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Marles said that while the drills were in accordance with international law, China should have been less disruptive. He also said Australia was able to closely scrutinise the Chinese task force. “It’s fair to say that this was done in a bigger way than they have done before, but equally, that was meant from our point of view, by a much greater degree of surveillance than we’ve ever done,” he said. “From the moment that Chinese warships came within the vicinity of Australia, they were being tailed and tracked by Australian assets … we were very clear about what exercises China was undertaking and what capability…

As Israel’s devastating war on Gaza grinds on, pushed forward by a prime minister insistent that a goal of total military victory be met, the divisions within Israeli society are growing increasingly deeper. In the last few weeks, as Israeli peace activists and antiwar groups have stepped up their campaign against the conflict, supporters of the war have also increased their pressure to continue, whatever its humanitarian, political or diplomatic cost. Members of the military have published open letters protesting the political motivations for continuing the war on Gaza, or claiming that the latest offensive, which is systematically razing Gaza,…

SIMI VALLEY, CALIFORNIA – Secretary of Energy Chris Wright said that the Biden administration “strangled” the state of Alaska with restrictions and red tape that was beyond levels imposed on North Korea, Iran and Venezuela combined. “Alaska, a state that has had more sanctions, more restrictions on production of oil and gas in Alaska than everything we did to Iran and Venezuela and North Korea if they produced any combined. You know, the last administration just strangled Alaska. This awesome state of immense natural resources,” Wright said from the Reagan National Economic Forum in Simi Valley, California. Wright joined the inaugural Reagan…

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Little, Brown & Co. We may receive an affiliate commission from anything you buy from this article.Former President Bill Clinton and bestselling author James Patterson previously collaborated on thrillers set in the White House: “The President Is Missing” and “The President’s Daughter,” both #1 New York Times bestsellers. Now they’ve joined forces for their third novel, “The First Gentleman” (to be published June 2 by Little, Brown & Co.). In their latest thriller, the president of the United States is running for re-election while her husband stands trial for murder. Read an excerpt below, and don’t miss Tracy Smith’s interview…

Hester Peirce, commissioner of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), speaks during the DC Blockchain Summit in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, May 24, 2022.Valerie Plesch | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesLAS VEGAS — Now that the SEC is out of the business of regulating meme coins, investors shouldn’t expect any guidance on $TRUMP, according to Hester Peirce, one of the agency’s veteran commissioners.The SEC said in February that it does not deem most meme coins securities under U.S. federal law. That took the crypto tokens out of its purview just weeks after President Donald Trump launched his own meme coin…

Alf Clausen, the Emmy-winning composer whose music provided essential accompaniment for the animated antics of The Simpsons for 27 years, has died aged 84.His daughter Kaarin Clausen told The Associated Press that Alf Clausen died on Thursday at his home in Los Angeles after struggling with Parkinson’s disease for about a decade.Clausen, who also scored TV series including Moonlighting and Alf (“no relation”, he used to joke) was nominated for 30 Emmy Awards, 21 of them for The Simpsons, winning twice.Al Jean, an early Simpsons writer who was one of the key creative figures on the show in the 1990s,…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Taylor Swift is now the rightful owner of all of her music, and Patrick and Brittany Mahomes are loving it.The pop icon bought her catalog of recordings, originally released through Big Machine Records, from their most recent owner, the private equity firm Shamrock Capital, regaining control of her entire body of work.Swift posted a letter to her website about the news and implored her 281 million Instagram followers to read it in a post captioned, “You belong with me,” a reference to one of her hit songs. The post was a photo…

China’s drills near the Scarborough Shoal came as South Korea announced finding new Chinese buoys in the Yellow Sea.China’s navy has conducted “combat readiness patrols” near the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea, while South Korean officials separately announced the discovery of more Chinese buoys in contested waters in the Yellow Sea. The Southern Theatre Command of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) conducted the drills in the “territorial waters and airspace of China’s Huangyan Island and surrounding areas”, state-run news outlet Xinhua reported on Saturday, using China’s name for the Scarborough Shoal. The report said the PLA had…

During an Oval Office send-off Friday marking the end of his formal role with the Trump administration, Elon Musk lashed out when asked about a New York Times report alleging he was a frequent user of the drug ketamine during the 2024 campaign.”The New York Times. Is that the same publication that got a Pulitzer Prize for false reporting on the Russiagate?” Musk asked while standing alongside President Trump, cutting off a question from Fox News reporter Peter Doocy about the Times. “Let’s move on.”Musk’s remarks came on the same day that the Times reported he used ketamine — which…