IMF downgrades Australian economic forecast amid fears of interest rate hike
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IMF downgrades Australian economic forecast amid fears of interest rate hike

Global financial institution predicts Australia’s GDP will grow to just 1.6% in 2027 as Treasury faces rising energy costs and inflationGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe International Monetary Fund has downgraded its forecast for Australia’s economic growth in 2027, warning the Reserve Bank may have to hike interest rates further to get price pressures back under contr...

Teenage boys charged with murder after alleged mistaken identity shooting of Sydney student
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Teenage boys charged with murder after alleged mistaken identity shooting of Sydney student

Boys aged 14 and 16 charged after Marco Tapia, 23, was killed inside his family’s home in Glen AlpineFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTwo teenage boys have been charged with murder after the shooting death of a university student in Sydney this month, which police say was a case of mistaken identity.Marco Tapia, 23, wa...

Two teenage boys charged with murder after alleged mistaken identity shooting death of Sydney student
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Two teenage boys charged with murder after alleged mistaken identity shooting death of Sydney student

Boys aged 14 and 16 charged after Marco Tapia, 23, was killed inside his family’s home in Glen AlpineFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTwo teenage boys have been charged with murder after the shooting death of a university student in Sydney this month, which police say was a case of mistaken identity.Marco Tapia, 23, wa...

US Congress passes bill targeting Russia’s leading energy buyers – China and India
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US Congress passes bill targeting Russia’s leading energy buyers – China and India

The US Congress on Wednesday passed a bill to strengthen sanctions on Russia by targeting Moscow’s leading energy buyers – China and India – just days before Chinese President Xi Jinping is due to arrive in Washington for a bilateral summit with President Donald Trump. The US House of Representatives cleared the “Lindsey Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026” by a 262-159 vote, making its...

Australian politics live: Joyce dubs Burke ‘greatest no-show since Amelia Earhart’; Canavan defends Brethren church election involvement

Australian politics live: Joyce dubs Burke ‘greatest no-show since Amelia Earhart’; Canavan defends Brethren church election involvement

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Follow the day’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastBarnaby Joyce says Labor is copying and pasting One Nation’s homework because the measures we know so far around blocking the families of international students and preventing visa hopping have some similarity to what Pauline Hanson is suggesting.Speaking to the Today show a little earlier, Joyce says Burke’s last...

King Charles responds to criticism from Princess Diana’s brother in rare move

King Charles responds to criticism from Princess Diana’s brother in rare move

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Britain’s King Charles took the unusual step ⁠on Wednesday of ⁠responding to criticism by ⁠the brother of his late first wife Diana, saying via a spokesman that grief could impact reason, judgment and memory. The assertions, made in a soon-to-be published book, relate to the now-monarch’s ‌conduct in the days after Diana’s death in 1997. Diana was killed at the age of 36 when the car carrying her ...

US lawmakers pass bill giving Trump more power to sanction Russia and its enablers

US lawmakers pass bill giving Trump more power to sanction Russia and its enablers

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Act divides Democrats and Republicans, with some saying it gives president power that could be turned against US alliesThe US Congress has passed a sweeping bill allowing Donald Trump to raise tariffs on top buyers of Russian energy and issue other punishing sanctions against the Kremlin following a pitched battle between lawmakers backing Ukraine and sceptics worried the bill gives the president ...

Australian politics live: People with child support debts to be banned from leaving Australia; Canavan defends Brethren church election involvement

Australian politics live: People with child support debts to be banned from leaving Australia; Canavan defends Brethren church election involvement

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Follow the day’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastBarnaby Joyce says Labor is copying and pasting One Nation’s homework because the measures we know so far around blocking the families of international students and preventing visa hopping have some similarity to what Pauline Hanson is suggesting.Speaking to the Today show a little earlier, Joyce says Burke’s last...

US House holds billionaire Epstein associate Leon Black in contempt of Congress

US House holds billionaire Epstein associate Leon Black in contempt of Congress

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The US House of Representatives on Wednesday held billionaire investor Leon Black in contempt of Congress for defying two subpoenas in its investigation into sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The measure passed by unanimous consent and will be referred to the Justice Department, which will decide whether to pursue criminal charges.

9/16: CBS Evening News

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Patrick Clancy sits down with 60 Minutes; Details on news helicopter crash, killing 3.

US government paid federal employees $9.5bn not to work amid Doge cuts – report

US government paid federal employees $9.5bn not to work amid Doge cuts – report

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GAO report shows how use paid administrative leave rose by 435% from 2023 to 2025 and incurred a sixfold costThe US government paid federal workers $9.5bn not to work in 2025 as part of the Trump administration’s attempts to shrink the federal workforce.As part of efforts by the “department of government efficiency” (Doge), spearheaded by Elon Musk, federal agencies’ use of paid administrative lea...

