Australia’s annual inflation sinks to 2.8%, the lowest rate in more than three years, increasing chance of rate relief | Australian economy newsthirst.

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…

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Robot retrieves radioactive fuel sample from Fukushima nuclear reactor site | Fukushima newsthirst.

A piece of the radioactive fuel left from the meltdown of Japan’s tsunami-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has been retrieved from the site using a remote-controlled robot. Investigators used the robot’s fishing-rod-like arm to clip and collect a tiny piece of radioactive material from one of the plant’s three damaged reactors – the first…

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10,000 North Korean troops sent to Russia to train for Ukraine war, Pentagon says | World News newsthirst.

North Korea has sent about 10,000 troops to Russia to train and fight in Ukraine within “the next several weeks,” the Pentagon said Monday, in a move that Western leaders say will intensify the almost three-year war and jolt relations in the Indo-Pacific region. FILE – Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and North Korea’s leader…

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Boy, 11, dies and four other children injured after car crashes into Melbourne school | Melbourne newsthirst.

A child has died and four others remain in hospital with serious injuries after a car crashed into a school in Melbourne’s inner east. Emergency services rushed to the collision that occurred just after 2.30pm on Tuesday afternoon at Auburn South primary school in Hawthorn East. Police confirmed on Tuesday evening that one student had…

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‘Love Island USA’ Star Hannah Smith Charged With Threatening to Kill Cop newsthirst.

“Love Island USA” star Hannah Smith has just been slapped with criminal charges stemming from her recent arrest in Atlanta … after prosecutors say she threatened to kill a police officer. Cobb County prosecutors reviewed Hannah’s case and decided to formally charge her with two felonies … terroristic threats and willful obstruction of a law…

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Corbyn and McDonnell agree to police interview after pro-Palestine march | UK news newsthirst.

Jeremy Corbyn and John McDonnell were due to be interviewed under caution by police after a pro-Palestine march in central London on Saturday. Nine people have been charged with public order offences after protesters allegedly breached conditions as they marched through the city, allegedly breaking through a police line in the process. The Palestine Solidarity…

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