Anthony Albanese switches to election footing with blitz of three campaign battlegrounds | Australian election 2025 newsthirst.

Anthony Albanese will frame this year’s federal election as a choice between “building Australia’s future” under Labor or “taking Australia backwards” under the Coalition as the prime minister opens 2025 with a blitz of three campaign battlegrounds. The prime minister will move to an election footing this week, travelling to electorates across Queensland, the Northern…

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Fatal Beating of New York Inmate, Body Cam Video Released by State’s Attorney newsthirst.

Body cam footage of corrections officers brutally beating a restrained inmate — who died hours later — has been released by the New York State Attorney General … showing officers hitting the bloodied man repeatedly. The video shows Robert Brooks — an inmate serving a 12-year sentence for first-degree assault — repeatedly being punched and…

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Tech CEOs give their congratulations newsthirst.

Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, attends the 54th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, in Davos, Switzerland, January 18, 2024 (L), and Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos speaks during the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland, Britain, November 2, 2021. Reuters Leaders of major technology companies congratulated President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect…

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Ex-drug lord Fabio Ochoa walks free in Colombia after 20 years in US prisons | Colombia newsthirst.

The return of former drug trafficker Fabio Ochoa to Colombia following his deportation from the United States has reopened old wounds among victims of the Medellín cartel, with some expressing dismay at the Colombian authorities’ decision to let Ochoa walk free. Some of the cartel victims said they are hoping the former drug lord will…

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Millions of Australians miss out on saving hundreds of dollars by not switching energy deals, ACCC says | Energy newsthirst.

Millions of households could save more than $300 on their yearly energy bills on average just by swapping to better deals on the market, the consumer watchdog has found. Falling electricity prices over the 12 months to August saw nearly 5m households and businesses on flat rate plans receiving a 4% cut on average, according…

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