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Trump rejects Iran’s latest proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz

US President Donald Trump said on Saturday that he rejects Iran’s latest proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, calling it “unacceptable.” “I reject their proposal,” Trump said when asked by reporters what he thought about Iran’s plan, which promises a swift reopening of the strait and a resumption of talks over Tehran’s nuclear program in exchange for the United States lifting its naval blockade and ending other economic penalties. US President Donald Trump said on Saturday that he rejects Iran’s latest proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, calling it “unacceptable.” AP Photo/Rod Lamkey “They want to make a deal where they open the strait immediately because they’re losing so badly,” he added. “They want a make a deal, and I think that’s fine. I like making ...

Senators demand OpenAI chief appear before inquiry after Medicare breach

Australian senators are demanding the heads of multiple tech companies appear at an inquiry after an OpenAI agent breached systems in Australia and around the world. It comes as Prime Minister Anthony Albanese insisted the company had questions to answer following the breach, where an AI bot operated by OpenAI gained unauthorised access to an Australian Medicare statistics website in June. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese insisted OpenAI has questions to answer after Thursday’s breach. Today OpenAI has confirmed its autonomous (artificial intelligence) AI bots bypassed security controls on the websites of “dozens” of organisations, including high-profile government and university systems. In a statement posted on Saturday (local time), OpenAI said it would not publ...

Hunter Biden weighs in as Republican demands Trump Jr wedding investigation

A top Republican senator has demanded an investigation into a wedding gift worth hundreds of thousands of dollars made by a Russian oligarch to Donald Trump’s son. Umar Kremlev rented a private island as part of a three-day wedding celebration between Donald Trump Jr and his wife Bettina. Donald Trump Jr. and his wife Bettina Anderson were married in the Bahamas in May. AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson He also paid for a fireworks show for the couple at an estimated cost of almost $100,000. Now Utah Senator John Curtis has demanded an investigation into the gift. "A toaster is a wedding gift," Curtis said. "A private-island party paid for by a Putin-connected oligarch is something else." Curtis invoked the Senate’s previous investigati...

‘Inevitable next stage’: Australia knocks back Trump warning

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has knocked back criticism from the Trump administration after it weighed in on domestic politics as he pushes his digital agenda to world leaders. The US government on Tuesday raised “serious concerns” about Labor’s proposed digital duty of care, which would force social media companies to provide an opt-out measure to users, accusing it of “facilitating censorship”. The Trump administration has weighed in on Australian politics. AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson Asked about the remarks on the sidelines of the United Nations meeting in New York, Albanese pushed back on the concerns raised and called it the “inevitable next stage”. “I will always stand up for Australia’s national interests and the digital duty of care i...

Trump just decided to rename artificial intelligence. That’s ‘super’ confusing

It might not seem like a big deal that US President Donald Trump has just tried to rename artificial intelligence – he unilaterally renames things all the time. But the word he chose and the venue where he revealed it are both remarkable. United States President Donald Trump speaks during the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura In a meandering address to the United Nations on Tuesday (early Wednesday AEST), Trump attacked the UN and other international bodies, pondered whether he should “annihilate” Iran and declared the US would officially refer to AI as “super intelligence” from now on. “The use of the word ‘artificial’ makes intelligence fake – it makes it sound fake, and it is not fake,” he said. “It's actu...

Republican congressman Thomas Massie files articles of impeachment against Pete Hegseth

A firebrand conservative congressman has filed articles of impeachment against Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth over the Iran war. Kentucky Representative Thomas Massie announced the impeachment attempt, accusing Hegseth of high crimes and misdemeanours. Articles of impeachment have been filed against Pete Hegseth. AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta Massie accused Hegseth of starting the war with Iran unlawfully and incurring unnecessary civilian casualties. "Secretary Hegseth thereby effected the murder of civilians and abused the trust of men and women under his command by requiring them to conduct military operations within a targeted and legal review system that he had deliberately degraded," Massie said in Congress. "This undermined the integrity and diplomacy of the Un...
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