and franchised restaurants, McDonald's is one of the nation's largest private employers.
Published on: May 12, 2025 | Source:'A winner, imposing, controversial' - who is Forest owner Marinakis?
BBC Sport breaks down the complex character of "imposing yet softly spoken" Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis.
Published on: May 12, 2025 | Source:20 Years Since Andijan, Remembering Past Abuses in Uzbekistan
Addressing the lack of accountability for past human rights abuses, including the 2005 Andijan massacre, has not been high on the current governmentโs agenda.
Published on: May 12, 2025 | Source:Trump signs executive order to bring down prescription drug prices
President makes push to bring down drug prices that have long been a source of financial strain for US patients.
Published on: May 12, 2025 | Source:Modi addresses nation for first time since start of India-Pakistan strikes
His speech comes after a ceasefire was agreed between the two countries following days of intense shelling by both sides.
Published on: May 12, 2025 | Source:One in five people in Gaza face starvation, famine watchdog warns
The IPC says a full 100% of Gaza now experiences acute food insecurity while half-a-million people face starvation.
Published on: May 12, 2025 | Source:White South Africans arrive in US under Trump refugee scheme
President offered asylum to Afrikaners he says have faced violence and discrimination since end of apartheid
Published on: May 12, 2025 | Source:Fake passports, hidden cameras: 6 Bulgarians who led Russian spy ring are jailed in UK
Network had been โreal threatโ to both targeted individuals and national security with tactics akin to plot from a โspy novelโ, police said.
Published on: May 12, 2025 | Source:Starmer faces business backlash over UK migration curbs
Tough proposals including ending automatic settlement after five years would end โsqualid chapterโ for country, PM says
Published on: May 12, 2025 | Source:White House pushes lower US drugs prices with tariff threat to Europe
Trump sets out plans for cost targets and eliminating โmiddlemenโ in executive order
Published on: May 12, 2025 | Source:Protesters rally against Israelโs participation in Eurovision
Protesters in Basel condemned Israel's participation in the Eurovision Song Contest amid the ongoing war in Gaza.
Published on: May 12, 2025 | Source:Israeli lawmaker lambasts Netanyahu for not securing Edan Alexander's release himself
Israeli lawmaker lambasts Netanyahu for not securing Edan Alexander's release himself Israeli Knesset member Moshe Tur-Paz criticised Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday via a post on X, suggesting that perhaps being an American is safer than just being Israeli, given it was the US President Donald Trump who helped secure the release of Israeli-American dual national Edan Alexander from Hamas captivity. "Did I...
Published on: May 12, 2025 | Source:Trump China trade deal: Tariff pause means new surge in freight shipments, and higher prices
Trump's trade deal with China and pause on the highest tariffs means another surge is coming in global trade, but business uncertainty isn't going away.
Published on: May 12, 2025 | Source:UK police investigate overnight fire at PM Keir Starmerโs house in London
Counterterrorism officers on scene at the Kentish Town home which PM rents out while he lives at official Downing Street address.
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