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Actor Sam Neill reveals cancer diagnosis
Published on 18/03/2023
» Actor Sam Neill has revealed he is being treated for stage-three blood cancer, writing in a new memoir that he was “possibly dying” from the illness diagnosed a year ago.
Ghosts of the past haunt empty pub
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 16/10/2022
» There's an old Irish pub in Manhattan's financial district, Jim Brady's, that closed at the start of the pandemic and has been sitting empty ever since. The stockbrokers and construction workers who once drank there now walk past with indifference.
McKeon reigns in Commonwealth pool as horror crash mars track cycling
AFP, Published on 01/08/2022
» BIRMINGHAM (UNITED KINGDOM) - Swimming superstars Emma McKeon and Chad le Clos made Commonwealth Games history on Sunday as Adam Peaty suffered a shock defeat while the track cycling was overshadowed by a horror smash.
Chaos returns
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 10/06/2022
» When Steven Spielberg first released Jurassic Park in 1993, who would have imagined that it would become one of the biggest franchises keeping audiences hooked for three decades. When the first trilogy ended in 2001, Universal Studio decided to revive it for a new generation of viewers in 2015 with Jurassic World.
Papalii gets surprise nod for All Blacks tour
AFP, Published on 15/10/2018
» WELLINGTON - The All Blacks named uncapped flanker Dalton Papalii on Monday in a 32-man squad for a Test against Australia in Japan and their tour involving matches against England, Ireland and Italy.
Being the gaffer can be a lonely job
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 03/06/2017
» News that Arsene Wenger is staying on at Arsenal, to add to his 21 years already at the club, will probably bring sighs of envy amongst many of his contemporaries. During this past season alone, 59 managers from the 92 clubs in the top four divisions of the Football League have either been sacked or quit.
McAuley own goal sends Wales into Euro 2016 last eight
AFP, Published on 26/06/2016
» PARIS - Northern Ireland's Gareth McAuley scored a heart-breaking own goal to hand British rivals Wales a 1-0 victory in Paris on Saturday that sent them into the Euro 2016 quarter-finals.
Open draw offers Wales, N. Ireland chance of a lifetime
AFP, Published on 24/06/2016
» PARIS - Two small British nations clash for the momentous prize of a Euro 2016 quarter-final berth on Saturday when Gareth Bale's Wales meet Northern Ireland in a post-Brexit clash in Paris.
New Zealand awaits flag vote decision
AFP, Published on 24/03/2016
» WELLINGTON - New Zealanders will learn Thursday whether a proposal to ditch Britain's Union Jack from the national flag has been successful, with opinion polls indicating they will stick with the existing banner.