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• Budget 2024 live updates: Australia government federal budget announcement and treasurer Jim Chalmers's speech – latest news

  14-05-2024 09:35 via theguardian.com
  
  Treasurer will be able to boast back-to-back surpluses when he speaks at 7.30pm tonight. Follow live updates todayFederal budget to remain in the black with forecast surplus of $9.3bn for 2023-24What makes someone rich? Find out how your income and wealth compares | InteractiveGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastNick McKim said he agrees with EY chief economist, Cherelle Murphy, who says that you can look after people without impacting inflation by taking the
  
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• Nissan issues 'do not drive' warning for 84,000 older-model vehicles over Takata air bags

  29-05-2024 21:41 via nbcnews.com
  
  Nissan has issued a "do not drive" warning for approximately 84,000 older-model vehicles because they carry recalled Takata-made airbags.
  
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• Jury deliberations begin in Donald Trump's criminal trial

  29-05-2024 21:39 via nbcnews.com
  
  Jury deliberations began Wednesday in New York prosecutors’ case against Donald Trump, the first criminal trial involving a former president in American history.
  
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• Black women are showing off their epic Lego collections on TikTok

  29-05-2024 21:12 via nbcnews.com
  
  Black women Lego collectors find solace in the hobby and community in sharing their brick work on social media.
  
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• Kentucky prosecutors drop all charges against golfer Scottie Scheffler

  29-05-2024 21:03 via nbcnews.com
  
  All charges against top golfer Scottie Scheffler were dropped Wednesday after a Kentucky prosecutor said the high-profile arrest amounted to a "big misunderstanding."
  
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• Gabby Douglas ends Paris Olympics run and withdraws from U.S. Championships

  29-05-2024 20:44 via nbcnews.com
  
  Olympic all-around champion Gabby Douglas has withdrawn from this weekend’s U.S.
  
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• U.S. lawmakers' message for Taiwan amid political turmoil: 'Democracy is messy'

  29-05-2024 20:35 via nbcnews.com
  
  More U.S. lawmakers arrived in Taiwan on Wednesday, as the island’s cabinet said it would reject parliamentary reforms passed by the opposition-controlled legislature.
  
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• Justice Alito declines to step aside from Trump-related cases over flag spat

  29-05-2024 20:28 via nbcnews.com
  
  Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito declined to step aside from two pending cases relating to Donald Trump and the Jan. 6 attack following recent news reports about contentious flags flown at his private properties.
  
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• Virginia mom says white students told her Asian American son to sit at 'segregated' table

  29-05-2024 20:05 via nbcnews.com
  
  A Virginia mom says a group of white students allegedly told her fifth-grade son, who is Asian American, that he had to sit at a "segregated" table at lunch.
  
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• Bronny James' agent confirms player will remain in NBA Draft

  29-05-2024 19:54 via nbcnews.com
  
  An agent for Bronny James, son of hardwood icon LeBron James, confirmed his client will enter the NBA Draft and seek to be the first father and son to play simultaneously in the league.
  
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• Can Trump vote in November if he's convicted of a felony in New York?

  29-05-2024 19:45 via nbcnews.com
  
  The former president could soon join the millions of Americans whose voting rights depend on their criminal record if he's convicted in the hush money case.
  
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• Person killed after becoming trapped in airplane engine at Netherlands airport

  29-05-2024 19:33 via nbcnews.com
  
  An investigation has been launched into a fatal incident in the Netherlands after someone ended up trapped in an airplane engine, authorities said Wednesday.
  
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• Tennessee gov. OKs penalizing adults who help minors receive abortions, gender-affirming care

  29-05-2024 19:27 via nbcnews.com
  
  Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee, a Republican, has approved legislation designed to block adults from helping minors get an abortion or receive gender-affirming care without parental consent.
  
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• AI image misinformation has surged, Google researchers find

  29-05-2024 19:07 via nbcnews.com
  
  Some researchers say that fake images generated by AI have proliferated so quickly that they’re now nearly as common as those manipulated by text or traditional editing tools.
  
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• Black children are menstruating earlier than ever, and more irregularly

  29-05-2024 17:31 via nbcnews.com
  
  Black children and those of low socioeconomic status are starting their periods earlier, and it's taking more time for their menstrual cycles to become regular, a report found.
  
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• Trump trial jury must now decide if prosecutors left any room for doubt in 'mountain' of evidence

  29-05-2024 17:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  The burden of reasonable doubt hangs over jurors as they consider the witnesses and documents presented throughout Trump's hush money trial.
  
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• Mother of Jan. 6 officer Michael Fanone swatted after he called Trump 'authoritarian'

  29-05-2024 16:28 via nbcnews.com
  
  Michael Fanone, a former police officer who defended the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, said his mother was swatted after he spoke out at Donald Trump's New York trial.
  
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• Russian disinformation sites linked to former Florida deputy sheriff, research finds

  29-05-2024 16:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  More than 150 fake news websites are connected to John Mark Dougan, an American former law enforcement officer living in Moscow, according to a NewsGuard report.
  
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• White House says Israel's Rafah strike and ground assault don't cross Biden's 'red line'

  29-05-2024 15:20 via nbcnews.com
  
  As Israeli forces pushed deeper into Rafah just days after an airstrike sparked a major fire that killed dozens of Palestinians, the White House said that its ally had not crossed the Biden administration’s “red line.”
  
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• Trump jury requests David Pecker and Michael Cohen testimony as deliberations continue

  29-05-2024 13:42 via nbcnews.com
  
  Jury to decide verdict in Trump hush money case
  
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• Tourists from Republic to NI triple since 2013

  29-05-2024 11:08 via bbc.com
  
  Much of the growth happened following the travel restrictions of the coronavirus pandemic.
  
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• Man buys 1970s train for £1 to save it from scrap

  29-05-2024 09:50 via bbc.com
  
  Robert Hampton now hopes to raise the £10,000 needed to move it to a railway museum in Shropshire.
  
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• Labour promises to hit 18-week NHS waiting target within five years

  29-05-2024 09:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Party pledges to achieve goal within five years as it sets out steps to tackle backlog in England.
  
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• Why Bellingham is a Real Madrid 'legend in the making'

  29-05-2024 09:19 via bbc.com
  
  BBC Sport looks at the incredible impact Jude Bellingham has made in his first season at Real Madrid.
  
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• Civil war, a president and Frankenstein's monster - a history of cricket in USA

  29-05-2024 09:11 via bbc.com
  
  Exploring cricket's roots in the United States, and why the future could be bright for the sport heading into the men's T20 World Cup.
  
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• Royal Mail owners agree to £5bn takeover offer

  29-05-2024 09:07 via bbc.com
  
  Daniel Kretinsky said that potentially owning the business would come with huge responsibility.
  
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• Take a tour around top 10 historic sites that Victorian Society says are 'at risk'

  29-05-2024 09:05 via bbc.com
  
  The list includes what is believed to be the world’s first purpose-built amusement park.
  
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• Bellingham voted La Liga Player of the Year

  29-05-2024 08:53 via bbc.com
  
  Real Madrid and England midfielder Jude Bellingham is voted La Liga's Player of the Season in his first year in Spain.
  
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• Sex offences against young women on London transport jump by 33%

  29-05-2024 08:30 via bbc.com
  
  Young women and girls are being urged to report sexual offences and harassment on London transport.
  
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• North Korea uses hundreds of white balloons to drop rubbish bags on South

  29-05-2024 08:02 via bbc.com
  
  The balloons, which were found across South Korea, carried toilet paper, batteries and suspected poo.
  
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