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A chorus of Australia’s best swimmers are voicing their struggles with the post-Olympic blues.

TRADE TENSIONS AND TARIFFS Japan, a key US ally and its largest investor, has been subject to a baseline 10 per cent tariff imposed by Trump on most trading partners, as well as steeper levies on autos, steel and aluminium. In April, Trump announced an additional 24 per cent “reciprocal” tariff on Japanese imports but paused enforcement until July. Despite five rounds of talks, both sides remain far apart. Japan insists that all Trump-announced tariffs must be lifted for any agreement to proceed. “Our position remains unchanged,” Ishiba said. Tokyo’s trade envoy Ryosei Akazawa had earlier told reporters in Washington…

The survivor of the Air India Flight 171 crash Thursday revealed he miraculously survived by escaping through a broken emergency exit.There were 242 people on board the Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, bound for London, that crashed shortly after takeoff in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad, smashing in a fiery blast into a medical college hostel, killing and injuring more people on the ground.The plane crashed into a hostel for the B.J. Medical College and Civil Hospital (BJMC). As a result, four students at BJMC died, six relatives of resident doctors died and 24 are undergoing treatment, the Federation of All India Medical Associations…

Hossein Salami, who was appointed to lead the IRGC in 2019, among the most senior figures killed by Israel.Hossein Salami, the commander of Iran’s elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), was among the senior Iranian officials killed in Israel’s sweeping air strikes that began on Thursday. A longtime confidant of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Salami rose up the ranks in Iran, becoming head of the IRGC in 2019, when he replaced Mohammad Ali Jafari. Like many of his contemporaries, Salami’s formative years came during the Iran-Iraq war that pitted the neighbours against each other and killed hundreds of thousands…

Washington — President Trump on Friday urged Iran to “make a deal, before there is nothing left” after Israel launched roughly 200 strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities, senior military leaders and research scientists, the opening attacks in what Israeli officials said is part of a major operation against Iran.Iran launched barrages of missiles against targets in Israel in retaliation on Friday, and the U.S. helped Israel intercept the missiles, U.S. officials confirmed. Earlier in the day, Mr. Trump urged Iran to agree to new restrictions on its nuclear program while it still can. The president has previously said Iran cannot be allowed…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A former Texas megachurch pastor is being sued by a woman who claims he sexually assaulted and abused her when she was 12 years old.The suit, filed this week in Dallas County District court, accuses Gateway Church founder Robert Morris and others of libel, malice, defamation, slander, failure to report, civil conspiracy, intentional infliction of emotional distress and unjust enrichment.They are seeking more than $1 million in damages. Pastor Robert Morris applauds during a roundtable discussion at Gateway Church Dallas Campus, Thursday, Jun. 11, 2020, in Dallas. A statement issued on Tuesday,…

Railway operator CN Rail warns flooding could have “catastrophic impacts” on cross-country services in legal action it has filed to force Parks Canada to consider a protective barrier for its main line through Jasper National Park. Canadian National Railway Co. says in a Federal Court application that Parks Canada has wrongfully held up the work for nearly eight years by refusing to allow proposals to undergo environmental impact assessment.The railway says Parks Canada is opposed to a proposal to use gravel dredged from the river to construct an anti-flooding berm.The application filed last month says a portion of its main…

Championship leader Oscar Piastri was only 14th in first practice for the Canadian Grand Prix while Max Verstappen led the way and Charles Leclerc crashed.

A projectile struck central Tel Aviv, resulting in a massive explosion that sent plumes of smoke towering into the air.

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Former Democratic vice presidential nominee Gov. Tim Walz, D-Minn., is hoping for rain on Saturday during President Donald Trump’s military parade. During a “What’s Next: Conversations on the Path Forward” event hosted by the Center for American Progress (CAP), Walz told CEO Neera Tanden that he had never hoped for rain so much in his life. “I’m just going to confess to it,” Walz said. “It might get me in trouble. Whatever. I have never so hoped for rain in my life.”Trump is hosting a massive Flag Day military parade on Saturday to celebrate…