Parts of Sydney will go into lockdown late Friday as a coronavirus outbreak in Australia’s largest city continued to grow By NICK PERRY Associated Press June 25, 2021, 3:40 AM • 3 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Parts of Sydney will go […]
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Windows 11 will be free to download for Windows 10 users. Microsoft Windows 11 is on the way, and if you’re already a Windows 10 user, it will be free to upgrade to Microsoft’s newly redesigned operating system, the company said in a blog post after its virtual event Thursday. […]
The restrictions will begin at midnight on Friday after health officials struggle to contain a recent spike in Delta variant cases. On Friday, Gladys Berejiklian, New South Wales state Premier, told reporters that people would not be allowed out except for urgent reasons. Ms Berejiklian said: “We don’t want to […]
Britney Spears addressed her decision to break her silence in court regarding her conservatorship, explaining to fans on social media Thursday that she pretended to be happy because of her pride. Spears, who this week offered explosive testimony about her 13-year conservatorship, offered further insight into how she has dealt […]
YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s most volatile volcano erupted Friday, releasing plumes of ash high into the air and sending streams of lava with searing gas clouds flowing down its slopes. No casualties were reported. Clouds of hot ash shot 1,000 meters (3,280 feet) into the sky and an avalanche […]
President Joe Biden’s expected revival of the 2015 Iran nuclear agreement will enable Iranian oil barrels to reach the global market when prices are at their highest level in two years due to demand recovery from the pandemic. Former President Donald Trump did not fulfill his promise of “maximum pressure” […]
The doors of the last chance saloon are about to swing shut for Mo Farah’s Olympic qualification hopes, but there is a growing confidence in UK Athletics circles that he is injury-free and can revert to “Classic Mo” in his final attempt to make the Tokyo Games. The 38-year-old’s chances […]
By Chanda Prescod-Weinstein David Kashakhi/Alamy PART of what turned me into a theoretical cosmology enthusiast as a child was watching the documentary A Brief History of Time and hearing about the mystery around the big bang. It showed how the equations that we use to describe space-time broke down into […]
Rihanna is making quite the splash with new body art that appears to be covering up a once-meaningful tattoo. After she was photographed during a PDA-packed night out with boyfriend A$AP Rocky in New York City, fans noticed the 33-year-old pop star seems to have covered up the camouflage shark tattoo she got done in 2016. […]
Look at me: I am the captain now. After watching Dan Tack wipe the floor with Bloodborne in our last Super Replay, it’s time that I, Marcus Stewart, do the same with its successor, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice. Released in 2019 to critical acclaim, this tough-as-nails ninja epic flipped the […]
LOS ANGELES — Britney Spears’ powerful plea to a judge to end the conservatorship that has controlled her life since 2008 brought sympathy and outrage from fans, famous supporters and even casual observers who say she deserves independence. Yet lawyers who deal in such matters say the speech itself may […]
In a ruling released following disciplinary proceedings, the court concluded that “there is uncontroverted evidence” that Giuliani, the former Manhattan US attorney, “communicated demonstrably false and misleading statements to courts, lawmakers and the public at large in his capacity as lawyer for former President Donald J. Trump and the Trump […]
Among the stunning assertions that the pop star Britney Spears made to a Los Angeles probate judge this week, as she sought to end her protracted conservatorship, was one that shook experts in guardianship law and reproductive rights deeply. She said a team led by her father, who is her […]
Friends till the end! Rosie O’Donnell’s crush on Tom Cruise was a frequent conversation topic on her talk show, and all these years later, they’re still pals. “He is the only person who never misses my birthday,” the comedian, 59, said during the Thursday, June 24, episode of “The Jess […]
Freezing temperatures, snow and ice might come to mind when you think of Siberia, but the past week has seen the Arctic region experiencing a record-breaking heatwave with temperatures soaring to 118 degrees Fahrenheit. In Saskylah, a small village north of the Arctic Circle, the ground temperature reached 89F (31.9 […]
Apple restores 1920s Los Angeles Tower Theatre into a new store – complete with a lobby inspired by a Paris opera house and grand arched stairway with bronze handrails Apple transformed the abandoned 1920s Tower Theatre in Los Angeles into its latest Apple store The tech giant kept the layout, […]
Argentina stars wake Lionel Messi in the middle of the night to wish him ‘Happy Birthday’ and hand over presents as Barcelona forward turns 34 at the Copa America… but his grumpy room-mate Sergio Aguero just want to go back to sleep! Lionel Messi celebrated his 34th birthday on Argentina […]
For those who have always dreamt of working down a mine in the middle of the Outback, this could be the opportunity you’ve been waiting for. The shutdown of Australia’s borders during the pandemic has helped keep the virus at bay. But it has also fuelled an acute labour shortage […]
Prince Harry did use his HRH title on the birth certificate of his newly born daughter Lillibet Diana, it has been revealed. The birth certificate, uncovered by US news site TMZ, has Prince Harry’s first name as ‘HRH’ and his second name as ‘The Duke of Sussex’. Meanwhile, Meghan Markle’s name […]
Britney Spears wrote to her fans on Instagram on Thursday saying she was sorry for “pretending like I’ve been OK the past two years”, her first public statement since her disturbing courtroom testimony on her “abusive” conservatorship. In her post Thursday afternoon, she said she had not spoken out sooner […]