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Western Australia election: Liberals fail to attract swing required as Labor secures third-term victory | Western Australia election 2025 newsthirst.

Labor will govern for a third term in Western Australia, with the Liberal Party failing to attract the swing required to threaten Roger Cook’s majority. Polls predicted a 12-13% swing could put up to 11 seats in reach of the Liberal party. With 8% of the vote counted Labor had held the crucial seats of…

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UK government unveils £275m boost to training and apprenticeships in England | Industrial policy newsthirst.

The government will present a £275m investment in technical training and apprenticeships as the centrepiece of its long-awaited industrial strategy, in a direct challenge to Nigel Farage’s growing influence in England’s manufacturing heartlands. The package, announced by the business secretary, Jonathan Reynolds, on Sunday, includes funding for new technical excellence colleges, short courses in artificial…

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2025 Indy 500 predictions: Pato O’Ward best bet to win, Kyle Kirkwood to show newsthirst.

Bob Pockrass FOX Motorsports Insider The Indianapolis 500 this year will feature two drivers in particular whose storylines are all about chasing history.  Josef Newgarden is attempting to win his third consecutive Indy 500. No one in the 108-year history of the race has won back-to-back-to-back. Helio Castroneves is attempting to win for the fifth…

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EU accuses China’s AliExpress of ‘systemic failure’ over illegal goods | Alibaba newsthirst.

The European Commission has accused the online retailer AliExpress of a “systemic failure” to prevent the sale of illegal and dangerous goods on its platform, as Brussels steps up its case against the Chinese company. Issuing formal findings of an investigation launched in March last year, EU regulators said on Wednesday that AliExpress was failing…

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Steven Strang, literary scholar and leader in writing and communication support at MIT, dies at 77 | MIT News newsthirst.

Steven Strang, a writer and literary scholar who founded MIT’s Writing and Communication Center in 1981 and directed it for 40 years, died with family at his side on Dec. 29, 2024. He was 77. His vision for the center was ambitious. After an MIT working group identified gaps between the students’ technical knowledge and their…

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Man charged over stabbing two workers transporting him from detention centre to Sydney airport | New South Wales newsthirst.

New South Wales police have charged a 28-year-old man for allegedly stabbing one man and assaulting another while he was being transported from the Villawood immigration detention centre. Tongan national Paea Teu was being taken from the detention centre to Sydney airport on Thursday when police allege he attacked two men who were transporting him….

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