Australia’s headline inflation sank to its lowest level in more than three years in the September quarter, as lower energy prices and elevated interest rates eased price pressures in the economy. The annual consumer price index for the July-September period was 2.8%, or the lowest since the March quarter of 2021, the Australian Bureau of…
Adidas says it has reached an amicable agreement with rapper Kanye West to end all legal proceedings between them, without any money being exchanged. The German sportswear giant had been locked in a dispute with the artist, who now goes by the name Ye, since they cut ties in 2022 after allegations of antisemitism against…
The Football Association has apologised to a Muslim footballer after she was barred from playing in a match for refusing to wear shorts due to her religious beliefs. Iqra Ismail was meant to come on as a half-time substitute for United Dragons in a Greater London Women’s Football League fixture against Tower Hamlets on Sunday,…
A California “home” for rent is shining a light on the US housing crisis – and evoking Harry Potter’s living situation. For $250 a month, an online ad is offering the opportunity to reside in a 3ft by 10ft cubby located under the stairs of a one-bedroom apartment in downtown San Jose. “Fits a cot…
Deterioration of the Washington Post’s subscriber base continued on Tuesday, hours after its proprietor, Jeff Bezos, defended the decision to forgo formally endorsing a presidential candidate as part of an effort to restore trust in the media. The publication has now shed 250,000 subscribers, or 10% of the 2.5 million customers it had before the…
A former GB news presenter who lost a high court battle with Ofcom has been ordered to pay £50,000 in legal costs before the final bill is determined. Mark Steyn claimed the regulator had “killed” his career with rulings about Covid content on two of his 2022 shows, but in July Mrs Justice Farbey dismissed…
The owners of an island volcano in New Zealand that erupted in 2019 killing 22 people, including 14 Australians, have launched an appeal against their criminal conviction for violating safety laws. They argue that tour operators – rather than their company – were responsible for the safety of visitors to Whakaari, also known as White…
50 Cent has revealed that he turned down a $3m offer to join Donald Trump at his controversial New York rally. The rapper, who has previously shown admiration for the former president, spoke about the opportunity during an interview on The Breakfast Club. He confirmed that he “got a call” and had also been asked…
Steve Bannon, the longtime Donald Trump acolyte, was released from prison on Tuesday, following a four-month sentence for defying a congressional subpoena in an investigation of the 6 January 2021 US Capitol attack. The far-right firebrand’s release from federal prison in Danbury, Connecticut, comes just one week before election day. Bannon, 70, surrendered to prison…
A former Conservative MP has been reprimanded for “brazen and drunken” sexual misconduct in one of parliament’s bars. Aaron Bell, who was the Tory MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme until July, was found by a parliamentary watchdog to have “abused his position of power” by touching a woman “on her left thigh, waist and bottom inappropriately and…
