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Nov 11, 2026 - World

While young people are drinking less across the board, one expert says a small minority are actually drinking huge and damaging amounts of alcoholGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastRising numbers of young people are being hospitalised with severe, irreversible liver disease, as alcohol-related hospital admissions remain above pre-pandemic levels after peaking during Covid lockdowns.A new Burnet Institute report, commissioned by the Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education (Fare), analysed nearly two decades of Victorian health data to examine the prevalence of alcohol-associated harm. Continue reading...

Nov 11, 2026 - World

After a promotion for a ‘Finnish Dinner Date’ went ‘a bit viral’, the Canberra envoy’s next post became an unlikely social media hitGet our daily political email, free app or daily news podcastThe embassy of Finland in Canberra was temporarily closed on Tuesday.Millions of people across the world were, it turns out, quite upset by this. Continue reading...

Nov 11, 2026 - World

Australian PM boasts of success in renewables but is criticised for not addressing the nation’s huge coal industryGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAnthony Albanese has said governments have a “solemn responsibility” to act on climate change in a historic speech to the UN’s climate summit, but he failed to mention the fossil fuels driving the crisis.The Australian prime minister landed in the Mediterranean resort city of Antalya on Wednesday morning where the Cop31 talks are being presided over by his climate change minister, Chris Bowen, but hosted by Turkey. Continue reading...

Nov 11, 2026 - World

The H200 is among Nvidia's most capable chips for training and running advanced AI systems and is subject to US export licence approvals.

Nov 11, 2026 - World

Trump has embraced Nvidia as key to US technology competitiveness and a driver of the stock market's rise over the past several years.