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When it comes to the future of childhood immunisations, all eyes are on Robert F. Kennedy Jr, US Secretary of Health and Human Services, and his audacious attempt to discredit vaccinations with misinformation and dodgy “science”. But state governments have their own weapons to destroy vaccine uptake in line with the MAHA (make America healthy again) agenda. Children in the …

In a new study, anthropologists in Australia argued that hominins arrived on the continent a little later than academia previously determined. It wasn’t 65,000 years ago; it was about 50,000. “When did humans first colonize Australia?” That question propelled a team of researchers from Australia’s La Trobe University to reevaluate the validity of the accepted arrival date against material evidence. …

A major vaccine advancement could protect some of the world’s rarest creatures from a deadly disease that’s killed hundreds of millions of birds and animals. Australia and New Zealand are the last major destinations where a highly virulent strain of avian influenza, HPAI, has not spread, and both countries are preparing for its inevitable arrival. Because the two countries’ ecosystems …

Asia stocks rise as tech rout stalls; Australia hits record high on positive PMI  Investing.com Dollar drifts, Asian stocks mixed as markets brace for Jackson Hole  Reuters Asian shares are mostly higher after a mixed finish on Wall Street  Yahoo Finance Australia, China lead gains in mixed Asia trading; U.S. futures steady ahead of Jackson Hole  Seeking Alpha Bloomberg Daybreak Asia: Stocks Stall on …

The ACCC has today commenced Federal Court proceedings against Google Asia Pacific over anti-competitive understandings that Google admits it reached in the past with Telstra and Optus regarding the pre-installation of Google Search on Android mobile phones. Google has co-operated with the ACCC, admitted liability and agreed to jointly submit to the Court that Google should pay a total penalty …

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Fossils unearthed along Victoria’s Surf Coast have led to the discovery of an ancient whale species with special adaptations for hunting, including large eyes and sharp teeth, shedding light on early marine mammal evolution. The species has been named Janjucetus dullardi after Victoria local resident Ross Dullard, who found the ancient whale’s fossil fragments in 2019. Janjucetus dullardi is one …

“Small and deceptively cute, but definitely not harmless” is how scientists have described a new species of ancient whale, from a 25-million-year-old fossil found on Victoria’s surf coast. This early species, called Janjucetus dullardi, was an extremely unusual animal, said Dr Erich Fitzgerald, senior curator of vertebrate palaeontology at Museums Victoria Research Institute. It was tiny – about the size …

Asia stocks climb: Japan, Australia hit record highs; RBA decision ahead  Investing.com Japan’s Nikkei 225 hits record high as U.S.-China tariff truce extension lifts sentiment  CNBC Asia stocks mostly higher as tariff truce supports sentiment  Reuters Stocks Rise on Tech, China Tariff Truce Extension: Markets Wrap  Bloomberg.com Trading Day: Tariffs, CPI nerves soften sentiment  Yahoo Finance Source link

Asia stocks tentative ahead of China tariff deadline; Australia hits record high  Investing.com Asia-Pacific markets subdued as U.S.-China tariff truce deadline looms  CNBC US stocks slip following the latest discouraging signal on the economy  Yahoo Finance Asian Shares Advance Ahead of Trump’s Deadline for Imposing Higher Tariffs on Chinese Goods  U.S. News & World Report Stock markets mostly up at start of key week …