DAVID KOCH: Interest rate pressure is horrible for average Australians. But the rate rises are working for us It is awful that average Aussies are being squeezed by interest rate rises. But to keep it in perspective, the current cash rate of 4.35 per cent is not far above the average of the last 35 years. 04/25/2024 - 5:00 am | View Link
Annual inflation rate slides to 3.6pc in March quarter, slightly higher than tipped, likely to delay rate cuts The annual inflation rate has fallen to 3.6 per cent, an encouraging sign for the Federal Government, but experts say it will likely push back interest rate cuts by the Reserve Bank of Australia. 04/23/2024 - 4:09 pm | View Link
Inflation data key to rate cut clues All eyes will be on fresh inflation data to be released on Wednesday which will be critical to the Reserve Bank’s deliberations on rate cuts. 04/23/2024 - 10:48 am | View Link
Inflation eased in March but near-term rate cuts unlikely Consumers paid more for insurance, education and health services in the March quarter, as stubbornly persistent services inflation dimmed hopes that the Reserve Bank can cut rates sooner than expected ... 04/23/2024 - 4:00 am | View Link
Fears interest rates could be hiked in 2024 There are fears that interest rates could be hiked again as employment holds strong and inflation remains difficult to contain, despite desperate homeowners – including over a million experiencing ... 04/22/2024 - 9:46 pm | View Link
(PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti) — Ariel Henry resigned Thursday as prime minister of Haiti, leaving the way clear for a new government to be formed in the Caribbean country, which has been wracked by gang violence that killed or injured more than 2,500 people from January to March.
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Henry presented his resignation in a letter signed in Los Angeles, dated April 24, and released on Thursday by his office on the same day that a council tasked with choosing a new prime minister and Cabinet for Haiti was sworn in.
Henry’s remaining Cabinet meanwhile chose Economy and Finance Minister Michel Patrick Boisvert as the interim prime minister.
LONDON — Two military horses that bolted and ran miles through the streets of London after being spooked by construction noise and tossing their riders were in serious condition after undergoing operations, a U. K. government official said Thursday.
The animals were among a group of four horses that broke free during routine exercises Wednesday near Buckingham Palace and caused chaos as they galloped loose through central London during morning rush hour.
Kyriakos Mitsotakis has a confession to make. “Sometimes I watch the footage from my speeches and I always look much taller than everyone else around,” the 6-ft. 1-in. Greek Prime Minister says with a wry smile, buckled up in the back seat of his car in a pressed blue shirt and black hoodie.
It’s not just U. S. universities where the Israel-Hamas war is a touchy topic. This week, an American professor has sparked controversy in Malaysia after criticizing the Southeast Asian nation’s official pro-Palestinian stance on the conflict during a visiting lecture.
“A country whose political leaders advocate a second Holocaust against the Jewish people will never be a serious player in world affairs, and will certainly never be a friend or partner of the United States,” Bruce Gilley, a professor of political science at Portland State University, said during a keynote address at the University of Malaya on Tuesday, according to a now-deleted post on X in which he quoted himself.
“We are all at risk of manipulation online right now.”
So begins a short animated video about a practice known as decontextualization and how it can be used to misinform people online. The video identifies signs to watch out for, including surprising or out of the ordinary content, seemingly unreliable sources, or video or audio that appear to have been manipulated or repurposed.
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Though it may not look like it, this 50-second video is actually an election ad—one of three that Google will be rolling out across five European countries next month in advance of the European Union’s June parliamentary elections.
Venice, the historic Italian city known for its canals, would like to draw a balance between its residents who live there and help to keep the place running and its visitors, an important source of economic revenue but increasingly also a burden on social services and the livability of the city.
In recent years, the balance has shifted: in the 1970s, Venice had some 175,000 residents; as of last year, its population dipped below 50,000—and the number of tourist beds outnumbered residents for the first time.