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Live federal election: vote count continues as new foreign minister travels to Fiji for diplomatic talks

New Foreign Minister Penny Wong to visit Fiji after returning from Quad meeting (AAP: George Fragopoulos) Penny Wong will fly to Fiji today on her first solo trip abroad as Foreign Minister. Senator Wong will make the visit less than 24 hours after returning to Australia from the Quad Leaders Meeting in Tokyo, where she …

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“Promising sign”: the common drug offers fertility hope to obese women

Researchers may have found a solution to improve fertility in obese women, following a successful trial by an Australian university. The University of Queensland study found that a common drug for type 2 diabetes altered reproductive hormones in obese mice and could improve fertility in humans. Chen Chen School of Biomedical Science professor said the …

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Top Gun: Maverick sees Tom Cruise reprise his starring role more than three decades later

Whatever you think of the man, you have to give it to Tom Cruise, the movie star. Throughout his 40-year career, he has fought sofas, TVs that soften movement, infractions of COVID-19 devices and the specter of professional obsolescence with a virtually supernatural pathological zeal, channeling a brand of idealism. American who has become almost …

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Beto O’Rourke interrupts the governor’s press conference on the shooting

O’Rourke was escorted while members of the crowd shouted at him, with a man shouting blasphemies at O’Rourke. Democrat is challenging Gov. Greg Abbott in this year’s election. Beto O’Rourke at a press conference on the Uvalde massacre. (AP) Republican Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick told O’Rourke, “You’re offline and it’s a shame.” O’Rourke, as they …

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As flu cases increase, vaccination may also provide additional protection against VOCID

After virtually gone for two years, the flu has returned and is spreading rapidly across Australia and the world. So far this year, there have been more than 15,000 cases of influenza in New South Wales alone, of which more than 12,000 have been diagnosed since early May. The Queensland government has announced free flu …

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