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Xavier Lorenzo | Moment | Getty ImagesGen Z seems to have a case of economic malaise.Nearly half (49%) of its adult members — the oldest of whom are in their late 20s — say planning for the future feels “pointless,” according to a recent Credit Karma poll.A freewheeling attitude toward summer spending has taken root among young adults who feel financial “despair” and “hopelessness,” said Courtney Alev, a consumer financial advocate at Credit Karma.They think, “What’s the point when it comes to saving for the future?” Alev said.That “YOLO mindset” among Generation Z — the cohort born from roughly 1997…

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Rates of respiratory infections such as influenza, whooping cough and COVID have increased in WA over the past few months prompting Australia’s peak medical body to urge people to get vaccinated.The Australian Medical Association wants everyone, especially those most at risk, to prioritise seeing their doctor about getting a jab highlighting new data from Western Australia that showed its RSV immunisation program targeting infants had reduced hospitalisations by more than 50 per cent.According to WA’s latest statewide notifiable disease report, respiratory infections are rising, with rates of influenza and whooping cough more than doubling compared to this time last year.To…

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Another tortured round of Gaza ceasefire negotiations, another set of headlines laying the blame solely on Hamas.Throughout the various ceasefire negotiations between Israel and Hamas, western news outlets have repeatedly blamed their failure on Hamas. This week, we hear a perspective that rarely features in the coverage – the group’s own – on the negotiations and the media narratives that surround them. Contributors:Tahani Mustafa – Senior Palestine Analyst, International Crisis GroupBasem Naim – Politburo member, HamasJulie Norman – Associate Professor, University College LondonAbdaljawad Omar – Lecturer, Birzeit University On our radar: Ukrainian drone strikes on multiple Russian airfields have further…

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Progressive group “Indivisible,” which was behind many of the Tesla protests in recent months as well as mobilizing for other far-left causes, appears to now be getting involved in a key congressional swing district with the goal of growing resistance against President Donald Trump in Congress.With primary races already underway for the 2026 Midterm elections, the group appears to have in their sights Rep. Mike Lawler, a Republican in a critical swing state representing New York’s 17th District, in the form of a candidate with extensive ties to the group, progressive Democrat…

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Joseph Ferlazzo had abruptly returned without his wife from what was supposed to be a Vermont camping trip to mark their first wedding anniversary.The 41-year-old told his in-laws that he had gotten into an argument with his spouse, Emily Schwarz Ferlazzo, 22, and that she had headed back home to New Hampshire.Emily’s mother and stepfather weren’t buying it.NEW HAMPSHIRE MAN PLEADS NOT GUILTY TO KILLING HIS WIFE AFTER BODY FOUND DISMEMBERED The case of Emily Schwarz Ferlazzo (center) is being explored on Investigation Discovery’s (ID) “Fatal Destination,” a true-crime series executive-produced and…

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Ten lucky Lotto players have each scored more than half a million dollars in Saturday’s draw, including one West Aussie who might be planning their next holiday a little sooner than expected.Division One’s prize for June 7 is worth $627, 568.96 — with each player taking home that figure.A further seven WA players have picked up Division Two wins, each worth $7,694.45. A total of 78 Australians are in line to claim the prize.Saturday June 7’s winning numbers were 30, 26, 11, 22, 36, 13, plus the Supplementary numbers 24 and 25.It comes after Friday’s fortuitous news north of Perth,…

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French leader’s visit to Greenland comes after US President Donald Trump’s threats to annex the Arctic territory.French President Emmanuel Macron will visit Greenland this month, the French presidency has announced, in the wake of United States expressions of interest in taking over the mineral-rich Arctic island. Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and the French leader said they will meet in the semi-autonomous Danish territory on June 15, hosted by Greenland’s new Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen. The talks between the leaders will focus on North Atlantic and Arctic security, climate change, energy transition and critical minerals, the French presidency said in…

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A federal appeals court is allowing the Trump White House to ban the Associated Press from the Oval Office and other restricted spaces for now in a ruling that blocked a lower court’s ruling that claimed the ban was unconstitutional. In a 2-1 order, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia granted in part a stay of the lower court’s April 8 ruling that declared the content-based ban unconstitutional. Both of the judges who ruled in the administration’s favor were nominated by President Trump in his first term. “We grant in part the government’s motion for a stay pending…

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Whenever there’s a battle of the experts, it’s the jurors who hold the winning hand, according to a retired Massachusetts judge. And that’s shaping up to be the case in Karen Read’s retrial on murder charges in the death of her former boyfriend, 46-year-old Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe.Read, 45, is accused of hitting him with an SUV and leaving outside a house party at 34 Fairview Road in Canton, Massachusetts, as he died of a skull fracture and hypothermia during a blizzard on Jan. 29, 2022.CROSS-EXAMINATION EXPOSES GAPS IN DEFENSE EXPERT’S CRASH…

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Tiff Macklem is wearing an Edmonton Oilers pin as he reflects on coming very close to beating big odds. It’s a significant day for the governor of the Bank of Canada: he’s just laid out his reasons to the entire country and a global audience for keeping the central bank’s benchmark interest rate steady for a second straight time.That night is also Game 1 of the NHL’s Stanley Cup finals; Macklem ends his press conference with a hearty “Go Oilers!”It’s a rematch from last year’s heartbreak, when the Oilers came oh-so-close to mounting a seemingly impossible four-game comeback against the…

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