Author: Aidan
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Sydney risks becoming ‘city with no grandchildren’ as housing costs push out families, expert warns
Sydney is on track to be “the city with no grandchildren” as high housing costs drive young families to the regions and interstate. New South Wales Productivity Commission research found Sydney lost twice as many people aged from 30 to 40 as it gained between 2016 and 2021. The driving factor for the exodus was…
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Biden Pushes for Six-Week Fighting Pause in Israel-Hamas Hostage Deal
US President Joe Biden said he’s pushing for a six-week pause in fighting between Israel and Hamas to allow for the release of hostages, saying those conditions could lay the groundwork for broader peace. Such a pause “would bring an immediate and sustained period of calm into Gaza for at least six weeks, which we…
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Biden campaign joins TikTok after sources said it wouldn’t
President Joe Biden’s 2024 presidential campaign has joined TikTok despite sources saying last year that thecampaign wouldn’t formally use the social media platform. The account is being run by campaign staff, who will be posting content regularly as the campaign does on other social media such as Instagram, Facebook, X and Threads, campaign advisers said. The only good propaganda is your…
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Peter Dutton commits to repealing ‘right to disconnect’ laws if Coalition wins government
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has sworn to repeal laws that will give workers the right to ignore unreasonable out-of-hours communications from their bosses if the Coalition wins the next federal election. The government agreed to include a “right to disconnect” in its industrial relations bill, which was rushed through the senate last week in a…
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Schools to extend extracurricular classes until 8 p.m. for first graders
South Korea on Monday unveiled plans to extend hours for primary schools’ extracurricular classes and make the classes available at all schools to make commuting parents’ life routines more logistically and financially sustainable. The government has allocated a budget of 1.17 trillion won ($879 million) for this year, more than double the amount earmarked for…
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Right wingers trying to block UAE takeover of Telegraph should be dismissed with contempt
Britain used to pride itself on its openness to foreign investment. For decades it has allowed foreigners to build its infrastructure, provide its services and buy its leading companies. While the French declared yoghurt a strategic sector, Britain boasted of the Wimbledonisation of the City of London in which all the top players were from…
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Voyager 1 may be lost to us forever
One of the most iconic space probes ever launched could be on its way out the door. The Voyager 1 probe, which has spent the last decade barreling through interstellar space, has been experiencing glitches in its system since the end of last year. Its status remains unchanged, and now, NASA JPL says it will…
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Israeli drone attack kills 2 in Lebanon, one of the deepest hits inside the country in weeks
An Israeli drone strike hit a car near Lebanon’s southern port city of Sidon on Saturday, killing at least two people and wounding two others, security officials said. The strike came as tensions across the Middle East grow with the Israel-Hamas war, a drone attack last month that killed three U.S. troops in northeastern Jordan…