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1Jul

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US Supreme Court upholds bans on transgender athletes in female school and college sports

Reuters Women hold placards as they celebrate the US Supreme Court's ruling The US Supreme Court has ruled that states can ban transgender women from competing in female school and college sports. The court considered cases from students in two different states who had challenged bans on participation. The two states, Idaho and West Virginia, enacted laws that required public school and college sports teams to compete in accordance with their sex recorded at birth. One of the two challenges said the ban violates equal rights protections in the US Constitution. The other said it contradicts civil rights laws. More than two dozen states have enacted bans since Idaho did so in 2020. President Donald Trump celebrated the decision in a social media post as a...

1Jul

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Donald Trump rakes in $1.7 billion from crypto companies

US President Donald Trump made more than $1.7 billion from his cryptocurrency businesses last year, even as he dismantled strict regulations around the industry from the White House. Trump’s newly released annual financial disclosure report shows he made more than $US600 million from his business CIC Digital LLC, which oversees the president’s $TRUMP “meme” coins and digital NFT trading cards. Donald Trump reported a major increase in income from cryptocurrency in 2025. AP Another business, World Liberty Financial, made more than $US500 million selling crypto products such as “governance tokens” - the crypto equivalent to company shares. The crypto income from those two businesses totalled about $US1.2 billion, or $1.74 billion. Trump has repeatedly claimed h...

1Jul

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‘Should have happened in secret’: Why the Sussex show is best left for America

Opinion: The Duke of Sussex is said to be “desperate” for his children to see their grandfather, King Charles, yet is partially to blame for creating the unnecessary drama surrounding his planned return to the UK with Meghan. The Sussex family’s long-awaited visit to Britain for the first time in four years – including Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet – is proving to be the biggest royal story of the year and it hasn’t even happened yet. Harry and Meghan's plans to bring their children to the UK to see their grandfather is now under consideration. Getty/Graphic: Tara Blancato Ongoing concerns around the level of security Prince Harry and his family will receive appears to be the main sticking point after the duke was denied taxpayer-funded police protection for the five-day to...

29Jun

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Has Ireland lost a friend with the departure of Sir Keir Starmer?

PA Media The then Taoiseach (Irish prime minister) Simon Harris was the first international leader to be hosted at Chequers under Starmer's premiership On 21 July 2024, the sun was blazing down on Chequers, the British prime minister's countryside residence. In the Hawtrey Room, two newly-crowned prime ministers - Sir Keir Starmer and Taoiseach (Irish prime minister) Simon Harris - were laughing. Surrounded by their closest advisers, which included chief of staff Sue Gray and cabinet secretary Simon Case on the UK side, Starmer told Harris a story about getting a Donegal jersey while on his honeymoon in Ireland. He said he still wears the jersey while playing five-a-side football. Luckily for Starmer, Harris furnished a brand new Donegal jersey as a ce...

29Jun

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Bitcoin price has fallen by 50 per cent in less than a year. Why?

Nearly a year ago, bitcoin reached its highest ever price as it surged to over $US124,000 in value. It was a stunning rise, given many thought its time had come and gone when it soared and then fell in and around 2022. Several factors are leading to Bitcoin's fall from grace. AAP However, it has now plummeted by more than half, falling by 19 per cent in the last month alone, according to tracking website CoinMarketCap. The market cap or total dollar value for cryptocurrencies overall has also fallen rapidly this year, losing nearly $500 billion. It has been a stark fall, especially given how US President Donald Trump pledged to support the crypto industry, and as parts of the technology sector are climbing. Elon Musk's SpaceX was recently publicly traded...

29Jun

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Andy Burnham inches closer to power in Britain as Keir Starmer seeks a legacy

Andy Burnham took a step closer to becoming Britain’s next prime minister without a contest on Wednesday when Cabinet minister Darren Jones, touted as a possible rival, said he would not run. Meanwhile Keir Starmer, seeking to secure a legacy before he leaves office, faced the weekly Prime Minister’s Questions session in Parliament before flying to Berlin to meet European allies for talks on Ukraine and the Middle East. Andy Burnham arrives at Portcullis House in Westminster on Monday. Andrew Matthews/PA via AP Starmer announced his plan to resign on Monday and will be out of office within weeks once the governing Labour Party picks a new leader. Starmer and his government took a roasting from Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch, who reeled off a list of a...

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