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McDonald's: 3 Key Takeaways for Long-Term Investors
McDonald's: 3 Key Takeaways for Long-Term Investors
‘Bring it on’: Pauline Hanson to appeal Mehreen Faruqi racial discrimination ruling in high court
One Nation leader granted special leave to appeal after full federal court earlier this year agreed Hanson portrayed Faruqi as a ‘second-class citizen’
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Australia’s high court has agreed to hear Pauline Hanson’s appeal against a ruling that she engaged in racial discrimination against Mehreen Faruqi when she told the Greens senator to “pack your bags and piss off back to Pakistan”.
The One Nation leader was granted special leave to appeal on Thursday after the full federal court earlier this year unanimously upheld a 2024 decision.
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Voters Are Turning Out in Droves to Cut Autocrats Down to Size
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SpaceX Just Picked Qualcomm for Its Own 5G Network. I Still See the Stock as a Hold.
SpaceX Just Picked Qualcomm for Its Own 5G Network. I Still See the Stock as a Hold.
‘People are tired’: Sen.-elect Annie Andrews joins CNN after big win
‘People are tired’: Sen.-elect Annie Andrews joins CNN after big win
Billionaire Mittal’s Satellite Ambition Pitches OneWeb Against Musk’s Starlink
UK found to be ‘dangerously’ reliant on China for critical minerals needed for defence and AI
Delivering net zero also at risk, say MPs as they call for centralised policy and funding for mines and diversification
The UK is “dangerously” dependent on China for critical raw materials needed for the military, renewable energy infrastructure and AI, a parliamentary investigation has found.
MPs on the business select committee called for an urgent centralised policy and the creation of a “critical minerals finance facility” to help fund rare earth and other critical mineral mines, and deploy grants, equity and debt to accelerate a diversification programme.
Continue reading...Historians say King Verica persuaded Rome to invade Britain. But could Verica actually have been a queen?
Controversial theory that Verica, who incited Emperor Claudius’s AD43 landing, was a woman could put a new spin on British history if true
It was a moment that changed the course of British history: in AD43, Roman troops under the emperor Claudius landed in Kent. Now, an archaeologist has claimed the British ruler who persuaded Claudius to invade was not a king but a queen.
The controversial conclusion, made by Dr Miles Russell, the director of archaeological fieldwork at Bournemouth University, could throw new light on Britain’s history.
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