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- Threats of an imminent attack on Israel from Iran.
- OJ Simpson dies of cancer aged 76.
- Daniil Medvedev rages against the umpire and crashes out of the Monte Carlo Masters.
Iran's ally Russia has urged countries in the Middle East to show restraint as threats of an imminent Iranian attack on Israel loom.
Iran has vowed revenge after Israel's April 1 air strike on their embassy compound in the Syrian capital of Damascus that killed a top Iranian general and six other Iranian military officers.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov says Russia condemns Israel's provocative attack but urges their ally Iran to not let it lead them to a region-wide conflict.
“We obviously call on all countries in the region to exercise restraint, you know that we condemned the airstrike on the Iranian embassy compound. It's the violation of all the principles of international law. Now it is very important for everyone to maintain restraint so as not to lead to complete destabilisation of the situation in the region, which is not stable and predictable anyway.”
In response to the news, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel's military was preparing for region-wide challenges outside of their assault on Gaza.
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OJ Simpson, the controversial former NFL star who also pursued an acting career, has died of cancer at the age of 76.
In 1995, he was acquitted of murdering his former wife Nicole Brown and her friend Ronald Goldman.
He later served time in prison for an armed robbery.
His children announced the news of his death on Platform X, formally Twitter, asking for privacy for the family.
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As the global race for renewables ramps up, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has unveiled an ambitious new scheme that he says will better harness Australia's natural advantages.
The Prime Minister says the government's proposed Future Made in Australia Act will seek to revitalise local manufacturing as well as increase control over the nation's resources and critical minerals.
He says if Australia misses this opportunity to boost its economic security through becoming a clean energy superpower, it will not get another.
"We have unlimited potential but we don't have unlimited time. If we don't seize this moment it will pass. If we don’t take this chance, we won’t get another. If we don’t act to shape the future, the future will shape us."
The scheme proposes taxpayer-funded incentives to encourage international investment in the manufacturing and clean energy industries.
Mr Albanese says the act will also merge existing government programs such as the $1 billion investment into solar panel manufacturing, the $2 billion commitment to hydrogen production, and the $15 billion National Reconstruction Fund.
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New research from Domain suggests rental prices for houses rose at their fastest quarterly pace in 17 years in the March quarter across all capitals.
Domain says that means the cost of renting a house has now risen from $425 a week in March 2018 to $630 today.
Apartments are only slightly more affordable at $620 a week and have risen 40 per cent over that same period.
Domain Chief of Research Nicola Powell says some government incentives could help ease that pressure soon.
"The number of potential renters per rental listing. We've seen that decline annually, and that's pretty entrenched. We've seen that for a fairly lengthy period of time now for over the last 12 months. And when you think about population growth, we expect that population growth has now peaked, and there's other incentives that are going to come into place that were going to help some tenants transition to being first home buyers."
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In tennis,
Former world number one Daniil Medvedev has had his second heated exchange with an umpire in two days before crashing out of the Monte Carlo Masters in the final 16.
Medvedev, who had reached at least the quarter-finals in the last two editions at Monte Carlo, never truly got going against fellow Russian Karen Khachanov, ultimately suffering a 6-3 7-5 defeat.
Medvedev shook off some of his early rustiness in the second half and had set point when he was 5-4 up, but squandered that opportunity and was unable to break Khachanov's serve.
His opponent's hold under pressure proved the final straw for Medvedev, who hurled his racket against the backboard after an erroneous call from a line judge.
"The mark is freaking out, they don't know how to referee anymore. The mark is out. Who will take action? Yesterday, the ball is out, it's called in. Who will take action? This ball is out. Who will take responsibility? It's not my responsibility to referee the matches. It's this guy in the glasses. He doesn't need glasses because he doesn't see anything. He should not be a referee."
