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Sporty spice: how romance fiction is adding a new dynamic to sports fandom

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Sports fans might love their teams, cheer or curse each games result and admire their favourite athletes, but we rarely associate sports with romance. However, that may be slowly changing thanks to the recent spike in the...

‘Provocative in a good way’: John Hirst was a rigorous historian, independent thinker and passionate believer in Australia

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Convict gang, Sydney Augustus Earle (1830) Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons I first read John Hirst (1942-2016) as an undergraduate in the late 1990s as part of a subject on 19th-century Australian history. We...

5 reasons why wind farms are costing more in Australia – and what to do about it

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Saeed Khan/Getty Building a solar farm in Australia is getting about 8% cheaper each year as panel prices fall and technology improves, according to an official new report. Battery storage costs are falling even more...

Grief is the Thing with Feathers comes to the stage with a glorious intensity of purpose

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Brett Boardman/Belvoir The idea of the titular Crow in Ted Hughes poems is wild, untameable and irreducible to words. In an early poem in the sequence, words come at Crow from all angles but he just ignores them. Finally,...

Kids need to floss too, even their baby teeth. But how do you actually get them to do it?

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Jonathan Borba/Pexels A survey from the Australian Dental Association out this week shows about three in four children never floss their teeth, or have adults do it for them. Many of the survey respondents thought it wasnt...

The Muslim world has been strong on rhetoric, short on action over Gaza and Afghanistan

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When it comes to dealing with two of the biggest current crises in the Muslim world the devastation of Gaza and the Talibans draconian rule in Afghanistan Arab and Muslim states have been staggeringly ineffective. Their...

Labor well-placed to win three Bass seats in Tasmanian election, giving left a total of 20 of 35 MPs

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Labor is well-placed to win three seats in the electorate of Bass at the Tasmanian election, although its party totals imply it deserves only two. This would give left-leaning MPs a total of 20 of 35 seats. Interstate, New...

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Economy

U.S. Stocks Fall as Middle East Tensions Lift Oil Prices and AI Chip Export Rules Hit Tech Sector

U.S. stocks closed lower on Thursday as rising oil prices and geopolitical tensions in the Middle East unsettled investors, while reports of potential U.S. restrictions on AI chip exports weighed on semiconductor stocks....

EU Seeks Stronger Canada Trade Ties Amid Uncertainty Over U.S. Tariff Policy

European Union Trade and Economic Security Commissioner Maros Sefcovic expressed confidence on Thursday that the United States will respect the terms of its existing trade agreement with the European Union, following...

Federal Judge Orders Refund of Trump’s Emergency Tariffs, Potentially Returning Up to $182 Billion

A U.S. federal judge has ordered the government to begin refunding billions of dollars in tariffs imposed during President Donald Trumps administration after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled the measures illegal in late...

Oil Tanker Attacks in Gulf Escalate U.S.–Iran Conflict, Driving Energy Prices Higher

Tensions in the Middle East intensified Thursday as additional oil tankers were attacked in Gulf waters amid the escalating U.S.Iran conflict, raising concerns about global energy supply disruptions and soaring oil prices....

Oil Prices Surge as Strait of Hormuz Disruption and Middle East Conflict Threaten Global Supply

Global oil prices jumped sharply on Thursday as escalating tensions in the Middle East and shipping disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz raised fears of tightening energy supplies. The ongoing U.S.Israeli conflict with Iran...

Politics

Ukraine to Assist U.S. in Countering Iranian Shahed Drones in the Middle East

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy announced that Ukraine will assist the United States in defending against Iranian Shahed drones in the Middle East following a request from Washington. The decision highlights...

Trump Says Iran Seeking Deal After U.S.-Israel Strikes as Washington Eyes Measures to Ease Oil Prices

President Donald Trump said Thursday that Iran is attempting to open negotiations with the United States following recent U.S. and Israeli military strikes targeting Tehrans military capabilities. Speaking at a White House...

U.S. Says Iran War Goals Unchanged as Operation Epic Fury Targets Missile and Naval Capabilities

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Thursday that the United States is not expanding its military objectives in Iran despite ongoing strikes across the country and rising tensions in the region. The statement comes...

U.S. Submarine Sinks Iranian Warship as Australia Confirms Personnel Presence

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese confirmed on Friday that three Australian defence personnel were aboard a United States submarine involved in sinking an Iranian warship with a torpedo in the Indian Ocean....

Trump Replaces DHS Secretary Kristi Noem With Sen. Markwayne Mullin After Senate Criticism

U.S. President Donald Trump announced Thursday that he will replace Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem with Senator Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.), marking the first Cabinet reshuffle of his second presidential term. The...

Science

SpaceX Pivots Toward Moon City as Musk Reframes Long-Term Space Vision

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has revealed a significant shift in the companys near-term space exploration strategy, announcing that SpaceX is now prioritizing the development of a self-growing city on the Moon rather than focusing...

SpaceX Prioritizes Moon Mission Before Mars as Starship Development Accelerates

Elon Musks SpaceX is shifting its near-term space exploration strategy, choosing to prioritize a return to the Moon before pursuing missions to Mars, according to a recent Wall Street Journal report citing sources familiar...

NASA and SpaceX Target Crew-11 Undocking From ISS Amid Medical Concern

NASA has confirmed that the agency, in coordination with SpaceX, is targeting no earlier than 5 p.m. Eastern Time (2200 GMT) on Wednesday, January 14, for the undocking of the SpaceX Crew-11 mission from the International...

Neuralink Plans High-Volume Brain Implant Production and Fully Automated Surgery by 2026

Elon Musks brain-computer interface company Neuralink is preparing for a major expansion, announcing plans to begin high-volume production of its brain implant devices and transition to a fully automated surgical procedure...

Jared Isaacman Confirmed as NASA Administrator, Becomes 15th Leader of U.S. Space Agency

The U.S. Senate has officially confirmed billionaire private astronaut Jared Isaacman as the new NASA administrator, making him the 15th leader in the agencys history. The confirmation, which took place on Wednesday, marks...

Technology

California Court Rejects xAI Bid to Block AI Data Transparency Law

Title: Elon Musks artificial intelligence company xAI has failed to secure a temporary court order that would block Californias new AI data transparency law. A federal judge in California ruled that the company did not...

Pentagon Labels Anthropic AI a Supply-Chain Risk, Restricting Use in U.S. Military Projects

The U.S. Pentagon has officially designated artificial intelligence company Anthropic as a supply-chain risk, a move that immediately restricts government contractors from using the companys AI technology in projects tied...

Amazon Website Outage Disrupts Thousands of U.S. Shoppers Before Services Recover

Amazons e-commerce platform experienced a significant outage on Thursday that temporarily disrupted online shopping for tens of thousands of users across the United States. According to Downdetector, a website that tracks...

U.S. Considers New Rules Tying AI Chip Exports to Investment and Security Guarantees

U.S. officials are evaluating a new regulatory framework that could significantly reshape global access to advanced artificial intelligence chips. According to a document reviewed by Reuters, the proposed rules may require...

Indonesia Issues Stern Warning to Meta Over Online Gambling and Disinformation

Indonesias communications ministry has issued a stern warning to Meta Platforms Inc. over what it describes as insufficient action against the spread of online gambling, disinformation, and harmful content across its...