Coalition vows to 'take a chainsaw' to climate laws, offshore wind
Angus Taylor promises to unpick many of Australia's major climate laws if the Coalition wins government. (ABC News: Matt Roberts)
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Racing NSW has dropped a long-running investigation into what it previously alleged was abusive conduct by Mark Latham towards a race club official after a parliamentary committee found it was launched in retaliation for the firebrand MP’s opposition to the Rosehill Gardens racecourse sale.
· Michael McGowan
Senior Liberals rubbish Barnaby Joyce’s claim of talks over deal with One Nation as ‘figment of his imagination’
Joyce would not say which Liberals he had spoken to, while Angus Taylor denied any conversations had taken place
· Tom Mcilroy
US-made F-35 fighter parts go missing in shipment blunder
Australia is helping the US investigate how parts for the F-35 stealth fighter program went missing after being mistakenly diverted to the wrong destination, Defense Minister Richard Marles has confirmed.
· RT
US-made F-35 fighter parts go missing in shipment blunder
Australia is helping the US investigate how parts for the F-35 stealth fighter program went missing after being mistakenly diverted to the wrong destination, Defense Minister Richard Marles has confirmed.
· RT
Births up 11 pct in July, extending gains to 25th consecutive month
SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Yonhap) -- The number of babies born in South Korea rose 11.1 percent in July from a year earlier, marking the 25th consecutive month of increases, government data showed Wednesday.
· Kang Yoon-seung
Morocco goes to polls in wake of Spanish border crisis | The National
Morocco heads to the polls on Wednesday for a parliamentary election, with parties eager to entice young voters after protests and a border crisis revealed signs of discontent.
· The National
Wildly popular ex-premier tipped for Stokes-backed media giant board
Mark McGowan resigned from public office in 2023. (ABC News: Keane Bourke)
· Paddy Manning
WATCH: Marcos has yet to receive bill postponing BSKE
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. says he has not yet received the bill postponing the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections on Sept. 3, 2026. VIDEO BY ALLEN LIMOS
· The Manila Times
‘So flawed’: Satterley loses bid to build 1000-lot housing estate in Perth bushfire zone
Developer Nigel Satterley’s long-held dream to build a 1001-lot town site in Perth’s hills has been dealt a fatal blow with the State Administrative Tribunal rejecting his eponymous company’s structure plan for the site.
· Hamish Hastie
Takaichi holds first talks with Zelenskky, but no mention of defense cooperation
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi pledged to continue Japan’s support for Ukraine at her first summit meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Tuesday.
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Dad of 9/11 hero Todd Beamer blasts Hasan Piker’s rhetoric, ties to far-left Mich. Senate candidate El-Sayed in ad for GOP rival
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In first U.N. speech, Takaichi calls for removal of Japan’s wartime ‘enemy state’ label
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi used her first address to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday to call for an overhaul of the world body — including removing a 1940s-era provision that China has latched onto in its row with Tokyo that refers to Japan as an “enemy state.”
· Kenji Yoshida
Canada pledges aid for Palestine as UK and France demand action at UNGA
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has announced that Canada is pledging 100 million Canadian dollars ($71m) in international assistance for Palestinians in an effort to preserve “the possibility of a two-state solution”.
· Al Jazeera Staff
AI looms large over Trump-Xi meeting amid deep distrust between US and China
Fears persist about Trump ‘sucking up’ to Xi on Taiwan, but few concrete outcomes anticipated from US meeting
· Yu Chen Li, Amy Hawkins, Davidsmith
Malaysia’s Anwar faces political reckoning in Melaka as state calls for poll
The Melaka state election is Malaysia’s third this year. Anwar’s coalition performed badly at previous polls in Johor and Negeri Sembilan
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Malaysia’s Anwar faces political reckoning in Melaka as state calls for poll
The Melaka state election is Malaysia’s third this year. Anwar’s coalition performed badly at previous polls in Johor and Negeri Sembilan
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The Papers: 'Burn to be mild' and 'Pulp fiction'
Many of the front pages carry the first face-to-face meeting - at the United Nations General Assembly in New York City - between US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Andy Burnham since the latter took office. "Burn to be mild" is the Daily Star's take, quoting the president who says he "can do business" with…
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Kamala Harris says midterms could be 'stopgap' on Trump and urges Dem unity for El-Sayed in Michigan
DETROIT (AP) — Campaigning in Michigan for US Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed, former US Vice President Kamala Harris said Tuesday that the midterm elections offer a potential “stopgap” halfway through Donald Trump's turbulent second presidency.
