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The Trump administration has pulled the plug on a team of tech-savvy civil servants that helped build the IRS's free tax filing service and revamp government websites.

Chinese authorities are instructing the country's top artificial intelligence entrepreneurs and researchers to avoid travel to the United States. Audio

A regular population boom and bust cycle causes millions of kangaroos to starve, but while some urge proactive culling as the solution animal rights groups have condemned the "barbaric" practice.

Australia will spend $3 billion (NZ$3.33b) to acquire dozens of extra joint-strike fighter jets if the federal opposition wins the looming election.

Close and longtime friends of the couple say they seemed to be in good health at their most recent encounter.

Gazan families sat among destroyed buildings as they broke their fast during the first day of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Audio

US President Donald Trump's envoy, Steve Witkoff, made the proposal to extend the current ceasefire after realising more time was needed for talks on a permanent one.

The ceremony also featured a tribute dedicated to late One Direction singer Liam Payne.

But forecasters are warning it will move slowly south on Sunday and is now likely to move back towards south-east Queensland on Tuesday.

The Russian Foreign Ministry said it was a miracle that Trump had restrained himself from hitting Zelensky during the Oval Office clash.

New Delhi is regularly ranked as one of the most polluted cities in the world and is blanketed in acrid smog each year.

The two main public media networks in the US are facing bids to de-fund them - as well as MAGA-driven inquiries into bias and how they do business.

The accident happened during the early morning hours on the route between the cities of Uyuni and Colchani.

Zelensky responded that he had seen the hundreds of supporters gathered outside Downing Street.

France could help to protect other EU countries, given the security threats posed by Russia, he said.

The official said the pope had had breakfast, including a cup of coffee.

It's a show of support for the Ukrainian leader who was publicly berated by Donald Trump in front of the world's media

During a combative meeting US President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance berated Zelensky for being insufficiently thankful. Here are 33 examples of the Ukrainian President thanking the US.