9-24-2026 Thursday News List

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How US blindly ceded its rare earth dominance to China

Look around you, and you’ll see rare earth elements at work. A phone vibrates because a magnet moves a weight. Its screen was polished with…

Why David Brat, the new US ambassador to Australia, has a big in-tray

Tariffs and regulation of tech giants are already causing friction. But one of his biggest tasks may be convincing Australians the US alliance still matters.

The Intergenerational Report says we need more vocational skills – but federal funding for them is set to drop

The federal government is unambiguous about the need for more nurses, builders and electricians. But the plan to find and fund these workers is less…

Trump’s decade on the world stage has been ‘rife with geopolitical gifts for China’

Philippines bets on Luzon corridor to fix its jobless growth

The Philippines has a growth problem that GDP statistics miss. Although the economy has expanded rapidly for most of the past decade, many Filipinos still…

Trump’s media war backfires as no one sees him fuss over communist China’s leader

Unemployment rises to 4.6%, but a September interest rate hike still looks likely

The jobless rate hasn’t been this high since November 2021. But this is why it’s unlikely to stop the Reserve Bank from lifting interest rates…

‘Really grim’: How Maine’s economic outlook is affecting its crucial Senate race

Arizona AG rivals Mayes and Petersen trade attacks over experience, donors and deportation

Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes and Senate President Warren Petersen spent an hour talking over each other and making snide comments in a Wednesday night…

The space race should not endanger Australian wildlife

The future of a proposed rocket-launch facility in South Australia is uncertain. But tensions between space exploration and conservation remain.

Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous War Profiteers

The mockumentary “Lords of War” shows how Pentagon money gets funneled into $20-million-plus paydays for weapons company CEOs — and their lavish lifestyles. The post…

What does the OpenAI Medicare hack reveal about Australia’s cyber security?

We need to ask how ready Australian government systems are for increasingly capable AI agents.

Saddam Hussein used James Bond director to tell Iraq story

From the beginning of his brutal reign in Iraq, Saddam Hussein could claim an unusual credit: film producer. After Saddam became president in 1979, his…

Don Jr.’s Russian Wedding Scandal Just Got Bigger…

Amidst the growing scandal over Don Jr’s acceptance of an offshore $250,000 payment for his “wedding” from a Russian Oligarch tied directly to Putin, there…

Trump Rolls Out Red Carpet for Xi in Ultimate Humiliation

MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Donald Trump’s deranged greeting of Chinese President Xi Jinping at Joint Base Andrews and the stunning scenes that unfolded…

The Snoop: Neo-Nazi speaks out on Barnaby, Nine’s shifting sands, and more

Plus: Could Elon Musk be buying into Australian television? The post The Snoop: Neo-Nazi speaks out on Barnaby, Nine’s shifting sands, and more appeared first…

Xi says China, US should be ‘partners rather than rivals’: state media

Chinese President Xi Jinping urged cooperation with the United States, Beijing’s state media reported, hours after being greeted in Washington on Wednesday evening local time…

‘Killer robots’ or ‘super intelligence’? UN leaders see both

Don Jr.’s Russian Wedding Scandal Just GOT BIGGER…