MELBOURNE: Australia will give 49 of its ageing M1A1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine months after Kyiv requested the redundant fleet, Defence Minister Richard Marles said on Thursday (Oct 17). The Australian government was giving Ukraine most of its American-made M1A1 tanks, which are valued at A$245 million (US$163 million), Marles said. They will be replaced in Australia by a fleet of 75 next-generation M1A2 tanks. In February, Marles said that giving Ukraine the tanks as they were phased out was not on his government’s agenda. But on Thursday he said he did not regard the donation as a backflip on his government’s previous position. “We talk…
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The Republican running mate has previously sidestepped questions about whether he supports Trump’s false claims of voter fraud.Republican vice-presidential candidate JD Vance has told a rally of supporters that he believes former United States President Donald Trump did not lose the 2020 election. During a question-and-answer period with reporters in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, on Wednesday, Vance was asked what kind of message he is sending to independent voters by not answering questions on whether he believes the results of the 2020 election. Trump, Vance’s running mate and the Republican nominee for the 2024 race, has long maintained that his loss in…
The Los Angeles Dodgers are inching closer to ending the New York Mets’ magical postseason run and are just two wins away from advancing to the World Series.On Wednesday, Los Angeles silenced the Mets en route to an 8-0 road win in Game 3 of the National League Championship Series. The Dodgers, now up 2-1 in the best-of-seven series, will look to push New York to the brink of elimination during Game 4, scheduled for Thursday at 8:08 p.m. ET on Fox Sports 1.Here are three takeaways from Los Angeles’ dominant victory: Dodgers’ Walker Buehler bends but doesn’t break Buehler was…
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Here’s something I’ve always believed: the better you know your team members, the easier it is to give them the support and freedom they need to be successful in their work.At my last company, all of my direct reports were with me for at least eight years. We went through a significant portion of our lives together. My team members lost family members, had legal issues and fertility issues, got married, moved and divorced, and I saw it all. I also saw how all these things affected their performance in the office…
Claims about the sustainability of fish farms have been vastly overstatedVIKEN KANTARCI/AFP via Getty Images It has been claimed that fish farming is a sustainable source of food that will help us feed the growing global human population while protecting wild fish populations – but this isn’t true. “Fish farming is not a substitute for catching wild fish out of the ocean,” says Matthew Hayek at New York University. “In fact, it relies on catching wild fish out of the ocean.” Hayek and his colleagues have shown that the amount of wild fish killed in order to feed farmed fish…
They’ve become a part of the fabric of New York City life, slipping in and out of subway cars and calling out to riders as they try to sell their wares, typically an assortment of candy bars and gum. On train platforms, they sell various fruits like mango and watermelon, cut up and divided into plastic cups. Often the candy and fruit vendors are migrant women, sometimes seen with their young children in tow. NBC News approached several women on subway platforms in Manhattan and Queens over the past year asking them to share the stories of their arrivals in the…
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has adopted a ‘click to cancel’ rule, which aims to make it easier for people to end subscriptions.It will force companies to make subscribing and cancelling subscriptions equally straightforward.Businesses, including retailers and gyms, will also have to get consent from customers before renewing subscriptions or converting free trials into paid memberships.The new rule is due to come into effect in around six months time.“Too often, businesses make people jump through endless hoops just to cancel a subscription,” said FTC chair Lina Khan. “The FTC’s rule will end these tricks and traps, saving Americans time…
Amazon the Documentary on Flynn Many thought the story about me, the Forecaster, was just an isolated attempt to silence me and shut down our forecasting. I suggest watching this new documentary about General Mike Flynn. What they did to him is precisely what they did to me. They threaten your family. In my case, I wrote a letter to Dorothy Heyl, the SEC prosecutor. Judge Richard Owen also acted like a prosecutor. I had said I had never met a lawyer named Tenzer. He investigated me personally, saw a lawyer named Taenzer come to see me, and…
Credit: Eugenio Hansen, OFS, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons Billy Graham defined the problem: “Bad politicians are elected by good people who don’t vote.” Tragically, about 40 million Christians don’t take the existential threat of atheistic Marxism infecting our society through today’s Democratic Party seriously enough to even vote – 15 million of them aren’t even registered! Non-voting Christians were a huge percentage of believers eligible to vote (40 million out of 90 million) and also of the approximately 80 million non-voters in 2020. That 80 million is almost a third of eligible voters (257 million eligible, 237 million registered, 159 million voted). Given the slim…
Tensions are rising among fans of “Dancing with the Stars” as judges face criticism for their inconsistent scoring, specifically citing the over-scoring of contestant Brooks Nader.Following a series of performances that showcased talent and dedication on Tuesday, October 15, many viewers voiced their frustration over what they perceived as unfair treatment from the judges’ panel.As the competition heats up, the discrepancy in scores from the “Dancing with the Stars” judges has sparked a heated debate about the criteria used for judging and the overall fairness of the scoring system.Article continues below advertisement’DWTS’ Judges Slammed By Fans For This Season’s Scoring…