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Australia’s largest barbecue and outdoor furniture retailer has gone bust, entering voluntary administration on Thursday.

“PUBLIC WILL LOSE CONFIDENCE”With nearly 95 per cent of polling stations reporting, preliminary results showed the Bhumjaithai Party leading with 193 of the 500 parliamentary seats.The results have yet to be officially certified by the election commission, a process that must be completed within 60 days of the general election.”If transparency is not shown quickly, the public will lose confidence,” former Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, who leads the Democrat Party, told reporters on Wednesday. “Whenever a process does not have legitimacy, we have seen how it goes in other countries.”The situation has sparked small protests nationwide, with a Thai hashtag #RecountForTheWholeCountry trending…

Trump’s order is the latest move by US administration to boost fossil fuel industry despite climate change concerns.Listen to this article | 3 minsinfoPublished On 12 Feb 202612 Feb 2026Click here to share on social mediashare2ShareUnited States President Donald Trump has ordered the Pentagon to buy electricity generated by coal, his latest effort to boost demand for the fossil fuel amid its declining cost competitiveness and climate change concerns.In an executive order signed on Wednesday, Trump directed the US Department of Defence to enter into long-term purchase agreements with coal-fired plants and prioritise the “preservation and strategic utilisation” of “coal-based energy assets”.Recommended…

Newly released documents show the FBI’s scramble to explain last year why it released a screen recording with a missing minute from the night Jeffrey Epstein died, instead of the original footage. The discrepancy fueled conspiracy theories about a cover-up after then-Deputy FBI Director Dan Bongino promised the agency would release the original surveillance footage from Epstein’s Manhattan jail “so you don’t think there are any shenanigans.” The FBI has never offered a public explanation of how it ended up releasing a video with a gap in footage.Last May, as a groundswell built demanding public scrutiny of the Justice Department’s records…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Former NFL linebacker Darron Lee will remain behind bars as he faces a first-degree murder charge in Tennessee.Lee was taken into custody last week. In addition to the murder charge in the death of his girlfriend, Lee faces a charge of tampering with or fabricating evidence. On Wednesday, a Hamilton County Criminal Court Judge ruled that Lee, who spent the first three years of his professional football career with the New York Jets, would stay jailed without bond.Lee is not scheduled to return to court until next month, but prosecutors on Wednesday signaled…

Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins appears at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 21, 2026.Krisztian Bocsi | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesCisco reported better-than-expected quarterly results on Wednesday, but the stock dropped about 7% in extended trading as earnings guidance for the current period only met estimates. Here’s how the company did in comparison with LSEG consensus:Earnings per share: $1.04 adjusted vs. $1.02 expected Revenue: $15.35 billion vs. $15.12 billion expectedCisco’s revenue grew about 10% from $14 billion a year earlier, according to a statement. Net income increased to $3.18 billion, or 80 cents per share, from $2.43 billion,…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Chaos and fury erupted Monday in New York City’s affluent Upper East Side as residents packed a public meeting in protest of a planned homeless shelter they said “reeks of a for-profit intent.”The women’s shelter, which was converted from a men’s center after massive public pushback, is slated to open around April and will accommodate up to 250 women.At a Community Board 8 Manhattan meeting hosted by Housing Solutions of New York (HSNY), opponents sounded alarms over the shelter’s proximity to schools and daycare centers. Residents also accused city officials of deliberately…

The City of Calgary will need to spend nearly $6 billion over the next decade to address the worsening condition of the city’s most critical assets, according to city officials. The figure is part of an update on the city’s corporate asset management plan presented to the city’s Infrastructure and Planning committee Wednesday.According to the report, roughly 11 per cent or $18 billion worth of city-owned assets and infrastructure is in poor or very poor condition.Around $1.7 billion of the assets in poor condition are deemed “critical,” the report said, which means a failure could result in a significant service…

The ASX200 has surged to a 50-day high of 9100 points as major banks deliver billion-dollar profits, pushing the market within striking distance of all-time records.

Check out the companies making headlines after hours. Cisco Systems — The maker of networking hardware such as switches and routers dropped about 7% after posting non-GAAP gross margin of 67.5%, a little below the 68.1% estimate, according to LSEG. Guidance for the current quarter also disappointed Wall Street. Otherwise, Cisco posted second-quarter results that exceeded estimates on the top and bottom lines. The stock is up 11% already this year. McDonald’s — The fast-food giant slipped less than 1% after it posted fourth-quarter earnings of $3.12 per share, on an adjusted basis, on revenues of $7.01 billion . That…