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Ben Roberts-Smith VC MG, Australia's most decorated living soldier, was arrested at Sydney Airport on Tuesday and charged with five counts of war crime murder.

The United States imposed a 100% tariff on pharmaceutical exports from Australia, citing the PBS pricing system as a trade barrier. Health Minister Mark Butler and Opposition Leader Angus Taylor both said the PBS will not change. CSL, Australia's largest pharma exporter, is reviewing the impact.

A year after Trump's Liberation Day tariffs hit 185 countries, Australia remains at the 10% floor rate, the lowest applied globally. Exports have shifted, the trade relationship has held, but new pharmaceutical tariffs and an escalating Iran situation are adding fresh complications.

At just 13, Kim Ju-ae's public appearances and state media treatment signal a historic shift in the secretive state's leadership plans.

Tehran rejects US ceasefire proposal, escalating tensions in the Strait of Hormuz as global shipping scrambles to reroute from the vital chokepoint.

Seyed Majid Khademi and another senior commander were killed in a precision strike on April 6, escalating tensions as the regional conflict enters its sixth week.

The 19-year-old Mavericks rookie shot 19-of-30 in a 138-127 loss to Orlando, passing Brandon Jennings as the youngest player to hit 50 in a game.

UKHSA recorded 1,504 heat-associated deaths against a predicted 3,039 during the summer of 2025.

Redmond startup Starcloud reached unicorn status 17 months after Y Combinator demo day with $170M Series A led by Benchmark and EQT Ventures. The company launched the first Nvidia H100 GPU to orbit in November 2025 and plans a 200-kilowatt spacecraft for SpaceX's Starship by 2028.

Emirates Global Aluminium said restoring full primary aluminum production at its Al Taweelah smelter will take up to 12 months. Iran hit the Middle East's biggest aluminum producer with missile and drone attacks a week ago. The facility went into emergency shutdown.

NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen completed the first major burn of their 10-day lunar flyby mission Thursday, placing their Orion spacecraft into high Earth orbit.

Australian technology stocks lost $7 billion in March as the Iran war drove oil prices up 55% and forced the Reserve Bank to raise interest rates for the second consecutive month. WiseTech Global has fallen 59% over six months, while NextDC dropped 34%.