Here’s what’s making headlines elsewhere today:
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John Howard served as Australia’s prime minister for 4284 days. None were more consequential than September 11, 2001.
As the nation’s second-longest serving prime minister describes it: “Psychologically, the world has never been the same.”
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Migrants would have to apply for asylum within the first few months of arriving in Australia under a Labor plan to stop a flood of bogus claims, while students’ right of appeal to extend their stay will be curtailed as Prime Minister Anthony Albanese scrambles to win Opposition Leader Angus Taylor’s support for his immigration reforms.
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The federal Treasury is war-gaming the financial fallout from a surge in global interest rates on government debt, oil prices and inflation amid fears it could drive the Australian and global economies into a recession and force some countries into austerity.
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The head of a Brisbane church that was featured in a reality show about sex workers has announced he will resign.
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Anthropic said it had disrupted several potential plots this year by scientists who used its leading artificial intelligence models to conduct research that could have helped develop biological weapons.