Aussie GDP gives upside surprise
Better-than-expected figures for Australian GDP in the first quarter improved economic outlooks, but some analysts are still calling for more support from the central bank. Meg Teckman reports.
Better-than-expected figures for Australian GDP in the first quarter improved economic outlooks, but some analysts are still calling for more support from the central bank. Meg Teckman reports.
A Minnesota state senator and former broadcast meteorologist told police that she broke into her stepmother's home because her stepmother refused to give her items of sentimental value from her late father, including his ashes, according to burglary charges filed Tuesday. Democratic Sen. Nicole Mitchell, 49, of Woodbury, was arrested early Monday at the home in the northwestern Minnesota city of Detroit Lakes. Mitchell was dressed all in black and wearing a black hat, the complaint said.
The world’s largest 3D printer has created a house that can cut construction time and labor. The machine revealed Tuesday at the University of Maine is four times larger than the first one — commissioned less than five years ago — and capable of printing ever mightier objects. There could be even larger printers after the University of Maine breaks ground this summer on a new building, a spokesperson said.
At least three institutions have opted to temporarily shut down parts of their campuses or move to hybrid learning in attempts to defuse the situation.
Argentina's spending-slashing new President Javier Milei has hailed his country's first quarterly budget surplus since 2008 as an "historic achievement."This amounted to a surplus of 0.2 percent of GDP. "This is the first quarter with a financial surplus since 2008," said Milei, referring to his left-wing rival Cristina Kirchner's first year in the presidency.
Police said Roman Huizar age 1, disappeared Monday. Elias Huizar, 39, is wanted in connection to the murders of his ex-wife and girlfriend.
Australia’s Prime Minister called Elon Musk, owner of X and self-styled free-speech champion, an “arrogant billionaire.”
A Colombian handbag designer has been sentenced to 18 months in prison after federal prosecutors said she illegally smuggled handbags made from caiman and python skin — both protected species — to New York.
Customers who rely on government assistance programs can get same perks as Prime members, for less.
Authorities in Washington state are searching for a former officer accused of killing two women and abducting a child.
UnitedHealth says files with personal information that could cover a “substantial portion of people in America” may have been taken in the cyberattack earlier this year on its Change Healthcare business. UnitedHealth did say that some screen shots containing protected health information or personally identifiable information were posted for about a week online on the dark web, which standard browsers can’t access. The company also is offering free credit monitoring and identity theft protection for people affected by the attack.
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak Tuesday announced additional funding for Ukraine and pledged to increase Britain's own defence budget, during a visit to the Polish capital Warsaw.- Missiles, armoured vehicles - On Tuesday, Sunak also announced £500 million additional funding for Ukraine's war effort against Russia.
When Anna Branch, 37, had her hours at work reduced at the start of the pandemic in 2020, she suddenly noticed ads for an app called EarnIn. EarnIn is one of more than a dozen companies that provide this service, billed as Earned Wage Access. While Earned Wage Access apps have been around for over a decade, the pandemic and its aftermath boosted their popularity.
Britain's new law allowing the deportation of undocumented asylum seekers to Rwanda is sparking fear among migrants who have come to France in the hope of crossing the Channel to England.Other migrants gathering at the water spot said they hoped the British law was meant to deter migrants from crossing the water rather than being applied fully.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is under fire for invoking anti-Muslim tropes in a speech on Sunday as he campaigns.
PulteGroup says the housing shortage presents an opportunity as the company reports first quarter earnings that beat Wall Street estimates.
More than 130 people were arrested overnight during pro-Palestinian protests at the New York University campus as student demonstrations gather pace in the United States over the Israel-Hamas war.Social media images late Monday appeared to show pro-Palestinian Jewish students holding traditional seder meals inside the protest areas on campuses including at Columbia.
More than 100,000 people have been evacuated due to heavy rain and fatal floods in southern China, with the government issuing its highest-level rainstorm warning for the affected area on Tuesday.The megacity of Shenzhen was among the areas experiencing "heavy to very heavy downpours" on Tuesday, the city's meteorological observatory said, adding the risk of flash floods was "very high".
A divisive German politician denied using a banned Nazi slogan as he appeared in court Tuesday ahead of key regional elections that could see him crowned the country's first far-right state premier.Hoecke, 52, leads the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party in Thuringia, one of three former East German states where the party is leading opinion polls ahead of regional elections in September.
The Senate will take up the House-passed $95 billion foreign aid package this week, as the legislation nears its final congressional action after both sides of Capitol Hill have struggled for months to send aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan.
Finnish President Alexander Stubb said Tuesday that joining the NATO alliance a year ago has transformed his country into a "front-line state," given that it has doubled the military bloc's border with Russia. Finland, which became the 31st NATO member in April 202 3, has a 1,340-kilometer (832-mile) land border with Russia that runs mostly through thick forests in the south and rugged landscape in the Arctic north. Stubb was visiting neighboring Sweden and spoke at a joint news conference in Stockholm on Tuesday with Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson.