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Hello! Here's what you need to know on Friday.1. US President Donald Trump is facing the "first serious" crisis of his presidency. Hurricane Harvey is a Category 3 storm that could slam the Texas coast...
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This man filmed a lightning strike destroying his backyard from just 5 metres...
This is the best video of the aftermath of a lightning strike you will see today.Daniel Modøl was out on his deck in Gjerstad in Norway watching and filming a lightning storm.He caught one hit: Then...
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Qantas wants to fly non-stop from Sydney to London and New York — but there's...
Qantas says it will start flying nonstop from Australia's east coast to New York and London within five years, but there's one small catch.They don't yet have a plane capable of making the journey.The...
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Hello! Here's what you need to know on Monday.1. Hurricane Harvey has pummeled Texas with "catastrophic," unprecedented flooding. Some estimates say the damage may equal Hurricane Katrina in 2005, the...
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'Blowing the froth off a few this arvo?': 100 Australian words and sayings...
Every language has its own slang and phrases you should master to sound like a true native speaker.Australian English is no exception.You may have heard “G’day mate”, “fair dinkum”, and “strewth!”...
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South Korean intelligence says Kim Jong-Un has had another baby — but we...
South Korea’s spy agency, the National Intelligence Service, believes North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Un became a father for the third time earlier this year.In a briefing to South Korea’s parliament...
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Hello! Here's what you need to know on Tuesday.1. North Korea launched a missile that flew over Japan on Tuesday morning. The missile test forced Japanese authorities to warn civilians in the northern...
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Hello! Here's what you need to know on Wednesday.1. North Korea claims the missile it fired over Japan was one it threatened to aim at Guam in mid August. The Hwasong-12 is an intermediate-range...
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Hello! Here's what you need to know on Thursday.1. Hurricane Harvey could be the costliest natural disaster in US history. The death toll from the storm now stands at 41, and officials expect that...
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Sydney presses ahead to build 'the big tapeworm' — an $11 million steel...
The City of Sydney council voted narrowly in favour of pressing ahead with a giant steel sculpture across the city’s main street, despite the cost of the project more than tripling to $11.3 million.The...
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CHART: The sharp drop in US crude oil inventories this year
Now here’s a chart that will undoubtedly get the oil bulls excited.From Vivek Dhar, mining and energy commodities analyst at the Commonwealth Bank, it shows the change in US crude oil inventory levels...
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HSBC becomes the latest bank to upgrade its commodity price forecasts
Commodity prices continue to rally and analysts are scrambling to upgrade their forecasts.Macquarie Bank did just that earlier this week, making significant upward revisions to its iron ore and coal...
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China's manufacturing sector is purring as overseas demand soars
Activity levels across China’s manufacturing sector continue to improve.The Caixin-IHS Markit manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) rose 0.5 points to 51.6 in August, leaving it at a six-month...
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Hello! Here's what you need to know on Friday.1. Texas and Louisiana begin long recovery from catastrophic flooding as the remnants of Hurricane Harvey move northeast. The worst of the storm was over...
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Hello! Here’s what you need to know on Monday.1. South Korea has conducted a missile drill simulating an attack on the North Korean nuclear site, in response to Pyongyang’s sixth test. A live-fire...
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Hello! Here's what you need to know on Tuesday.1. North Korea had been spotted moving a suspected ICBM towards its west coast. In response, South Korea has scrapped a weight limit on its warheads in an...
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Hello! Here’s what you need to know on Wednesday.1. The US president has declared a state of emergency in Florida, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands as Hurricane Irma nears. Irma is officially one...
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Hello! Here’s what you need to know on Thursday.1. Hurricane Irma has lashed Caribbean islands as Florida braces to be hit next. At least four people have already been killed on four different islands...
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Hello! Here’s what you need to know on Friday.1. Florida and Georgia officials are issuing evacuation orders from areas likely to be hardest-hit if the storm makes landfall as Hurricane Irma approaches...
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Scientists are closing in on warm caves under Antarctica which could support...
Australian scientists investigating ice caves under Antarctica’s glaciers say they are so warm they could support animals and plants.Around Mount Erebus, an active volcano on Ross Island in Antarctica,...
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