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The Northern Territory has lowered its cap on pokies to 1,659, but applications for 20 additional gaming machines at two of Iris Capital's Alice Springs venues "remain in train".

Anders Wiklöf says he really regrets driving 30 kilometres per hour over the limit in Finland, where such penalties are based an offender's income.

More than 4,000 pages of documents related to the disgraced financier's death have been obtained under the Freedom of Information Act, including a detailed psychological reconstruction of […]

Survivors recount seeing mangled metal and hearing the cries of children in the chaotic first moments after the train crash in the state of Odisha in India.

You'd know if you heard the sound of the Western Australian parrot known as the 28. Here's how it got its name.

The athletics world is paying tribute to the late Jim Hines, the first man to stop a clock in under 10 seconds for the 100m. 

Australia's citrus industry welcomes an administrative milestone, the publication of a new list of orchards, packhouses and treatment facilities allowed to export to China.

The 23-year-old, who has been in police custody since Thursday, has been remanded to face court today. 

Mining, construction and farming and other business groups have mounted a campaign over changes the Employment Minister Tony Burke says the government is not proposing to make.

Shadow Treasurer Angus Taylor says Australia has higher core inflation than all of the countries in the G7. Is that correct? RMIT ABC Fact Check investigates.

Ms Folbigg spent her first day of freedom since 2003 enjoying simple pleasures, like a comfortable bed and pizza, her best friend Tracy Chapman says.

While some US states are making prison phone calls free, a 12-minute phone call from a Victorian prison can cost more than a prisoner's wages for the day. 

The world’s largest crypto exchange has been hit with an SEC suit that many saw coming, but the details will be studied closely.

Economists are divided on whether interest rates will rise for the 12th time in just over year when the RBA announces its latest decision this afternoon, while Apple shares have set a new record […]

Binance betrayed our interests with its decision to delist privacy coins. In the long run, it may mean that users leave Binance in the dust.

Rapid evolution in protected havens is stripping threatened native marsupials of the "street smarts" they need to survive and escape predators in the wild, new research finds. 

A 13-year-old boy dies three days after a fire tore through a home in Geraldton in Western Australia's Midwest. 

A review into a Morrison-government-era grant funding program finds only two of 171 projects attached to the program were "highly suitable" and almost half were based in marginal electorates.

Bitcoin’s price dropped to $25,500 after the SEC announced a lawsuit against Binance and Changpeng Zhao, a move which also has BTC bulls wondering if the bottom is truly in.

An unexpected discovery when comparing the head shapes and teeth of red kangaroos inside and outside the Australian dog fence has been made by researchers, with one group growing up quicker.

Two boys aged 17 and 18 have been charged with various offences following a brawl in Sunshine last month during which a teenager was fatally stabbed.

Former US vice-president Mike Pence has declared himself a candidate in the 2024 Republican race for the White House, setting up a challenge to former president Donald Trump.

The Republican head of a US House of Representatives panel said he will seek to hold FBI Director Christopher Wray in contempt of Congress over what he said was a failure to hand over information […]

Australia's Steve Smith says he won't put an expiry date on his Test career despite veteran opener David Warner's decision on his future.

Western Australia has the lowest rate of Aboriginal voter enrolment in the country. A trial to increase that number could soon roll out nationally. 

For more than three decades, researchers have known that children from larger families are less likely to develop allergic disease, but the potential reason for that remained a mystery.

There is no shortage of regulatory efforts to mitigate the negative impacts of artificial intelligence.

They increase property prices, take cars off the road, and governments are keen to splash millions on rolling them out in rapidly growing cities. But light rail is facing increasingly vocal […]

Bitcoin and several altcoins took a beating on reports that the SEC filed a suit against Binance in U.S. district court.

A three-year-old Palestinian boy shot by Israeli forces during clashes in the occupied West Bank last week has died of his wounds, Israeli and Palestinian officials say.

El Salvador’s plans to build a billion dollar renewable energy precinct has found a first-round investor in stablecoin issuer Tether.

"We only support blue chip NFTs to reduce the risks," said Paraspace developers.

The crypto market is down today after the news of the SEC suing Binance and its CEO Changpeng Zhao scares off investors.

Researchers in Germany found that the launch of ChatGPT had a significant impact on AI-related cryptocurrencies, despite an overall bear market.

 The people of Azerbaijan must be scared of the Israeli regime, not the civilized and Muslim nation of Iran, the Iranian foreign ministry spokesman said in reaction to the recent...

How have the regulatory and legal frameworks governing cryptocurrency fines transformed over the years, and what are the key trends and challenges?

The partnership will debut 20,000 nonfungible tokens in its inaugural collection.

