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Jetstar and Qatar Airways planes nearly collide at Sydney Airport

A Jetstar A320 operating flight JQ402 and a Qatar Airways Boeing 777 under tow nearly collided on a crossing taxiway at Sydney Airport on Sunday morning, injuring a cabin crew member as the airport strains under air traffic control staff shortages.
6 min read 16 days ago
Jetstar and Qatar Airways planes nearly collide at Sydney Airport
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Nobel winner Demis Hassabis steps down as Google DeepMind CEO

Demis Hassabis is not retiring, being pushed sideways into an honorary role, or leaving Alphabet. He is exiting the operational command structure of Google DeepMind entirely and moving into a newly created position: Chair of Google DeepMind and Chief Scientist of Alphabet.
6 min read 16 days ago
Nobel winner Demis Hassabis steps down as Google DeepMind CEO
News

'Dubious pretexts': US rejects China's South China Sea reserve

The label is "nature reserve". The practical effect, Washington says, would be to lock Filipino fishermen off waters their families have worked for generations.
6 min read 16 days ago
'Dubious pretexts': US rejects China's South China Sea reserve
News

Hunter Biden says Joe Biden's cancer is 'debilitating'

Hunter Biden put his father's condition into words on BBC Newsnight this week that no White House statement would ever use. "The cancer has spread. It's metastasized into his bones and further.
6 min read 16 days ago
Hunter Biden says Joe Biden's cancer is 'debilitating'
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Erdogan visits Saudi Arabia as trade with Turkey hits $7.2bn

Recep Tayyip Erdogan is in Riyadh with defence, renewable energy and investment on the table, after an informal Saudi boycott that followed the Khashoggi killing and with two-way trade back to US$7.22 billion.
8 min read 17 days ago
Erdogan visits Saudi Arabia as trade with Turkey hits $7.2bn
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Brazil police accuse airline owner over crash that killed 62

Brazil's federal police have formally accused 16 current and former Voepass employees, the airline's owner among them, over the ATR 72-500 crash that killed all 62 people on board.
7 min read 17 days ago
Brazil police accuse airline owner over crash that killed 62
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Floods leave 723,000 Mozambicans facing acute hunger

Flooding in early 2026 affected an estimated 723,000 people across southern and central Mozambique, killed more than 146 and submerged 313,051 hectares of cropland. With about 82 per cent of the UN response plan still unfunded, the lean season is the next test.
7 min read 17 days ago
Floods leave 723,000 Mozambicans facing acute hunger
News

Trump-backed US congressman loses Tennessee primary

Charlie Hatcher, the former Tennessee agriculture commissioner backed by Governor Bill Lee, has beaten incumbent Andy Ogles by 6.6 points in the Republican primary for a redrawn 5th District where 82 per cent of voters were new to the seat.
6 min read 17 days ago
Trump-backed US congressman loses Tennessee primary
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Trump moves to deny passports to US-born babies of noncitizens

Weeks after the Supreme Court struck down his January 2025 order, Trump has signed new directives telling four US agencies to withhold passports, Social Security numbers and citizenship documents from babies born to parents who are unlawfully or only temporarily present.
9 min read 17 days ago
Trump moves to deny passports to US-born babies of noncitizens
Marketing

1.5 seconds of attention is enough to make an ad stick

Before signing off on the next media buy, consider what you are actually purchasing. A served impression counts the moment an ad is delivered to a page, regardless of whether it ever renders where a human eye might land.
8 min read 18 days ago
1.5 seconds of attention is enough to make an ad stick
Business

What a small business really pays to accept card payments

Strip back any card transaction and you find three distinct charges stacked inside what the acquirer bills as a single merchant fee.
8 min read 19 days ago
What a small business really pays to accept card payments
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Nigeria says 308 abductees freed in security operation

Nigeria's government says security forces have freed 308 people abducted in separate attacks across Niger and Kwara states. The figure comes from the presidency and has not been independently verified.
7 min read 19 days ago
Nigeria says 308 abductees freed in security operation
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