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B-Girl Raygun’s breakdancing routine receives backlash at Paris 2024 Olympics

Australian B-Girl Raygun competes during the B-Girls Round Robin. Source: littleshao, X. Australia’s breakdancer Rachael Gunn — also known as “Raygun” — has become an internet meme after receiving major ridicule on her performance at the Paris Olympics Games. On Friday, Raygun did a “kangaroo dance” as part of her routine and was eliminated with…

Double Tree Hotel by Hilton in Far North Queensland

Pilot dies in helicopter crash in Cairns

Witnesses said they woke up to “a colossal ear-deafening bang”. Source: Kgbo, Wikimedia Commons.  Hundreds of people have been evacuated, and streets closed off in Cairns after a helicopter crashed into a hotel roof earlier this morning. Two of the helicopter’s rotor blades flew off and landed in the hotel pool, and another on the…

Yahya Sinwar, Gaza police exercise 2011

Yahya Sinwar named leader of Hamas

Yahya Sinwar (leftmost) has been named the new Political Bureau head of Hamas after Ismail Haniyeh was killed in Tehran. Image source: Hadi Mohammad, via Wikimedia Commons. Hamas has named Yahya Sinwar as the new head of the organisation’s Political Bureau, following the assassination of his predecessor last week. On Tuesday 6 August, Hamas announced…

Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina

Bangladesh PM flees country following mass protests

Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina has fled the country in the wake of mass anti-government protests. Image source: Delwar Hossain, via Wikimedia Commons. Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has resigned and fled the country following weeks of student-led mass protests calling for her to step down. Her resignation on Monday 5 August came a…