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Australian Electoral Commission reports 200,000 fines issued over 2025 election no‑shows
CANBERRA, July 30 — More than 200,000 Australians who failed to cast their mandatory votes in the 2025 general election have paid fines, according to the electoral commission, reported Xinhua. The Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Race against heat after Japan quake leaves 30 dead and thousands without utilities
KUMAMOTO, July 30 — Japanese emergency workers battled today to rescue any remaining survivors from a devastated shopping mall, as the death toll from a major earthquake hit 30 and thousands sweltered in punishing heat. Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi issued
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Yemen govt says Houthis planning to impose fees for Red Sea transit
RIYADH, July 29 — A minister in Yemen’s internationally recognised government today accused Houthi rebels of working under Iranian guidance to establish a system to impose fees for ships transiting the Red Sea and the Bab al-Mandab Strait. The narrow
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UK PM says determined to fix care crisis for older citizens
LONDON, July 29 — British Prime Minister Andy Burnham today relaunched his years-long bid to create a national service to tackle a UK crisis in the care of elderly and vulnerable adults. Burnham, whose father has Alzheimer’s disease and lives in
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Trump administration to end Medicare drug subsidies, putting millions of Americans over 65 at risk of higher costs
NEW YORK, July 29 — US President Donald Trump’s administration plans to end federal subsidies for prescription drug plans offered to residents over 65 as part of its Medicare health insurance programme, The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday. The change could
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Shell knew Nigerian thieves tapped pipes but kept oil flowing, Amnesty says
ABUJA, July 29 — Shell executives knew oil thieves were tapping pipelines but declined to shut them down in order to preserve profits, a report from Amnesty International and a coalition of rights groups charged Wednesday. The report, the latest
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US Senate advances Russia sanctions bill targeting energy revenues
WASHINGTON, July 29 — The US Senate advanced sweeping sanctions legislation targeting Russia’s energy revenues Tuesday, as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visited Washington to press for stronger action against Moscow. Senators voted 86-12 to begin consideration of the bipartisan measure,
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Japan quake death toll rises to five as rescuers search for missing
KUMAMOTO, July 29 — A major quake that badly damaged a shopping mall and a factory in Japan killed at least five people, emergency services said on Wednesday. The dead included two women in the mall and three more elsewhere
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Netanyahu arrives at White House for high-stakes Iran war talks
WASHINGTON, July 28 — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet US President Donald Trump at the White House on Tuesday for the first time since the start of the Iran war, over which they have publicly disagreed. Relations between
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Nvidia staffer detained in Taiwan over AI chip smuggling to China
TAIPEI, July 28 — Prosecutors in Taiwan have detained an Nvidia employee as part of an investigation into the smuggling of the US tech giant’s AI chips to China, a source familiar with the case told AFP on Tuesday. The
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