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A major airline will slash fares to this Aussie state to promote tourism and recovery in wake of several devastating weather events.

Q. Mongolia is positioning itself as an emerging provider of minerals to attract foreign investors and boost renewable energy development. Why is Mongolia actively pursuing an energy push? We are a country of renewable energy and we have (the resources).  At this moment, we are having discussions on how to invest in the energy sector in Mongolia.  At the same time, artificial intelligence is taking place. Every country is putting in efforts into that and investing a lot. AI has actually increased the demand for energy by having data centres. (Mongolia) has a lot of energy at very cheap (prices). …

Once called Thule Air Base, now known as Pituffik Space Base, this U.S.-operated installation in northwestern Greenland is one of the most strategically important military sites in the world — even if most Americans have never heard of it.“It is quite literally the outermost eye of American defense,” said Peter Ernstved Rasmussen, a Danish defense analyst. “Pituffik is where the U.S. can detect a launch, calculate the trajectory and activate its missile defense systems. It’s irreplaceable.”The outpost is getting new attention as President Trump, who has vowed to make Greenland part of the United States, sends a high-level delegation to…

The Trump administration continues to insist it didn’t defy a federal judge’s order when it failed to turn around planes carrying Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador.U.S. District Judge James Boasberg is weighing whether the government defied his order blocking the deportations of alleged gang members who hadn’t been afforded due process. It’s a case that’s become a flashpoint in the rising tension between the administration and federal courts.In a 14-page document filed late Tuesday night, the Justice Department spelled out before Boasberg why it didn’t turn around the two flights carrying alleged Tren de Aragua gang members despite his verbal order…

When it came time to plan San Francisco Pride this year, Suzanne Ford, the organization’s executive director, reached out to some longtime corporate sponsors to ask how they planned to support the event.Their abrupt responses stunned her: Not at all.Several of the event’s largest sponsors — including Comcast, Anheuser-Busch and the beverage company Diageo — told Ms. Ford that they would not be providing funding this year. The companies, which together provided over $200,000 to San Francisco Pride in 2024, each told her that supporting the event was no longer in its budget, she said.“It was totally shocking,” Ms. Ford…

In the first week of the baseball season, there’s a war going on in the hearts and minds of baseball fans — a battle between what you so desperately want to believe can happen and what you think will really happen. It’s the gap between the naivete of youth and the realism of experience, played out over 162 games.I’m here to tell you it’s OK to dream a little. This is the time to think big about breakthroughs and bouncebacks, about capturing magic in a bottle and somehow prolonging it for six weeks or six months. This time last year,…

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and Liberal Leader Mark Carney are shifting their campaigns to Quebec. Poilievre, who held a rally in Hamilton on Tuesday night with an estimated crowd of about 4,500 people, is expected at a news conference in Montmagny, Que., around noon and at a rally in Quebec City in the evening.Carney, who spent the first few days of the campaign in Atlantic Canada, will be in Ontario Wednesday, scheduled for an announcement and a facility tour in Windsor, a facility tour in London and a rally in Kitchener.The Liberal…

CCTV footage has revealed the moment a pedestrian was nearly struck by a silver SUV that mounted the footpath at high speed.According to police, the incident happened about 9.45am on Blackall Drive in Greenwood on Saturday, March 22.The car was filmed driving onto the footpath over bushes and across grass before returning to the road.“A pedestrian was walking on the footpath at the time of the incident, but was not struck by the vehicle,” a police spokesperson said.Road policing north group is investigating the incident and asks anyone with information to contact CrimeStoppers on 1800 333 00 or via this…

HANOI: Singapore and Vietnam signed five agreements across sectors such as energy and financial services on Wednesday (Mar 26), as Prime Minister Lawrence Wong and his counterpart Pham Minh Chinh reaffirmed the strong ties between both countries. Mr Wong and Mr Chinh also broke ground for the new Vietnam-Singapore Industrial Park (VSIP) in Thai Binh province, the latest in a line of projects which Mr Wong called “the cornerstone of our bilateral cooperation for almost three decades”. There is significant scope for both countries to pursue sustainable and resilient growth together, said Mr Wong, on the second day of his…

The United States has agreed to help Russia boost its agricultural and fertiliser exports to the world market in exchange for a maritime security deal in the Black Sea. The White House and the Kremlin announced the deal on Tuesday after teams from the US and Russia met in Saudi Arabia to carve out a pathway towards peace in Ukraine. These negotiations came amid the Trump administration’s push to end the war in Ukraine that has been dragging on since 2022. President Donald Trump shifted US policy on Ukraine by proactively engaging with Moscow and accepting some of its biggest…