The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits rose modestly last week, but remains at healthy levels
WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits rose modestly last week, but remains at healthy levels.
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Yahoo Finance AUInterest rates are about to be cut: 'RBA to eat humble pie'
There's been a major development that shows why the RBA is about to swallow some humble pie and move to reduce interest rates.
- The Independent
Trump asked New Yorkers ‘what have you got to lose’ by voting for him. The answers came thick and fast
‘With crime at record levels, with terrorists and criminals pouring in, and with inflation eating your hearts out, vote for Donald Trump,’ Republican nominee pleads
- Yahoo Finance AU
Centrelink cash boost for millions of Aussies this week: 'More money in pockets'
More than five million Aussies will see a boost to their payments this week. Here's how much.
- The Independent
Scientific American makes presidential endorsement for only the second time in its 179-year history
‘The US faces two futures,’ according to editors at top science magazine
- HuffPost
Melania Trump Resurfaces To Defend Her Nude Pics, And Stephen Colbert Is Totally Baffled
The former first lady, who hasn't been seen much on the campaign trail, defended her "celebration of the human form."
- HuffPost
George Clooney Makes Donald Trump An Offer In Taunting Clapback: ‘I Will If He Does’
“That’s a trade-off I’d do,” the actor responded to the former president’s months-old demand.
- HuffPost
‘Time To Put Gramps To Bed’: Trump’s Bizarre ‘Seafront’ Claim Leads To Blunt Fact-Check
Critics fired back at the former president after his latest false claim about the climate.
- CNN
Melania Trump says she stands ‘proudly behind my nude modeling work’
Former first lady Melania Trump posted a new video on social media Wednesday defending her previous nude modeling work as she promoted her new book.
- BBC
'Please save me': The Indians duped into fighting for Russia
Dozens of Indian men have been discharged from the Russian army and are making their way home.
- NewsWire
Aussies react to massive interest rate cut
The world’s biggest economy has just cut interest rates by a “jumbo” 50 basis points. Here’s what that means for Australia.
- HuffPost
Ex-GOP Official Hits Donald Trump With A Cold, Harsh Truth On CNN
Geoff Duncan talked about the "epitome of stupidity" when it came to Trump-devoted Republicans.
- BuzzFeed
Ex-Trump Voters, Tell Us The Moment That Made You Go "Enough Is Enough"
"I'll never forget that moment because that was the moment I think I literally within myself said, 'I think I've made a mistake.'"
- The Independent
US soldiers stationed on Alaskan island armed with rocket launchers after Russian activity detected
Russia began largest joint naval and air drills since Cold War last week
- HuffPost
Sean Hannity Makes False Claim About Trump's Would-Be Assassins
The Fox News host was not helping matters any in his error about the attempts on Trump's life.
- The Independent
I traveled with Tim Walz after the second attempted Trump assassination. Here’s how he reacted
Flying with Harris’s running-mate — and trailing him from campaign event to campaign event, all while trying to get a reaction to breaking news — can be a surreal affair
- The Daily Beast
Teamsters Announce Election Move after Flirting With Trump
Kamala Harris suffered a blow to her campaign Wednesday when the Teamsters, one of the most influential labor unions with long ties to the Democratic Party, declined to make a presidential endorsement.The announcement from the leadership of the 1.3-million-member International Brotherhood of Teamsters marked the first time in nearly three decades the union sat out a presidential election. In every presidential election since 1996—the last year the Teamsters did not endorse a presidential candida
- HuffPost
JD Vance Is Spreading A New Racist Lie About Haitians
Vance’s original lie has been proven wrong time and time again — but now he’s back with a new one.
- The Independent
At least 25 dead as walkie-talkies explode in Lebanon as Israel declares ‘new phase of war’ against Hezbollah
More than 600 injured across the country a day after exploding pagers killed 12 and wounded around 3,000
- The Daily Beast
Stephen Colbert Brutally Mocks Melania Trump’s Naked ‘Courage’
“Trump’s struggling campaign needs all the help it can get to stay on message these days,” Stephen Colbert said during his Late Show monologue Wednesday night. “And thankfully,” he added, Melania Trump is here to do her part. Ahead of her big memoir release next month, the former first lady put out a video on Wednesday in which she addressed her history of posing nude on magazine covers for the first time. “Why do I stand proudly behind my nude modeling work?” she asked, before presenting a “mor
- CNN
A Missouri death row inmate set to be executed in less than a week asks the US Supreme Court to halt his execution
A death row inmate in Missouri who has long claimed his innocence and is scheduled to be executed in less than one week asked the US Supreme Court on Wednesday for a stay of execution, arguing his due process rights were denied during the yearslong legal battle to save his life.