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PM’s ‘cost of living champion’ calls for consideration of temporary measure to prevent profiteering from Iran war The government’s top cost of living adviser has called on ministers to explore a temporary cap on the profits of energy and petrol companies to prevent them from cashing in excessively on the war in the Middle East. Richard Walker – a Labour peer, the chair of Iceland supermarkets and…

Researchers say lack of sleep could be a factor among young people interacting online for more than three hours a day Children who are on social media for more than three hours a day are more likely to develop depression and anxiety as teenagers, according to research. Experts said the impact was likely to be linked to a lack of sleep caused by using social media late at night, and that the link …

Repayments also affect financial stability of nearly half of graduates, according to report by UK bank People with student loans who are working towards a home deposit save almost £2,000 less per year than those without the debt, according to a new report by Barclays. The bank also found that 44% of student loan holders claim that repayments limit their ability to build long-term financial stabil…

Survey suggests companies willing to hire care-experienced young people but few have changed recruitment processes Thousands of young people leaving care in England are being left “locked out” of work by employers who say they are open to hiring but make few changes to adapt, a charity has warned. Calling on employers to act on their promises, the Drive Forward Foundation said care leavers were a…

Cause of the fire that killed Pierce, who had covered the Minnesota hockey team for a decade, is under investigation NHL reporter Jessi Pierce and her three children were killed on Saturday in a weekend house fire in Minnesota, the league announced on its sports website Sunday. Pierce, 37, covered the Minnesota Wild as the correspondent for NHL.com for the past decade. Continue reading...

Programme is being billed as the most ambitious housebuilding project in England for half a century Ministers have confirmed the locations for seven new towns, which include under-developed inner-city land, a historic village and an existing new town. The programme is being billed by the housing and communities department as the most ambitious housebuilding project in England for half a century, …

City hall veteran forecast to beat rightwinger Rachida Dati, while Marseille’s leftist incumbent leads far-right opponent The Socialist Emmanuel Grégoire was on track to be elected mayor of Paris on Sunday night, roundly beating the former rightwing minister Rachida Dati, early projections showed. Grégoire, a Socialist MP with a long track record at city hall, was running for a united left includ…

Labor under pressure over fuel crisis as federal parliament returns. Follow updates live Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Should Australians work from home to save fuel? James Glenday then asks Tim Ayres whether he thinks Australians should consider working from home to conserve fuel. Countries like Sri Lanka have moved to a four day working week and are encouraging pu…

If approved on Monday, as expected, Mullin would replace Kristi Noem, whom Trump fired in early March Donald Trump’s nomination of Republican senator Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma to be the president’s next head of homeland security on Sunday advanced toward final confirmation after the US Senate voted 54-37 to limit debate on the appointment. The confirmation vote could come sometime on Monday. I…

17-year-old took time off high school to win gold Beats Belgium’s Eliott Crestan by 0.14 seconds US teenager Cooper Lutkenhaus made history on Sunday when he won gold in the 800m to becomes the youngest ever champion at the world indoor athletics championship. The 17-year-old, who took time off from his classes at Northwest High School in Texas to compete at the championships, won gold with a tim…

Her husband, 19 Kids and Counting’s Joseph Duggar, was recently charged in separate case with lewd behavior against a child Arkansas police have arrested Kendra Duggar, the wife of reality TV personality Joseph Duggar, on misdemeanor child abuse charges, in the latest scandal to envelop the family featured on TLC’s 19 Kids and Counting. Kendra Duggar faces four counts each of endangering the welf…

US president’s backing comes as Hungary’s PM faces toughest election campaign of 16 years in office Donald Trump has endorsed Hungary’s prime minister, Viktor Orbán, who faces his toughest electoral challenge next month since taking power 16 years ago, as Europe’s far-right leaders gather for a “grand assembly” in Budapest. In a video message, the US president told the national-conservative Cpac …

Witnesses describe coordinated raids in which homes and vehicles were set on fire and several Palestinians injured Middle East crisis live – latest updates Israeli settlers have carried out a series of attacks across the occupied West Bank, setting homes and vehicles on fire and wounding several Palestinians in what witnesses described as coordinated raids on communities. The violence, reported a…

Trump and border czar Tom Homan confirm plan to assist TSA agents amid partial government shutdown standoff Donald Trump and his border czar, Tom Homan, have confirmed that the president’s administration is sending Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to US airports beginning Monday to assist with security amid extremely long lines – and to help airport security agents who have been w…

Exclusive: Townsville lawyer and former detective Darren Robinson’s appointment by attorney general Deb Frecklington has ‘brought back a lot of trauma’ for Indigenous community Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The Queensland government has “opened old wounds” by appointing a former police detective who was heavily criticised for his role in events surrounding the 2004 …