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Trump layoffs hit key 'air traffic control for space' unit

The Trump administration this week fired employees who were building a system to manage satellite traffic in space, weakening a badly needed effort championed by the U.S. space industry and the president’s first administration, according to people familiar with the move.

March 2, 2025 12:41 pm
 

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Ukraine's Zelenskiy gets warm welcome in UK after Trump clash

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer greeted President Volodymyr Zelenskiy with a warm embrace on Saturday after the Ukrainian leader flew to London for talks following his clash at the White House with U.S. President Donald Trump.

March 2, 2025 9:35 am
 

Australia

Australia government pledges temporary beer tax freeze as election looms

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Saturday that his government would temporarily halt tax hikes on draught beer, amid sagging popularity for the governing Labor Party ahead of a general election due by May.

March 2, 2025 8:43 am
 

World

Trump sued by Democrats for seeking control over Federal Election Commission

Donald Trump was sued by the Democratic Party over a recent executive order it says violates federal election law by giving him too much power over the independent Federal Election Commission.

March 1, 2025 5:15 pm
 

World

How the Trump-Zelensky talks collapsed in 10 fiery minutes

Ukraine’s president had been hoping to leave the White House on Friday after positive talks with Donald Trump, capped with the signing of a minerals deal giving the US a real stake in his country’s future, if not an outright security guarantee.

March 1, 2025 4:05 pm
 

World

Clashes erupt in Greece as hundreds of thousands protest deadly train crash

Protesters hurled petrol bombs and set fire to trash cans in Athens on Friday as hundreds of thousands of Greeks went on strike and took to the streets in nationwide demonstrations on the second anniversary of the country’s deadliest train crash.

March 1, 2025 3:32 pm
 

World

AI robots may hold key to nursing Japan's ageing population

Recently in Tokyo an AI-driven robot leaned over a man lying on his back and gently put a hand on his knee and another on a shoulder and rolled him onto his side — a manoeuvre used to change diapers or prevent bedsores in the elderly.

March 1, 2025 2:43 pm
 

World

Two dozen arrested in international swoop for links to AI-made child sex abuse images

Two dozen people were arrested this week for their role in a criminal group that distributed images generated by artificial intelligence of children being sexually abused, the European Union’s police agency said.

March 1, 2025 1:40 pm
 

World

Bangladeshi students launch political party after ousting PM Hasina

Bangladeshi students at the forefront of protests that ousted Sheikh Hasina as prime minister last year launched a political party on Friday to contest elections likely to be held by the end of the year.

March 1, 2025 12:38 pm
 

World

At least 25 trapped after avalanche in Indian mountain state

At least 25 people remain trapped under snow after an avalanche struck the Indian Himalayan mountain state of Uttarakhand, authorities said on Friday, following recent heavy snowfall in the region.

March 1, 2025 11:36 am
 

World

Trump to make English official US language, White House official says

President Donald Trump will sign an executive order to make English the official U.S. language, a White House official said on Friday, for the first time in the country’s history.

March 1, 2025 10:07 am
 

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Trump and Zelenskiy shouting match leaves Ukraine exposed in war with Russia

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s meeting with Donald Trump ended in disaster on Friday.

March 1, 2025 9:28 am

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