Iranian diplomatic mission in Saudi Arabia, which was expelled in 2016, will reopen its embassy on Tuesday under the leadership of Alireza Enayati, the newly-appointed Iranian ambassador. Saudi […]

According to the regulator, Binance failed to register as a securities exchange and operated illegally in the United States.

A crucial BTC price support level is coming back into the picture with Bitcoin bulls struggling below $27,000.

Female Iranian sprinter Nazanin Fatemeh Eydian demonstrated remarkable skills and determination at the 2023 Asian Junior Athletics Championships in South Korea and received a silver medal in the […]

Addressing the June meeting of the IAEA Board of Governors, the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency stated that progress has been made in implementing the Iran-IAEA joint...

Hong Kong is increasingly solidifying its status as a crypto hub in Asia despite most other countries taking a cautious approach.

Understanding and nurturing fan loyalty may be even more essential in the sporting world than in most industries.

One of the biggest challenges Web3 apps are facing is the difficulty of reaching a wider audience.

The DeFi revolution is transforming our financial landscape and empowering everyday people to take back control over their assets.

European Commission Vice President, Vera Jourova, said that companies deploying generative AI tools with the potential to spread disinformation should be publicly labeled.

Iran’s female taekwondo athlete Nahid Kiani has made history by winning the coveted gold medal at the 2023 Taekwondo World Championships. Facing off against China’s Ju Zuo in the women’s...

Discover the potential of combining blockchain and AI for enhanced transparency, privacy, collaboration and innovation in various industries.

 In a telephone conversation on Sunday night, foreign ministers of Iran and Turkiye stress the enhancement of mutual cooperation. During the phone talk, Hossein AmirAbdollahian congratulated Hakan […]

JPMorgan applies blockchain to interbank U.S. dollar transactions in India amid growing signs of global de-dollarization.

APPG chair Lisa Cameron emphasized the report’s significance in securing the U.K.’s leadership in the crypto sector and safeguarding consumers.

Besides Ethereum, Bitcoin’s meme frenzy via Ordinals has steeply declined from its high in May.

Bitcoin analysts are gearing up for a break toward the $30,000 mark, but what will BTC price action offer in the coming days?

The Terraform Labs co-founder is out on bail after a successful appeal in Montenegro but will be closely monitored until his next court appearance.

In the aftermath of the attack, Atomic Wallet — along with individual blockchain investigators — have amped up efforts to track and revert stolen funds.

Previously unrecognized Ordinals inscriptions will be indexed by the protocol following the upgrade, which will allow them to be traded.

The crypto industry advocacy group has placed its support behind Coin Center and its lawsuit against the U.S. Treasury over its Tornado Cash sanctions.

With a score of 17 out of 100, online interest in crypto has taken a big hit from its highest levels reached in May 2021.

Twitter founder Jack Dorsey has thrown his weight behind Democratic presidential candidate Robert Kennedy Jr.

In an effort to keep the Daily Open Thread a little more open topic we are going to start a new daily thread for “Presidential Politics”. Please use this thread to post anything relating to the […]

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive […]

Former DeSantis Press Secretary Christina Pushaw came directly to the Florida Governor’s office after working in Ukraine on behalf of Volodymyr Zelenskyy.  There is a clear commonality of […]

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy appears with Maria Bartiromo to address criticism about details within his debt ceiling bill.  The criticism is very valid, and is being made by many people who are […]

Attorney John Deaton says there’s a 25% chance Ripple will see an outright win against the Securities and Exchange Commission, while rumors fly of a possible Ripple IPO.

It was 34 years ago tonight when the Chinese government sent the Mongolian Army into Tiananmen Square to crackdown on the mostly student protestors. It is against the law in China to recognize today, […]

I’m going to go into the deep weeds on this story, because many people are missing a key facet.  The names behind the Trump targeting operation are included, along with citations for independent […]

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In an effort to keep the Daily Open Thread a little more open topic we are going to start a new daily thread for “Presidential Politics”. Please use this thread to post anything relating to the […]

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive […]

Now you know exactly why Florida Governor Ron DeSantis had to launch without any public appearances in his home state, and run away from the state of Florida immediately thereafter.   This […]

The Leader of the Islamic Revolution Seyyed Ali Khamenei told visiting Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov Wednesday that Iran is ready to boost relations with Ashgabat in different transportation and energy […]

President Ebrahim Raisi expressed Iran’s readiness to share its experiences in various spheres with the Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) members. In a meeting with CICA Secretary […]

 Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Bagheri says the Islamic Republic stands ready to export wholesale its defense equipment to friendly countries and share its...

Brett McGurk, US President Joe Biden’s senior Middle East adviser, took a low-profile trip to Oman earlier this month for talks with Omani officials on possible diplomatic outreach to Iran...