Australian golfer Lucas Herbert has equalled the score for the lowest-ever men’s major round as he stunned the field to take the overall lead of the British Open at Royal Birkdale. The 30-year-old Victorian birdied six of his opening nine holes in the second round to become part of a select group to shoot a…
NEW DELHI: Signals from DMK and NCP (SP) on the Constitution amendment bill, which will increase seats in Lok Sabha and implement women’s reservation law from 2029, suggest that political momentum is building up in govt’s favour. This comes on the back of the disintegration of Trinamool Congress after BJP trounced it in Bengal elections,…
Growing up in Canberra, Samoan Australian actor Ioane Sa’ula thought he’d play sport professionally. From the age of seven, the Bump and Heartbreak High star played rugby league every weekend. But at 13, he broke his tibia and fibula, the bones in his lower leg. The injury led to a staph infection, eight surgeries and…
Brenda Fricker, the first Irish actress to win an Oscar for her role as Bridget Fagan Brown in the 1989 film My Left Foot, has died at the age of 81. The Irish character actor died in Dublin on Thursday night, local time, after a period of ill health, her agent said in a statement….
Nebraska Democratic Senate nominee Cindy Burbank has submitted a letter requesting her name be removed from the ballot, a move that would set up a one-on-one matchup between Republican Sen. Pete Ricketts and independent challenger Dan Osborn. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Rani Taborek-Potter, a…
Installation rates for household batteries plunged by more than 70 per cent in the wake of changes to tighten a multi-billion-dollar taxpayer-funded subsidy scheme. Figures from the Clean Energy Regulator show the number of small-scale consumers installing a battery at their property fell dramatically in May compared with the previous month. The sharp decline came…
In the past few years, Australia has unintentionally shown the world two great examples of how not to organise a major global sporting event. Brisbane winning the bid for the Olympics and Paralympics was met with some joy in 2021, but raised plenty of eyebrows with people in the midst of a pandemic with a…
President Donald Trump endorsed Sen. Darline Graham Nordone, R-S.C., in the special election to fill her late brother’s Senate seat for a full term in a post on Truth Social Friday. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. “I asked Darline, for the Good of our Nation,…
Certain species of sub-Antarctic seabirds are almost never seen along the New South Wales coast, but experts are not linking recent sightings to bird flu detections. James Bennett captured this image of the Kerguelen petrel in the distance, when it was seen “live at sea” in NSW for the first time. (Supplied: James Bennett) There…
An Australian business linking city-based investors with farmers is giving primary producers a new avenue for capital and a chance for city folk to farm from their smartphone. Using the online platform Invest Inya Farmer (IIF), investors can buy a share of farm produce before it matures and is sold. Investments can range from a…