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Kanye West and wife set to divorce after nude Grammy stunt

The infamous nude Grammy Awards stunt from Kanye West and his wife Bianca Censori may have been the last straw as the couple are set to divorce.

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US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s struggle with inflation could be a blow for Jim Chalmers’ rate relief hopes in Australia.

The one reason Aussies shouldn’t expect a rate cut next week

JACKSON HEWETT: Practically every mainstream economist has put their bets on a rate cut next week, but there’s one reason why we shouldn’t get our hopes up.

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An AI-version of Scarlett Johansson in the deepfake Kanye West protest video.

Johansson demands US limit AI use in wake of Kanye video

Scarlett Johansson has issued a grave warning on the dangers of artificial intelligence after an authorised AI-generated video of her and other Jewish celebrities continues to go viral.

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Kanye West’s online shop has been shut down after a t-shirt featuring a swastika was listed for sale.

Kanye West’s store shut down following nazi merchandise item

The American rapper’s online shop has been shut down after a t-shirt featuring a swastika was listed for sale.

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Elon Musk, with his son X Æ A-Xii, speaks with President Donald Trump and reporters in the Oval Office at the White House on Tuesday.

‘Fraud and abuse’: Trump orders major federal staff cuts

The executive order directs agency heads, after the hiring freeze expires, to recruit no more than one employee for every four who leave the US federal government.

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NASA is planning to bring forward a homecoming for stuck astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore.

NASA, SpaceX hatch new plan to get stuck astronauts home

After eight months stranded in space, NASA and SpaceX have announced a new plan to bring two stuck astronauts back to Earth.

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In this courtroom sketch, Salman Rushdie testifies on the witness stand gesturing how the attacker slashed his throat during the 2022 onstage attack.

‘I was dying’: Rushdie relives brutal stabbing in court

The bestselling author calmly recounted the horrific onstage knife assault in August 2022 that left him lying in ‘a lake’ of blood as his accused attacker sat 6m away from him in court.

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Detroit officials are examining their failure to help a family, after two children died of cold.

Homeless children die in car parked outside casino

Authorities are investigating the deaths of two children whose family were living in a van, parked in freezing temperatures outside a Casino.

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Adan Manzano was in New Orleans to cover the Super Bowl for Telemundo Kansas City.

Bombshell evidence emerges in death of Super Bowl reporter

Police have revealed the first clue about just how the NFL journalist may have died.

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Motley Crue singer Vince Neil’s jet crashed in Arizona.

At least one dead after jet crash on airport runway

At least one person is dead and multiple others have been injured after one jet crashed into another on a runway at a US airport. 

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Kendrick Lamar performs onstage during Apple Music Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show at Caesars Superdome.

Sports icon joins back-up dancers in Lamar’s halftime show

The decorated athlete made a cameo in Kendrick Lamar’s rousing performance alongside his high-energy back-up dancers.

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Author Salman Rushdie used the stabbing attack as inspiration for a new novel called Knife. (AP PHOTO)

Rushdie tipped to come face-to-face with accused stabber

Author Salman Rushdie is set to face the man who attacked him with a knife, and left him blind in one eye, during a criminal trial this week.

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A man walks past the US Treasury in Washington, DC, on February 6, 2025. Opponents to US President Donald Trump say he allowed Elon Musk -- the world's richest man and a major government contractor -- to break the law by accessing US Treasury payment systems that send out trillions of dollars and hold a welter of sensitive personal data. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP)

What is Elon Musk getting up to with the US payment system?

Many federal employees are frantically trying to work out what the Department of Government Efficiency has been doing inside the Bureau of the Fiscal Service, a sensitive area of the Treasury?

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Elon Musk and his government efficiency department are being sued by 19 US states. (AP PHOTO)

US states sue to block Musk from people's personal data

A newly filed lawsuit says Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency has no legal power to access the personal information of millions of Americans.

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Kendrick Lamar performs during halftime in Super Bowl LVI at SoFi Stadium in 2022.

How Jay-Z’s Roc Nation made the Super Bowl show cool again

The first Super Bowl halftime show featured a jazz trumpeter and two student marching bands. This year it will be headlined by Kendrick Lamar.

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