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The eastern state of Victoria has faced extreme fire conditions in the past week, with numerous blazes forcing evacuations in dozens of rural communities. The largest fire has now burnt 74,000 hectares (183,000 acres) of the Grampians National Park, 240 kilometres (150 miles) west of Melbourne, state control centre spokesman Luke Hegarty said. "We're talking about the fire that's roughly the size of Singapore," he told Australian national broadcaster ABC. Fire conditions were easing but it would... Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (PIX11) -- Some subway trains are delayed at New York Penn Station after a man was struck by a train Thursday, according to the MTA. Nos. 2 and 3 trains are delayed while emergency teams respond to the scene, officials said. Southbound Nos. 2 and 3 trains ran from 34th Street-Penn Station to [...]

When my Asian-born wife first learned about daylight Savings time (DST) she thought I was playing a trick on her. You mean, she said, everyone just sort of agrees it’s a new time all of a sudden? And the idea is to have an extra hour of daylight-ish time in the summer? Why not do […]

TEMPLEGATE tackles Friday’s racing confident of banging in a winner or two.

CORAL GABLES, FL - DECEMBER 21: Miami Head Coach Jim Larrañaga (Larranaga) watches his players in the second half as the Miami Hurricanes faced the Mount St Mary’s Mountaineers on December 21, 2024, at the Watsco Center in Coral Gables, Florida. | Photo by Samuel Lewis/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images

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The actor, who died in September, played the Dowager Countess in the period drama

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1. Russian Air Defenses Likely Caused Passenger Jet Crash That Killed Dozens  Business Insider
2. Russia Reportedly Damaged Azerbaijan Plane, Caliber Says  Bloomberg
3. Aviation experts say Russia's air defense fire likely caused Azerbaijan plane crash as nation mourns  The Associated Press
4. Pilots Died with Dozens of Others in Christmas Day Plane Crash, but They Helped Half of the Passengers Survive  PEOPLE
5. Azerbaijan Airlines Crash Investigators Focus on Russian Defenses... Читать дальше...

Australian firefighters are battling a massive bushfire in Victoria's Grampians National Park, which has scorched an area the size of Singapore.

OpenAI worked Thursday to fix a number of its applications that crashed.

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Manchester United were beaten by relegation-threatened Wolves in the Premier League on Boxing Day, with their lone striker Rasmus Hojlund left isolated up front

Don’t expect Denis Villeneuve to take a call while making Dune Messiah, and not because the signal is weak on Arrakis. The 3x Oscar nominee recently revealed that phones are “absolutely” banned from his sets as they’re “addictive,” noting that he’s “very tempted to disconnect myself” from screens altogether as well. “Cinema is an act […]

Today, former Democratic candidate for president, Marianne Williamson, announced that she is launching a campaign to become the next DNC chair. She joins a wide field of candidates currently running for the seat.

Casio reveals it's third G-LIDE G-SHOCK watch with pro surfer Kanoa Igarashi and it's classically tough and good-looking.

Casio has unveiled the latest addition to its G-Lide collection of watches. Made for extreme sports under the Japanese company’s G-SHOCK  branding, the GLX-5600KB is the third model created in collaboration with pro surfer Kanoa Igarashi. The 27-year-old Huntington Beach, California, native has been at or near the top of the surf world for nearly a decade. In 2017, Igarashi won the WSL Vans U.S. Open of Surfing. Two years later he became the first Asian to claim victory at the Co...

A new health ministry report urges companies to create an environment in which employees can work without major mental or physical concerns.

Winter winds brought deadly surf conditions to western states and tornadoes to Texas as parts of the US faced severe weather.

The Los Angeles Fire Department knocked down a fire Thursday in a vacant downtown building that was formerly the home of the Morrison Hotel, which became famous after it was photographed as the cover art for the 1970 album by seminal L.A. band The Doors. The structure fire was located on the top floor of […]

Hailey Hinkley was at the gym working out while watching her kids in the outdoor playground. That's when another mom walked by to give Hinkley her props.

Fans of “Downton Abbey” were devastated when Maggie Smith, aka the Dowager Countess, died in September. Smith had starred in both the TV series and in both movies, with the Countess character dying at the end of “Downton Abbey: A New Era.” Now, executive producer Gareth Neame promises that the third film, due Sept. 12, […]

Washington DC [US], December 27 (ANI): American diplomat and President of the US-India Business Council (USIBC), Atul Keshap, expressed condolences on the passing of former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh. In his tribute, Keshap hailed Dr Singh as the architect of the modern bilateral relationship between India and the United States. In a post on X, Keshap noted that Manmohan Singh played a key role in elevating ties bet

A MUM who woke up from a Covid coma was stunned to discover she had given birth to a baby girl.