Noontime News Recap: Trump escalates Iran and NATO tensions as outages, disasters and protests hit Asia and the Gulf
Donald Trump said the interim ceasefire with Iran was over after fresh US strikes and reported retaliatory fire in the Gulf, sharply raising the risk of a wider confrontation after days of mounting tension. πAt the same time, Trump used the NATO meeting in Turkey to revive several contentious foreign policy ideas, saying he was willing to consider selling F 35 fighter jets to Turkey and lifting US sanctions on the country. π He also renewed his push for the United States to take over Greenland and again threatened to pull American troops from Europe, adding pressure to already strained... [Continue Reading]
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Major Telstra outage disrupts trains and emergency calls across Australia
Australia's largest telecommunications company has restored services after an intermittent outage that disrupted mobile coverage, cancelled train services and prompted checks on emergency calls that did not connect. The incident began at 04:30 local time on Wednesday and lasted for about 12 hours before services were fully restored. The company said the impact was national, affecting customers across Australia.Telstra's chief financial officer, Michael Ackland, said the problem was caused by software defects linked to time-keeping servers at data centres in Sydney and Melbourne. He said the issue was not the result of a cyberattack. The company said it had carried... [Continue Reading]

