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Liberal party members are gathering in Montreal and, for the first time in more than a decade, Justin Trudeau and his personal brand of politics won’t tower over the party’s proceedings. Party faithful will gather as Mark Carney’s ever-expanding big tent of MPs stands on the cusp of achieving a majority government following a series of floor-crossings in Parliament.The convention, which runs Thursday through Saturday, starts just ahead of three byelections set for Monday, and a day after a fifth opposition MP crossed the floor to join the Liberal caucus.It comes at a high point for the Liberals, who a…

Adelaide have crushed Carlton in the second term to break their three-game losing streak and open the AFL Gather Round with a 28-point win.While the Blues are now on a three-game losing skid after the 17.12 (114) to 12.14 (86) loss on Thursday night at Adelaide Oval, they were within three goals midway through the last quarter.As the pressure increases on coach Michael Voss, it was a more competitive effort from his team.Josh Rachele sparked the Crows with four goals in the first half and midfielder Sam Berry racked up 29 possessions.The spotlight has also been on the form of…

Dr Al Jaber, who is also managing director and group CEO of the UAE’s state oil giant ADNOC, said the strait was not built, engineered, financed or constructed by any state, and that no country had a legitimate right to determine who may pass and under what terms.“It is a natural passage governed by the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, which guarantees transit as a matter of right; not a privilege to be granted, withheld or weaponised,” he wrote, stressing that it must be opened with “no strings attached”.“The strait must be open – fully, unconditionally…

Turkiye’s energy minister says the crisis in the Strait of Hormuz, due to the United States and Israel’s war on Iran, indicates the importance of diversifying energy routes and will force the world to move towards forming a new energy structure.Turkish Energy and Natural Resources Minister Alparslan Bayraktar, in an exclusive interview with Al Jazeera Arabic, discussed the effects of the crisis caused by Iran’s retaliatory blocking of the strait, calling the current global energy crisis “the mother of all crises”.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listBayraktar argued that thanks to Turkiye’s extensive investments in energy and infrastructure, its…

Arda Kucukkaya | Anadolu | Getty ImagesMeta has committed to spending an additional $21 billion on AI cloud infrastructure from CoreWeave, which comes on top of a prior arrangement of $14.2 billion, as the social media company continues to ramp up its investments in artificial intelligence. The new agreement, announced on Thursday, runs from 2027 to 2032. The previous deal, disclosed in September, goes through 2031. CoreWeave’s data centers are filled with hundreds of thousands of Nvidia graphics processing units that can accommodate AI models, offering a key piece of infrastructure that hyperscalers need for rapidly expanding to meet what…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! FIRST ON FOX: A conservative watchdog urged a federal appeals court Wednesday to toss Washington, D.C.’s National Guard lawsuit, arguing the city cannot sue itself because it is part of the federal government.”To start, one cannot sue oneself,” Oversight Project lawyers wrote in a brief in the case. “And that is what this case ultimately is—the United States suing itself. Moreover, it is a foundational principle of the law that a municipal corporation cannot sue its sovereign creator.”The appeal sits at the intersection of Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops in Washington…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A search and rescue operation is underway in Philadelphia on Thursday following a partial parking garage collapse that left at least one person dead and two missing, according to the city’s mayor. Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker said the incident unfolded Wednesday afternoon as the parking garage was under construction near 30th Street and Grays Ferry Avenue in South Philadelphia. “Our first responders moved immediately, and search and rescue operations are still underway. One life has been lost, and two individuals remain unaccounted for,” Parker wrote on X late Wednesday. “We are not giving up, and we will…

The sight of around 100 pensioners, veterans and other local families sleeping rough on the side of the road in cars and tents in Safety Bay should make every West Australian feel sick.

MAUMERE: A shallow 4.9-magnitude earthquake struck eastern Indonesia overnight, damaging dozens of homes and injuring multiple people, an official said on Thursday (Apr 9).The jolt struck at a depth of 10.4km, some 104km east of Maumere, East Nusa Tenggara, shortly before midnight on Wednesday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said.Two villages on the small island of Adonara felt the biggest impact, with more than 100 houses damaged and at least 20 people injured, according to local official Ismail Daton Ban.Indonesia and neighbouring countries experience frequent earthquakes due to their location in the Pacific “Ring of Fire” – an arc of…

The Israeli army carried out a wave of air attacks on Lebanon, killing more than 250 people, on Wednesday, the bloodiest day since the US-Israel war on Iran began nearly six weeks ago.On Thursday, Israel said it had also killed an aide to Hezbollah’s chief, Naim Qassem, in the attacks.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listThe attacks came just hours after the announcement of a two-week United States-Iran ceasefire raised hopes of a de-escalation on all fronts in the war on Iran, which has spread across the region.On Wednesday, Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, whose government helped broker the…