“That’s kind of the only thing that’s keeping me smiling right now is the way that we’ve kind of inspired the nation,” said Sam Kerr, following Wednesday’s match. Image: LittleBlinky, via Flickr Australia’s hopes for a FIFA Women’s World Cup win have been dashed following a heartbreaking 3-1 defeat to England in the semi-finals at…
Mark Zuckerberg, Meta Founder and jiu-jitstu tournament winner, has called out Elon Musk, Founder of Tesla and owner of X (formally Twitter), for not taking their proposed cage match seriously, and that it is “time to move on” after posting a photo of himself winning a jiu-jitsu match. Source: Mark Zuckerberg via Threads Mark Zuckerberg,…
The Perseid meteor shower happens occurs annually, but is hard to see from most parts of Australia. Jared Tennant, Wikimedia Commons The Perseid meteor shower, an annual event, reached its ‘peak’ over the weekend with clear skies creating perfect visibility. Professor Richard de Grijs, an astronomy expert at Macquarie University, said that the meteor shower is unfortunately…
Javier Milei led the vote in this week’s primary election in Argentina. Image source: Todo Noticias via Wikimedia Javier Milei (52), a far-right and populist candidate, has shocked pundits by receiving the most votes in Argentina’s primary elections yesterday. The primary elections are for choosing nominees for the presidential elections in October. The…
Russia will equip their Yasmen-m nuclear submarines with Zircon hypersonic missiles. Image source: Олег Кулешов/Wikimedia The head of Russia’s largest shipbuilder has told state news that the country is in the process of equipping its new nuclear submarines with hypersonic missiles. “Multi-purpose nuclear submarines of the Yasen-M project will … be equipped with the…
Mark Latham, a former federal Labor leader, is now a former NSW One Nation leader after Pauline Hanson removed him from the post, citing the party’s drop in votes at the last NSW election. Image source: Dave Pellowe via Wikimedia One Nation MP Mark Latham has announced in a Facebook post that he has been…
$10 million worth of illegal vapes have been seized from a Perth warehouse. Authorities have seized 15 tonnes of vapes from a warehouse in north-eastern Perth, in what is said to be the biggest bust of its kind in both the state and the nation. Over 300,000 vapes, worth around $10 million in total, were…
Floods in Myanmar back in 2014. Source: mohigan, Wikimedia Commons Monsoon rains have caused floods and landslides in Myanmar, killing at least five people, including children, and displacing some 48,000 people. In Bago city, north-east of Myanmar, people sheltered in a monastery as they waited for water levels to recede. 52-year-old Tin Win, one of…
Professor Mary-Louise McLaws, an epidemiologist who became a key figure during the Covid-19 pandemic, has died from brain cancer, aged 70. Image source: Facebook Professor Mary-Louise McLaws, an epidemiologist who became a key figure during Australia’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic, has died from brain cancer, aged 70. McLaws passed in her sleep on…
The pilot and a backseater ejecting from the Russian MiG-23 during the air show in the United States. Source: Marsha Bogardus via X (Twitter) A Russian fighter jet has crashed during the Thunder Over Michigan air show in the United States at 4:15pm, Sunday (local time) during the air show’s finale. The MiG-23 fighter…