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State auditor sends key audit results of election watchdog to special prosecutor
SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Yonhap) -- The Board of Audit and Inspection (BAI) said Wednesday it has sent part of the results of its inspection into the state election watchdog to the special prosecutor team investigating ballot shortages in June's local elections.
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Romania’s political deadlock risks handing power to far right, PM nominee warns
Romania’s center-left opposition must urgently decide whether to support a new pro-European government or be blamed for the far right gaining control, warned the country’s potential next prime minister.
· Gabriel Gavin
Most Singaporeans ready to let AI agents shop for them with more safeguards: study
The research also found 34 per cent of Singaporeans wanted a government-backed AI safety certification, the highest of the countries in the survey
· Bloomberg
Most Singaporeans ready to let AI agents shop for them with more safeguards: study
The research also found 34 per cent of Singaporeans wanted a government-backed AI safety certification, the highest of the countries in the survey
· Bloomberg
Burnham passes his first Trump test — but papers over the cracks
NEW YORK — Before Andy Burnham’s meeting with Donald Trump, a senior U.K. government figure noted wryly that they were looking out for one thing — whether the U.S. president would claim that Burnham was better than the last guy.
· Dan Bloom
South Sudan dissolves government ahead of first-ever national elections
South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir has dissolved the country’s transitional unity government and appointed a caretaker administration as the country prepares for its first-ever national elections.
· Al Jazeera Staff
Friedrich Merz has a Friedrich Merz problem
BERLIN — The trouble with Friedrich Merz is that when things get difficult, he can make them even more difficult.
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‘Sweden is back’: Magdalena Andersson has big plans for Europe
STOCKHOLM — After four years in opposition, Sweden’s former Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson is about to retake power — and she aims to use it to fortify Europe’s place in an unstable world.
· Tim Ross
‘A thousand bucks for smear story’: Cash offered for negative Elliott coverage
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EU foreign policy chief to Araghchi: 'Navigation must be free, unimpeded'
European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said she told Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi that “navigation must be free and unimpeded, both in the Strait of Hormuz and the Bab al-Mandab Strait”.
· Middleeasteye
A Septennial Analysis Of Pre-Collapse Macroeconomic Indicators
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Winter criticizes Katz's Gaza statements, calls for action over empty threats
People of Israel chairman and founder Brig.-Gen. (res.) Ofer Winter called on Defense Minister Israel Katz on Tuesday to stop making empty threats in response to Katz's statement that the remains of Gaza City would be destroyed and that around one million Gazans would be forced to evacuate if Hamas takes a single Is…
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Republican senator calls for probe of Trump's family business dealings
A Republican US senator on Tuesday called for an investigation into whether President Donald Trump's family is profiting from his time in office, saying any perception that family members are exploiting their position undermines trust in the government.
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‘Repeating a lie doesn’t make it true’: Israel releases exposé of UN’s bias before General Assembly
The Ministry of Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism and the National Public Diplomacy Directorate in the Prime Minister's Office are launching The UN's Lie Industry, an exposé of the “systematic and false bias against Israel” as the United Nations kicks off its first day of the General Assembly.
· ARIELLA ROITMAN
Second man charged with murder after OneFour associate shot dead
A second man has been charged with murder over the alleged shooting death of OneFour associate Alai Ahio at a home in Sydney’s south-west earlier this year.
