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JAKARTA: A suspected shell left over from World War II exploded under a stilt house in an Indonesian fishing village, killing five people and wounding nearly 20, police said on Monday (Jun 1).The blast in Indonesia’s restive eastern Papua region startled locals with a thunderous boom on Sunday afternoon, emitting a ball of flames followed by a thick smoke column, according to footage broadcast on Kompas TV.Nine homes were destroyed.”The source of the explosion is strongly suspected to have been a bomb or mortar left over from World War II,” Papua police spokesman Cahyo Sukarnito told AFP. Three people are…

Jensen Huang, chief executive officer of Nvidia Corp., speaks at the Nvidia GTC conference on the sidelines of Computex 2026 in Taipei, Taiwan, on Monday, June 1, 2026. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesNvidia has selected Chinese humanoid robot maker Unitree for the first robotics system the U.S. chipmaker is selling to researchers from Stanford to ETH Zurich, the company announced Monday.The system combines Unitree’s nearly 6-foot-tall H2 humanoid robot with Nvidia’s Jetson Thor hardware, which includes the company’s advanced Blackwell GPU for on-device artificial intelligence capabilities.Nvidia’s humanoid-focused AI models, known as Isaac GR00T, and simulation systems are part of…

Jerome Powell says the US central bank is undergoing a ‘stress test’ like other institutions in the current era.Published On 1 Jun 20261 Jun 2026Former US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has warned against the politicisation of monetary policy amid President Donald Trump’s repeated attacks on the independence of the central bank.In a speech at an awards ceremony in Boston on Sunday, Powell said that the Fed had been undergoing a “stress test” like many other institutions in the Trump era.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listPowell said the US Congress had “wisely” chosen to insulate the central bank from political pressure and that…

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Radio star Kate Ritchie was left in tears after her Nova co-hosts surprised her with a special guest from her past.On Friday, hosts Michael “Wippa” Wipfli and Ryan “Fitzy” Fitzgerald reunited Ritchie with her former on-screen mum, actress Debra Lawrence. Lawrence played Ritchie’s mum, Pippa, on Home and Away, where the radio host starred as Sally Fletcher for two decades.Appearing on Nova’s Fitzy, Wippa & Kate show, Lawrence spoke about their special bond and what it was like watching her former co-star growing up. Wipfli opened the segment by asking Ritchie to guess her surprise guest.“I know exactly who it is…

SEOUL: An explosion at a plant run by South Korean defence firm Hanwha Aerospace killed five people on Monday (Jun 1), local fire authorities said.The explosion was reported to authorities at around 11am local time at Hanwha’s plant in Daejeon, about 150km south of Seoul.A representative of the Daejeon Fire Headquarters told AFP that five people died and two others were injured, without providing further details.The blast is believed to have happened inside the factory according to authorities speaking with Yonhap news agency. Hanwha Aerospace is a major South Korean defence manufacturer which produces weapons, artillery systems and aerospace components.Its…

NewsFeedMexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has accused the United States of interfering in Mexico’s internal affairs after US authorities sought the arrest and extradition of 10 current and former Mexican officials over alleged drug trafficking links.Published On 1 Jun 20261 Jun 2026Click here to share on social mediashare-nodesSharegoogleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! As controversy surrounding Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner continues to mount, attention is turning to a little-known provision of Maine law that could allow Democrats to replace him on the general election ballot after the primary.The question has taken on new significance because Maine election law provides a mechanism for replacing a nominee who withdraws after winning a primary.Under Maine law, a candidate who wins the June 9 primary and subsequently withdraws by 5 p.m. on July 13 may be replaced by a nominee selected by party officials. Any replacement candidate must…

Rare photos of the Beatles’ final ticketed concert – CBS News Watch CBS News No one knew it at the time, but the Beatles performed their final ticketed concert 60 years ago in San Francisco. Anne Makovec shows us a new collection of rare photos from that historic night.

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Absolute destruction.That’s what was expected when Oba Femi and Brock Lesnar stepped into the ring for a second match at Clash in Italy on Sunday and it delivered and then some.It was an all-out blitz from both men. Lesnar started Femi with four consecutive F-5s as he tried to make quick work of “The Ruler” just like when he made a surprise return to “Monday Night Raw” to answer the open challenge. But Femi wasn’t as caught-off guard as he was earlier this month. Femi kicked out of Lesnar’s pin attempt.ZERO BS.…