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Oregon cinema says Amazon is upset at way they marketed movie as some in US say healthy ticket sales are not reflected by empty seatsAn independent cinema in Oregon has claimed Amazon pulled screenings of their documentary about Melania Trump from his premises in protest at the cinema’s marketing strategy.As reported by local newspaper the Lake Oswego Review, the general manager of the Lake Theater & Cafe has claimed the […]

City-state grows by 200,000 people a year as professional migrants are attracted from UK, Europe, US and RussiaBusiness live – latest updatesAidan Doyle was an estate agent in Liverpool before he decamped to Dubai and turned a £30,000 annual income into £500,000 a year and climbing.Acting as an agent for buyers and sellers, Doyle has seen his commission soar beyond anything he could hope to generate in the UK after […]

Malcolm Turnbull says government is ‘engaged in an exercise of denial’, as defence minister insists $368bn deal is ‘full steam ahead’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia’s submarine agency insists the Aukus agreement is progressing “at pace and on schedule”, but skeptics of the $368bn deal argue the chances of the US ever selling promised Virginia-class submarines to Australia are increasingly remote.The former prime minister Malcolm […]

Mining, resources and big fossil fuels donated more than $10m, or $62m if Clive Palmer’s Mineralogy donation to his Trumpet of Patriots party is includedGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTechnology, fossil fuels and financial sector donors gave millions to Australian political parties ahead of the 2025 election, while lobby groups, gambling firms and hotels companies also chipped in.Analysis of Australian Electoral Commission data from the […]

The donations were disclosed through the Australian Electoral Commission on 2 February – but not through the state-level disclosure systemGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAdani donated more than $600,000 to the Liberal National party of Queensland before the 2024 state election, making it the party’s largest single federal donor.But the donations were not disclosed for a year, with the Greens blaming a loophole in federal […]

Errors led to boys aged as young as 13 going to adult maximum-security jails in WA, before being quietly released and sent back to IndonesiaGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe federal attorney general has used her mercy powers to pave the way for two Indonesian children to overturn a shocking miscarriage of justice that caused their wrongful imprisonment as adult people smugglers.The boys, both aged […]

As fighting rages, Ukrainian and Russian negotiators continue US-brokered talks in UAE after 'productive' first day.Source: www.aljazeera.comRead full article

Russian state news agency RIA reports that Russia and Ukraine have exchanged 157 prisoners of war each.Source: www.aljazeera.comRead full article