Japan's parliament elects Sanae Takaichi as nation's first female prime minister Japan's parliament elected ultraconservative Sanae Takaichi as the country’s first female prime minister Tuesday.

Japan made history by electing its first female prime minister

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Fierce heat in TEXAS
with temperatures up to 103F at Rio Grande

Summer conditions in swathes of North America will continue during this week.

This aligns to what your author said 1 month ago.
100% success ratio in all world forecasts in 2025.

Uh, yeah… they’ve hit a record high every single year for at least the last 67 years…

Dawn Aerospace Achieves Historic Flight - Breaks Sound Barrier and Global Records — Dawn Aerospace The fastest aircraft ever to climb from ground level to 20 km. First New Zealand-designed and -built aircraft to fly supersonic. Highest altitude achieved by an aircraft flown from New Zealand. Ōtautahi Christchurch, New Zealand – 19 November 2024 – Multinational aerospace company Dawn Ae

New Zealand's Dawn Aerospace announces that its 4.8m Mk-II Aurora rocket-powered aircraft broke the sound barrier with a speed of Mach 1.1 on November 12, 2024.

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Remembering Kris Kristofferson as a powerful personality. A football player, a helicopter pilot, Rhodes Scholar, a masters degree in English from Oxford. He acted, played guitar and wrote some of the most memorable songs of our time.

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I have seen the morning burning golden on the mountain in the skies
Loving her was easier than anything I'll ever do again . . .
Maureen Bange 1 May 1940 - 28 October 2023

This article may help to explain why I discount the political and media statements that misuse data to push an exaggerated youth crime crisis narrative @MelissaSweetDrvia @ABCaustralia

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The Louis Vuitton 37th America's Cup. The Kiwis do it again and take the Auld Mug home. The sport of billionaires, big egos and adrenaline. Browse some of the videos here.

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Teal independent Jacqui Scruby coasts to byelection win in Sydney Liberal heartland Scruby was backed by Climate 200 in the fight for the northern beaches seat

Another independent win in Sydney NSW as voters desert partisan party politics.

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Historic all-women team set to work on Victoria's Suburban Rail Loop A Victorian government tunnel project will make history by recruiting the first ever all-women tunnel boring machine (TBM) team during the construction of the Suburban Rail Loop (SRL).

Historic all-women team set to work on Victoria’s Suburban Rail Loop

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A warning from NZ that also applies generally about Legionnaire's disease.

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Half measures: Aussie sports will lose funding if 50 per cent of board is not female

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Secret Treasury advice. Neither frank nor fearless but dishonest and fearful - Michael West Senior public servants advise Ministers. But how frank and fearless is that advice when kept secret from the people it ultimately affects?

As always, @MrRexPatrick makes powerful points on #transparency and #governance.
Secret Treasury advice. Neither frank nor fearless but dishonest and fearful

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Call for action to address gambling harm as report finds Australians lose average of $1,600 a year Grattan Institute says losses in Australia are double those in the US, and poker machines are more common in Australian suburbs than ATMs

Australians overwhelmingly support a ban on online gambling advertisements. I'm part of the 72% in favour of a ban. They are a blight across both FTA TV and streaming platforms.

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The NACC has quite a bit on its plate.

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Cause guns don't kill people...right!
Yeah! The American fascination with guns
More than 50 people are killed each day by a firearm in the US.

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