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A May rate cut is a “done deal” for homeowners based on the latest forecast data coming out of the Commonwealth Bank.On Tuesday, the CBA released its latest forecasts which expects headline inflation fall to near the bottom of the Reserve Bank of Australia’s target range at 2.3 per cent.CBA is forecasting the all important trimmed mean inflation rate, which the RBA uses to make its rate decisions, to increase by 0.6 per cent for the quarter to come in at 2.8 per cent for the year.This would also be in the RBA target band of 2 to 3 per…

Nadine Menendez, 58, guilty of bribery and fraud related to using her husband’s influence on behalf of Egypt.Nadine Menendez, the wife of former United States Senator Bob Menendez, has been convicted of accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of bribes in exchange for attempting to use her husband’s influence to benefit Egyptian officials and New Jersey businessmen. Nadine Menendez, 58, was found guilty on Monday of all 15 counts she faced, including bribery, honest services wire fraud and conspiracy for a public official to act as a foreign agent. She will be sentenced by US District Judge Sidney Stein…

A New York judge has ordered Mayor Eric Adams to temporarily halt a program to have immigration agents operate in the city’s infamous Rikers Island jail. Judge Mary Rosado has barred the city from „taking any steps toward negotiating, signing, or implementing any Memorandum of Understanding with the federal government“ before an April 25 hearing in a lawsuit challenging the plan. NJ GOVERNOR ACCUSED OF HARBORING VIOLENT ILLEGAL CRIMINALS, DOJ LAUNCHES PROBE New York City Mayor Eric Adams has been ordered by a judge to temporarily halt a program to have immigration agents operate in the city’s infamous Rikers Island jail.  (Christopher…

Chuck Connelly, a prolific Neo-Expressionist artist with an uncompromising personality whose paintings depicted scenes like Noah’s Ark breaking apart in a storm and a huge candy-cane-colored funnel cloud looming over a rural landscape, died on April 13 at his home in Philadelphia. He was 70.His wife, Adrienne Mooney-Connelly, said the cause was metastatic prostate cancer. She said he died in bed under his favorite painting, “Animals in the Street,” in which animals — a bear, a lion, a horse, a giraffe, an elephant and others — walk garishly dressed as humans on a city street.Mr. Connelly rose to renown in…

A day after Nico Iamaleava announced his decision to leave Tennessee for UCLA, it appears that a quarterback „trade“ has been completed.Joey Aguilar, who joined the Bruins through the winter portal, will now be headed to Knoxville and joining the Volunteers, ESPN reports.Iamaleava’s saga was highly-publicized, as it stemmed from a reported rift with Tennessee over NIL negotiations. Appalachian State Mountaineers quarterback Joey Aguilar (4) throws a warmup pass before the game against the South Alabama Jaguars at Kidd Brewer Stadium.  ESPN reported that Iamaleava was seeking a deal worth $4 million for next season with Tennessee, which he led…

Jennifer Garner is not shying away from PDA with her new boyfriend, John Miller.On Saturday, Garner and Miller were spotted outside of her home, sharing an intimate kiss before Miller hopped in his truck and drove away.Garner has been romantically linked to Miller, chairman of CaliGroup, since 2018. While the two took a break from dating at one point, they have been going strong since 2023, People magazine reported. Jennifer Garner kissed John Miller the day before seeing Ben Affleck on Easter. (X-17, Getty Images)Garner’s kiss with her boyfriend came the day before she and her ex-husband Ben Affleck reunited…

The race to form Canada’s next government is now tighter than ever as the federal election campaign enters its final week, a new poll suggests. The latest Ipsos poll conducted exclusively for Global News found the Liberals are still in the lead, but are now just three points ahead of the Conservatives, who continue to gain momentum in the home stretch.The results of the poll, conducted after last week’s televised leaders’ debates, show 41 per cent of surveyed Canadians would vote for the Liberals, down one point from last week, while 38 per cent said they would choose the Conservatives,…

Crypto casino takings have soared to tens of billions of dollars a year, new data shows, as gamblers bypass blocks in their home countries to bet on unregulated offshore platforms.Despite being illegal in most countries, wagers paid in cryptocurrency last year generated $81.4bn in gross gaming revenue (GGR), the difference between bets taken in and winnings paid out, according to research by anti-online-crime platform Yield Sec — a fivefold rise since 2022.“It’s explosive growth everywhere,” said Yield Sec founder Ismail Vali.While crypto gambling sites are blocked in jurisdictions from the US and China to the EU and UK, they remain…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Nomura has agreed to buy Macquarie’s US and European public asset management business as it expands globally and takes advantage of a generational shift in Japanese investment habits.The $1.8bn all-cash deal, which is expected to close by the end of the year, will entail Nomura buying a business with about $180bn in assets under management across equities, fixed income and multi-asset strategies.The acquisition will expand Nomura’s investment management division to roughly $770bn, with more than 35 per cent being managed on behalf…

Pope Francis is being remembered in the Pacific as a leader for the region, visiting in 2024 and canonising the first Papua New Guinean.