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The foreign minister has condemned comments from an Israeli minister calling for Gaza to be cleansed, calling on Israel to stop the suffering of innocent Palestinians.Penny Wong added Australia’s voice to a choir of countries calling for Israel to stop blockading aid into Gaza where more than two million people face starvation.Senator Wong said a United Nations report that thousands of babies were at risk of imminent death as a result of Israel’s 11-week blockade that prevented food and medical supplies entering Gaza was “horrifying”.”The Israeli government cannot allow the suffering to continue,” she said in a statement on Wednesday.”Australia…

At the same time, the US is aiming to overhaul rules on the export of AI chips. It will reportedly enhance American AI hardware across the world, with safeguards, to ensure that companies building data centres in Southeast Asia or the Middle East do not turn to Chinese alternatives.  Washington has sought in recent years to curb exports of advanced AI chips to China, concerned that they could be used to advance Beijing’s military systems and erode the US’ AI dominance. CAUGHT IN US-CHINA AI RACE Malaysia has become a hub for data centre development, particularly in the southern state…

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Just when you thought Eurovision had reached peak absurdity – with its glitter-drenched cliches, outlandish lyrics, and performances that make your local karaoke night look refined – it sank even lower in 2025. This year, Israel not only participated amid its ongoing assault on Gaza and international law, it nearly won. In the lead-up to the contest, activists across Europe called for Israel’s exclusion. Seventy-two former Eurovision contestants signed an open letter demanding that Israel – and its national broadcaster, KAN – be banned. Protests, petitions, and campaigns swept across the continent, urging the contest to uphold its supposed values…

Are there any Democrats out there who aren’t running for president? Sure doesn’t seem that way.Back in the day, potential candidates would deny even thinking about it.I remember interviewing Marco Rubio in a Senate hallway about whether he might run in 2016. He denied even contemplating it. I knew it was bull. He knew it was bull. And, of course, he ran–and lost to Donald Trump.It’s like when candidates or officeholders say they never look at polls, or offer some bromide on how the only poll that counts is Election Day. Hogwash. They all look at polls, erratic as they…

Retail buyers came out in full force in the trading session following Moody’s downgrade of the U.S. credit rating, continuing their dip-buying pattern throughout recent volatility. Individual investors bought a net $4.1 billion worth of stocks on Monday from the open through 12:30 p.m. ET, the largest level ever for the time of day and a more than 11 standard deviation move, according to data from JPMorgan’s trading desk. They closed the session with $5.4 billion net purchases. The retail cohort was also responsible for 36% of total trading volume Monday, marking another record, JPMorgan said. .SPX 1D mountain S…

Emergency services are responding to a serious motorcycle crash on Canning Highway.WA Police, St John WA and the Department of Fire and Emergency Services rushed to the scene after reports of a crash between a motorcycle and car at the intersection of Canning Highway and Berwick Street, Victoria Park, about 2.20pm on Wednesday.The male rider has serious injuries.Canning Highway westbound at Berwick Street has been closed, while Canning Highway eastbound has been reduced to a single lane.Main Roads has reported heavy traffic with drivers warned to avoid the area.

QUETTA, Pakistan: At least four children were killed on Wednesday (May 21) and over 30 wounded in a suspected suicide bombing that targeted a bus carrying students from a military run school in southwestern Pakistan, officials said. “A bus carrying children of the (Army Public School) was targeted with a bomb, the nature of which is still being determined,” Yasir Iqbal Dashti, a senior local government official in Khuzdar district of Balochistan province, told AFP. “The initial probe suggests it was a suicide bombing,” he added. A senior police official confirmed the death toll to AFP on condition of anonymity,…

Tea is the most popular drink in the world other than water. It beats out coffee and beer, which hold second and third place. May 21 is designated as International Tea Day by the United Nations, marking the significance and value of the drink globally, not just economically but culturally too. Tea plays a meaningful role in many societies. From Tibetan po cha to a good old English breakfast brew, tea is considered a unifying and hospitable beverage. While the exact origins of tea are unknown, it is believed to have originated in northeast India, northern Myanmar and southwest China,…

Immigration lawyers told a federal judge on Tuesday that they received information indicating the U.S. government may have put migrants from countries like Myanmar and Vietnam on a deportation flight to South Sudan, an eastern African nation plagued by conflict and political instability. In an emergency filing to the federal district court in Massachusetts, the attorneys said the reported deportation flight to South Sudan would directly violate a ruling issued by U.S. District Court Judge Brian Murphy that barred the Trump administration from deporting migrants to third countries without affording them certain due process rights. The lawyers said any migrant deported to…