Sydney beaches closed and drones deployed after fatal shark attack | World News
Drones have been deployed and a helicopter to monitor the waters around a popular Sydney beach after a surfer was killed by a great white shark, authorities have said. Emergency services responded to reports that a man – named by Australian media as Mercury Psillakis – suffered critical injuries at Long Reef Beach on Saturday…
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Donald Trump’s a riot, but look what he’s really cracking
Donald Trump is very funny, often inadvertently, sometimes quite deliberately. For writers at Saturday Night Light, there are weeks when he almost serves up their script. How often have we read commentary likening his Oval Office antics to an episode from Veep, a comparison I have doubtless drawn myself. His parades and military tattoos are…
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Dad screamed ‘don’t bite me’ moments before being dismembered by shark
Mercury Psillakis, 57, suffered ‘catastrophic injuries’ after he was bitten by a shark near Sydney. A witness said they heard the surfer crying out during the attack Mercury Psillakis with his wife Maria A dad who was killed in an awful shark attack cried “don’t bite me” just moments before being mauled and dismembered by…
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Mum’s heartbreaking plea after daughter Mia O’Brien banged up for LIFE in Dubai: ‘Never done a bad thing in her life’
THE mum of a Brit woman jailed for life in Dubai has been left “absolutely devastated” after learning about her daughter’s fate. Mia O’Brien, 23, is reportedly being held in Al-Awir prison which is notorious for once being dubbed “Dubai’s version of Alcatraz”. 9 Jailed Brit Mia O’Brien with her devastated mother Danielle McKenna (right)Credit: GoFundMe 9…
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Ibiza lizards ‘near extinction’ due to invasive snakes and mounting litter | World News
Conservationists in Ibiza are warning the island’s native bright blue and green lizards are coming ever closer to extinction due to the mounting threats of invasive snakes and tourists’ litter. The Ibiza wall lizard is endemic to Ibiza and neighbouring Formentera and is vital to the ecosystem of the islands, experts say, for pollinating plants…
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Tax and property scandal fells UK deputy PM Angela Rayner, emboldens populist Nigel Farage
“I deeply regret my decision to not seek additional specialist tax advice given both my position as Housing Secretary and my complex family arrangements,” she said in a letter to Starmer. “I take full responsibility for this error. Angela Rayner and Keir Starmer on the campaign trail in 2024.Credit: Alamy “I’ve always known that politics…
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Brit teen to become a saint as millions flock to view body 19 years after death
Carlo Acutis, who was born in London and grew up in Italy, died of leukaemia aged 15, and Catholics flock to see his body encased in a wax layer, which is inside a glass tomb in Assisi 12:04, 05 Sep 2025Updated 12:40, 05 Sep 2025 Carlo Acutis is to become a saint(Image: carloacutis.com) A British…
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Key Putin ally calls Foreign Secretary Lammy ‘the English idiot’ and warns Russia may seize ‘British Crown valuables’
A TOP Putin crony has warned the Kremlin might seize the “valuables of the British Crown” if the UK supports Ukraine with money from frozen Russian assets. Ex-Russian President Dmitry Medvedev accused “British thieves” of giving Russian money to “neo-Nazis” in a deranged rant on social media. 6 Close Putin ally Medvedev accused Britain of…
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From Gere to Gaga: The best celebrity looks created by Giorgio Armani | Ents & Arts News
Italian fashion designer Giorgio Armani, known for ready-to-wear fashion and staple suits, has died. The 91-year-old started the fashion house in 1975 with his partner Sergio Galeotti, but it is the 1980 classic film American Gigolo that is credited with launching Armani’s career. He designed the wardrobe for the film’s star, Richard Gere, who was…
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Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping riffed on immortality. Is it possible?
Most doctors would also find the practice morally reprehensible, particularly during a chronic shortage of organ donations for the treatment of disease. But there are new technologies that could one day skirt this problem. The head of Russia’s Kurchatov nuclear research institute and a close Putin ally, Mikhail Kovalchuk, who’s reportedly “crazy about eternal life”,…
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