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Australian politics live: Lambie says AI companies ‘like dinosaurs in Jurassic Park testing fences’; PM told to take responsibility for interest rate rises

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-09-16T04:52:14+00:00

Follow the day’s news liveGet our new political email, free app or daily news podcastSports precinct funding report reveals a ‘pattern of behaviour’, Wilson saysTim Wilson says there are questions for Labor to answer over an ABC report which says health minister Mark Butler’s office asked an Adelaide council to put forward a $6m sports precinct upgrade for federal funding before any detailed costings or formal planning had been done.I think what we’re now seeing is a pattern of behaviour. The prime minister gave a grant to a golf course in his electorate just around the corner from his home, o

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Crude oil prices slip as US inventories rise

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-09-16T04:38:33+00:00

Brent fell 0.84% to $107.84 and WTI declined 1.15% to $104.61 as traders awaited official US inventory data from the EIA.

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NBC helicopter crash in LA kills at least three people with others injured

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-09-16T04:32:48+00:00

Accident occurred as news crews in Los Angeles were covering a bus crash that had killed at least two people hours earlierA news helicopter crash in a Los Angeles neighborhood has killed at least three people, after it came to the ground and burst into flames near the site of a bus crash that occurred hours earlier.The helicopter crashed near a one-storey commercial building in the neighborhood of Chatsworth in the San Fernando Valley, as news crews were covering the bus crash that left at least two people dead and six others injured, according the Los Angeles Fire Department. Continue reading

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Elmedin Konakovic, ministre des affaires étrangères de Bosnie-Herzégovine : « La glorification de Ratko Mladic en Serbie constitue un signal politique préoccupant pour la paix et la sécurité de l’Europe du Sud-Est »

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-09-16T04:30:06+00:00

En organisant des funérailles nationales pour un criminel de guerre condamné, Budapest a élevé celui-ci au rang de héros national, alors même que le pays est candidat à l’entrée dans l’Union européenne. Cela devrait pousser tous les dirigeants du continent à réagir fermement, estime M. Konakovic, dans une tribune au « Monde ».

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Rupee falls 3 paise to 95.91 against US dollar in early trade

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-09-16T04:26:49+00:00

The higher dollar index is attributed to market expectations of a hike in interest rate by the US Federal Reserve, which will announce its monetary policy decision on Wednesday

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Crude oil prices slip to $108 as US inventories rise

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-09-16T04:14:50+00:00

Brent fell 0.67% to $108.02 and WTI declined 1.04% to $104.73 as traders awaited official US inventory data from the EIA.

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Can an Island Nation’s Rugby Dreams Change Its Fortunes?

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-09-16T04:01:21+00:00

In Papua New Guinea, love for rugby league football borders on religion. The country’s leaders and its neighbor, Australia, want to harness the game for geopolitics, and to improve lives.

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UK mathematician debunks myth around Parthenon’s optical illusions

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-09-16T04:01:09+00:00

Study challenges belief that temple’s curves were designed to correct optical illusions that would have ruined its clean linesA mathematician has uncovered what may be one of the longest-running myths in history after studying optical illusions and the Parthenon, the famed Greek temple that overlooks Athens.Scholars have marvelled at the building on the Acropolis hill for more than 2,000 years and heaped praise on its architects for their clever use of geometry. Its subtle curves are said to correct optical illusions that would have otherwise ruined the Parthenon’s clean lines. Continue readin

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Airlines should pay for CO2 removal if Heathrow expands, say climate advisers

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-09-16T04:00:12+00:00

Climate Change Committee says government cannot expand airport without requiring aviation industry to clean up its emissions Heathrow airport should be allowed to expand only if airlines pay for the removal of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, the government’s climate advisers have said.Building a third runway and new terminals, as some in government want to do, would breach the UK’s carbon budgets and make reaching net zero by 2050 impossible, on current policies, according to the Climate Change Committee. Continue reading...

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« Une fille excisée aura moins de pulsions sexuelles et sera une épouse fidèle » : du Mali à la Gambie, les partisans de l’excision en campagne

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-09-16T04:00:12+00:00

Une campagne numérique appelant à « protéger » l’excision au Mali est devenue virale à la mi-août. La preuve pour de nombreux observateurs que le combat mené sur le continent pour faire interdire les mutilations génitales féminines, qui tuent chaque année des dizaines de milliers de filles et de femmes, est loin d’être gagné.

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Students in Gaza ‘devastated’ after plan for them to study in Belgium fails

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-09-16T04:00:11+00:00

Belgian government unable to agree on evacuation of 13 students to take up scholarships at universitiesStudents who are unable to leave Gaza and take up scholarships at Belgian universities have said they are devastated after Belgium’s government hit deadlock on a plan enabling them to leave the war-torn territory.Ahmed Abujami, a 28-year-old doctor in Gaza, said he was “deeply disappointed” after Belgium’s five-party coalition government last Friday failed to agree on an evacuation plan for 13 students and researchers in the territory. Abujami has a scholarship to do a one-year master’s degre

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Expect even more potholes on UK roads after summer heatwaves, says RAC

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-09-16T04:00:10+00:00

Extreme weather has made brittle road surfaces more likely to crack, increasing strain on infrastructureThe UK’s dilapidated roads are expected to get even worse, with motorists warned to expect a jump in the number of potholes as result of the country’s hottest summer on record.Potholes are commonly assumed to be caused by cold or wet weather, but long periods of heat can also create long-lasting damage on the roads, according to the RAC. Continue reading...

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Los Angeles helicopter crash kills at least three people with others injured

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-09-16T03:58:48+00:00

Officials said incident occurred near the site of a deadly bus crash from earlier in the dayA helicopter crash in Los Angeles has killed at least three people, while another person has been taken to hospital with their condition unknown, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.The crash occurred near the site of a deadly bus crash from earlier in the day, officials said. Continue reading...

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Stocks, bonds hold ground before Fed; oil slips: Markets wrap

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-09-16T03:52:48+00:00

Some relief came as Brent dropped 0.6% to about $108.10 a barrel as a rally driven by supply disruptions left gains looking overdone, and a US industry report pointed to a rise in stockpiles

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Australian politics live: Lambie says AI companies ‘like dinosaurs in Jurassic Park testing fences’; Greens say Labor ‘scared of Hanson’ on migration

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-09-16T03:35:58+00:00

Follow the day’s news liveGet our new political email, free app or daily news podcastSports precinct funding report reveals a ‘pattern of behaviour’, Wilson saysTim Wilson says there are questions for Labor to answer over an ABC report which says health minister Mark Butler’s office asked an Adelaide council to put forward a $6m sports precinct upgrade for federal funding before any detailed costings or formal planning had been done.I think what we’re now seeing is a pattern of behaviour. The prime minister gave a grant to a golf course in his electorate just around the corner from his home, o

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