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ALP announces sweeping changes to student work placements as Gaza war looms large at party conference

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-22T12:30:14+00:00

Anthony Albanese will cast ‘practical’ policies as the key to countering the anxiety and frustration in AustraliaGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastStudents in 10 fields including physiotherapy, speech pathology and clinical psychology will receive financial assistance to complete mandatory placements under a major expansion of the federal government’s paid work experience program.The prime minister, Anthony Albanese, will make the announcement in a speech to open the Labor national conference on Thursday, which will cast “practical” policies as the key to combating the

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Gold climbs to two-week high as investors watch West Asia conflict

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-22T12:29:13+00:00

The current rebound in prices is likely to face headwinds from volatile energy prices, but ‌the $4,000 per ounce level continues to provide strong technical support

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British woman jailed in Hong Kong after making false rape allegations

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-22T12:28:15+00:00

Isabel Rose, 26, given six-year sentence for blackmail and perverting course of justice after accusing British bankerA British woman who reported being raped to police in Hong Kong has been sentenced to six years in prison for blackmail and perverting the course of public justice.Isabel Rose, 26, from south-east London, travelled to Hong Kong in early 2024 to visit a British banker she had met while travelling in south-east Asia. Continue reading...

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British woman jailed in Hong Kong for blackmail after accusing banker of rape

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-22T12:28:15+00:00

Isabel Rose, 26, sentenced to six years for blackmail and perverting course of public justice over her allegations against British manA British woman who reported being raped to police in Hong Kong has been sentenced to six years in prison for blackmail and perverting the course of public justice.Isabel Rose, 26, from south-east London, travelled to Hong Kong in early 2024 to visit a British banker she had met while travelling in south-east Asia. Continue reading...

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La misteriosa morte a Ibiza del dj Francesco Forzieri la notte del compleanno. Il corpo nel porto

Source: Repubblica Homepage · Published: 2026-07-22T12:20:34+00:00

Aveva 33 anni, era originario di Lucera (Foggia). Lavorava da cameriere e contestualmente portava avanti l'attività musicale. Le autorità l'hanno trovato senza vita nelle acque del porto. Mistero sulle cause di morte, per le quali è stata disposta l'autopsia. La famiglia: “Faremo di tutto per scoprire la verità”

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Jessica Morgan named new Tate director – with ‘big pay cut‘ to take job

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-22T12:11:31+00:00

Clear frontrunner leaves lucrative role at New York’s Dia Art Foundation to join UK arts organisation at critical junctureJessica Morgan has been confirmed as the new director of Tate, marking her return to the arts organisation where she worked as a curator for more than a decade, at a critical juncture in its history.Morgan, the clear frontrunner in the race to replace Maria Balshaw, who left this spring after nine years in charge, is currently based in New York, where she has led the Dia Art Foundation since 2015. Continue reading...

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NHS trust investigated for corporate manslaughter after Nottingham attacks

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-22T12:04:04+00:00

Police open investigation into Nottinghamshire service that treated Valdo Calocane, who killed three people in 2023The NHS trust that treated the triple killer Valdo Calocane in the years before the Nottingham attacks is being investigated by police for corporate manslaughter.Calocane, who has paranoid schizophrenia, was sentenced to an indefinite hospital order after he fatally stabbed the 19-year-old students Barnaby Webber and Grace O’Malley Kumar, and the 65-year-old caretaker Ian Coates, on 13 June 2023. Continue reading...

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Trump administration says 15 agencies will get $5bn in ‘AI for science’ effort

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-22T11:51:44+00:00

Administration will also overhaul how US government funds federal research by supporting individual scientists and AI over universitiesThe US will spend $5bn to tackle longstanding scientific problems across multiple fields using AI, ⁠the Trump administration said in a statement on Wednesday. The agencies will use the funding to identify the root causes ⁠of chronic diseases, accelerate drug ⁠discovery and ​develop longer-lasting building materials, among other tasks, according to the statement.Scientists will have access to the Department of Energy’s supercomputers, AI and specialized ⁠dataset

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$37.5bn cost of Iran war revealed as senator warns of ‘another forever war’ | First Thing

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-22T11:50:13+00:00

Pete Hegseth reveals costs so far as Trump administration seeks more funding. Plus, rediscovered plane wreck that changed flying for everGood morning.The US defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, has told the Senate that the US-Israel war on Iran has cost $37.5bn so far, as he faced lawmakers furious over the conflict’s soaring price tag and the deaths last week of three American service members. He defended the Trump administration’s roughly $88bn supplemental funding request, calling it “urgent, necessary”.What is happening in Iran? The Iranian foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, has described how h

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Andy Burnham announces review of prisoner early release scheme

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-22T11:49:19+00:00

PM says he wants to be sure everything concerning controversial policy has been looked at before it goes aheadUK politics live – latest updatesAndy Burnham has said he will review the government’s controversial prisoner early release scheme with the justice secretary.The scheme, under which thousands of prisoners are to serve shorter sentences after new laws were passed to address a prison overcrowding crisis, is due to begin in September. Continue reading...

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Six beluga whales finally leave embattled Canadian marine park

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-22T11:48:32+00:00

Whales flown to US aquariums after long-running saga in which Marineland had threatened to euthanise cetaceansSix beluga whales have at last left Marineland, the embattled Canadian marine park in Niagara Falls that previously threatened to kill its own animals, and are arriving at US aquariums this week.While the whales’ journey into the US marks the end of their long and controversial saga of captivity in Canada, advocates say the new conditions, though superior to Marineland, could bring continued challenges. Continue reading...

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US renews strikes on Iran as Tehran claims no nuclear activity at site threatened by Trump – Middle East crisis live

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-22T11:45:02+00:00

US military completes 11th night of strikes as attacks overshadow diplomatic efforts in Pakistan to salvage interim ceasefire dealWhat is Pickaxe Mountain, Iran’s underground nuclear facility?The Jordanian army said it intercepted four Iranian missiles on Wednesday with two additional missile falling in an open area, AFP reports.The two missiles that the army did not intercept fell in “two remote, uninhabited areas, without causing any human casualties or material damage” the army said in a statement. Continue reading...

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Australia to warn China it won’t be bullied by ‘provocative‘ actions as it builds military and nuclear arsenal

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-22T11:40:08+00:00

Foreign minister Penny Wong will deliver speech criticising China’s recent launch of a nuclear-capable submarine-launched missileGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastPenny Wong will warn China that Australia and other neighbouring nations will not be bullied by its “provocative” actions, after its involvement in another “destabilising and dangerous” incident this week.The foreign affairs minister – who will deliver the address on Thursday in the Philippines, where the 59th Asean foreign minister’s meeting is being held – will also caution world leaders against placing a t

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Фронтальна чи вертикальна: яка пральна машина краще справляється з плямами

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-07-22T11:40:00+00:00

Експерти з побутової техніки порівняли пральні машини з вертикальним і фронтальним завантаженням. Виявляється, справа не лише в зручності: різні машини потрібні для різних типів одягу.

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