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Maxi Shield, beloved Australian drag queen and Drag Race Down Under star, dies aged 51
Performer appeared in closing ceremony of 2000 Sydney Olympic Games and was a mainstay of city’s drag sceneFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastOne of Australia’s best-known an…
A second Commonwealth Realm backs UK move to strip Andrew from royal succession
In a surprising twist, New Zealand’s Prime Minister has thrown his weight behind a controversial move that could reshape the royal succession order.
Historic nor’easter paralyses US Northeast with record snowfall
A powerful nor’easter battered the northeastern United States on Monday, dumping record snowfall, grounding thousands of flights and forcing widespread closures from Maryland to Maine as officials warned of dangerous winds, power outages and further s…
Binance employees find $1.7 billion in crypto was sent to Iranian entities
Within weeks, Binance fired or suspended at least four employees involved in the investigation, according to the documents and three people with knowledge of the situation.
A DOD official says xAI has agreed to let the military use Grok in classified systems and agreed to the “all lawful use” standard, which Anthropic has refused (Axios)
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A DOD official says xAI has agreed to let the military use Grok in classified systems and agreed to the “all lawful use” standard, which Anthropic has refused — But the Pentagon is threatening Anthropic in a dispu…
Body of civil rights leader Jesse Jackson is to lie in state in South Carolina
The Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. is being honored in South Carolina, where he was born and where his civil rights work began as a teenager.
Former ICE lawyer says training is ‘deficient, defective and broken’ as he blows whistle on failures under Trump
Agents got far less instruction in key areas including use of force and constitutional rights, the whistleblower claims, as the administration races to train thousands of new agents
Trump growing frustrated with limits of Iran military options, sources say
Military planners are advising President Trump that any strike on Tehran’s assets would almost certainly not be a singular, decisive blow.
Who is Cheesur? Twitch and Kick streamer Nermin Dzaferovic trends after viral claims about CJNG leader El Mencho intel
Cheesur, whose real name is Nermin Dzaferovic, is trending after viral posts claimed he gave “critical intel” that led to CJNG leader El Mencho’s death. Mexican officials confirmed El Mencho died in a military operation, but no authority has linked Che…