· Jack Gramenz
‘Not good at nuance’: Former minister reveals autism diagnosis in retirement speech
When Harriet Shing was diagnosed with autism, she was already an elected member of parliament and found herself overwhelmed by things that never seemed to bother other people.
· Kieran Rooney
Watch: Key moments from Andy Burnham's first UN speech
The UK prime minister gave his first address to the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on Tuesday.
Jamaica hails King’s decision to refer slavery reparations petition to privy council as ‘really big deal’
The move comes after Jamaica’s culture minister Olivia Grange travelled to the UK earlier this month to lodge the historic petition
· Natricia Duncan
Rock ‘n’ roll ain’t noise pollution, says Labor with election promise to protect live venues
Entertainment zones protecting live venues from residential noise complaints will be rolled out across Melbourne if Labor is re-elected in November, in a pledge it says will ensure the city’s pubs and clubs don’t stop the music.
· Kieran Rooney, Brielle Kohlbeck, Angus Delaney
Generations of Palestinians 'will carry pain of' Gaza genocide, Brazilian president says
Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has said that generations of Palestinians “will carry the pain and trauma left by the genocide committed by the Netanyahu government against women and children in Gaza”.
· Middleeasteye
Syria's Al Shara says he may run in future election to finish carrying out his plans | The National
Syrian President Ahmad Al Shara on Tuesday said he had not decided whether to run in a future election but would do so if he believed he needed to stay in office to carry out his plans.
· Adla Massoud
Turkey’s environment minister lays out agenda for COP31 summit
With artificial intelligence and the Iran war topping the agenda at this week’s United Nations General Assembly, the president of the upcoming U.N. climate summit appealed to global business leaders to keep rising emissions in focus.
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U.S. warns Australia’s social media algorithm reforms risk ‘facilitating censorship’
SYDNEY – The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump has criticized Australia’s proposed social media algorithm reforms, which would give users the option to choose the content on their feeds, warning that Washington would likely view them as “facilitating censorship.”
· Renju Jose
‘That’s a lie’: Joyce fury over claim he had meeting with neo-Nazis in Canberra
One Nation MP Barnaby Joyce has angrily denied holding a meeting with prominent neo-Nazis in Canberra earlier this month, after news outlet Crikey sent him an email alleging he spent two hours talking with the extremists at the local casino one evening.
· Nick Newling
Prime Minister defends social media reforms amid US backlash
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· Erin Handley
N. Korea's vice defense minister departs for Vietnam amid deepening ties
SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Yonhap) -- North Korean Vice Defense Minister Ryo Chol-ung has departed for Vietnam, state media reported Wednesday, amid deepening cooperation between the two nations.
· Woo Jae-yeon
Trump administration to admit primarily Afrikaners under new refugee proposal
US President Donald Trump's administration plans to set a refugee admissions ceiling of 17,500 over the next 12 months, consisting "primarily" of South Africans from the country's white Afrikaner ethnic minority, according to a notice sent to Congress on Tuesday.
· REUTERS
Olmert reveals intelligence breakthrough leading to Israel's 2007 strike on Syrian nuclear reactor
Former prime minister Ehud Olmert provided new details of Israel’s operation to destroy a Syrian nuclear reactor in 2007 during an interview with Channel 12 on Monday.
· ASHER SMITH
Al-Sharaa: October 7 cannot dictate Israel's Syria policy, talks reached 90% agreement
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa offered one of his most extensive public assessments of Israel-Syria relations on Tuesday night, saying the October 7 massacre cannot be allowed to determine Israel's policy toward Syria and revealing that negotiations between the two countries had at one point reached "almost 90%" a…
· IDAN KWELLER
ICAC Operation Rosny LIVE updates: Former Toplace lawyer, Strathfield councillor Sharangan Maheswaran to continue evidence
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