Paige McNamee
Overnight editor
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Plus: Employment Hero orders staff to use AI first; Official says Australia left in the dark on China’s drill; Trump-Zelensky to sign mineral deal.
Plus: Apple investors reject proposal to end DEI; Taiwan detains Chinese cargo ship and crew over cut cable; Trump advisor wants Canada out of Five Eyes, sources tell FT.
Plus: US-Ukraine mineral deal edges closer, tied to ‘durable partnership’; Microsoft said to scrap US data centre capacity; Tech Council seizes on Trump threats to fight bargaining code.
Plus: Germany swings right in historic election; Buffett tells Uncle Sam to spend wisely; Dutton matches Labor’s $8.5b Medicare splash, throws in mental health spend.
Plus: Trump teases China trade deal but offers no details; Aussie quantum tech smashes accuracy records; Trump’s tariffs shake Walmart’s low price promise.
Plus: Labor steps in to save Whyalla steelworks; X hunts US$44b valuation as Musk rides Trump wave; KKR lobs $7.9b bid for majority stake in UK Thames Water.
Plus: Russia demands NATO back down on Ukraine; Labor vows to press on with big tech media levy; Big business blocks ASX diversity data push.
Plus: South Korea stockpiles AI chips and shuts out DeepSeek; OPEC+ reportedly mulling delay to April supply increase; European stocks soar as war fears fuel defence rally.
