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The US Senate has voted against a chance of a pardon for Jeffrey Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell.

The resolution opposing any future pardon of Maxwell was unanimously passed by Republicans and Democrats.

The motion is largely symbolic, but it issues a warning to Donald Trump, who had not ruled out a pardon.

A Claude AI model has hacked three companies during safety tests.

It was announced recently that another Open AI model made a similar hack.

The incidents are intensifying calls for stronger controls on AI testing.

Some economists say it is unlikely interest rates will rise off the back of June's inflation figures.

Headline inflation dropped to 3.8 per cent, a softer figure than expected.

But underlying inflation — which ignores volatile electricity and fuel prices — stayed at 3.6 per cent.

A major magnitude-7.1 earthquake struck the Japanese island of Kyushu on Tuesday.

At least 13 people have died as the search and rescue effort continues.

Multiple people remain missing at a factory in Yatsushiro city and an Aeon Mall shopping centre.

An Australian-founded restaurant is in court in South Korea for serving black ants.

It's alleged that ants illegally imported from Thailand and the US were used as a garnish in a dessert.

The two-star Michelin restaurant was founded by Tasmanian chef Joseph Lidgerwood.

The restaurant said Mr Lidgerwood was not a defendant and had not been charged.