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Motorists in NSW are claiming back millions of dollars through the government’s toll cap to help ease the cost of living.More than 50 suburbs have joined the “$1 million club” for the total cashback they have claimed under the government’s $60 weekly toll cap.The NSW government said more than 862,000 claims have been made with $284 million returned to drivers since it was introduced in January 2024.An extra $10 million has been claimed by 9,225 drivers under the scheme so far this year compared to the same time last year.Camera IconMore than 50 suburbs have joined the “$1 million club”…

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s anti-graft agency vowed on Wednesday (May 6) to recover more high-value artwork linked to the multibillion-dollar 1MDB scandal after putting four recently retrieved works on display at its headquarters. The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) successfully repatriated four pieces of artwork last month, including a 1961 Pablo Picasso print, as part of ongoing efforts to recover more than US$4.5 billion siphoned from the 1Malaysia Development Berhad state fund between 2009 and 2014 in a complex, globe-spanning scheme.US investigators have said the funds, allegedly misappropriated by high-level 1MDB officials and their associates, were used to buy everything from luxury hotels to…

Deir el-Balah, Gaza Strip – With a weary expression, Saja arranges her few belongings inside the tent her fiance, Mohammed, has prepared for their wedding in just a few days.There are two thin mattresses instead of a proper bed, a small cooking corner fashioned from wood and tarpaulin, and a makeshift bathroom that Mohammed also built from scraps of wood and plastic sheets.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listThe couple, Saja al-Masri, 22, and Mohammed Ahliwat, 27, got engaged a year ago while their families were displaced. They are still living in a camp in Deir el-Balah in central…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Former longtime Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio on Tuesday won his party’s 2026 Senate nomination, the Associated Press reports.Brown, who served three decades in Congress before being defeated for re-election in 2024 by now-GOP Sen. Bernie Moreno, will face off in this year’s general election with Republican Sen. John Husted, Ohio’s former lieutenant governor who was appointed to replace Vice President JD Vance.The general election winner will fill the final two years of Vance’s Senate term. Vance, who was elected to the Senate in 2022, stepped down from the chamber after…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Kentucky man is set to go to trial next year after he allegedly abducted and killed a woman, wrapped her body, stored it under his trailer and dumped it on the side of a road seven years ago, according to authorities.Ryan “Todd” Crawley had his trial date set for May 17–28 of next year in connection with the 2019 death of April Arnett, the Scott County Circuit Court said, according to WKYT.He was indicted earlier this year on charges of murder, kidnapping and evidence tampering. Crawley pleaded not guilty to the…

A long-term lottery deal has been blasted by a leading gambling reform campaigner although a treasurer insists it won’t prop up the state’s budget bottom line.Australia’s largest lottery operator, The Lottery Corporation, has struck a 40-year licence extension with the Victorian government, well before its current agreement was due to expire in 2028.The deal, coinciding with the release of Tuesday’s Victorian state budget, included an upfront “premium payment” of $1.145 billion.Alliance for Gambling Reform chief advocate Tim Costello said the extension set back sweeping reforms aimed at minimising gambling harm.Future governments would be “handcuffed” to the industry, even as the…

SCAM HOTSPOT The US Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) designated Phnom Penh-based Huione Group a “primary money-laundering concern” last year, and prohibited US financial institutions from processing transactions with it.FinCEN said the conglomerate had received at least US$4 billion worth of illegal proceeds between August 2021 and January 2025. That included proceeds from scams, stolen funds and illicit cyber actors.Beijing has called Huione’s Li “a core member” of the criminal gang of Chen Zhi, another Chinese-born accused scam boss who was operating from Cambodia before being extradited to China this year.Cambodia has emerged as a hub for the transnational scam industry…

Iran’s foreign minister meets his Chinese counterpart one week before President Donald Trump’s visit to Beijing.Published On 6 May 20266 May 2026Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi is holding talks with his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, in Beijing amid tensions with the United States in the Strait of Hormuz.Araghchi’s one-day trip on Wednesday comes a week before US President Donald Trump’s scheduled ⁠visit to Beijing for a summit with President Xi Jinping on May 14 and 15.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listChina’s official Xinhua news agency reported the meeting between Araghchi and Wang had begun, without providing further details.Araghchi’s…

President Trump’s gambit to push out of office several of the Indiana Republicans who defied his redistricting efforts appeared to largely succeed on Tuesday.Five of the Indiana state senators who voted against redrawing the state’s House maps last year lost their Republican primaries on Tuesday, ousted by Trump-endorsed primary challengers, The Associated Press projected. A sixth Trump-supported candidate also won the GOP primary in an open seat where a Republican who rejected redistricting decided not to run for reelection. One senator survived a primary challenge backed by the president on Tuesday. One primary between an anti-redistricting Republican and a Trump endorsee…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A wealthy restaurateur and former pharmaceutical CEO fatally shot his pregnant wife and two children before taking his own life in a suspected triple murder-suicide, authorities in Texas said.Police and family members confirmed Houston restaurant owners Matthew Mitchell, 52, his pregnant wife Thy Mitchell, 39, along with their 8-year-old daughter and 4-year-old son, were found dead by a babysitter in their home at about 5:30 p.m. on Monday.Officials said it appears the father killed his wife and children before fatally shooting himself, according to a report from local affiliate FOX 26 Houston.ARKANSAS…