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Reserve Bank due to announce decision on interest rates this afternoon. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastLiberal politicians have joked they need “divine intervention” at a church service before parliament resumes today.Federal parliamentarians are attending the ecumenical service, before sitting begins later. Media doorstopped most of the MPs on their way in, with reporters asking what they were praying for, whether they […]

Prosecutors say other man was lured to Brendan Banfield’s house as a fall guy in scheme to get rid of Banfield’s wifeA Virginia man having an affair with the family’s Brazilian au pair was found guilty Monday of murdering his wife and another man that prosecutors say was lured to the house as a fall guy.Brendan Banfield, a former IRS law enforcement officer, told police he came across Joseph Ryan […]

Israeli restrictions mean only five Palestinians allowed to leave Gaza for treatment via Rafah crossing on first day. Source: www.aljazeera.comRead full article

The White House says the president is ‘not involved’ in running his businesses. Ethics experts remain concernedDonald Trump has been accused of “corruption, plain and simple” after it was revealed that a member of the Emirati royal family was behind a $500m investment into the Trump family’s cryptocurrency company.Ethics experts say the deal – struck just days before the US president’s inauguration last January – amounts to a deep conflict […]

Lawyers discussed possibility of Epstein’s cooperation with prosecutors – and more names surfaced in new documentsA new trove of about 3m files related to the financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was released on Friday, offering new details about his network and interactions with wealthy and powerful figures and the federal investigations into his crimes.The release follows legislation passed in November by US lawmakers that mandated the disclosure of […]

The eldest son of Norway's crown princess has been arrested over new criminal allegations ahead of a trial on charges including rape.Source: feeds.skynews.comRead full article