Australia news live: Victorian Liberals announce plan for new appeals court to ensure tougher sentences
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Australia news live: Victorian Liberals announce plan for new appeals court to ensure tougher sentences

New court of criminal appeal would give effect to new bail and sentencing laws, opposition leader says. Follow livePowerhouse Parramatta – a museum and gallery project 12 years and $915 million in the making – has unveiled its inaugural exhibition program. The five exhibitions focus on “immersive” experiences, including 3D cityscape, a crystal tunnel, and historic aeroplanes.Powerhouse describes t...

Australia news live: Victorian Liberals announce plan to for new appeals court to ensure tougher sentences

Australia news live: Victorian Liberals announce plan to for new appeals court to ensure tougher sentences

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New court of criminal appeal would give effect to new bail and sentencing laws, opposition leader says. Follow liveThe Victorian Liberals have announced that, if elected, they will split the court of appeal into two and appoint a new judges to set precedent they say will match “community expectations”.The opposition leader, Jess Wilson, will today announce a plan to split the existing court of app...

Panama Canal to reduce shipping over El Nino-fuelled drought

Panama Canal to reduce shipping over El Nino-fuelled drought

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The Panama Canal will cut the number of ships passing through it starting next month because of drought caused by the El Nino phenomenon, the operator of the strategic waterway linking the Atlantic and Pacific said on Thursday. From September 3, the number of vessels allowed through each day will fall from 36 to 34 due to low water levels in two artificial lakes that feed the canal, the Panama Can...

India rescues 2 Chinese nationals from sunken cargo ship, searches for others

India rescues 2 Chinese nationals from sunken cargo ship, searches for others

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⁠India’s coastguard ⁠and navy continued search-and-rescue operations off the eastern coast on Sunday after a Panama-flagged cargo vessel carrying 24 crew sank, with two Chinese nationals rescued, a ‌senior official said. The two rescued Chinese seafarers said the vessel developed a list on Friday and sank within eight minutes, forcing crew to abandon ship, Shyam Jagannathan, director general of In...

India launches rescue mission as Panama-flagged cargo ship sinks off east coast

India launches rescue mission as Panama-flagged cargo ship sinks off east coast

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India’s maritime rescue agency lost communication on Saturday with a Panama-flagged cargo vessel that sank off the coast of eastern ‌India, the Indian coastguard said. The vessel had 24 crew on board, including 20 Chinese nationals, three Myanmar nationals and one Bangladeshi, according to Commandant Amit Uniyal, a spokesman for the coastguard. The coastguard sent two vessels for the search-and-re...

8/22: CBS Weekend News

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Canada announces retaliatory tariffs on U.S; Thousands in Gary, Indiana, still without power.

How Pacific nations walk a tightrope between Western security and Chinese trade

How Pacific nations walk a tightrope between Western security and Chinese trade

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On paper, Western countries are rushing to sign defence pacts in the South Pacific, ensuring their influence in a region long neglected as a geopolitical backwater. But on the water, the island nations are playing a very different game. Instead of taking sides, local leaders are leveraging the geopolitical tug of war between China and the West, winning security guarantees from the latter while Bei...

Nvidia customers notified of AI-related price rises above 15%

Nvidia customers notified of AI-related price rises above 15%

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Some of Nvidia’s biggest customers have been told that the prices of servers containing its artificial intelligence chips are going up more than 15 per cent in many cases with memory chip costs soaring. The price rises will go into effect on systems shipped early next year and will impact systems including those with the flagship Vera Rubin and Grace Blackwell chips, according to people familiar w...

Tropical Storm Moke poised to slam into Hawaii just days after Hurricane Lala

Tropical Storm Moke poised to slam into Hawaii just days after Hurricane Lala

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Weather service warns of flooding and mudslides, particularly in areas strongly affected by previous stormTropical Storm Moke is poised to slam into the south of Hawaii’s islands with forecasters predicting heavy rains and strong winds on Saturday evening, just days after the region was devastated by Hurricane Lala.The tropical storm is gathering strength as it advances west, according to the Nati...

Hong Kong must abandon superiority complex over mainland China

Hong Kong must abandon superiority complex over mainland China

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After many years in Hong Kong, with some sadness, I left the city for greener pastures, though my link with it remains an emotional one. When I moved my two dogs across the border to Shenzhen, I was told by agents, officials, even artificial intelligence, that the mainland bureaucracy would be rigid and unhelpful. My experience was the opposite. The young customs officers at Shenzhen Bay answered ...

Meghan’s casting in The Gentlemen reportedly withdrawn

Meghan’s casting in The Gentlemen reportedly withdrawn

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Duchess of Sussex was believed to have been under consideration for season three of Guy Ritchie’s crime caperMeghan Markle’s reported casting in Guy Ritchie’s The Gentlemen has been withdrawn, it was reported.Tina Brown, the former editor-in-chief of Vanity Fair and the New Yorker, wrote on Saturday: “I learned this morning that the casting of Meghan Markle in season 3 of Guy Ritchie’s Netflix ser...

Meghan Markle’s casting in The Gentlemen reportedly withdrawn after UK backlash

Meghan Markle’s casting in The Gentlemen reportedly withdrawn after UK backlash

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Duchess of Sussex was believed to have been under consideration for season three of Guy Ritchie’s crime caperMeghan Markle’s reported casting in Guy Ritchie’s The Gentlemen has been withdrawn, it was reported.Tina Brown, the former editor-in-chief of Vanity Fair and the New Yorker, wrote on Saturday: “I learned this morning that the casting of Meghan Markle in season 3 of Guy Ritchie’s Netflix ser...

Iran condemns US plans to announce new sanctions

Iran condemns US plans to announce new sanctions

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Iran on Saturday denounced US plans to announce ⁠new sanctions that could put further strain on the Islamic Republic’s economy and have an impact on its most important trading partners including China. Iran on Saturday warned countries against taking part in the United States’ “economic war” against the Islamic Republic, saying they would be considered enemies. “We declare to all countries … do no...