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A minimum age to ride an e-bike is being introduced as part of sweeping reforms to NSW e-bike use.The Minns government says a legal minimum age between 12 and 16 will be recommended in an expert review led by Transport for NSW, which will also consider whether children and teenagers have the skills and maturity to safely carry passengers.Camera IconThe NSW government is introducing sweeping reforms for e-bike riders. NewsWire / Nikki Short Credit: News Corp AustraliaUnder the new framework, NSW Transport will lead a review into the appropriate age restriction for e-bikes and, alongside the NSW Office for Youth…

The absence of heavy rare earths presents a structural limitation.EY’s Gupta noted that 60 to 70 per cent of heavy rare earth supply currently originates from Myanmar, much of which is processed in China. “That supply is very restricted. (Heavy rare earth) is there in Myanmar, there’s some of it in China, which is also a choke point,” said Gupta.India imported between 80 and 90 per cent of its rare earth magnets and related materials from China in the financial year ending March 2025, amounting to about US$190 million, according to government data. To reduce such dependence, the Indian government has pursued overseas…

Washington, DC – The arrest of former British royal Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has sparked renewed calls for accountability for Jefferey Epstein’s crimes and proper investigations into the late sex offender’s networks in the United States and across the world.Police in the United Kingdom detained the ex-prince, brother of King Charles, on Thursday, with authorities saying that they had opened an investigation into possible misconduct in public office without naming Mountbatten-Windsor.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listReem Alsalem, the United Nations special rapporteur on violence against women and girls, said the arrests send “an important message that nobody is above the…

FBI Director Kash Patel, whose use of a government jet has frequently come under scrutiny, flew on a Justice Department plane Thursday to Italy with plans to attend the Olympic hockey medal rounds, according to public data and sources familiar with the matter.Public flight data reviewed by CBS News showed the FBI director took off on a government plane Thursday morning for an Air Force base in Italy, after a brief flight from Manassas, Virginia, to Joint Base Andrews, in Maryland Wednesday.Sources also confirmed to CBS News that Patel was en route to Milan, where he is planning to watch…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Olympic skiing star Eileen Gu suffered a gnarly fall during the women’s halfpipe qualifier on Thursday. Gu’s fall came on her first run when she clipped the lip of the halfpipe on the third trick, knocking her left ski off and sending her skittering to the bottom of the course.That set up a pressure-packed second attempt that she had to complete cleanly to stay in contention. China’s Eileen Gu competes in the freestyle skiing women’s freeski halfpipe qualification run 1 during the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games at Livigno Snow Park, in…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! EXCLUSIVE: The two men arrested in an atrocious North Carolina home invasion last week have been identified as criminal illegal aliens from Mexico who allegedly terrorized a male victim by sodomizing, beating and ripping out his fingernails, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) told Fox News Digital on Thursday.The overnight ambush, which Pitt County authorities said involved at least three male suspects, occurred in a quiet Greenville suburb last Wednesday. “Two heinous criminals broke into the victim’s home and used a sharp, edged weapon and restrained him against his will,” DHS said, citing…

As Olympic fever sweeps the country, an online auction featuring hundreds of pieces of Olympic memorabilia is set to close Thursday evening. RR Auction has 340 Olympic lots up for bid, including torches, medals, pins, and diplomas.One of the items is from one of the greatest hockey players in the world — back in 1952.A forward with the Edmonton Mercurys, William “Billy” Gibson scored 15 goals and had seven assists over just eight games in the Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway.He led Canada to victory over the United States to claim the gold medal. Billy Gibson holding the trophy, victorious…

Australian Phillip Bellingham has enjoyed his starring role in the first ever outing for the draining sport of ski mountaineering at the Winter Olympics.

NEW DELHI: An Indian university has been asked to vacate its stall at the country’s flagship AI summit after a staff member was caught presenting a commercially available robotic dog made in China as its own creation, two government sources said on Wed (Feb 18).”You need to meet Orion. This has been developed by the Centre of Excellence at Galgotias University,” Neha Singh, a professor of communications, told state-run broadcaster DD News this week in remarks that have since gone viral.But social media users quickly identified the robot as the Unitree Go2, sold by China’s Unitree Robotics for about US$2,800…

The second straight monthly deterioration in the United States’ trade deficit occurred as US firms boosted imports of computer chips and other tech goods.Listen to this article | 4 minsinfoPublished On 19 Feb 202619 Feb 2026Click here to share on social mediashare2ShareThe United States trade deficit has widened sharply in December amid a surge in imports, and the goods shortfall in 2025 was the highest on record despite US President Donald Trump’s tariffs on foreign-manufactured merchandise.The second straight monthly deterioration in the trade deficit reported by the US Commerce Department on Thursday suggested that trade made little or no contribution to gross…