Australians must prove they are over 18 to access porn under new laws
Sites such as Pornhub and RedTube must verify the ages of all users or risk million-dollar fines.
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Australians must prove they are over 18 to access porn under new laws
Sites such as Pornhub and RedTube must verify the ages of all users or risk million-dollar fines.
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Rihanna's Beverly Hills home hit by gunfire, police say
A suspect was arrested after the shooting on Sunday afternoon, Los Angeles officers say.
UK ordered to rethink block on return of mother and son in Syrian camp
LONDON — Judges have ordered British Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood to reconsider the decision to block the return of a severely disabled mother currently detained...
World News
Embedded Systems
Le Pen’s far right eyes local elections as launchpad for French presidential bid
PARIS — It’s time for Marine Le Pen and Jordan Bardella to prove they can win big. The far-right National Rally is under pressure to score a decisive victory in municipal elections across France that begin on Sunday, as the contest is widely seen as test of the...
Politics
Software
Ursula von der Leyen faces blowback over diplomatic ‘overreach’
BRUSSELS ― European governments are irritated over what they see as Ursula von der Leyen’s move to position herself as the EU’s chief representative abroad,...
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European Affairs
UK eyes sweeping powers to regulate tech without parliamentary scrutiny
LONDON — Keir Starmer wants the public to know he’s going to move fast and fix things. Speaking to an audience of young people last month, the U.K. prime minister said that unlike the previous Conservative...
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Middle East war is already affecting shipping — and Europe won’t be spared
Elisabeth Braw is a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council, author of the award-winning “Goodbye Globalization” and a regular columnist for POLITICO. Her new book,...
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“At First, We Thought Something Was Wrong” – NASA DART Mission Reveals a Cosmic Snowball Fight
Images from NASA’s DART mission revealed the first direct evidence that asteroids in a binary system can exchange rocks and dust. Slow moving debris from...
Space & Astronomy
Technology
Dow futures sink more than 1,000 points, oil prices surge up to 30% as Iran conflict rages
U.S. stock-market futures fell on Sunday as crude futures surged above $100 a barrel for the first time since 2022 amid growing fears about the...
Economics
Business
Supporters urge Australia to offer asylum to Iranian women's football team
Australia is coming under pressure to offer asylum to the Iranian women's football team as the squad prepares to fly home after losing its Asian...
Supporters urge Australia to offer asylum to Iranian women's football team
Australia is coming under pressure to offer asylum to the Iranian women's football team as the squad prepares to fly home after losing its Asian...
Hegseth says ‘there will be more casualties’ in Iran operation
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said that “there will be more casualties” in the ongoing U.S. operation against Iran, with seven American service members having died...
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Video appears to show U.S. cruise missile striking Iranian school compound
Chemistry
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Bitcoin Rises Amid Signs of a Potential End to the Iran War
Bitcoin advanced along with global markets after President Donald Trump signaled the US war on Iran could be ending soon.
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Oil Spike Is Clouding the Outlook for Indian Bank Earnings, Interest Rates
Lenders’ profits could fall by 4% to 8% in the year to March 2027: UBS
Finance
Donald Trump says Iran war will be over ‘very soon’
Oil slides below $90 after surging to nearly $120 early in the trading session
Finance
VPN apps rocket up download charts in Australia as porn websites begin blocking users
Proton VPN moves from 174th to 19th place as NordVPN goes from 189th to 13th, as porn websites in Australia start requiring age verification for...
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Psychology
Emerging Currencies Rebound as Trump Says Iran War May End Soon
Most emerging-market currencies rebounded from earlier losses as the dollar and oil prices sank after US President Donald Trump signaled the Iran war could be...
Business
Economics
Indonesian Stocks, Rupiah Slump as Iran Conflict Escalates
Indonesia’s stocks and currency slid toward new bearish milestones as rising Middle East conflict dragged on regional assets, compounding concerns over the country’s investability and...
Chemistry
Finance
China’s Bond Futures Fall Most This Year on Oil Price Shock
China’s government bond futures posted their biggest single-day drop this year, joining a global debt selloff as surging oil prices spur concern over imported inflation.
World News
Politics
Middle East Conflict: How Much Further Can Oil Prices Rise?
Oil prices have jumped above $100 a barrel as major Middle East producers curbed production and the Strait of Hormuz remained all but closed. Bloomberg's...
Energy
Business
Qatar LNG Outage Erases 2026 Supply Surplus, Morgan Stanley Says
The halt of production in major liquefied natural gas exporter Qatar is likely to remove most of a glut forecast for this year, according to...
Experiment With The Pi Camera The Modular Way
The various Raspberry Pi camera modules have become the default digital camera hacker’s tool, and have appeared in a huge number of designs over the...
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