Australian politics live: Labor says people with child support debts to be banned from leaving Australia; Burke to reveal new immigration rules

Australian politics live: Labor says people with child support debts to be banned from leaving Australia; Burke to reveal new immigration rules

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Follow the day’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastBarnaby Joyce says Labor is copying and pasting One Nation’s homework because the measures we know so far around blocking the families of international students and preventing visa hopping have some similarity to what Pauline Hanson is suggesting.Speaking to the Today show a little earlier, Joyce says Burke’s last...

Huawei accused of stealing robot tech to get hands on T-Mobile’s trade secrets

Huawei accused of stealing robot tech to get hands on T-Mobile’s trade secrets

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The criminal trial of Huawei Technologies on racketeering charges shifted this week into a slower, more laborious pace in what is expected to be a weeks-long trial as the US Government sought to establish on Wednesday that Huawei was intent on learning about a proprietary robot developed by US telecommunications carrier T-Mobile. Matthew Skurnik, assistant US attorney for the Eastern District of N...

China’s rocket boom has made Hainan a space hub. Can launches fuel wider growth?

China’s rocket boom has made Hainan a space hub. Can launches fuel wider growth?

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As technological developments augur an era of renewed space exploration, China is aiming to become a major player. In the first part of this two-part series, Wency Chen and Mia Nurmamat examine how the southern island province of Hainan is betting on a growing aerospace cluster to rewrite its economic playbook beyond tourism. On Hainan’s northeastern coast, launch towers rise abruptly from a flat ...

China’s rocket boom turns Hainan into a space hub. Can launches fuel wider growth?

China’s rocket boom turns Hainan into a space hub. Can launches fuel wider growth?

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As technological developments augur an era of renewed space exploration, China is aiming to become a major player. In the first part of this two-part series, Wency Chen and Mia Nurmamat examine how Hainan province is betting on a growing aerospace cluster to rewrite its economic playbook beyond tourism. On Hainan’s northeastern coast, launch towers rise abruptly from a flat landscape of coconut pa...

Exiled Nicaraguan journalist Luis Galeano detained by ICE in Florida

Exiled Nicaraguan journalist Luis Galeano detained by ICE in Florida

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Galeano, who has had asylum application pending for about seven years, was pulled over by agents while driving for LyftVeteran journalist Luis Galeano, one of at least 94 Nicaraguans whom the Ortega Murillo regime has stripped of citizenship in recent years for opposing the government, has been detained by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).Galeano, who has continued critically reporting...

US must prepare to fight around moon, top Trump military adviser says

US must prepare to fight around moon, top Trump military adviser says

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American troops need to prepare for combat not only in Earth’s orbit but around the moon, President Donald Trump’s top military adviser said on Wednesday, looking ahead to a new frontier in warfare after the US revealed for the first time that it has deployed weapons in space. General Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told service members and industry figures at the Air, Space and ...

US must prepare to fight around moon, Trump’s top military adviser says

US must prepare to fight around moon, Trump’s top military adviser says

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American troops need to prepare for combat not only in Earth’s orbit but around the moon, President Donald Trump’s top military adviser said on Wednesday, looking ahead to a new frontier in warfare after the US revealed for the first time that it has deployed weapons in space. General Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told service members and industry figures at the Air, Space and ...

US troops must prepare to fight around the moon, Trump’s top military adviser says

US troops must prepare to fight around the moon, Trump’s top military adviser says

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American troops need to prepare for combat not only in Earth’s orbit but around the moon, President Donald Trump’s top military adviser said on Wednesday, looking ahead to a new frontier in warfare after the US revealed for the first time that it has deployed weapons in space. General Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told service members and industry figures at the Air, Space and ...

US Federal Reserve defies Trump with interest rate hike

US Federal Reserve defies Trump with interest rate hike

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The US Federal Reserve has raised its key interest rates for the first time in three years, as it seeks to bring down high inflation. The policy decision sets up a potential confrontation between Chairman Kevin Warsh and President Donald Trump, who has repeatedly called on the central bank to cut interest rates. Also in the show - France extends fuel subsidies as fishermens' protests gather moment...

Ed Sheeran's tour in trouble after opening acts drop out in solidarity with rapper Macklemore

Ed Sheeran's tour in trouble after opening acts drop out in solidarity with rapper Macklemore

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Ed Sheeran's tour of North and South America has been roiled by the decision this week to drop Macklemore as an opener because of the rapper's onstage pro-Palestinian comments. Since then, all of Sheeran's other supporting acts have dropped out, including a group that plays with Sheeran during part of the show. FRANCE 24's Monte Francis speaks with David Jackson, Professor of Political Science at ...