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A top-two finish and a home qualifying final could be up for grabs on Sunday afternoon as Sydney and Collingwood, two of the AFL’s most in-form teams, meet at the SCG. The Swans (14-6, 127.5%) are in a good position to host a qualifying final, especially after Brisbane’s inability to thrash Carlton after threatening to …

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Ukraine says it will target Russian soldiers who fire on the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant or use it as a base for firing, as both sides again accused the other of bombing the facility. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Saturday that Russian soldiers firing at the plant or using it as cover would become a …

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The man accused of stabbing Salman Rushdie pleaded not guilty Saturday to charges of attempted murder and assault in what a prosecutor called a “premeditated” crime, as the acclaimed author of The Satanic Verses he remained hospitalized with serious injuries. An attorney for Hadi Matar entered the plea on his behalf during an arraignment in …

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Two women have been shot dead in south-west Sydney, the latest in a series of deadly shootings in the city. Emergency services were called to a home in Weston Street, Revesby, just before 8.50pm on Saturday, where they found the couple, aged 36 and 48, inside a car. NSW paramedics tried to save the 48-year-old, …

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A Canadian study has found that pregnant women can get COVID-19 mRNA vaccines safely, and they end up with side effects less often than people who aren’t pregnant. The study looked at how pregnant and non-pregnant women reacted to the mRNA vaccines one week after their second dose. More than seven percent of pregnant women …

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Study confirms mRNA vax is safe during pregnancy Moree Champion Large Canadian study suggests COVID-19 mRNA vaccines are safe to use during pregnancy News-Medical.Net Safety of COVID-19 vaccines in pregnancy: a Canadian national safety network cohort study (CANVAS) The Lancet Covid-19 vaccines during pregnancy not linked to miscarriage or stillbirth New Scientist Safety of COVID-19 …

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One person has died and 17 have been injured, three of them seriously, after a stage collapsed at a music festival near Valencia, Spain, according to local authorities. The disaster occurred at the Festa de la Medusa in the town of Cullera near Valencia at 4.18am on Saturday (12.18am Saturday AEST) “due to a strong …

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Queen Campos Kaaba 1 hour 5 minutes ago The East Antarctic region has been shown to be less vulnerable to climate change than other polar regions. Currently, it is becoming more important due to the loss of ice mass observed in the last decades. East Antarctic Ice Cap Contains the vast majority of Earth’s glacial …

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Cowboys skipper Jason Taumalolo said there were “no words” to express what he and his teammates were feeling following the death of Paul Green. The rugby league legend died at his home in Brisbane on Thursday and tributes have since poured in for the former North Queensland coach. Green led the Cowboys to a premiership …

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