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Ocean rower Aurimas Mockus stranded by cyclone off Australia’s east coast safely rescued | Australia news newsthirst.

A Lithuanian rower has been rescued off the Queensland coast after he was caught in a tropical cyclone’s 130km/h winds and monster waves. Aurimas Mockus ran into trouble about 740km east of Mackay while attempting a 12,000km Pacific Ocean crossing from San Diego to Brisbane in his solo rowing boat. HMAS Choules, a 16,000-tonne Royal…

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Zelenskyy offers no apology to Trump and says row brought nothing positive | Volodymyr Zelenskyy newsthirst.

A defiant but tactful President Volodymyr Zelenskyy refused to apologise to Donald Trump after Friday’s spat in the White House, and declared that the row in the Oval Office “did not bring anything positive” to peace for Ukraine. Speaking to journalists only in Ukrainian at the end of a two-day visit to the UK, the…

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US tariffs on Canada and Mexico coming Tuesday but may not be 25%, commerce chief says | Trump administration newsthirst.

Donald Trump’s commerce secretary, Howard Lutnick, said on Sunday that US tariffs on Canada and Mexico will go into effect on Tuesday, but the president would determine whether to stick with the planned 25% level. “That is a fluid situation,” Lutnick told the Fox News program Sunday Morning Futures. “There are going to be tariffs…

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