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Prime Minister Mark Carney will have an audience with King Charles III as a part of an upcoming visit to the United Kingdom, according to the Prime Minister’s Office. The meeting, set for the afternoon of March 16, will be the third time Carney and the King have meet since Carney became prime minister a year ago.The first was an audience in London in March of 2025, followed by Charles’ visit to Canada in May of last year.During his trip to Canada, King Charles delivered the throne speech in Parliament, the first time a British monarch has done so in…

A degree-apprenticeship, more common overseas, is just one way WA could shake up its education and training regime to be more relevant in an era of skills shortages, local business leaders say.

PHNOM PENH: Broken computer monitors in bombed-out offices, scattered fake police uniforms and phoney hundred-dollar bills: these were the vestiges of a frantic escape of suspected cyberscammers fleeing a resort on the Cambodia-Thailand border.Southeast Asia has become the epicentre of the multibillion-dollar online scam industry in which hundreds of thousands of fraudsters – some trafficked, others willing workers – cheat internet users globally with romance and cryptocurrency investment schemes.On Thursday (Mar 12), AFP was invited on a Thai military-organised tour of an area of Cambodia’s O’Smach which Thai forces captured during border clashes last year.Thailand says the area had been…

Listen to this article | 6 minsinfoHeavy Israeli strikes have hit Tehran, Iran, as its allies launch attacks across Gulf states, and shipping through the Strait of Hormuz has been severely disrupted, sending global oil prices soaring.Meanwhile, political pressure is mounting in Washington as the conflict spreads across the region.Recommended Stories list of 1 itemend of listHere is what we know about what has been happening in the past 24 hours:In IranSupreme leader speaks: Appointed last week following the assassination of his father, Iran’s new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has issued his first statement, warning that attacks on Israel and US military…

The U.S. is temporarily greenlighting the purchase of Russian oil that’s already at sea, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Thursday, in the Trump administration’s latest move to loosen the wartime sanctions that restrict Russia’s oil industry as the world grapples with high oil prices.The authorization will last one month, and applies to petroleum products from Russia that were loaded onto ships on or before Thursday, according to documents issued by the Treasury.Bessent said the move will “permit countries to purchase Russian oil currently stranded at sea.””This narrowly tailored, short-term measure applies only to oil already in transit and will not…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Sammy Hagar suggested he would “never play” with Alex Van Halen again more than 20 years after they finished their last tour together.”I’m the biggest Pink Floyd fan. I see David Gilmour say, ‘I will never play with Roger Waters again,’ and I know what he means,” the 78-year-old told Classic Rock in a recent interview. “I feel that way about Alex Van Halen. They’re negative people.”Hagar told Rolling Stone last year that he and his former Van Halen bandmate hadn’t spoken in 21 years.”I hate to say it, but I dreamt…

Palantir CEO Alex Karp told CNBC on Thursday that artificial intelligence is giving the U.S. and its allies an edge in the escalating conflict in Iran and across the Middle East.”What makes America special right now is our lethal capabilities, our ability to fight war,” Karp said at Palantir’s AIPcon 9 in Maryland. He added that another major advantage is that “the AI revolution is uniquely American.”Karp alluded to his company’s ability to link combat data between the U.S. and Middle East partners that were hit by Iranian airstrikes.”If you were attacked and you needed to coordinate, you would have to have…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The suspect in Thursday’s attack that targeted a Jewish synagogue in Michigan has been preliminarily identified as 41-year-old Lebanese-born American citizen Ayman Mohamad Ghazali, according to three law enforcement sources who spoke to Fox News.He reportedly targeted the Jewish community after suffering family losses in Lebanon during the country’s conflict with Israel, Dearborn Heights Mayor Mo Baydoun said, adding that Ghazali was a resident of the city.Ghazali allegedly rammed a vehicle into Temple Israel, a large Reform Jewish synagogue in West Bloomfield, at roughly 12:30 p.m. local time. He then exited the vehicle with…

Two tenants have been evicted from a home on McCurdy Road in Rutland, leaving behind what the landlord describes as deplorable living conditions and months of concern from neighbours. Mohini Singh, a Kelowna, B.C., city councillor, owns one-quarter of the property.Inside the home, dirty litter boxes were left behind, with holes in the walls and floors covered in garbage.Neighbours say the property has been a source of constant problems for months, with repeated police and bylaw visits.“Police activity hasn’t stopped,” said Rutland resident Christopher Bocskei. “I added it to the walking route I do myself in Rutland and I always…

West Coast veteran Tim Kelly will start the season on the outer after missing selection for the Eagles’ season opener against Gold Coast on Sunday.