Google outpaces Big Tech rivals as AI spending plans rise to $725bn
Meta stock drops on capex increase while Alphabet’s cloud business grows faster than rivals Amazon and Microsoft
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Israel seizes Global Sumud Flotilla boats 1,000km away from Gaza | Gaza
NewsFeed Israeli forces have intercepted around a dozen Gaza-bound aid boats from the Global Sumud Flotilla in international waters near the Greek island of Crete, more than 1,000km from Israel. Organisers call it an illegal attack on civilians in international waters. Published On 30 Apr 202630 Apr 2026 Click here to share on social media…
New Zealand Firms Turn Pessimistic as Costs Rise, Demand Wobbles
New Zealand business sentiment turned negative for the first time since 2023 as firms face rising costs and shrinking demand in response to the Middle East conflict, a new survey showed. The business confidence index fell to minus 10.6 in April from 32.5 in March, ANZ Bank New Zealand said Thursday in Wellington. That’s the…
Joy as record-breaking runner Sawe returns home
Sabastian Sawe, the first man to run a marathon in under two hours, has returned home to Kenya. The record-breaking runner was celebrated with dancing and music at Nairobi airport. BBC News Africa correspondent Barbara Plett-Usher reports from the scene.
‘The Boys’ Creator Reacts To Homelander’s God Complex Mirroring Trump
While Eric Kripke has never pulled his punches against Donald Trump on The Boys, the series creator and showrunner has begun predicting the president’s outlandish moves. After unofficial Trump surrogate Homelander (Antony Starr) chillingly claimed in the episode ‘Every One of You Sons of Bitches’ that he is God, Kripke reacted to the Prime Video…
Archibald prize 2026: Jacob Collins portrait wins the Packing Room prize as finalists revealed | Archibald prize 2026
A portrait of actor Jacob Collins by Sean Layh has won the favour of Art Gallery of NSW staff, who awarded it the Packing Room prize on Thursday, ahead of the Archibald prize’s main announcement on 8 May. Layh, a self-taught painter who has exhibited in Australia and abroad, said winning the prize for his…
This common travel habit is now banned on American Airlines flights
A new policy targets portable chargers, and it could change how you fly starting immediately. Passengers flying with a low-battery alert on their phones might be out of luck—at least if they are flying American Airlines.
A son overlooked and a jailed tycoon: Inside Samsung's succession drama
The family dynasty behind Samsung is so complicated it regularly makes headline news in South Korea.
Laura Dern cast as Helena Bonham Carter’s replacement in ‘The White Lotus’
I watched the first season of The White Lotus a bit later than everyone else. I probably caught a marathon and got into it that way. But I was locked and loaded for the second and third seasons, and I’m surprisingly invested in the series at this point. I followed the S4 preproduction casting news…
Existing property investors likely to avoid more tax under possible CGT changes in Chalmers’ May budget | Jim Chalmers
Existing property investors look set to avoid paying more tax under Labor’s mooted changes to CGT in next month’s budget, after Jim Chalmers said he wanted to “make sure that we recognise the decisions that people have taken in the past” and flagged any reforms would not generate “a huge amount of revenue”. The treasurer…