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Battered Geelong star Jeremy Cameron is aiming for a quick return from his shoulder injury, with the Cats leaving the door open for a comeback before finals. Undergoing surgery to repair the AC joint in his left shoulder, Cameron will miss at least four of the six remaining home-and-away rounds. The 33-year-old was taken to…
It is 11:45pm on a Sunday night, and an anonymous woman has just posted in a Facebook group. Not long after, men start replying, offering to help. What she has asked for is sperm, and now the rest of the conversation has moved to her DMs. Welcome to world of online semen donation. The number…
The finest of the Kiwis we called our own (though actually Northern Irish), Sam Neill was embraced wholeheartedly by Australian cinephiles as a man of endless charm and dashing good looks. And what a career, including everything from a First Nations-led Western to a sci-fi epic via dinosaurs! Deeply saddened by his untimely passing, we…
CM Suvendu Adhikari has defended the provision, saying it is intended to target habitual offenders. NEW DELHI: Bengal’s controversial Public Safety and Control of Anti-Social Activities Act, popularly dubbed the ‘Goonda Bill’, came into force after midnight on Monday. The Act empowers the BJP government with sweeping powers including preventive detention, property confiscation and the…
NEW DELHI: BJP on Monday stepped up its attack on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, demanding that he explain his recent foreign trip while also accusing him and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra of neglecting the constituency after a landslide in Kerala’s Wayanad claimed eight lives.The landslide occurred on July 7 at the site of the Anakkampoyil-Meppadi twin-tube…
The matter will next be heard on July 20 NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Monday sought a status report from the Uttar Pradesh government-appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the alleged embezzlement of donations at the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya. The court also sought a response from the Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust.“We direct SIT…
A young Perth doctor and musician is behind bars after being charged with killing a 63-year-old man in a late-night scuffle several hundred metres from the bustling nightlife strip in Fremantle. The incident has seen the 26-year-old refused bail and remanded in police custody after being hauled before the courts on a manslaughter charge. Here’s…
The Jewish Community Council of South Australia has condemned the vandalism of an Adelaide home on Saturday morning. The response came after Rosti Sverdlov’s Camden Park door and fence was graffitied with antisemitic messages and symbols on Saturday. Council president Annetay Henderson-Sapir said the Jewish community had a proud history in the state. “This shocking,…
Socceroos and Matildas contracted to A-League clubs could soon exercise their right to industrial action after the football players’ union rejected the latest pay deal proposed by league bosses. The previous collective bargaining agreement (CBA) between A-League Men and A-League Women players and the Australian Professional Leagues (APL) expired on June 30. Despite the agreement…
Actor Sam Neill, who starred in My Brilliant Career and Jurassic Park, has died aged 78. A post made to his social media account on Monday afternoon said he had died in Sydney “surrounded by his family”. “The loss was sudden and unexpected but blessed by the fact that Sam remained cancer free,” the statement,…