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Jetstar to charge passengers up to $52 to put baggage in overhead lockers
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Jetstar to charge passengers up to $52 to put baggage in overhead lockers

Airline says struggling to find room in overhead lockers on planes a ‘stressful part of the airport experience’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastJetstar will charge its passengers up to $52 to put carry-on baggage in the...

Guardian staff
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Government contracts to require job creation instead of green targets under new rules
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Government contracts to require job creation instead of green targets under new rules

Louise Haigh says taxpayer money must benefit local communities amid backlash from environmental groupsMinisters will scrap the requirement for companies to prove their green and progressive values before they are awarded government contracts, and instead ask firms to prove they will help young peop...

Alexandra Topping Political correspondent
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Judge grants DoJ bid to dismiss January 6 cases against rightwing Oath Keepers
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Judge grants DoJ bid to dismiss January 6 cases against rightwing Oath Keepers

Ruling vacates convictions of founder Stewart Rhodes and other militia members who took part in 2021 Capitol attackA US judge on Tuesday granted the justice department’s bid to dismiss cases against ‌members of the rightwing Oath Keepers militia who took part in the 6 January 2021 attack ​on the US...

Reuters
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US stock market hits record highs as AI profits pile and oil prices ease
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US stock market hits record highs as AI profits pile and oil prices ease

S&P 500 shot up 1.8% and the main measure of Wall Street’s health topped its prior all-time high set a few months agoThe US stock market rallied to records on Tuesday as profits kept piling up for companies and as oil prices eased.The S&P 500 shot up 1.8%, and the main measure of Wall Street...

Associated Press
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Jay Clayton sworn in as US director of national intelligence
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Jay Clayton sworn in as US director of national intelligence

After a bumpy confirmation hearing, Clayton replaces acting director Bill Pulte to head US intelligence agenciesUS politics live – latest updatesJay Clayton has been sworn in as the US’s top spy after a contentious Senate confirmation hearing during which ⁠he refused to directly ⁠acknowledge ​that D...

David Smith
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New York deputy police commissioner fired after attempted murder arrest
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New York deputy police commissioner fired after attempted murder arrest

Mount Vernon official is accused of driving getaway car after son allegedly opened fire outside Bronx courtA New York state police department fired its deputy commissioner on Tuesday after she allegedly acted as a getaway driver for her son in what is being investigated as an attempted murder.The ci...

Richard Luscombe
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