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Jane Hume says Hanson’s UK tour ‘un-Australian’Tom McIlroyThe deputy Liberal leader, Jane Hume, has criticised Pauline Hanson for statements about migration and multiculturalism at the CPAC conference in London, telling Sky she condemns the One Nation leader’s comments.“I think that they were unnecessary. They were divisive. They were inflammatory, and they were totally un-Australian,” Hume said.“That’s not the way we operate in Australia. We have had a proud history of multiculturalism. We’re a great migrant nation.”Hume said Hanson was wrong to lament the removal of the White Australia policy in the 1960s and 1970s. double quotation markIf we’re going to…

Bennett Oghifo  ABC Transport Plc, Nigeria’s foremost provider of premium intercity transportation and integrated logistics services, has officially launched a comprehensive Group-wide Fleet Renewal Programme with the arrival of the first batch of its brand-new 2026-model luxury coaches. The comprehensive fleet renewal marks another significant milestone in the company’s continued investment in safety, innovation, customer experience, and operational excellence. The arrival of these state-of-the-art coaches represents the first phase of a broader fleet modernisation initiative for the company’s Travel Division, with additional units expected before the end of the year. The investment reflects ABC Transport’s unwavering commitment to continually renewing…

Last year, Sam Altman invited author Dave Eggers to give a talk to around 200 OpenAI staffers. The man has written countless novels, screenplays, pieces of journalism, started McSweeney’s, and founded multiple schools and nonprofits that support writers and the arts more broadly. So one might expect he’d roll into the company’s offices and offer tips on being relentlessly prolific, or how to excel in multiple fields. Instead, he apparently laced into the company. According to the Financial Times, Eggers told the staff:“The effect of ChatGPT on educators’ lives is catastrophic. Whether you intended to do it or not, you’ve…

Lena Headey is getting real about the “weird protection” of “predatory men” in Hollywood and reveals what “shocked” her about the reaction to the Game of Thrones nudity scandal. In a new interview, the GoT star who played Cersei Lannister in the HBO fantasy series opened up about the backlash she got for using a body double for the naked walk of shame in Season 5. “I was really shocked by the anger, by this idea that I’d duped the audience,” Headey told The Telegraph. “But by that point everyone knew [the cast], it was insane simply going anywhere, and…

“Democracy dies in darkness.” I thought about those words this week as I walked past The Washington Post headquarters on K Street in northwest, downtown Washington D.C. Some phrases become so familiar that they risk fading into the background. Then a particular moment restores their weight, reminding us that they were never merely a newspaper’s motto — they were a warning. Nigeria’s democracy is eroding. It is eroding quietly and gradually. Almost imperceptibly. Our democracy is eroding one frivolous lawsuit at a time.  Democracies rarely collapse in a single dramatic moment. It starts with obstructions to the execution of the…

Andrew and Tristan Tate, brothers who are social media influencers, were arrested by federal authorities Saturday in Miami, the US Marshals Service said.The charges against the pair were not immediately announced. Brady McCarron, a spokesperson for the marshals, said the warrant was sealed.They were arrested on an extradition request from the UK, according to a person familiar with the matter, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to publicly discuss the case.A news release from the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said Andrew Tate, 39, had been charged with seven further counts of rape, three counts…

Cracking down on the shadow economy has become a key goal for the Kremlin. Before the VAT rise took effect, Putin warned the new rules must not push firms into the shadows and called for a “radical reduction in illegal employment”.”One arm of the government is trying to squeeze as much money as possible out of people through higher taxes, fines and other charges,” Alexander Kolyandr, a non-resident senior fellow at the Center for European Policy Analysis, told the BBC.”But another, in trying to counter so-called terrorist threats, is undermining that strategy by making it harder to collect tax,” he…

Speaks on 70th anniversary By Osa Amadi The Chairman of U.O.O Nigeria Plc, Nze Edozie Uche Okafor, has commended the Abia State Governor, Dr. Alex Otti, on the rapid transformation he has brought to the state within a short time. Speaking recently at the 36th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the company held in Lagos, Edozie said: “We are excited about the transformation taking place in Aba, the state’s commercial hub. Governor Alex Otti has improved infrastructure, enhanced security and is driving investments into the city. We are proud of what is happening there.” Edozie also disclosed that the company is…

Waymo says robotaxi service has resumed after it made “temporary adjustments” in San Francisco amidst a power outage that appears to have affected around 7,000 PG&E customers in the city. According to a screenshot posted on social media, Waymo told SF customers that service was “temporarily paused” and that “freeway routes are unavailable.” When TechCrunch reached out to the Alphabet-owned company for comment, a spokesperson said in a statement, “We are making temporary adjustments to our service while we monitor local conditions. We know riders depend on us, and we will return to normal operations as soon as possible.” Following…

During his speech on Friday, Burnham promised to deliver “the most significant change moment in our politics for 40 years”.In doing so, he made five pledges to the public, including working with other parties in a “distinctively Labour” direction and transferring power from Westminster to local authorities. But despite Burnham’s promises to end point-scoring in Westminster, Badenoch told the BBC: “I will score as many points as possible if it means the right thing for the country. “What I’m not going to do is give Andy Burnham a blank cheque.””What the country needs right now is someone who can take…