23 August 2026
Australia's Test and ODI captain has indicated that he could miss the Zimbabwe one-day series ...
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23 August 2026
The deadly strain of H5N1 bird flu has been spreading across Australia and devastating wildlife. So infection in a mammal was tragically just a matter of time. This news comes after more than 1,000 ...
23 August 2026
The Australians fought through all the gusts, lulls, flat calms and rain squalls to claim their fifth event this season.
23 August 2026
Adelaide-born Shabana Azeez shot to fame on US series The Pitt and is now one of the leads of a new series set in Melbourne, The Airport Chaplain. Her characters have something deeper in common.
23 August 2026
For as long as ocean freight has existed, teams have asked the same question: which number do I trust? It’s the wrong question. Every shipment carries at least two arrival estimates. The carrier’s ETA, the official schedule teams plan around. And, increasingly, a predictive signal like SeaVantage’s Predicted Time of Arrival, PTA, built from a vessel’s live position, speed, historical routing pattern and congestion data.
23 August 2026
Dump site in Conakry, which minister had just promised to move, collapsed after heavy rain in west African state A landslide at a huge waste dump in Guinea’s capital has killed 30 people, the government said on Sunday, after heavy rains overnight prompted it to collapse, engulfing nearby tents and shacks. The incident occurred less than a week after the government announced plans to close the site and relocate the waste because of the threat it posed, especially during the rainy season, which causes landslides and fatal flash floods each year in crowded, underdeveloped cities across parts of West Africa.
23 August 2026
Aseta Redican's achievements include establishing the Pacific Heartbeat programme for the New Zealand Heart Foundation, and opening Samoa's first physiotherapy department
23 August 2026
A whale-watching boat carrying several New Zealand Anglican Church delegates capsized and sank in Tonga on Saturday.
