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US Jewish Groups Urge Heightened Security After Hanukkah Attack In Australia
Leading Jewish groups in the US are urging all Jewish organizations to ratchet up security measures at public events including restrictions on access following the deadly mass shooting that targeted a Hanukkah celebration on a Australian beach.
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Burqa Stunt Gets Australian Senator Suspended From Parliament
An Australian senator who is campaigning for a national burqa ban was barred Tuesday from Parliament for the rest of the year for wearing the Muslim garment in the chamber.
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Ryan Williams Gets FIFA Approval, Officially Eligible For Selection To Indian Team
Ryan Williams is officially eligible for selection to the Indian team as he has got FIFA approval for the change of member association after relinquishing his Australian citizenship.
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Meta Tells Young Australians To Download Their Data Before Social Media Ban
Meta began sending thousands of young Australians a warning to downland their digital histories and delete their accounts from Facebook, Instagram and Threads before a world-first social media ban on accounts of children younger than 16 takes effect.
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Murderer Challenges Australia's Ban On Prisoners Eating 'Vegemite'
A convicted murderer is challenging an Australian state's ban on prisoners eating Vegemite, claiming in a court suit that withholding the polarizing yeast-based spread breaches his human right to "enjoy his culture as an Australian."
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Aryna Sabalenka To Play Nick Kyrgios In 'Battle Of The Sexes' Exhibition Tennis Match
Australian star Nick Kyrgios, who has barely played in recent years because of injuries, has predicted he will win easily.
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World War 1 Soldiers' Letters Dated 1916 Found In Bottle On Australian Beach
Messages in a bottle written by two Australian soldiers a few days into their voyage to the battlefields of France during World War I have been found more than a century later on Australia's coast.
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British Surfer And Friend Who Tried To Rescue Him Drown In Melbourne Storm
A surfer in distress and a friend who tried to rescue him both died in stormy weather off the coast of the Australian city of Melbourne, police said Thursday.
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Daria Kasatkina Says She's At 'Breaking Point' As She Ends Tennis Season Early
Russia-born Australian tennis player Daria Kasatkina says she's ending the season early for the sake of her mental wellbeing after hitting "breaking point" on tour.
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This Australian State Bans Fish-Shaped Soy Sauce Bottles
Plastic soy sauce bottles shaped like fish are tiny, cute and beloved by many sushi eaters. But in the state of South Australia, the decorative containers swam into a growing net of outlawed plastics.
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First Openly Bisexual Player In Australian Football League Calls For Cultural Change
In almost 130 years of top-flight competition in Australia's homegrown football code, no past or active male player had publicly identified as bisexual or gay.
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Nick Kyrgios Withdraws From US Open, Will Miss Another Major Tournament
Nick Kyrgios withdrew from the U.S. Open on Thursday, the third straight year the Australian has missed the last Grand Slam tournament of the season.
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This Whale Species Was Smaller Than A Bed. Fossil Found On Australia Beach
A chance discovery of a 25 million-year-old fossil on an Australian beach has allowed paleontologists to identify a rare, entirely new species that could unlock mysteries of whale evolution.
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'Don't Think Everyone Aspires To Play Tests': Cricket Australia CEO's Blunt Take
Greenberg, a former Australian Cricketers' Association chief who took over at the sport's national governing body in March, believes "scarcity in test cricket is our friend, not our foe.
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Australia's Great Barrier Reef Records Largest Annual Coral Loss In 4 Decades
The Great Barrier Reef has experienced its greatest annual loss of live coral across most of its expanse in four decades of record-keeping, Australian authorities say.
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US Jewish Groups Urge Heightened Security After Hanukkah Attack In Australia
Leading Jewish groups in the US are urging all Jewish organizations to ratchet up security measures at public events including restrictions on access following the deadly mass shooting that targeted a Hanukkah celebration on a Australian beach.
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Burqa Stunt Gets Australian Senator Suspended From Parliament
An Australian senator who is campaigning for a national burqa ban was barred Tuesday from Parliament for the rest of the year for wearing the Muslim garment in the chamber.
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Ryan Williams Gets FIFA Approval, Officially Eligible For Selection To Indian Team
Ryan Williams is officially eligible for selection to the Indian team as he has got FIFA approval for the change of member association after relinquishing his Australian citizenship.
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Meta Tells Young Australians To Download Their Data Before Social Media Ban
Meta began sending thousands of young Australians a warning to downland their digital histories and delete their accounts from Facebook, Instagram and Threads before a world-first social media ban on accounts of children younger than 16 takes effect.
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Murderer Challenges Australia's Ban On Prisoners Eating 'Vegemite'
A convicted murderer is challenging an Australian state's ban on prisoners eating Vegemite, claiming in a court suit that withholding the polarizing yeast-based spread breaches his human right to "enjoy his culture as an Australian."
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Aryna Sabalenka To Play Nick Kyrgios In 'Battle Of The Sexes' Exhibition Tennis Match
Australian star Nick Kyrgios, who has barely played in recent years because of injuries, has predicted he will win easily.
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World War 1 Soldiers' Letters Dated 1916 Found In Bottle On Australian Beach
Messages in a bottle written by two Australian soldiers a few days into their voyage to the battlefields of France during World War I have been found more than a century later on Australia's coast.
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British Surfer And Friend Who Tried To Rescue Him Drown In Melbourne Storm
A surfer in distress and a friend who tried to rescue him both died in stormy weather off the coast of the Australian city of Melbourne, police said Thursday.
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Daria Kasatkina Says She's At 'Breaking Point' As She Ends Tennis Season Early
Russia-born Australian tennis player Daria Kasatkina says she's ending the season early for the sake of her mental wellbeing after hitting "breaking point" on tour.
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This Australian State Bans Fish-Shaped Soy Sauce Bottles
Plastic soy sauce bottles shaped like fish are tiny, cute and beloved by many sushi eaters. But in the state of South Australia, the decorative containers swam into a growing net of outlawed plastics.
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First Openly Bisexual Player In Australian Football League Calls For Cultural Change
In almost 130 years of top-flight competition in Australia's homegrown football code, no past or active male player had publicly identified as bisexual or gay.
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Nick Kyrgios Withdraws From US Open, Will Miss Another Major Tournament
Nick Kyrgios withdrew from the U.S. Open on Thursday, the third straight year the Australian has missed the last Grand Slam tournament of the season.
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This Whale Species Was Smaller Than A Bed. Fossil Found On Australia Beach
A chance discovery of a 25 million-year-old fossil on an Australian beach has allowed paleontologists to identify a rare, entirely new species that could unlock mysteries of whale evolution.
-
'Don't Think Everyone Aspires To Play Tests': Cricket Australia CEO's Blunt Take
Greenberg, a former Australian Cricketers' Association chief who took over at the sport's national governing body in March, believes "scarcity in test cricket is our friend, not our foe.
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Australia's Great Barrier Reef Records Largest Annual Coral Loss In 4 Decades
The Great Barrier Reef has experienced its greatest annual loss of live coral across most of its expanse in four decades of record-keeping, Australian authorities say.
