Western Australia has been stripped of hosting rights for the fifth Ashes Test after the state government hit an impasse with Cricket Australia over COVID-19 quarantine requirements. A new host for the match, which was to be held at Perth’s Optus Stadium on January 14-18, has not been announced. “We did everything we could in...
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Voters throw support behind Anthony Albanese in latest Newspoll
The latest Newspoll shows voters favour Labor to win the next federal election. It also shows Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese has enjoyed a lead in net approval over Prime Minister Scott Morrison for the first time since March last year. The poll conducted for The Australian shows 47 per cent of voters believe Labor will...
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Myanmar court sentences ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi to four years jail
Ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been sentenced to four years in prison, the first in a series of verdicts that could jail her for life. She was found guilty on charges of inciting dissent and breaking Covid rules under a natural disasters law. Ms Suu Kyi faces 11 charges in total, which...
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Omicron-stricken South Africa may be glimpse into the future
Dr. Sikhulile Moyo was analyzing COVID-19 samples in his lab in Botswana last week when he noticed they looked startlingly different from others. Within days, the world was ablaze with the news that the coronavirus had a new variant of concern — one that appears to be driving a dramatic surge in South Africa and...
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Shawn Mendes releases ballad ‘It’ll Be Okay’ following Camila Cabello split
Shawn Mendes has released a new breakup ballad titled “It’ll Be Okay” following his recent split from fellow singer Camila Cabello. Mendes uploaded a lyric video for the track on Monday. “It’ll Be Okay” can also be streamed through Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, Pandora, Tidal, Deezer, and Soundcloud. “If you tell me you’re leaving,...
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Metaverse-related cryptocurrencies like Axie Infinity and Decentraland are up 37,000% this year
Metaverse-related cryptocurrencies have surged an eye-popping 37,000% this year — far exceeding the gains of bitcoin, data from Macro Hive shows. The data was based on the gains of five coins: Axie Infinity, Decentraland, Sandbox, Enjin Coin, and GALA, which rallied 20% over the past seven days alone, the data showed. The coins are part...
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One in three workers in Parliament are sexually harassed, says report
A third of employees in Australia’s federal parliament have been sexually harassed, a landmark report has found. The report was commissioned after a former staffer, Brittany Higgins, said she had been raped by a colleague in a minister’s office. Her story earlier this year triggered a wave of wide-ranging allegations of misconduct in Canberra. The...
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Barbados hails Rihanna ‘national hero’ as it becomes republic
Rihanna has been declared a national hero of Barbados, as the country celebrates its transition to an independent republic. “May you continue to shine like a diamond,” the country’s prime minister, Mia Mottley, said at an investiture ceremony for the pop singer, fashion icon and entrepreneur, in reference to her 2012 hit Diamonds. Rihanna is...
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Jack Dorsey chases crypto dreams after stepping down as Twitter CEO
At a packed Miami conference in June, Jack Dorsey, mused in front of thousands of attendees about where his real passion lay: “If I weren’t at Square or Twitter, I’d be working on bitcoin.” On Monday, Dorsey made good on one part of that, announcing he would leave Twitter for the second time, handing the...
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Ethereum DeFi Users Reach New Highs, Grows Roughly 8x in a Year
Data from Dune Analytics reveals that the number of decentralized finance (DeFi) users on Ethereum has hit a new all-time high of over four million. The number of users has been growing strong since the start of the year, which is a similar story in regard to other metrics. The total number of users in...