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Apr 20, 2026 - World

2 Killed As Planned Fight Escalates To Mass Shooting In North Carolina Park

Apr 20, 2026 - World

Pakistan has "done a good job" in cultivating closeness with Trump, Mehdi Hasan told NDTV's Vishnu Som in an exclusive interview.

Apr 20, 2026 - World

Labor MP says next budget should have 25% tax on gas exports. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWong speaks to counterparts in Pakistan and LebanonThe foreign minister, Penny Wong, spoke with her counterparts in Pakistan and Lebanon overnight, discussing the Middle East war, peace negotiations with the US and Iran and closure of the strait of Hormuz.I told Lebanon’s foreign minister that Australia welcomed the US-brokered ceasefire agreed by Israel and Lebanon and that we continue to call on all parties to adhere it. We want a negotiated end to the conflict, Lebanon’s sovereignty respected, and Hezbollah disarmed.Even with the ceasefire, we know global supply pressures will continue for some time to come.Nothing’s changed. As I would have said in November to you, it is an input on the demand side that is migration. And migration has been too high. Continue reading...

Apr 20, 2026 - World

Official tells Reuters it is ‘positively reviewing’ involvement in negotiations after earlier saying it had no plans for a new round of talksThe US has just released some more footage of the encounter with the Iranian flagged vessel, the M/V Touska.In a post on X, US Central Command said US Marines had departed the amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli by helicopter and rappelled onto the Iranian-flagged vessel. Continue reading...

Apr 20, 2026 - World

Cook, who will assume the role of executive chair, will be succeeded by John Ternus as CEO on 1 SeptemberApple announced on Monday that it had named a replacement for Tim Cook as CEO, with head of hardware engineering John Ternus succeeding him on 1 September. Cook will stay at the company in the role of executive chair.“It has been the greatest privilege of my life to be the CEO of Apple and to have been trusted to lead such an extraordinary company. I love Apple with all of my being,” Cook said in a press release. Continue reading...