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Queen Elizabeth II's death rekindles Australian republic debate

During her long reign, the queen connected to Australia in ways that no monarch before her had done.

Russia's Kharkiv retreat marks 200 days of its Ukraine invasion

Zelenskyy says the military has reclaimed about 2,000 square kilometre of its territory

World No 1 Iga Swiatek becomes first Polish woman to win US Open title

Iga Swiatek became the first Polish woman to win the US Open by defeating Ons Jabeur in straight sets at a full-capacity Arthur Ashe Stadium

2 dead, 3 missing after boat in New Zealand hits whale and capsizes

News organisation Stuff reported that 11 people were aboard the boat and six were rescued Saturday morning near the South Island town of Kaikoura

ECB raises rates by unprecedented 75 bps to tame runaway inflation

The ECB lifted its deposit rate to 0.75% from zero and raised the main refinancing rate to 1.25%, their highest level since 2011

I-T Dept surveys think tank CPR, NGOs and unrecognised political parties

Sources said the department is looking at the balance sheets of these organisations vis-a-vis the receipt of funds via the FCRA

Former Tata group chairman Cyrus Mistry, 54, dies in car accident

His death comes as a blow to Shapoorji Pallonji group

Australia increases permanent immigration intake by 35,000 to 195,000

Home Affairs Minister Clare O'Neil announced the increase for the year ending June 30, 2023, during a two-day summit of 140 representatives of governments, trade unions, businesses and industry

Putin pays tribute to Gorbachev but won't attend his funeral: Kremlin

Kremlin said that prior to departing for a working trip to Russia's westernmost Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad, Putin visited a Moscow hospital where Gorbachev's body is kept before Saturday's funeral

Feds cite efforts to 'obstruct' probe of docs at Donald Trump's estate

The assertion was made in a court filing on Tuesday night

Elon Musk adds whistleblower as new reason to cancel $44-bn Twitter deal

Musk is seeking testimony from Peiter Zatko, Twitter's ex-head of security, to bolster his legal argument he can walk away from the Twitter

Engine problem leads NASA to scrub launch of new moon rocket

NASA said in a tweet that the launch was currently in an unplanned hold as engineers spotted an issue with one of the rocket's engines

Ukrainian nuclear plant cut off from electrical grid due to fire damage

The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in the middle of the fighting in Ukraine was temporarily cut off from the electrical grid because of fire damage, causing a blackout in the region

Unvaccinated Novak Djokovic out of US Open; can't travel to New York

Djokovic announced his withdrawal from the year's last Grand Slam tournament on Twitter on Thursday, hours before the draw for the event was revealed

Biden forgives $10,000 in student debt, double for Pell grant recipients

Borrowers who earn less than $125,000 a year would be eligible for the loan forgiveness

Japan considering development of new nuclear plants in post-Fukushima shift

Anti-nuclear sentiments rose sharply in Japan after Fukushima disaster, but the govt has been pushing for a return to nuclear energy amid worries of blackouts following Russia's invasion of Ukraine

Centre to push states to introduce labour codes 'as soon as possible'

When asked about the timeframe on introducing the Codes, sources said this would be done "as soon as possible". "We are talking to all states," the official cited above said

Trump seeks 'neutral' special master to review Mar-a-Lago documents

Lawyers for Trump have asked a federal judge to prevent the FBI from continuing to review documents recovered from his Florida estate until a neutral special master can be appointed

1MDB scandal: Malaysia top court upholds ex-PM Najib's graft conviction

The five-member Federal Court panel said it unanimously found the high court judge was right in his judgment and that Najib's appeal was "devoid of any merits"

Anthony Fauci, top infectious disease expert, to retire in December

Fauci became the face of the government response to Covid as it hit in early 2020