Chinese citizens led the way when it came to departures from Australia in December, latest figures show. Australian Bureau of Statistics figures released on Monday revealed almost a quarter of all overseas departures from Australia last month were those leaving on temporary student visas (24.1...
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Ben Affleck reportedly splits from Ana de Armas
Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas have split. The Knives Out actress, 32, moved in with the Oscar winner, 48, into his Los Angeles mansion last year just months after they began dating, as their relationship got serious during the coronavirus pandemic. But following recent...
Explosive device found at building site
Police and the army were called after an object thought to be an explosive was discovered at a Sydney building site. An object believed to be an explosive has been found at a Sydney building site. NSW Police were called to the construction site at...
Woman’s shock ‘throw a shrimp on the barbie’ slang ‘is a lie’
An expat has said her “childhood was a lie” after discovering the truth about a common Australian slang phrase when she moved Down Under. Brittany Neff – who lives in Geelong, Victoria – has created a series of videos in which she lists “things she...
Hunt for COVID-19’s missing ‘patient zero’
The fate of a Chinese researcher believed to be the world’s first COVID-19 patient remains a mystery despite a year-long search by Western intelligence officials investigating the origins of the pandemic. Huang Yanling, who worked at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, was one of scores...
Lockdown cramping orgy club residents’ style
After 10 months of social distancing, the residents of Brooklyn’s communal “sex houses” are frustrated, to say the least. “I’d give my left testicle to go to an orgy,” said Kenneth Play, co-founder of Hacienda Villa. He is one of more than 30 residents, aged...
ScoMo plans to travel to COVID-hit UK
Scott Morrison intends to travel to the COVID-ravaged UK in June, after receiving an invite to the G7 by Boris Johnson. Prime Minister Scott Morrison plans to attend the G7 summit in the UK in person, despite a COVID-19 crisis gripping the country. British Prime...
ScoMo plans to travel to COVID-hit UK
Prime Minister Scott Morrison plans to attend the G7 summit in the UK in person, despite a COVID-19 crisis gripping the country. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has extended an invitation to world leaders for the event, to be held between June 11 and 13...
PM: US riot encouragement ‘disappointing’
Scott Morrison hopes Joe Biden’s inauguration will be the beginning of a new unity in the US, after 25,000 troops were deployed to prevent violence at the event. Scott Morrison hopes unity will follow Joe Biden’s inauguration after a “terrible few months” for the US....
PM: US to recover from ‘terrible few months’
Scott Morrison hopes unity will follow Joe Biden’s inauguration after a “terrible few months” for the US. Tensions are high in Washington DC ahead of the presidential inauguration on Wednesday local time, after pro-Trump rioters stormed the Capitol building in an attempt to block the...