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Anthony Albanese and Kurt Campbell following Australia's Pacific Policing Initiative announcement. Photo: RNZ Pacific / Lydia Lewis Australia Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has bridled at questions from RNZ about a private conversation where he joked with US Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell about splitting the cost of the Pacific Policing Initiative. The initiative was announced in Tonga on Wednesday and last night RNZ Pacific journalist Lydia Lewis filmed Albanese and the top US official discussing the ambitious plan, which could reshape the way policing is conducted across the region. “Well we had a cracker today getting the Pacific Policing Initiative through,” @AlboMP tells @kurtcampbel on sidelines of @piflm53 @RNZPacific @kelvinfiji pic.twitter.com/sP9YNqhlSR— Lydia Lewis...

Donald Trump lays a wreath alongside Marine Corporal Kelsee Lainhart (Ret.) and and US Marine Corps' Sergeant Tyler Vargas-Andrews (Ret.) at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery on August 26, 2024 in Arlington, Virginia. Photo: AFP Two members of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's campaign staff had a "verbal and physical altercation" with an Arlington National Cemetery official during a visit by Trump this week, NPR reported on Tuesday. Trump on Monday participated in a wreath-laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery honouring the 13 service members killed during the US withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021. Later in Detroit, Trump blamed Vice President Kamala Harris, his Democratic rival for the White House, and President Joe Biden for what ...

By Arsheeya Jajwa for Reuters Nvidia headquarters on May 21, 2024 in Santa Clara, California. Photo: AFP Nvidia's quarterly forecast on Wednesday failed to meet the lofty expectations of investors who have driven a dizzying rally in its stock as they bet billions on the future of generative artificial intelligence. Shares of the chipmaker fell 6 percent in after-hours trading, weighing on shares of chipmakers including Advanced Micro Devices and Broadcom, as well as other tech behemoths. The report has been seen as a day of reckoning for the tech sector and the results were treated as mixed, despite heady growth and profit. "Here's the issue," said Ryan Detrick, chief market strategist at the Carson Group. "The size of the beat this time was much smaller than we've been seeing." He a...

A Paris prosecutor said Pavel Durov had been placed under formal investigation after four days of custody. Photo: Public Domain By Gabriel Stargardter and Tassilo Hummel, Reuters A French judge put Telegram boss Pavel Durov under formal investigation in a probe into organized crime on the messaging app, but granted the entrepreneur bail on condition he pays 5 million euros, reports twice a week to police and does not leave French territory. Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau said in a statement the judge found there were grounds to formally investigate Durov on all the charges for which he was initially arrested four days ago. They include suspected complicity in running an online platform that allows illicit transactions, images of child sex abuse, drug trafficking and fraud, as well as th...

Liam Newman, 25, died in a skydiving event in Queensland. Photo: Supplied / iFLY / Facebook A New Zealand sky diver has died in Australia after taking part in a sky diving event in Western Queensland. Australian media are reporting 25-year-old Liam Newman died after he over corrected his landing and hit the ground at speed. His workplace iFly Brisbane Indoor Skydiving took to social media confirming his death. The post said he was a much loved staff member of their team and their thoughts were with his family at this difficult time. Tributes have been pouring in on social media remembering Newman. Emergency crews were called to a rural area at Tarawera near Goondiwindi about 8am on Tuesday, the ABC has reported. The Australian Parachute Federation (APF), which is investigating the death...