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Bruce Springsteen says Trump is running ‘rogue government’ and ‘siding with dictators’ | Bruce Springsteen newsthirst.

Bruce Springsteen has made a series of rousing, splenetic speeches castigating Donald Trump and his administration, calling the president “unfit” for office. In what amounts to one of the most sustained attacks on Trump and American lawmakers from a cultural figure, he made the speeches on stage in Manchester, as he opened his Land of…

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Post-Covid home working has failed to level up UK economy, study finds | Working from home newsthirst.

The post-pandemic shift to greater home working among highly skilled professionals has failed to level up Britain’s economy and help struggling regions as many had predicted it would, according to academic research. Hybrid working – where workers split their time between the workplace and another remote location such as home – has surged since the…

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Judge suggests NSW police had ‘absolutely no evidence’ to justify main strip-search in class action | Australian police and policing newsthirst.

A Sydney judge says the way the New South Wales police force defended a claim it unlawfully strip-searched a woman at a music festival – including a last-minute admission – was “of grave concern to me”. Justice Dina Yehia made the comment in the NSW supreme court during closing arguments in a class action against…

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Larissa Waters elected new federal Greens leader with Mehreen Faruqi chosen as deputy | Australian Greens newsthirst.

Queensland senator Larissa Waters has been elected the new federal Greens leader. The minor party’s 11 senators and lone MP met in Melbourne on Thursday afternoon to agree on its fifth parliamentary leader after Adam Bandt was unexpectedly ousted from Melbourne at the May election. NSW senator Mehreen Faruqi was re-elected as deputy leader. Nick…

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New Zealand MPs who performed haka in parliament given unprecedented punishment | New Zealand newsthirst.

Three New Zealand MPs who performed a haka in parliament will be temporarily suspended, in what is believed to be the harshest ever penalty issued to parliamentarians. The co-leaders of Te Pāti Māori (the Māori Party) Debbie Ngarewa-Packer and Rawiri Waititi, and the party’s youngest member, Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke, performed the traditional Māori dance during a…

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Erin Patterson murder trial live: witnesses continue to give evidence on day 12 of alleged mushroom murder case | Victoria newsthirst.

The jurors have not entered the court room yet. While we wait for today’s proceedings to kick off, here’s a report from our justice and courts reporter, Nino Bucci, on what the trial heard yesterday: Share What we learned yesterday While we wait for today’s proceedings to begin, here’s a recap of what the jury…

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