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7Apr By AdminsNo Comments

ASX recovers but $100 billion still wiped out

The Australian Stock Exchange recovered slightly after a massive opening loss of $160 billion today, but has still lost $100 billion for the day as of about midday AEST. The ASX 200 fell 6.4 per cent to a 16-month low of 7177.3 after the exchange opened at 10am. At about noon, it was down 3.7 per cent at 7383.1, rebounding from that low. There are fears the ASX could face another wipeout today. (Getty) Mining companies and the big four banks were among the biggest drops, which came even after the ASX-200 opened at a 100-day low of 7453.90. Asian markets also plunged today, deepening a global stocks rout triggered by US President Donald Trump's trade war. Japan's benchmark Nikkei fell by more than eight per cent shortly after opening. The share average, ...
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29Mar By AdminsNo Comments

Dutton and Albanese both get heckled on campaign trail

Both the prime minister and opposition leader have been heckled during their campaign stops this morning in Brisbane. Opposition Leader Peter Dutton was confronted by protesters from the environmental group Rising Tide outside the XXXX Brewery in Brisbane. A protester later identified as Natalie Lindner confronted Dutton and said: "Nuclear and gas will drive up energy bills. Why are you lying to the Australian people?" Peter Dutton in Brisbane today. (Nine) Peter Dutton has been promoting the coalition's energy policies throughout the day. The interruption is the second time anti-nuclear gatecrashers have disturbed Dutton. Earlier in the day, the prime minister was also heckled at a press conference at an urgent care clinic. A young man interrupted a pr...
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29Mar By AdminsNo Comments

King Charles III seen in public one day after hospitalisation for cancer treatment side effects

King Charles III smiled and waved to members of the public on Friday as he left his home in London, the day after a brief hospitalisation for the side effects from his cancer treatment. The King's appointments for the day were cancelled following his "short period of observation in hospital" on Thursday, Buckingham Palace said. The King's health has been closely watched ever since early last year when he announced that he had been diagnosed with an undisclosed form of cancer. King Charles III is driven by car from Clarence House, his London home, along The Mall towards Buckingham Palace in London, Friday, March 28, 2025 (Yui Mok/PA via AP) Charles was seen as he left Clarence House in the back of a black Audi. Tourist Julian Mati said he was relieved to see the...
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29Mar By AdminsNo Comments

Vance accuses Denmark of underinvesting in Greenland as Trump presses for US takeover of the island

US Vice President JD Vance said on Friday that Denmark has "underinvested" in Greenland's security and demanded that Denmark change its approach as President Donald Trump continues to talk of taking over the Danish territory. The pointed remarks came as Vance visited US troops on Pituffik Space Base on the mineral-rich, strategically critical island. "Our message to Denmark is very simple: You have not done a good job by the people of Greenland," Vance said. Vice President JD Vance, right, and second lady Usha Vance arrive at Pituffik Space Base in Greenland, Friday, March 28, 2025. (Jim Watson/Pool via AP) (AP) "You have underinvested in the people of Greenland, and you have underinvested in the security architecture of this incredible, beautiful landmass filled wi...
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29Mar By AdminsNo Comments

Utah bans fluoride in public drinking water, a first in the US

Utah has become the first US state to ban fluoride in public drinking water, pushing past opposition from dentists and national health organisations who warn the move will lead to medical problems that disproportionately affect low-income communities. Republican Governor Spencer Cox signed legislation on Thursday barring cities and communities from deciding whether to add the mineral to their water systems. Florida, Ohio and South Carolina are considering similar measures, while in New Hampshire, North Dakota and Tennessee, lawmakers have rejected them. A bill in Kentucky to make fluoridation optional stalled in the state Senate. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Donald Trump's choice to be Secretary of Health and Human Services, appears before the Senate Finance Commit...
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22Mar By AdminsNo Comments

Trump signs executive order to dismantle the US Education Department

US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order calling for the dismantling of the federal Education Department, advancing a campaign promise to take apart an agency that's been a longtime target of conservatives. Trump has derided the Education Department as wasteful and polluted by liberal ideology. However, completing its dismantling is most likely impossible without an act of Congress, which created the department in 1979. Republicans said they will introduce a bill to achieve that. The department, however, is not set to close completely. The White House said the department will retain certain critical functions. US President Donald Trump holds up a signed executive order calling for the scrapping of the Education Department at the White House on Thursday...
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