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Trump targets India-made phones, Apple and Samsung face 25% tariff threat

Meanwhile, Apple supplier Foxconn this week announced a new $1.5 billion investment in India, signalling continued expansion in the region.

Trump strips Harvard University of right to host foreign students, hitting Indian and Australian enrolments

The crackdown affects nearly 6,800 international students — 27 per cent of Harvard’s enrolment in 2024–25 — and has prompted an outcry from education leaders and international partners.

Alleged Palestine supporter kills Israeli embassy staff in antisemitic shooting

While in custody, the man reportedly chanted “Free, free Palestine,” before revealing to security where he had discarded the weapon

White South African farmers fleeing to Australia, Trump tells Ramaphosa in tense Oval Office meeting

In 2018, Australia debated offering special visas to white South African farmers after similar claims were raised by Trump and then-Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton

What’s the obscure Australian online safety standard Elon Musk’s X is trying to dodge in court?

Compared with the social media ban for under-16s, this standard has been a side issue in the broader topic of online safety.

Former President Biden diagnosed with aggressive, bone-metastatic prostate cancer

Treatment for hormone-sensitive, metastatic prostate cancer often includes androgen-deprivation therapy, sometimes combined with radiation or chemotherapy

From Tharoor to Owaisi: India’s parliamentarians to hit world stage to unmask Pakistan-backed terrorism

Each group will return with reports on international responses and opportunities to deepen defence, intelligence, and counter-terror cooperation.

Death of the public university and the leadership crisis

No wonder both the public and public reason are pushed to the peripheries of policymaking.

Salman Rushdie’s attacker, alleged Hezbollah sympathiser, jailed for 25 years over brutal ‘premeditated’ stabbing

In addition to the state conviction, Matar faces separate federal terrorism charges, including allegations that he attempted to provide support to Hezbollah, a designated terrorist organisation.

The West’s misunderstanding of the India-Pakistan conflict

As India targetted terror infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, the Western response has largely centred on calls for de-escalation—failing, yet again, to distinguish between a democracy fighting terror and a state nurturing it.

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What are your options if you can’t afford to repay your mortgage?

You can also apply to access your superannuation on compassionate grounds, to prevent foreclosure or the forced sale of your home.

Museum of Chinese in Australia opens in Sydney to celebrate more than 180 years of history and heritage

“This museum will celebrate a vital thread through the history of our modern nation. I can’t think of a better site than Haymarket – a place synonymous with the Chinese-Australian story – or a more fitting time of year to open it.”

Trump hikes global tariffs to 15% as the fallout from Supreme Court loss continues

Trump had imposed sweeping “reciprocal tariffs” last year under an emergency powers act, but the court ruled this law did not authorise him to do so.
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