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Australia news live: Anthony Albanese says OpenAI agent hacked Medicare

Follow the day’s news live Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Anthony Albanese has revealed an artificial intelligence agent developed by OpenAI hacked Medicare in June. The prime minister made the comments at the UN summit in New York. This incident occurred in June this year and involved an Open AI agent gaining unauthorised access into the public-facing Medicare statistics reporting service portal, which is administered by Services Australia. The AI agent accessed both public and non-public files. Continue reading...

The Guardian•Martin Farrer40m ago

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Iran’s president says his country will not give up its right to a peaceful nuclear program.

President Masoud Pezeshkian of Iran at the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Wednesday.

The New York Times•Anushka Patil44m ago

Trump's Board of Peace unveils $2.45bn plan to begin Gaza's reconstruction

The figure was announced during a meeting of the group's board at the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York.

BBC55m ago

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Jessie Blackhall Joins Untitled

EXCLUSIVE: Jessie Blackhall has joined Untitled as a manager based in the New York office. Blackhall comes over from Aperture Talent, a subsidiary of Wilhelmina International, where she spent the past decade building and leading the talent agency across its New York and Los Angeles offices, spearheading the development of Wilhelmina’s digital and creator division. […]

Deadline•Matthewgrobar1h ago

As major powers act unilaterally, experts say UN faces crisis in New York

Experts warn the UN faces crises of funding, relevance, and Security Council gridlock.

Al Jazeera1h ago

‘My friend’: Anthony Albanese announces $60m more for Ukraine at Zelenskyy meeting

An emotional prime minister says that Kyiv’s cause is ‘an issue for the world’ as he also sets out the need for a new global order Anthony Albanese has announced Australia will provide $60m more in support for Ukraine’s fight against Russia’s invasion during an emotional meeting with Volodymyr ⁠Zelenskyy on the sidelines of the UN meeting in New York. With the prime minister planning to use a key speech in New York to warn that the international world order was “no longer fit for purpose”, he hugged the Ukrainian president as the latyter thanked Australia for its support. Continue reading...

The Guardian•Martin Farrer1h ago

• neutral toward Volodymyr Zelenskyy · 93%

Jalen Brunson Has One Key Problem In New ‘SNL’ Promo

Winning his first NBA Championship has opened a lot of doors for Finals MVP Jalen Brunson, including to his first hosting stint on Saturday Night Live this weekend. But there’s one door that’s still giving him problems: the one leading to Studio 8H. In this week’s show promo, the New York Knicks captain tries the […]

Deadline•Tomt1h ago

Milei threatens at UN that Argentina will take ‘matters into our own hands’ on Falklands

Argentinian president accuses United Nations of being filled with ‘parasites’ in bellicose general assembly speech Javier Milei has condemned the UN as he warned that Argentina would take “matters into our own hands” in its dispute with Britain over the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands. In a caustic speech at the general assembly in New York, the Argentinian president criticised the UN for being ineffective when it came to the long-running tensions over the British overseas territory in the south Atlantic known in Argentina as the Malvinas. Continue reading...

The Guardian•Daniel Boffey Chief reporter2h ago

UK shares damning climate crisis national security report suppressed under Starmer

El Niño poses critical threat to nations’ defences, says Ed Miliband in presentation to global foreign ministers The UK has warned countries around the world that the climate and nature crises and the coming El Niño threaten their national security and defence, presenting foreign ministries with the findings of an explosive report suppressed under Keir Starmer. Ed Miliband, foreign secretary, made a presentation to the foreign ministers of the EU as well as Kenya and other countries on Wednesday night at a private meeting during the UN general assembly in New York, based on the report by the UK’s spy chiefs that found the collapse of natural systems around the world would lead to conflict, migration and food shortages. Continue reading...

