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Member of Musk’s ‘Doge’ quits after link to racist social media account revealed | Trump administration newsthirst.

A member of Elon Musk’s self-styled “department of government efficiency” (Doge) unit who was at the centre of a court battle over access to the US government’s payment system has resigned after being linked to an openly racist social media account. Marko Elez, 25, who has worked for Musk’s SpaceX company, was established to be…

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Burt, the giant crocodile from Crocodile Dundee, dies aged 90 | Movies newsthirst.

Burt, the giant crocodile that featured in hit Australian comedy Crocodile Dundee, has died. Crocosaurus Cove, an aquarium and exhibition space in Darwin, Australia, where Burt was housed, announced the news on social media, saying that the crocodile “passed away peacefully” and was “estimated to be over 90 years old”. Allow Instagram content? This article…

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Josh Burns says there are ‘clearly gaps in legal framework’ amid calls for antisemitism national cabinet | Australian politics newsthirst.

The Labor MP Josh Burns says there are “clearly gaps in our legal framework” and has called on political parties “not to squabble over discrimination”, after Australia’s special envoy on antisemitism called for urgent action to address a spate of recent incidents she said were “terrorising Australia’s Jewish community”. Jillian Segal on Wednesday urged the…

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ByteDance founder tops China’s rich list, beating Tencent CEO, Nongfu chair newsthirst.

Night view of the Lujiazui financial district in downtown Shanghai. Yongyuan Dai | E+ | Getty Images ByteDance founder Zhang Yiming for the first time has emerged as China’s richest person, according to a list compiled by Hurun Research Institute, leaving behind Nongfu Spring Chairperson Zhong Shanshan who has topped the rankings for three years….

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