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Woolworths pulls knives, scissors from shelves after Brunswick stabbing

Woolworths has pulled scissors and knives from its supermarket shelves across the country, after a security guard and a customer were allegedly stabbed at a store in Melbourne’s inner-north. Brunswick man Rory McAuley, 20, was on Wednesday charged with attempted murder over the incident. Woolworths has temporarily pulled knives and scissors from its stores across […]

Facebook ‘planning to change name’ in major rebrand

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Woman disembowelled and almost decapitated held on her own head to survive

Don’t miss a thing by getting the Daily Star’s biggest headlines straight to your inbox! Following a fun night out with her friends, Alison Botha had driven back to her apartment. But when she pulled up and was preparing to take the short walk into her home, a man with a knife stormed her vehicle. […]

Mexico agrees to expand climate goals by 2022, foreign minister says

MEXICO CITY (REUTERS) – Mexico has committed to expanding its climate change goals by 2022 following a visit by US climate adviser John Kerry, Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard said on Tuesday (Oct 19). Mr Kerry was in Mexico on Monday to meet with his counterparts ahead of the United Nations’ COP26 climate conference in Glasgow, Scotland, […]

Winter will be challenging as we face Covid & flu – there can be no complacency

LAST winter the eyes of the world were on a Coventry hospital as Margaret Keenan, 91, received the world’s first  approved Covid-19 vaccine. Since then our vaccination programme has protected people  across the country. Four in five of those eligible have now had two doses. This winter we are better protected thanks to the hard […]

Covid 19 coronavirus: UK faces calls for ‘Plan B’ as cases rise

Life has returned to normal for millions in Britain since coronavirus restrictions were lifted over the summer. But while the rules have vanished, the virus hasn’t. Many scientists are now calling on the government to reimpose social restrictions and speed up booster vaccinations as coronavirus infection rates, already Europe’s highest, rise still further. The UK […]

Indigenous cultural heritage ‘at risk’ until new protection laws pass

The chair of the parliamentary committee that investigated the destruction of the 46,000-year-old Juukan Gorge rock shelters has said every Aboriginal heritage site in the country remains at risk as long as the current state-based heritage protection regime stays in place. Liberal backbencher Warren Entsch, whose committee report tabled on Monday proposed a wholesale rethinking […]

Victorians want to know why the state’s not opening up as quickly as NSW

This week marks an important turning point for Victorians in their experience of the COVID-19 pandemic. Their government has allowed them, for the first time, to take cautious steps out of what has been one of the most restricted communities across the globe. But the question on the lips of many Victorians will be, why […]