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Follow the day’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastRBA expected to hike cash rate to 4.6%, its highest level since 2011Australia’s key interest rate is expected to hit its highest level since 2011, drag down house prices and add more than $100 to typical monthly mortgage repayments. Continue reading...
Nick VisserAustralia newsAustralian politics

Washington State voters will get a chance to accept or reject the 9.9 percent income tax on millionaires approved by the Legislature, which broke the state’s taboo against levying income taxes.
Anna GriffinHigh Net Worth IndividualsIncome Tax

Hurricane Nolo is moving away from Hawaiian islands but threat of heavy rain, flash floods and strong winds persistsHurricane Nolo was moving away from the Hawaiian islands on Sunday, but the threat of heavy rain, flash flooding and strong winds persisted in areas of the island chain still recovering from previous storms.Nolo was about 365 miles (585km) south-south-west of Honolulu and moving away from the Big Island at about 12mph (19kph). But the Hawaii county civil defense agency said a high wind warning, wind advisory and high surf advisory remained in effect for parts of the island through Sunday evening as Nolo’s maximum sustained winds rose to 115mph (165kph). Continue reading...
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Abbas Araghchi, Iran’s foreign minister, said a history of contradictory messaging meant that President Trump’s rejection might not be a final position.
Erika Solomon and Alan RappeportUS and Israeli Attack on Iran (2026)Araghchi, Abbas

On Saturday night, there were separate mass shootings near South Africa's two largest cities.(Image credit: STR)
Kate Bartlett

The Grammy-winning artist on destroying egos in school, the dealers who looked out for her, and learning from early failureBorn Eve Jihan Jeffers in Philadelphia in 1978, rapper Eve released her debut album, Let There Be Eve … Ruff Ryders’ First Lady, in 1999; it entered the Billboard 200 at No 1. She followed its success with the platinum-selling Scorpion, which went on to win a Grammy for the single Let Me Blow Ya Mind. As an actor, she appeared in the Barbershop films and starred in her own sitcom, Eve. She married London-based entrepreneur Maximillion Cooper in 2014; together they have a son, and she is stepmother to his four children. Eve will tour the UK and Europe in 2027.This was taken in Miami, where I was recording Scorpion. I was obsessed with red because of its astrological affiliation with Scorpio – everything had to be that colour. My hair is short because I convinced my
Harriet GibsoneMusicPhotography

These were the latest deadly incidents at bars or taverns in a nation with one of the world’s highest murder rates.
John EligonMurders, Attempted Murders and HomicidesCrime and Criminals

The streaming channel was full of the president’s vanity and myopia. It was also deeply, deeply dullAre you currently at an airport? Strapped to a hospital bed, with various tubes protruding from your body? Maybe you’re on a treadmill or visiting an elder care facility? Chained to a radiator in the basement from the Saw movies?If you said yes to any of these questions, you might be watching cable news while reading this column. Or maybe you’re one of the hundreds of people currently watching Donald Trump’s answer to cable news, Trump TV – a YouTube streaming channel that airs nothing but White House-sanctioned content 24 hours a day, seven days a week.Dave Schilling is a Los Angeles-based writer and humorist Continue reading...
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You can still buy a Singapore Sling in the colonial-era hotel where it’s said to have been invented more than a century ago. Custom versions have arisen nearby.
Nicholas Yong and Ore HuiyingSingaporeRaffles Singapore (Singapore Hotel)

Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist speaks with NBC’s Kristen Welker in interview airing on SundayBill Gates has called on the US’s federal legislators and law enforcers to regulate the development of artificial intelligence (AI), saying in an interview airing on Sunday that the technology left unchecked could cause “a billion deaths” and “no one thinks self-regulation is enough”.“You need law enforcement and the politicians to get into the discussion about what safeguards and monitoring look like,” the Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist said to Kristen Welker, the NBC Meet the Press host. “And that has to be a required thing.” Continue reading...
Ramon Antonio VargasBill GatesAI (artificial intelligence)

The victims of the crash have not yet been identified, Quebec provincial police told the BBC.

Russia’s foreign minister met with his German counterpart during the U.N. General Assembly but spent part of his address defending his country’s war on Ukraine.
Farnaz FassihiInternational RelationsRussian Invasion of Ukraine (2022)

New York film festival: The follow-up to 2023’s Oscar-winning Godzilla Minus One dazzles with smart social commentary and jaw-dropping effectsEven by the standards of older movie stars catching a major second wind later in their careers, Godzilla pulled off an impressive reclamation of the spotlight three years ago. Godzilla Minus One, the most recent reboot featuring the 70-year-old kaiju – the version(s) from his native Japan, mind, not the Americanized one concurrently starring in a series of Warner Bros blockbusters opposite King Kong – wasn’t just another monster-movie success. It fully crossed over, becoming the highest-grossing Japanese-language movie ever released in North America, and won an Academy Award to boot for its terrific visual effects. Now. Japanese Godzilla characters are mainstream enough to pop up in Happy Meals, and the Toho-made sequel Godzilla Minus Zero is world
Jesse HassengerNew York film festival 2026Godzilla

Lawyers for Pike, who killed a fellow student in 1995, say she should get clemency and would not be sentenced to death if the crime happened today.

After the death of his partner, Anthony Nocera had almost given up on love. Then Billy walked through the doorFind more stories from the moment I knew seriesIn 2024, about 18 months after my fiance Jamie passed away, I decided I was lonely and horny and so put myself out there on the apps. I’d placed Jamie’s ashes on the TV cabinet in the living room, so he was smack bang in the middle of his two favourite places: his spot on the couch and his coffee machine. It also meant he was in the centre of the house, which made dating hard.I had a guy over for a hook-up one night and he kept fixating on the urn. “So … He’s dead?” Continue reading...
Anthony NoceraAustralian lifestyleRelationships

Emergency teams discovered victims after two-storey building in historic Plaka district collapsed ‘in seconds’Greek authorities say they are trying to discover what caused a two-storey apartment block in the heart of ancient Athens to collapse “in a matter of seconds”, killing six people.Emergency teams found the victims, including four American tourists, on Saturday, more than 24 hours after the early morning explosion in the historic Plaka district. Continue reading...
Helena Smith in AthensGreeceEurope

The independent report also says Kirk's aides insisted he speak outdoors, overriding concerns from campus officials.

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One of gaming's biggest horror franchises has come to the UK. Can it live up to the original?