Microsoft $25b Aussie spend; fuel supplies jump; Trump, FIFA and Iran v Italy

Friday 24 April 2026

Microsoft promises to spend $25 billion on data centres in Australia. 

• Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says Australia now has 46 days of fuel supply, ten more than when the war started
• An envoy of Donald Trump approached football’s governing body, FIFA, and suggested Italy replace Iran in the June World Cup in the US
• Rich Australians are getting richer
• A robot beats a human in a high stakes game of table tennis. 

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