ACCC sues Amazon over alleged unfair contract terms on Prime streaming service

The consumer watchdog is suing Amazon over allegedly having unfair contract terms for its Prime streaming service.  The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) claims Amazon had more than one million Australian annual subscribers on Prime contracts with five unfair terms which allowed unilateral changes between November 2023 and August 2025.  The lawsuit alleges one…

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Argentina pilot told his student, ‘You know what to do,’ then jumped mid-air without a parachute. The student landed the plane safely, but the pilot didn’t survive | World News

Flight instructor Leandro Andrés Bertazzo (left) and a Cessna 150 training aircraft. A routine flight lesson in Argentina turned into an unimaginable emergency after a flight instructor told his 22-year-old student, “You know what to do,” before jumping from the aircraft without a parachute. Left alone in the cockpit, the trainee remained calm, contacted air…

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One in nine Indians faces cancer risk; Rajya Sabha panel seeks ideas on affordable care | India News

NEW DELHI: India was estimated to record 15.33 lakh new cancer cases in 2024, while one in nine people faces a lifetime cancer risk. Against this backdrop, a Rajya Sabha panel has invited public and expert inputs on the latest interventions in affordable cancer screening, diagnosis, treatment, care and management with proven outcomes. The exercise…

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‘Lack of evidence’ means Lao officials won’t lay charges related to deaths of two Australians

Lao officials say they don’t have enough evidence to lay charges over the deaths of two young Australian women, because autopsies were not carried out. They have given one of their first detailed accounts of the investigation into the deaths of six people, including 19-year-old Australians Holly Morton-Bowles and Bianca Jones. The two young women…

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