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Divine Playhouse promoter and founder says venue faces significant operational, legal and financial challengesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA former church turned arts venue at the centre of a culture war is exploring legal action after receiving a notice from its landlord that forced its organisers to close the space and cancel planned events.Divine Playhouse is facing possible eviction, with its landlord ordering the venue’s organisers, Heaps Gay Events, to stop “engaging in offensive trade”, days after religious groups protested its opening night. Continue reading...

• The Indian Parliament has introduced the CAPF Act 2026, which effectively overturns a Supreme Court ruling regarding the promotion of Central Armed Police Forces officers. • This legislative move follows a long constitutional precedent where Parliament reverses judicial judgments, citing examples such as the First Amendment, the Shah Bano case, and the Vodafone dispute. • The act is significant as it demonstrates the legislative branch's power to nullify court victories through new laws, impacting the career trajectories of CAPF personnel.

The head of Reform UK refused the security, which was a similar level to that received by the leader of the opposition, because he considered it inadequate Continue reading...

Idaho to have ballot measure for reproductive freedom law that would reverse ban on abortions at all pregnancy stagesOne of the strictest abortion bans in the country will be on the ballot this November after Idaho’s secretary of state certified a ballot measure on Monday that would reverse the state’s abortion ban that prohibits the procedure at all stages of pregnancy.The ballot initiative was headed by a volunteer-run group called Idahoans United for Women & Families, which ran a petition drive to get the measure in front of voters this fall. They gathered more than 100,000 signatures, surpassing the required 70,725 to get on the ballot. Continue reading...

• OpenAI, SpaceXAI, and Meta have triggered an aggressive "race to the bottom" regarding pricing for their frontier AI models. • Within a single week, the companies launched Grok 4.5, GPT-5.6, and Meta's first-ever paid model, all centering their marketing pitches on cost reduction. • This price war signifies a shift in the AI landscape, moving from a competition over raw capabilities to a battle for market share through affordability.

Scarlet Lady’s 2,000 passengers informed of change as one of those onboard pledges to ‘sparkle and spend elsewhere’A LGBTQ+ cruise ship blocked from Turkish waters earlier this week has been refused entry into Egypt.The Scarlet Lady’s 2,000 passengers, including the Broadway performer Patti LuPone, woke on Thursday morning to find a note placed under their cabin doors informing them that the ship was urgently looking for alternative ports. Continue reading...

Premier Jeremy Rockliff says the ‘traffic cones and street signs of Tasmania can breathe a small sigh of relief’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA one-tonne southern elephant seal named Neil, whose beachside antics have attracted millions of views on social media, appears to have returned to sea.The five-year-old has spent several weeks at his usual twice-yearly haul-out spot in southern Tasmania. Continue reading...