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Joaquin Phoenix won best actor in a leading role, for “Joker,” continuing a winning streak that has landed him a Golden Globe and a Critics’ Choice Award. Renée Zellweger, also a Golden Globe winner for her well-received portrayal of Judy Garland, triumphed over Scarlett Johansson in the leading actress category. The supporting actress trophy went, …

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MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Incoming BHP Group (BHP.AX) (BHPB.L) Chief Executive Mike Henry said the world’s biggest miner is prioritising new developments in technology to cut costs and improve safety, including collaborations with tech start-ups and researchers. FILE PHOTO: Visitors to the BHP (formerly known as BHP Billiton) booth speak with representatives during the Prospectors and …

RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA TV) – South Dakota School of Mines and Technology is one of the public universities defending themselves after a law maker accuses the schools for “slow walking” to uphold a bill. House Bill 1087was passed last spring pushing universities to ensure free speech and intellectual diversity on campus. It’s an idea …

Mark Zuckerberg touted Facebook as a champion of “free expression” in a wide-sweeping speech, offering a staunch defense of the social media giant following several rocky years characterized by allegations against the platform of censorship and bias. Speaking at Georgetown University on Thursday, Zuckerberg defended the company’s decision to allow misinformation in political advertising on …

Hong Kong’s embattled leader Carrie Lam on Wednesday delivered her annual policy address by video, after being heckled by pro-democracy lawmakers on the floor of the city’s parliament. Those lawmakers shouted “five demands, not one less,” referencing the list of requests by protesters, at Lam as she was set to deliver her speech. In those …

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionQueen outlines government’s Brexit plan Boris Johnson’s government has set out “ambitious” policies on crime, health, the environment and Brexit in a Queen’s Speech that opposition parties have dismissed as an “election manifesto”. Plans for tougher sentences for violent offenders and legal targets for cutting plastic pollution …

The first and most important piece of legislation announced by the Queen is the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill, which will lay out the plans for Britain’s departure from the EU. “My government’s priority has always been to secure the United Kingdom’s departure from the European Union on 31 October,” the Queen says, at the …

A whistleblower and an academic have said pressure from the Australian government’s top cyber security agency led to their speeches being cancelled at a conference in Melbourne. Former NSA whistleblower Thomas Drake, and Melbourne University academic Dr Suelette Dreyfus were both due to speak at the Australian Cyber Conference in Melbourne on October 7-9. They …

President Trump spelled out a staunchly nationalist platform as he opened his third address to the United Nations, relaying a skeptical view of globalism at the world’s foremost multilateral body.  “The free world must embrace its national foundations. It must not attempt to erase them or replace them,” Trump said as he began his address. …