The Guardian•Fiona Harvey Environment editor2h ago

Grocer Wegmans to invest in supply chain upgrades

Regional supermarket chain Wegmans plans to build a modern refrigerated distribution center in its hometown of Rochester, New York, to support perishable operations and consolidate storage of general merchandise at its Pottsville, Pennsylvania, warehouse. The investments are part of an effort to strengthen supply chain operations, reduce reliance on third-party providers, enhance service to stores […]

FreightWaves•Eric Kulisch3h ago

Harvey Weinstein sentenced to 15 years for New York sexual assault

• neutral toward Harvey Weinstein · 97%

‘We hope he’ll accept’: US invites Putin to G20 summit at Trump golf club

Kremlin yet to respond publicly to US invitation that is likely to raise concerns from Ukraine and EU countries The United States has invited Vladimir Putin to take part in the G20 scheduled in Miami in December in what would be the first major summit with the Russian leader present since he launched his invasion of Ukraine in 2022. The invitation, which marks a significant reversal by the Trump administration of Russia’s international isolation, was announced by secretary of state Marco Rubio during a press conference on the sidelines of the United Nations conference in New York. Continue reading...

The Guardian•Andrew Roth in New York3h ago

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Trump calls AI oversight a ‘globalist scheme’ as Amodei and Altman head to the UN to ask for it

The clash comes days before Trump meets Xi Jinping in New York.

Fortune•Eva Roytburg3h ago

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Iranian president vows not to surrender in defiant, historic UN speech

It marked the first time in the United Nations’ 81-year history that a foreign leader at war with the United States addressed the body at its New York headquarters.

The Sydney Morning Herald•Michael Koziol3h ago

Weinstein handed 15-year prison sentence in New York sexual assault case

Disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein was sentenced Wednesday in Manhattan to 15 years in prison after being found guilty of sexual assault in a high-profile retrial. A New York judge handed down the sentence more than a year after the Hollywood producer was convicted for sexually assaulting former “Project Runway” production assistant Miriam Haley. Weinstein,…

The Hill•Finya Swai4h ago

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U.S. Energy Secretary: Blunt Tool of Banning Diesel Exports Doesn't Work

US Energy Secretary Chris Wright has publicly opposed calls for a ban on US diesel exports, arguing on Wednesday that the measure would backfire by increasing gasoline and jet fuel prices. "The blunt tool of banning diesel exports definitely doesn't ‌work," Wright said at an event in New York, as reported by Reuters. Wright said restricting exports would leave refiners with excess diesel inventories, forcing them to cut refinery output. Lower refinery runs, he warned, would tighten supplies of other fuels, ultimately driving up costs…

OilPrice.com•OilPrice.com4h ago

Argentina’s Milei assails the U.N. as a ‘useless’ enabler of ‘fatally arrogant’ bureaucrats.

President Javier Milei of Argentina vividly expressed his disdain for the United Nations in his address to the General Assembly in New York on Wednesday.

The New York Times•Emma Bubola4h ago

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Iranian leader hits back at ‘bully’ Trump in UN speech but signals willingness to talk

Masoud Pezeshkian tells general assembly: ‘We are ready for dialogue and diplomacy and negotiations but without the language of force’ Iran’s president, Masoud Pezeshkian, turned the tables on Donald Trump, describing America as the true bully and terrorist in the Middle East while also insisting that Iran had always shown a commitment to the negotiating table. In a defiant speech to the UN general assembly in New York, his first since the US and Israel launched an all-out war on Iran, Pezeshkian repeatedly vowed that Tehran would never bend the knee to America. Continue reading...

The Guardian•Patrick Wintour in New York4h ago

Harvey Weinstein Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison After NYC Retrial

Harvey Weinstein has been sentenced to 15 years in prison after a jury convicted him again during his retrial in New York last year. The disgraced movie producer was sentenced in a Manhattan courthouse on Wednesday, more than a year after a jury…

TMZ•TMZ Staff5h ago

Frontier Airlines Expands at LaGuardia with New Detroit Route

Frontier Airlines is expanding its network at LaGuardia Airport (LGA) in New York, adding a nonstop service from Detroit as the low-cost carrier continues to grow in markets previously served by Spirit Airlines. Frontier Adds New York Service From Detroit The Detroit-LaGuardia route will begin Nov. 20, with daily flights during peak holiday travel periods […]

Travel Radar•Maria Facio5h ago

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