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At least 13 dead as tourist plane crashes during flight over Peru’s Nazca Lines
At least 13 people have died after a plane carrying tourists crashed into a field in Peru, local authorities said.Nazca’s municipal government said the plane was taking tourists on...
Josh Kerr storms to Commonwealth Games mile title in golden Glasgow moment
Josh Kerr’s summer of miracle and wonder continued in front of his adoring home fans as he added a Commonwealth gold medal in the mile to his glittering collection.In...
The brief life and sudden death of Zyzz: why did the bodybuilding influencer die at just 22?
Decades before the extreme aesthetic trend of looksmaxxing, there was Zyzz. Aziz Shavershian was an Australian teenager who became a fitness influencer in the 2000s, filming his workouts and...
The moment I knew: after my mum lost everything in Japan’s tsunami, Trent showered her with tiny kindnesses
I met Trent in 2012 in a car park in Winnipeg. We were handing out flyers on the Canadian fringe circuit. I was wearing a pink tutu for my...
Rhys Nicholson: ‘Get a hobby – don’t become a full-blown racist’
You’re back on the judging panel of Drag Race Down Under vs The World. What do you think gives Australian queens the edge?I think our drag tends not to...
‘More than just objects’: Australian book sellers raise alarm over ‘horrific’ destruction of rare titles to feed AI
“Sometimes books tell you more than the content,” says Tim White, as he lines up carefully dust-jacketed books and pamphlets in plastic sleeves on temporary shelves in Melbourne University’s...
Notes from a nursing home: ‘Our books told of who we were. The story of us. Then the movers came and asked what should go’
My wife, Patricia, and I came to our nursing home with little more than clothes, a few photographs and some books we could still carry. The shelves we left...
Yealimi Noh leads Women’s Open by three shots after Ryu Hae-ran stumbles
Ryu Hae-ran has 18 holes to recover from events in the third round of the Women’s Open. Her stumble at Royal Lytham and St Annes would have counted as...
