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AFL great James Hird has been taken to hospital after falling ill during a live broadcast of Footy Classified.The Essendon legend was appearing as a panellist on the show on Tuesday night when he became distressed by “a piece of dinner stuck in his throat”.Viewers could hear Hird coughing during the opening stages of the show before he left the studio during the first ad break to vomit.Despite the scare, the former Bombers captain pushed through and completed the remainder of the program before later heading to hospital.“He’s a warrior, that guy,” one insider told the Herald Sun.Another described it…

THE BALANCE OF LEVERAGEAcross the summit agenda, analysts said leverage is likely to be fragmented rather than clearly tilted towards either side, with advantages shifting across Iran, Taiwan and technology-security issues.On Iran, Beijing may have the stronger hand because Trump has more need for a visible outcome, said RSIS’ Li.After weeks of conflict and pressure on global energy markets, any sign that Washington can draw Beijing into crisis management would allow Trump to present the summit as evidence of strength and diplomatic control, he added.Beijing’s main priority, by contrast, is to prevent the Iran conflict from becoming a destabilising complication,…

By AFP, Reuters and The Associated PressPublished On 12 May 202612 May 2026In a United States court, OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman has rejected claims from fellow tech mogul Elon Musk that he betrayed the artificial intelligence company’s original vision.Tuesday marked the start of Altman’s testimony in a contentious trial unfolding in Oakland, California, between some of tech’s richest and most powerful titans.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listMusk, the wealthiest man in the world, has sued Altman and OpenAI president Greg Brockman on the basis that they “stole a charity” by shifting its purpose.He alleged that OpenAI’s leader…

Washington — As inflation rose to its highest rate in years and CBS News polling shows high prices at the pump are causing financial strain for many Americans, President Trump told reporters Tuesday, “I don’t think about Americans’ financial situation” as a motivation for negotiations with Iran, and said he is only concerned with preventing Iran from developing nuclear weapons.When asked by a reporter how much Americans’ finances are “motivating you to make a deal,” Mr. Trump responded: “Not even a little bit.””The only thing that matters when I’m talking about Iran, they can’t have a nuclear weapon,” Mr. Trump…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents arrested a Vietnamese national convicted of attempted murder of a police officer who remained free in the country for over 15 years because his home country refused to take him back.The case underscores a broader shift in U.S. deportation policy targeting previously protected foreign nationals with criminal convictions.Dinh Quy Nguyen, who was convicted of attempted capital murder of a police officer and burglary on June 28, 1989, was taken into custody in Houston, Texas, on May 5, 2026. Despite being ordered deported in 1997,…

The Toronto District School Board is cutting more than 200 administrative staff a little more than a month after it announced planned cuts for some teaching roles. A total of 218 central staff are being laid off, along with the elimination of 91 vacant positions, according to TDSB spokesperson Ryan Bird.“The important thing is that we are trying to minimize the impacts to the classroom to the greatest extent possible and I don’t think that there is any significant impact to classrooms by any means as a result of these central cuts,” Bird said in an interview.This week’s reductions come…

The company that operates online learning system Canvas said it struck a deal with hackers to delete the data they pilfered in a cyberattack that created chaos for students, many of them in the middle of finals. Instructure, the parent company of Canvas, said in an online post that it “reached an agreement with the unauthorized actor involved in this incident.”The company didn’t provide any details on the agreement, including whether it involved a payment, and didn’t elaborate who was behind the hack. Instructure temporarily took the system offline while it investigated, locking out students and faculty. Instructure CEO Steve…

ShareShare Article via FacebookShare Article via TwitterShare Article via LinkedInShare Article via EmailMichelle Meyer, Mastercard Economics Institute chief economist, joins ‘Power Lunch’ to discuss the state of the travel economy, how its changing and much more.

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has described his proposed tax reforms as “contentious” but a step in the right direction for young Australians struggling to break into the housing market.In Tuesday night’s budget, Mr Chalmers and Anthony Albanese broke a pre-election promise not to touch tax breaks by axing the 50 per cent capital gains tax discount in favour of inflation indexation across all asset classes.Investors will be given a one-year grace period before the pre-1999 regime kicks in.New investors will no longer be able to negatively gear properties from July next year, unless the property is a new build.Camera IconFinance Minister…

Note:  All times on the map are Iran time. The New York Times A light, 4.3-magnitude earthquake struck in Iran on Tuesday, according to the United States Geological Survey.The temblor happened at 11:46 p.m. Iran time about 40 miles east of Tehran, data from the agency shows.As seismologists review available data, they may revise the earthquake’s reported magnitude. Additional information collected about the earthquake may also prompt U.S.G.S. scientists to update the shake-severity map. Sources: United States Geological Survey (epicenter, aftershocks, shake intensity); LandScan via Oak Ridge National Laboratory (population density) | Notes: Shaking categories are based on the Modified…