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Roblox rolls out age-verification features in Australia as gaming platform insists child social media ban should not apply

Online gaming company says voluntary age assurance technology will limit teens and children messaging users outside their own age groups Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast As Roblox rolls out new age assurance features to prevent teens and kids from chatting with adults they do not know, it has insisted Australia’s upcoming under-16s social media ban should not apply to its services. The company, which is releasing the new features in Australia first, said that from Wednesday users will be able to voluntarily have their…

Business
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Hong Kong travel firm sees interest in Japan tours drop 20% amid regional tensions

A Hong Kong travel agency has seen a 20 per cent drop in inquiries and sign-ups for its Japan tours, while Cathay Pacific Airways is allowing travellers to “modify” their flights to the country after Beijing’s earlier call for Chinese citizens to avoid going. Yuen Chun-ning, CEO of travel agency WWPKG, also said on Wednesday that a few customers had asked if they could withdraw from tour packages to the country, a decision that he attributed to “psychological factors”. But he noted that Japan… Source link

Politics
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Dangerous shortage of medics threatens safe patient care in England, top GP says

Exclusive: Royal College of GPs chair says surgeries desperate to hire more doctors but lack funding to do so GPs can no longer guarantee safe care for millions of patients because of a dangerous shortage of medics, Britain’s top family doctor has said. Prof Kamila Hawthorne, the chair of the Royal College of GPs (RCGP), said surgeries were desperate to hire more doctors to meet soaring demand for care but could not afford to do so because of a lack of core funding. Continue reading… Source link

India
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Rs 23 lakh crore boom! PMS and AIFs power India’s alternate investment transformation

India’s alternative investment sector is booming, with PMS and AIFs now managing over Rs 23.43 lakh crore. This remarkable growth, fueled by institutional investors and affluent individuals seeking alpha, has seen PMS assets surge sevenfold and AIF commitments skyrocket by nearly 50% annually. These investment avenues are becoming mainstream for wealth management. Source link

Space
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NASA’s Quesst Mission Marks X-59’s Historic First Flight

NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft took off for its historic first flight on Oct. 28, 2025, at 11:14 a.m. EDT from Lockheed Martin Skunk Works in Palmdale, California. The one-of-a-kind aircraft flew for 67 minutes before landing and taxiing to NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California. NASA test pilot Nils Larson flew the X-59 up to an altitude of about 12,000 feet and an approximate top speed of 230 mph, precisely as planned. The plane’s landing gear remained down during the entire flight, a common practice for experimental aircraft flying for the first time. Now that…

World
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‘They decided to kill us with cold’: Ukrainians struggle against Russian assault on power network

Chernihiv residents say they are without power for 14 hours a day as they gather in ‘invincibility points’ to charge up and warm up Valentyna Ivanivna showed off her new head torch. It was a present from her grandson, she said. Most evenings she wears it while doing household chores: cooking dinner, washing up and stacking plates. “It’s impossible to plan anything without power. You can’t even invite people round for a cup of tea because the kettle won’t work. It’s stressful and exhausting for everyone,” she explained. Ivanivna lives in Chernihiv, an ancient Ukrainian city known for its…

Business
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Hong Kong’s Tsim Sha Tsui holds ground as world’s fourth priciest shopping strip

Hong Kong’s Tsim Sha Tsui remained the world’s fourth most expensive retail strip with rents at US$1,515 per square foot per year, as two other core shopping districts in the city – Causeway Bay and Central – also ranked among the Asia-Pacific’s priciest shopping locations, according to Cushman & Wakefield. London’s New Bond Street jumped two spots from last year to emerge as the world’s most expensive retail district, according to the real-estate services consultancy’s 35th “Main Streets Across… Source link

India
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10 lakh shares to unlock Monday in this Sunil Singhania-backed stock. Smallcap down 24% from IPO price

Mangal Electrical Industries’ shareholder lock-in is expected to end soon. This could see nearly ten lakh shares become available for trading. The company manufactures components for transformers. Its shares have seen a decline since its market debut. Anchor investors include Abakkus Diversified Alpha Fund and Societe Generale. The company reported a profit fall in its September quarter results. Source link

