Woodside Energy has scrapped its long-term emissions and clean energy targets, even after enjoying a period of windfall oil gains caused by the Iran conflict, in a decision described by climate campaigners as “grossly negligent”.

Tracks that use AI in a ‘supporting role’ will still be eligible for inclusion in the official charts.

Australia’s official music charts have banned tracks mostly created by artificial intelligence (AI) following a backlash over a cover of Madonna’s “Like a Prayer” that relied heavily on the burgeoning technology.

Mark Carney says there are many things the US needs from Canada — and a very special kind of boat is one of them

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When British rower Imogen Grant won Olympic gold in Paris, it could easily have been the final race of her career.

Lightweight rowing, the discipline in which she had enjoyed her greatest success, was disappearing from the Olympic calendar. Within days she was back at work as a doctor.

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Bitcoin surged past the $80,000 mark on Tuesday, as renewed inflows into spot bitcoin ETFs and improving risk appetite extended the cryptocurrency's recent rally.

The flagship cryptocurrency last jumped over 2% to $80,501.

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Perhaps it's underrated because it barely even feels like a Tim Burton movie

The Tim Burton masterpiece that everyone forgets is free to stream

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In conversations about Tim Burton’s greatest movies, Beetlejuice always comes up towards the top. So do his Batman movies, Edward Scissorhands, Ed Wood, and Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure. Even The Nightmare Before Christmas is in the discussion, regardless of the fact that it was directed by Henry Selick, not Tim Burton. You almost never hear about the film he released in 2003 — which is free to stream on Tubi as of Aug. 1 — despite the fact that it's some of his very best work.

What leverage does Canada, which sells about 70% of its goods to the US, actually have in this spiralling trade dispute with its southern neighbour, who also happens to be the world's largest economy?