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Australia violated the rights of asylum seekers arbitrarily detained on the island of Nauru, a UN watchdog has ruled, in a warning to other countries intent on outsourcing asylum processing.The UN human rights committee published decisions in two cases involving 25 refugees and asylum seekers who endured years of arbitrary detention in the island nation.“A state party cannot escape its human rights responsibility when outsourcing asylum processing to another state,” said a committee member, Mahjoub El Haiba.Under a hardline policy introduced more than a decade ago, Australia has sent thousands of people trying to reach the country by boat to…

Spectre Divide’s developers will be the first to tell you that the fledgling FPS game hasn’t had an easy start to life and is on the back foot. Mountaintop Studios’ transparency about its player counts and how it’s looking to bounce back is refreshing, and it knows as well as anyone that its Season 1 update is essentially a soft relaunch for the tactical shooter and a chance at redemption. The developer has now shared some new, expanded plans about what to expect from Spectre Divide Season 1, including when this delayed debut season will now arrive. Spectre Divide took…

New York CNN  —  So far this tax season, the IRS has received more than 100 million income tax returns for 2022. That means tens of millions of households have yet to file their returns. If yours is among them, here are some last-minute tax-filing tips to keep in mind as the Tuesday, April 18 deadline approaches. Not everyone has to file on April 18: If you live in a federally declared disaster area, have a business there — or have relevant tax documents stored by businesses in that area — it’s likely the IRS has already extended the filing…

Hippocratic AI, a startup building AI solutions that can handle non-diagnostic patient-facing tasks, secured a massive $141 million Series B at a valuation of $1.64 billion led by Kleiner Perkins, the company announced Thursday. The funding comes nine months after Hippocratic AI raised a $53 million round from General Catalyst and Andreessen Horowitz and five months after raising $17 million from Nvidia. The startup is less than two years old. While most healthcare-generative AI companies focus on reducing administrative burdens, Hippocratic AI addresses the shortage of healthcare professionals by creating agents that can perform simple tasks like pre-operating procedures, remote…

Despite their best efforts, President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris’ attempts to bribe voters with student loan forgiveness didn’t work.

Panama City:  Hundreds of Panamanians marched on Thursday to mark the anniversary of a deadly uprising against U.S. control of the Panama Canal in 1964, with some protesters burning an effigy of President-elect Donald Trump who has threatened to retake the vital global waterway.More than 20 Panamanians, many of them students, died during violent clashes across the country in January 1964, which escalated after U.S. security forces opened fire in response to mass demonstrations against the U.S. presence in the country and control of the canal. At least three U.S. soldiers also died.The incident, remembered every January 9 as “Martyrs’…

Residents in Los Angeles are returning to their homes to assess the damage and destruction left behind by fires burning simultaneously in the region. Firefighters have been unable to contain some of the fires, as relentless winds continue. The Pacific Palisades fire, now known as the city’s most destructive, has destroyed more than 1,000 buildings.

Lloyds, Halifax, and Bank of Scotland customers will be able to use services in any branch of the three brands as part of the group’s latest network shake-up.Lloyds Banking Group, which owns all three banking brands and is the UK’s biggest moneylender, said the move would give customers more choice and flexibility.It has not confirmed a date for when the changes will come into effect, but concerns have been raised by some that the move could pave the way for more branch closures in the future.A raft of High Street bank branches have been closed in recent years, as more…

Welcome to the Fox News Politics newsletter, with the latest updates on the Trump transition, exclusive interviews and more Fox News politics content.Here’s what’s happening…-MAGA Republicans defend TikTok as ‘conservative platform’ as fate hangs in balance with Supreme Court-Laken Riley Act overcomes filibuster in Senate as Dems give GOP helping hand-Americans remember former President Carter’s ‘lifelong legacy’ outside National Cathedral memorialUnited at Carter’s Funeral President-elect Trump and his former vice president, Mike Pence, shook hands at former President Jimmy Carter’s funeral on Thursday in their first public interaction in four years.Pence was seen standing up to shake Trump’s hand as the…

Djokovic claims he was ‘poisoned’ by Melbourne hotel food in 2022Novak Djokovic was “poisoned” by the food he ingested while detained during his 2022 Australian Open visa saga, the former world number one told GQ, in an interview released on Thursday.The Serbian 24-times major winner had his visa cancelled ahead of the tournament following days of drama over Australia’s Covid-19 entry rules and his unvaccinated status, and was detained in a Melbourne hotel shared with asylum-seekers.“I realised that in that hotel in Melbourne I was fed with some food that poisoned me,” said Djokovic, who is known to monitor his…