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Man, 81, killed by SUV which allegedly hit him on Sydney pavement

A driver has been charged after an 81-year old man walking on a pavement was killed in Sydney's south-west.

Emergency crews were called to Hughes Street, near Cabramatta Station, around 4pm yesterday after receiving reports an MG ZS SUV veered off the road and hit the a man walking on the footpath.

NSW Ambulance paramedics treated the 81-year-old man at the scene, but he died.

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The driver of the SUV, a 51-year-old man, was not injured and was taken to Liverpool Hospital for mandatory testing.

He was taken to Cabramatta Police Station where he was charged with negligent driving occasioning death.

The man has been granted conditional bail to appear before Liverpool Local Court on June 3.

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Baby toys from online brand SHEIN recalled due to choking risk

Multiple baby rattles from Chinese online shop SHEIN have been recalled due to posing a serious choking risk.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) said baby teethers and rattles sold by the online company pose a risk of serious injury or death by choking or suffocation if a child detaches and places the small parts in their mouth.

The products include a silicone animal-shaped baby teether, a handheld wooden rattle with rotating rings and a bell and a cloud-shaped wooden rattle with dangling beads.

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The ACCC added the products fail to meet the mandatory standard for toys for children up to and including 36 months of age.

Customers who purchased the toys that were sold from January 20 2024, until April 10 should to keep them out of reach of children and contact SHEIN for a refund.

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Trump’s company loses half a billion dollars in three months

Donald Trump's media company lost more than four hundred times more money than it made from January to March this year.

The quarterly report from Trump Media and Technology Group (TMTG) showed the company had $US870,000 ($A1.2 million) in revenue in the first three months of the year.

At the same time it reported a $US406 million ($A560 million) net loss.

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Donald Trump's company has lost more than $500 million in three months.

But despite the colossal losses, its interim CEO Kevin McGurn is bullish.

"Trump Media is using its strong balance sheet and positive operating cash flow to continue growing all our businesses and platform infrastructure," he said.

"Truth Social remains a bastion of free speech with innovative enhancements coming soon."

Most of the company's shares are still owned by President Trump himself.

The bulk of the losses come from massive purchases of Bitcoin for a "treasury" to be held by the company. 

TMTG bought $3.5 billion in Bitcoin midway through last year.

Since that time, the value of Bitcoin has crashed.

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Donald Trump demanded Fox News take Jessica Tarlov off the air.

The centrepiece of the company is Truth Social, the social media site created when Donald Trump was banned from Twitter and Facebook.

Truth Social was touted as a conservative alternative to other social media sites, but it has attracted few prominent users save for Trump himself.

Today's statement said the company is looking to expand into prediction contracts and more use of AI.

Video streaming platform Truth+ has also not connected with a wider audience.

The platform bills itself as showing "non-woke movies, live TV, Christian content, and more".

Today's report comes out weeks after CEO Devin Nunes suddenly left the business.

Trump Media and Technology Group (TMTG) was valued at $US10 billion ($14 billion) when it first went public in March 2024. 

Now it is valued at a fraction of that.

Donald Trump's media company has lost an extraordinary amount of money.

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Australia’s east to brace for a wet week

Part of Australia's east coast might be in for a wet week with a string of rainy days expected for parts of NSW and Queensland.

Despite a dry, yet cold start to the month, the drizzly conditions are due to roll in, potentially bringing multiple wet days to Sydney and Brisbane as onshore winds mix with abnormally warm sea temperatures.

Those conditions are set to change as a high-pressure system moves across the Tasman Sea, bringing easterly winds towards the east coast.

While the weather pattern is not expected to bring widespread rain or heavy conditions, it is expected to extend to parts of Queensland and NSW.

These conditions are caused by the warm water off the east coast, causing a higher chance of rainfall.

The Bureau of Meteorology has issued a hazardous surf warning for the Hunter Coast and Sydney Coast today, stating that surf and swell conditions are expected to be hazardous for water activities such as swimming, fishing and boating.

Strong wind warnings are also in place today for NSW's Eden Coast.

In Queensland, strong marine wind warnings have been issued for the Peninsula Coast, Cooktown Coast and Cairns Coast.

Those warnings are set to remain in place until tomorrow.

The conditions come a week after a polar blast across the nation's south-east brought year-low temperatures and snow to several states.

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Pentagon won’t deny attack after massive oil slick spotted off Kharg Island

A massive oil slick spotted off Kharg Island has sparked speculation the US has targeted civilian infrastructure on the vital Iranian export hub.

Satellite imagery shows an apparent oil slick as big as the island itself.

But the Pentagon has declined to comment on whether it has targeted the island from which most of Iran's oil is exported.

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This satellite image provided by European Space Agency shows an apparent oil spill in the Persian Gulf off the western side of Kharg Island.

With Iran and the US exchanging fire in the Persian Gulf, it is unlikely the spill will be cleaned up any time soon.

Because Iran's coastline is too shallow for massive tankers, 90 per cent of Iran's oil is exported via Kharg Island.

Oil is transported from the mainland to the island for supertankers to take out of the country. The terminal is able to load ten supertankers at once.

A military strike on oil infrastructure there would be devastating to the regime's economy.

It is about 660km away from the Strait of Hormuz.

Meanwhile, the US has struck two Iranian oil tankers.

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Kharg Island is Iran's main crude oil export terminal.

In a statement, US Central Command said they had disabled the two vessels as they entered an Iranian port.

The ships were struck in their smokestacks by a F/A-18 Super Hornet.

"US forces in the Middle East remain committed to full enforcement of the blockade of vessels entering or leaving Iran," Admiral Brad Cooper said.

"Our highly trained men and women in uniform are doing incredible work."

Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi condemned the attack.

"Every time a diplomatic solution is on the table, the US opts for a reckless military adventure," Araghchi said in a statement.

"Is it a crude pressure tactic? Or the result of a spoiler once again duping POTUS (the President of the United States) into another quagmire?"

Araghchi said in his statement that Iran's missile inventory and launcher capacity was up 20 per cent from the beginning of the war.

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Donald Trump has called on more legislatures to dismantle black majority seats in Congress.

Donald Trump meanwhile has insisted the ceasefire remains in place.

Meanwhile, the United Arab Emirates has reported another missile and drone attack overnight.

The UAE's Defence Ministry said three people were wounded by three drones and two missiles fired from Iran.

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