Australia’s Eurobodalla, Shoalhaven and Sapphire coasts run about 250 miles from the dairy town of Berry — two hours south of Sydney via the Grand Pacific Drive, which is bordered by rolling farmland on one side and gleaming ocean on the other — down to a historic whaling center near the Victorian state border. In […]
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A radar system has been installed to better monitor a fast-moving glacier on the Italian side of the Mont Blanc massif that risks having a massive section break off into a tourist valley. The radar system installed Thursday on the Planpincieux glacier provides constant data on movements of ice even at the sub-millimeter level. That
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Bruce Bochy once took a bat to a flat-screen TV during a San Francisco Giants team meeting to make a point to his players. It just took a few more swings than he expected because it didn’t break on the first attempt as he had figured. “It’s not like a regular TV where it shatters,
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Twelve-year-old Nicholas Fernandes didn’t spend his vacation at camp or playing Xbox all day. Instead, he devoted his summer to work on a political campaign. Between June and August, Nicholas, along with 75 other student interns (ages 12 to 22), researched policy positions, stuffed envelopes and distributed campaign literature on behalf of Legislator Josh Lafazan
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Britain’s government watchdog says there is still a “significant amount” of work to do to make sure the country has an adequate supply of licensed drugs in case of a no-deal Brexit. In a report issued Friday, Britain’s National Audit Office said additional shipping capacity chartered by the U.K. for sending goods across the English
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Writer Afua Hirsch (left) she was “shocked and horrified” by the ruling about Naga Munchetty’s comments The BBC has been asked to overturn its decision to uphold a complaint against Breakfast host Naga Munchetty. An open letter signed by a number of broadcasters, objecting to the ruling about remarks
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Notre Dame tries to bounce back from a painful loss and Southern California tries to build on the momentum of a surprising win in the two most notable college matchups this week. The 21st-ranked Trojans visit No. 17 Washington on Saturday, while the 10th-ranked Fighting Irish host No. 18 Virginia. Those are the week’s only
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WASHINGTON — When the White House first released the reconstructed transcript of President Trump’s July 25 phone conversation with the president of Ukraine, some former government officials noticed something peculiar about it. The document lacked a standard marking in its upper right-hand corner, known as a “package number,” or the number that the National Security
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The question isn’t whether taxpayers in Arlington, Texas, got hosed when they agreed to spend a half-billion dollars for a new ballpark next door to the one they spent millions to build just 22 years earlier. They did, but in most parts of the country that’s the way the system works. Almost every new stadium
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The Loopallu music festival is to be staged for a final time. The two-day event, now in its 15th year, is held in Ullapool in Wester Ross in the north west Highlands. Organisers said increasing demand from tourists for local accommodation had made it harder for festival-goers to find somewhere to stay. Friday’s acts include
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