The reliance of island countries and territories on imported oil is expected to hit economic growth and increase inflation

When 53-year-old Agbar Mohammad pulled into a petrol station in Fiji in May, he was expecting a queue. Instead, it was almost empty. “I could only see one or two cars at the service station, which was very unusual,” Mohammad says.

The reason became clear very quickly: as Mohammad filled his car, the numbers on the fuel pump climbed so much faster than the needle on his dashboard. Normally he would put in about $40 of fuel, but this time $100 barely got his 60-litre tank halfway full.

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Cancellation, which avoids embarrassment for Trump, is latest signal of diminishing congressional support for war

House Republicans canceled a scheduled Thursday vote on a war powers resolution aimed at ending the US war with Iran, a measure that likely would have advanced had the vote been held.

The cancellation, which avoided political embarrassment for Donald Trump, is the latest signal that congressional support for the US president’s war is diminishing.

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Camp Humphreys is a vital expression of the alliance between Washington and Seoul, but the nature of the partnership is shifting

There are school bus routes, baseball diamonds and American football fields. Soldiers queue for lunch at Taco Bell, Pizza Hut and Arby’s outlets. A postbox stamped with the logo of the US postal service stands outside the commissary stocked with American groceries. The signage is all in English and the US dollar is the currency in use.

Beyond the perimeter fence, military helicopters rise above the airfield and cut across the blue sky.

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Vivaldi 8.0 is being pitched as the browser's "most significant design overhaul" yet, featuring a new unified, edge-to-edge interface, six preset layouts, and deeper customization across tabs, toolbars, panels, and themes. The company is also taking a swipe at rivals chasing questionable AI features. Neowin reports: After updating to version 8.0, Vivaldi will present you with the ability to select one of the six pre-built styles. You can select a minimal edge-to-edge theme, one with the UI fully hidden for focused work, or a power user variant with everything on the screen. The update comes with a built-in collection theme, and users are free to select one of over 7,000 community themes available on the official website.

Vivaldi says that while other browsers were busy adding questionable AI features, it focused on "a foundation that no other browser can match" with flexible tab management, built-in productivity tools, and advanced customization. At the same time, Vivaldi does not force the new design onto its users, so those who prefer the previous user interface can go back to it at any moment in settings. "With 8.0, we have done something we have been working toward for a long time: we have given the browser itself a visual system worthy of everything it can do," says Vivaldi's CEO and co-founder, Jon Stephenson von Tetzchner. "With this update Vivaldi feels like one considered, coherent tool."

You can download Vivaldi 8.0 and view the changelog at their respective links.

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Macr1 has added a photo to the pool:

Anzac Parade is a major arterial road and thoroughfare in the Australian capital city of Canberra, connecting the Australian War Memorial with Constitution Avenue, Parkes Way and Lake Burley Griffin. It is used for ceremonial occasions, such as Anzac Day services, and is the site of many military memorials.

Named in honour of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) of World War I, Anzac Parade joins Gallipoli Reach of Lake Burley Griffin in the south and the Australian War Memorial to the north. As the main axis between Parliament House and Mount Ainslie, it bisects Constitution Avenue, which forms one side of the Parliamentary Triangle between Civic and Russell Hill.

STARBASE (ANP) - De testvlucht van ruimtevaartbedrijf SpaceX, die donderdagavond plaatselijke tijd zou worden uitgevoerd met de raket Starship, is uitgesteld.

Elon Musk, eigenaar van SpaceX, zei dat een technisch mankement de lancering onmogelijk maakte. Als het probleem in de nacht van donderdag op vrijdag kan worden verholpen, is er vrijdagochtend een nieuwe poging, aldus Musk.

Het moet de twaalfde testvlucht van een Starship worden. Het gaat om een aangepaste versie van de raket, die geschikt moet zijn voor langere ruimtevluchten. SpaceX wil ooit mensen naar Mars en terug brengen.