China
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China in ‘covert and calculated’ effort to recruit MPs and peers, minister says

Dan Jarvis gives Commons statement after MI5 alert about LinkedIn profiles of Amanda Qiu and Shirly Shen MPs and peers have been told they face “a covert and calculated” attempt to recruit parliamentarians through two LinkedIn profiles linked to the Chinese intelligence service. After MI5 issued an espionage alert on Tuesday, saying that two people were operating on LinkedIn to obtain “non-public and insider insights”, the security minister, Dan Jarvis, told MPs the effort was focused on those “with access to sensitive information about parliament and the UK government”. Continue reading… Source link

Space
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What is BioSentinel? – NASA

Editor’s Note: This article was updated Nov. 21, 2025 shortly after BioSentinel’s mission marked three years of operation in deep space. Astronauts live in a pretty extreme environment aboard the International Space Station. Orbiting about 250 miles above the Earth in the weightlessness of microgravity, they rely on commercial cargo missions about every two months to deliver new supplies and experiments. And yet, this place is relatively protected in terms of space radiation. The Earth’s magnetic field shields space station crew from much of the radiation that can damage the DNA in our cells and lead to serious health problems. When future astronauts…

Business
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Foodpanda feasts on 20% growth, aims to boost Hong Kong market position in 2026

Foodpanda aims to bolster its position in the Hong Kong market in the first half of next year, following a 20 per cent rise in both the number of orders placed and the amount customers spent during the first 10 months of this year. The on-demand food and grocery delivery platform on Wednesday also said that the sector’s prospects were strong, asserting that the city offered ample room for further growth. Ryan Lai Wai-yan, CEO of Foodpanda Hong Kong, said the company achieved a 20 per cent growth… Source link

China
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What Chinese phrase ‘wearing small shoes’ means, how it links to painful bridal shoes

In modern-day office politics, Chinese people use the phrase “wearing small shoes” to describe someone who abuses their power or position to deliberately make things difficult for others. The term originates from an ancient marriage folklore in which the bride was forced to wear embroidered shoes that were intentionally made too small to torment her. Shoes hold a deep significance in Chinese marriages and wedding ceremonies. A pair represents a couple staying together in harmony, symbolising… Source link

Space
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10 Years of Students Helping NASA Grow Space Food with Growing Beyond Earth

Nearly 1,250 middle and high school students from 71 schools around the world joined Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden for the Growing Beyond Earth (GBE) Student Launch Chat with the Scientists, marking an inspiring milestone in the program’s 10th anniversary year. The live session, held in collaboration with NASA, connected classrooms directly with Dr. Gioia Massa and Trent M. Smith, senior leaders of NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Space Crop Production team. Students heard firsthand how their classroom experiments are helping NASA identify and grow the best crops for future astronauts on long-duration missions to the Moon and Mars. “Our students…

World
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New Caledonia activist says France is impeding travel home after prison release

Exclusive: Kanak leader Christian Tein, who was freed from prison in June, says France is ‘deliberately dragging out’ re-issue of his passport A pro-independence leader from the French overseas territory of New Caledonia has accused the French government of “deliberately dragging out” his passport application, preventing him from flying home after his release from prison. Christian Tein, an Indigenous Kanak leader, was arrested in New Caledonia in June 2024 over allegations that he had instigated the deadly pro-independence protests that had taken place on the island a month earlier. Continue reading… Source link

Business
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Chinese crypto founders shelve US$500 million ether digital asset treasury plan

Some of China’s cryptocurrency heavyweights have called off a US$500 million ether digital asset treasury (DAT) project, as the broader crypto market remains in a slump, according to people familiar with the matter. The project was initiated earlier this year by Huobi founder Leon Li Lin, HashKey Group chairman and CEO Xiao Feng, Meitu co-founder Mike Cai Wensheng and Fenbushi Capital founder Bo Shen, who aimed to raise US$500 million to launch a DAT firm that would invest in the world’s… Source link