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[ad_1] Anthony Albanese (left) gained a massive victory in the recent elections defeating Peter Dutton (right) (Image: AP) Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese of the Labor party has gained a massive victory in the recently conducted national elections 2025. He had defeated Liberal party candidate Peter Dutton. Albanese is set to lead his second-term government in Australia. Albanese has been very critical of the Trump administration’s tariff policy. In a television debate, Albanese criticised Trump’s tariffs, calling them an act of “economic self-harm” and “not the act of a friend. “He has different views, different values, I support free and fair trade. He doesn't", the Australian PM added. According to the analysts, Trump's harsh trade tariffs may have helped Australia's left-leaning prime minister score a resounding election victory on Saturday.Academicians noted that in Australian elections, US president Trump was not […]

[ad_1] Prince Harry devastates Royal Family by speaking about King Charles' health and impending death. The latest bombshell interview of the BBC with Prince Harry has mortified the Royal Family as palace insiders said Queen Elizabeth, had she been alive to see Prince Harry's latest outburst, would have been "horrified" by it all. The sit-down was after Harry lost an appeal over the levels of security he and his family are entitled to while in the UK. He lost the security cover in 2020 when he and Megha Markle stepped down as working royals and then moved to the US. He has been fighting the case legally as he wants security cover in the UK, but finally he lost it. And there came his explosive interview, nothing less than his autobiography 'memoir', as he said he does not know how […]

[ad_1] Kash Patel is accused of spending more time in Las Vegas home and at night clubs than in his FBI office. A former FBI official on MSNBC's Morning Joe program commented that FBI director Kash Patel, despite the fear that was spread ahead of his confirmation that he would dismantle the system if he became the FBI director, has surprisingly taken a backseat. Former FBI counter-intelligence official Frank Figliuzzi said Kash Patel is spotted more at nightclubs and less at the office, but people are not complaining because they think things would have been bad, had he been trying to run them, given his experience or the lack of it. "Yeah well, reportedly, he's been visible at nightclubs far more than he has been on the seventh floor of the Hoover building," Figliuzzi replied. "And there are reports that […]

[ad_1] Anthony Albanese on Saturday secured a second term as Australia’s prime minister, becoming the first leader in 21 years to guide his party to back-to-back election victories. The last to achieve that feat was John Howard, who won his fourth consecutive term in 2004.This win marks a major personal and political milestone for Albanese, who has often spoken about his modest beginnings. Albanese was raised by a single mother in public housing in Sydney and is now at the centre of Australia’s political stage.“There’s a lot of undecided voters. We have a mountain to climb. No one’s been reelected since 2004,” Albanese said on the eve of the election.'No Australian left behind'Albanese’s life story has resonated with many Australians. His mother was an invalid pensioner, and they lived in public housing, which shaped his views on fairness and opportunity. […]

[ad_1] MELBOURNE: Vote counting has begun in Australia's general election after polling stations closed across the country. Counting is well underway in the east, where polls closed two hours earlier. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and his rival Peter Dutton began campaigning on Saturday in the electorally crucial city of Melbourne. Albanese later returned home to Sydney and Dutton to his hometown of Brisbane to vote. Albanese was accompanies by his fiancee, Jodie Haydon, and his adult son Nathan as he was welcomed by supporters at the polling station in his electoral division. Dutton arrived with his wife, Kirilly Dutton, and his adult children, Rebecca, Tom and Harry, to vote in his own division. The leaders will address party gatherings in Sydney and Brisbane later Saturday as the Australian Electoral Commission tallies votes. Leaders usually concede defeat and claim victory on […]

[ad_1] Representative Image (AI-generated) MOSCOW: Russia on Saturday said it has downed 170 drones and more than 10 guided missiles overnight over Crimea and several border regions with Ukraine. In a press release on its Telegram channel, the defence ministry said between 22:00 hours Friday and 05:00 hours Saturday, Russian air defence units have destroyed 96 fixed wing drones over Crimea, 47 over Krasnodar territory, 9 over Rostov, 8 each over Bryansk and Kursk regions in South West of Moscow. Two UAVs were also downed over the Belgorod region. Besides these, 8 Britain-supplied Storm Shadow cruise missiles and 3 Ukraine-developed Neptune-MD guided missiles were destroyed over the Black Sea. In the early hours on Saturday, 14 Ukrainian naval drones were destroyed in the Black Sea, the ministry said. Meanwhile, governors of some regions have reported civilian damage from Ukrainian drone […]

[ad_1] Temu, the Chinese e-commerce giant, has stopped shipping products directly from China to US customers. Instead, all orders will now be fulfilled from warehouses within the United States, a company spokesperson confirmed Friday.The move comes following the closure of a provision that previously permitted Chinese-made products valued up to $800 to enter the United States without import duties, according to The New York Times.The exemption, which President Donald Trump described as a "big scam" detrimental to American small businesses, concluded on Friday. After Trump announced plans to end the “de minimis” loophole, which let goods under $800 enter the US without tariffs, Temu said last month it would adjust its prices. De minimis is a Latin term, which loosely translates to English as "of the smallest".The company began implementing import fees for US customers purchasing Chinese items last week, […]

[ad_1] A man accused of raping a corpse on a Manhattan subway train near the Whitehall Street station, is an undocumented immigrant who reportedly crossed the US border at least five times before being arrested for the disturbing act.Felix Rojas, aged 44, had crossed the US-Mexico border without authorisation“on several occasions” during the 1990s, before being intercepted by Border Patrol agents and voluntarily departing, an ICE spokesperson said, according to the New York Post.Rojas subsequently re-entered the country undetected until his arrest by NYPD on Sunday evening. The arrest was in connection with the violation of Jorge Gonzalez, a 37-year-old family man who had passed away on an R train approximately three weeks prior, officials confirmed.A court proceeding this week revealed what Rojas allegedly did after finding Gonzalez dead or dying on a subway bench on April 8. According to […]

[ad_1] Representative Photo (Photo: AP) JERUSALEM: The Israeli military said Saturday it intercepted a missile launched from Yemen, whose Huthi rebels meanwhile reported several US strikes against their positions.The Iran-backed Huthis, who control large parts of Yemen, have launched missiles and drones targeting Israel and Red Sea shipping throughout the Gaza war, claiming to act in solidarity with Palestinians.An Israeli military statement early Saturday said that "a missile that was launched from Yemen was intercepted" after air raid sirens sounded in several areas of the country.An AFP journalist in Jerusalem said sirens were heard in the city.There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the missile fire, which comes two days after Israel said it had intercepted two missile in 12 hours -- both claimed by the Huthis.In Yemen, the Huthi-run Saba news agency said the United States carried out […]

[ad_1] President Donald Trump (Photo: AP) WASHIBGTON: President Donald Trump spent his first 100 days issuing a blitz of executive orders to deliver rapidly on campaign pledges, drastically downsize the government and reshape America's role on the global stage.But the job gets trickier now for the self-styled dealmaker-in-chief, who must corral fractious Republicans on Capitol Hill to anchor his domestic policies in legislation that can cement a lasting legacy."Trump's first 100 days were remarkable for their pace and impact. Now comes the hard part," Stephen Dover, chief market strategist and head of the Franklin Templeton Institute, said in a memo to investors."The next 100 days will shift the focus to the challenges of passing legislation while simultaneously addressing deficit reduction. Congress must act, which requires building legislative coalitions."In a dizzying first three months, Trump wielded executive power like no other […]