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A newly discovered species of monkey with striking orange lips has been found in the east-central Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The monkey —colobus congoensis — is only the fifth new species of African monkey to be discovered in the past 75 years. The discovery all began with a blurry photo in 2008. Researchers from…

(AFL.com.au) There are no late changes for either side, and you can check out both line-ups above. In Geelong’s case, it’s because they made ALL the changes when the teams came out. Seven of them. Some of the decisions were theirs, some were made for them. Jeremy Cameron’s AC joint surgery puts him out for…

South Australian federal MP Tony Pasin and a staff member have been injured in a “man overboard” incident following an oyster farm tour in northern Tasmania. Local police said a man fell overboard after an oyster barge hit a sandbar at Bakers Beach, north-west of Launceston, about 9.30am on Thursday morning. The man was briefly…

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday expressed apprehension over the Centre’s decision to introduce the third-language curriculum under the National Education Policy from Class 9.While hearing the Tamil Nadu government’s appeal against a Madras High Court order directing the state to facilitate the establishment of Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas (JNVs) in every district, a bench…

The Penrith Panthers and Brisbane Broncos have won the past five NRL premierships between them, but their 2026 campaigns could not be any different. The Panthers are flying high on top of the NRL ladder, while the Broncos are on an eight-match losing streak and on the brink of their premiership defence ending. The Broncos…

Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann attacked the Akali Dal, accusing it of being desperate to capture power. HOSIARPUR: Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Wednesday alleged that the state unit of the Congress was deeply divided, with every senior leader aspiring to become chief minister instead of working for the people.He also attacked the Shiromani Akali…

Drone footage that reportedly captured a suspected underworld hit in Sydney is under investigation and “concerning”, a senior NSW Police officer says. Jack Cheung, 35, was shot dead in what police called a “very brazen attack” on busy North Rocks Road in Carlingford, in Sydney’s north-west, shortly before 7am on Wednesday. Homicide squad investigators have…

A cybersecurity expert has labelled the delay between Partnered Health identifying it had been the target of a hack and notifying the public as “unacceptable”. The company, which runs more than 60 health clinics nationwide, said it first became aware a “malicious actor” had accessed data from some of those clinics on June 23. The…

Two in every three ambulances are failing to arrive within the expected response times for priority 3 patients in South Australia, data obtained by the state opposition via Freedom of Information has revealed. The SA opposition’s health spokesperson Jack Batty said while the state government released priority 1 and priority 2 ambulance response times regularly,…

It’s blue, it’s blobby and it’s controversial, but the Cast in Blue sculpture in the South Australian city of Mount Gambier has made it to its first birthday relatively unscathed. Cast in Blue, or “blue blob” as it has come to be called, was unveiled at a ceremony in July last year with the project…