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10 things you need to know this morning in Australia US President Donald Trump has invited North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un to the White House. After using Twitter to request a meeting, Trump crossed over the North Korean border to shake hands with the country's leader and described their relationship as "a great friendship."

'I thought they were going to beat me to death': Police in Hong Kong reportedly dealt batons, bruised ribs, tear gas, and broken fingers to protesters A New York Times review of hundreds of photos and videos from the Hong Kong protests suggests that police responded to protesters with excessive force.

Apple CEO Tim Cook made a special video message celebrating LGBTQ pride and marking Stonewall's 50th anniversary Cook marked the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots by saying there's still much work to be done in the push for equality for the LGBTQ community.

Who developed the Boeing 737 Max's flawed software? Low-paid temp workers and recent college grads, according to report Boeing outsourced some of its 737 Max testing and development to low-paid temp workers, Bloomberg reported. Longtime engineers said it was a cost-cutting tactic.

Video shows physical scuffle between Trump's new press secretary and North Korean aides The newly appointed White House press secretary got into an "all-out brawl" with North Korean aides Sunday ahead of President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's meeting.

'Painful to watch': The French government released a video of Ivanka Trump having an awkward chat with world leaders A video shows Ivanka engaging in an awkward conversation with Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau, UK prime minister Theresa May and French president Emmanuel Macron.

Some tech execs want to find a UFO and reverse-engineer it for the betterment of mankind "If we pay close attention and reverse these technologies to bring to the masses, we will see a world with interstellar travel at our fingertips," said one quantum computing tech CEO about UFOs.

Amazon's Prime Day is looking more and more like Alibaba's $30 billion Singles Day sales event Taylor Swift is headlining Amazon's Prime Day concert on July 10, joined by SZA, Becky G, and Dua Lipa. New for this year, the concert event will stream live on Amazon Prime.

Microsoft is playing a very patient game with the future of Xbox, and it should be the model for Apple Arcade and Google's Stadia As the video game industry prepares for the next generation of hardware in 2020, a number of major tech companies are planning to carve out their own stake in the market.

Sex toys, handbags and dogs: How to get more out of your tax return this year There's an $8.7 billion difference between what people owe in tax and what they actually pay, according to estimates, with the ATO getting better each year at deducing which claims are legitimate.

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Trump brings powerful entourage to dinner to woo Australia as prospect of Iran intervention grows Prime Minister Scott Morrison has not ruled out supporting a US-led intervention in Iran, after dining with President Trump ahead of the G20 summit.

China's economy has been acting especially strange heading into Trump and Xi's G20 showdown The state of the Chinese economy heading into a meeting of the G20 is stable but weak.

NASA's next $1 billion space mission will be an alien-hunting nuclear helicopter that flies around Saturn's icy moon Titan NASA's next $US1 billion mission to space will send a nuclear-powered helicopter to explore the skies of Saturn's moon, Titan.

Nike analysts are brushing off China growth fears ahead of the shoe giant's quarterly numbers Wall Street is maintaining its overwhelmingly bullish view on the shoe giant amid investors' fears around business in China, where the broader economy is slowing.

Elon Musk's SpaceX is reportedly raising more than $300 million in new funding, which would mean it raised over $1 billion this year alone SpaceX is raising another $US314.2 million in equity funding, according to CNBC.

Forget Beyond Meat — Adaptive Biotechnologies just spiked 95% in its public trading debut, marking the year's best post-IPO pop Adaptive Biotechnologies had the best post-IPO pop of the year for any company, on an offer-to-open basis.

'Very unusual': Australian student Alek Sigley made this plea to Trump before he was reportedly arrested in North Korea Missing Australian PhD student and North Korean resident Alek Sigley made an impassioned plea to Donald Trump.

Facebook VP says individuals should be held responsible for defamatory comments Facebook's Vice President of Policy Solutions, Richard Allan, has spoken out following the landmark ruling in Australia that found media companies may be responsible for Facebook comments.

Key skills your staff need if you want to build a higher-performing workplace It's up to the leaders of a company to always assess the effectiveness of their strategies, as well as any skill gaps of staff.

Europe's hellish heat wave is caused by a high-pressure weather system unlike any ever seen before Parts of France, Germany, the Czech Republic, and Spain have seen record-breaking temperatures, with some areas as hot as 104 degrees Fahrenheit (40 degrees Celsius).

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