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Sydney Morning Herald 

Race to fill new space at Esperance port heats up

With Mineral Resources pulling the plug on its Yilgarn iron hub in WA, the race for hopefuls vying for Esperance’s excess rail and port capacity is hotting up.

France24.com (en) 

Israel PM to rally US Congress support amid tensions with Biden

Washington has been increasingly critical of the mounting toll on civilians from more than nine months of war in the narrow coastal territory, while protests in Israel by families of hostages taken by Hamas are also causing headaches for Netanyahu at home. The Israeli premier's visit comes at a time of political upheaval in the United States, with a gunman targeting Republican candidate Donald Trump, and President Joe Biden bowing out of the 2024 race for the White House and endorsing his deputy, Kamala Harris. Читать дальше...

News10.com 

10 years of Empire State Ride battling cancer

Hundreds of cyclists made their way through the Capital Region, riding for a good cause to raise money for research to put an end to cancer. The event founder, Terry Bourgeois and friends came out for the 10-year anniversary of Empire State Ride. It is a 500 plus mile trek from New York City to Buffalo.

Business Standard 

US officials fear Postal Service can't handle crush of mail-in ballots

State election directors from across the country voiced serious concerns to a top U.S. Postal Service official Tuesday that the system won't be able to handle an expected crush of mail-in ballots in the November election. Steven Carter, manager of election and government programs for the postal service, attempted to reassure the directors at a meeting in Minneapolis that the system's Office of Inspector General will publish an election mail report next week containing encouraging" performance numbers for this year so far. Читать дальше...

Wivb.com 

1 injured after shooting on Cambridge Avenue

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A Buffalo man was struck by gunfire in a shooting early Tuesday night, Buffalo police officials said. Officials said the shooting occurred just before 7 p.m. on the 200 block of Cambridge Avenue. The 49-year-old man was struck by gunfire in the leg while inside a residence, police said. He was [...]

Avclub.com 

Time Bandits' second outing serves up a feast and a few surprises

In the followup to Time Bandits’ premiere, which staked out some clear differences from Terry Gilliam’s original film (more jokes and historical women, to name two obvious ones), the team plonks down into snowy wilderness, with the Bandits ready to leave Kevin literally out in the cold with a pack of neanderthals. He protests, “That’s not my family.” And they push back, “But they look exactly like you,” as the ancient people grunt and wave their arms, hair disheveled, wearing scraps of hide. In a subtle transition from the previous episode... Читать дальше...