British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell was convicted Wednesday of luring teenage girls to be sexually abused by American millionaire Jeffrey Epstein.
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Services Australia will have the power to dock the wages of more parents who aren't paying child support under a $7.8 million plan targeting over 18,000 people.
The world-famous Carnival festivities in Rio de Janeiro will be held in late April rather than the final weekend of February, as the number of COVID-19 cases in Brazil spikes and the Omicron variant spreads across the country."The decision was made respecting for the current situation of the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil and the need, at this time, to preserve lives and join forces to drive vaccination throughout the country," said a statement issued on Friday jointly by the cities of Rio and Sao
Melbourne City coach Patrick Kisnorbo may opt to blood former Arsenal defender Carl Jenkinson in Sunday's A-League Men clash with the Central Coast Mariners due to a mounting list of unavailabilities.Jenkinson only arrived in Australia on Thursday to start a six-month loan deal and hasn't played a full 90 minutes since Nottingham Forest's FA Cup loss to Swansea a year to the day on Sunday.
Lyon have maintained their hopes of snatching a European spot for next season when Moussa Dembele's early goal earned them a 1-0 home win over Saint-Etienne in Ligue 1.Dembele scored with a penalty to lift Lyon up to 10th on 31 points from 21 games, four points behind Racing Strasbourg who occupy the Europa League place.
American forward Josh Sargent has scored his first two Premier League goals to help lift Norwich out of the relegation zone with a 3-0 win at 10-man Watford.The 21-year-old Sargent had not found the net in 18 previous games in the English top flight since his off-season move from Werder Bremen, until his improvised back-heel flick broke the deadlock in the 51st minute.
1 Nelly Korda has vaulted herself into the lead at the LPGA's Tournament of Champions in Florida.She carded a 6-under-par 66 on Friday to move past first-round leader Gaby Lopez.
Victoria has recorded 16,016 new COVID-19 cases and 20 deaths, as the state attempts to beef up substitute teacher reserves ahead of expected disruptions when classes resume.The new infections, confirmed by the health department on Saturday, include 8432 from PCR tests and 7584 from rapid antigen tests.
Rohan Dennis could probably cope better with Tadej Pogacar's cycling domination if the Slovenian wasn't such a good bloke.One of the Australian's key missions this year will be to help new teammate Primo Roglic win the Tour de France.
A search is underway for a man and a dog missing after a boat capsized off Sydney's North Harbour.Marine Area Command police were alerted to reports of a man calling for help near Dobroyd Head at Balgowlah Heights shortly before 4.
Australia are likely to play Pakistan in the quarter-finals of the Under-19 Cricket World Cup after they finished second in their group, courtesy of Sri Lanka's win over tournament hosts West Indies.Australia's defeat to Sri Lanka earlier in the week meant they needed results to go their way in the final round of Group D matches to advance.
In one week, Karen and Mike Malherbe will essentially be homeless.When the pair sold their NSW Illawarra home and bought a new one near Busselton, in Western Australia, they were elated.
A judge in Texas has ruled that President Joe Biden could not require federal employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19 and blocked the US government from disciplining employees who failed to comply.It was the latest setback to White House efforts to require various groups of American workers to get vaccinated.
A man has been charged after police investigating a number of reports of sexual offences found a DNA link between two of the alleged crimes on Sydney's north shore.The two incidents took place in Artarmon December 2018 and Mosman in December 2021.
Australia's real estate resilience has kept on keeping on despite the ravages of COVID but can't last indefinitely, according to a leading property data specialist.The rate of profit-making resales across Australia rose to 92.
Australia's men have begun their world series campaign at the inaugural Spain Sevens with a shock draw before bouncing back to form in their second pool game.Germany were invited to make up the numbers at the event in Malaga and went beyond their brief by drawing with Australia 12-12 in day one action.
Weighing in at 52,800 tonnes and held fast by six million hand-driven rivets, Sydney Harbour Bridge officially opened for business in the midst of the Great Depression on Saturday, March 19, 1932.Outfitted in full military uniform, Francis Edward de Groot infamously gate-crashed the occasion, swooping in on horseback and slashing with a sword the ceremonial ribbon about to be cut by NSW Premier Jack Lang.
Four people have been charged over the alleged abduction of a child in Sydney's northwest.Officers from Riverstone Police Area Command were called to Midlands Terrace, Stanhope Gardens about 12.
Wigan have given permission for their star Australian full-back Bevan French to miss the start of the Super League season in England for the second successive year.The 26-year-old returned home to undertake and recover from a major hamstring injury sustained last May and is now on compassionate leave following the death of his mother.
Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces have repelled an Islamic State attack on a prison to break out inmates with the support of air strikes by a US-led coalition, officials say.IS said via Telegram its militants had waged a wide-scale attack on the prison in northeastern Syria since Thursday night and that clashes were ongoing nearby and in other neighbourhoods.
Eoin Morgan says champions Australia must be favourites to successfully defend their T20 World Cup at home this year despite his England side currently boasting the No.Yet Morgan senses England will be more at home in Australian conditions at the global T20 event this year than when their chance of history in the United Arab Emirates went begging a couple of months ago.
