A photo illustration of black market cigarettes displayed in Melbourne, Australia, on March 26, 2025. Asanka Ratnayake/Getty Images Opposition Leader Angus Taylor has vowed to cut the tobacco excise by 80 percent and re-legalise vapes if the Coalition wins the next election. The policy promise comes just weeks after One Nation vowed to slash the … Read more
For one Indian man living in the US, a trip to the dentist came with a bill he definitely wasn’t expecting.Nitin Malhotra, who has lived in the United States for around 15 years, recently shared his experience on Instagram after going to a dentist with a painful tooth. What shocked him wasn’t just the treatment … Read more
A Telstra logo is seen outside the Telstra Melbourne headquarters in Melbourne, Australia, on June 14, 2017. Michael Dodge/Getty Images Telco giant Telstra has been hit with a $277,200 (US$197,000) penalty after the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) found the company failed to properly verify customers’ identities, leaving them exposed to SIM-swap fraud. An … Read more
This is the most direct fix available, and it works because it’s specifically designed for exactly this problem. A cord raceway is a plastic channel that sticks to the wall with strong adhesive, with a snap-on cover that hides the wires running through it. Before applying one, clean the wall thoroughly with rubbing alcohol, since … Read more
Matthew Perry and Julia Roberts seemed like the kind of Hollywood pairing that could only happen in a movie. One was already a beloved sitcom star, the other was one of the biggest actresses in the world. Yet for a brief moment in the mid-1990s, the two really were together. Their relationship began in an … Read more
AI-generated representation: ChatGPT A race can be lost in seconds. For seven-year-old Tangtang, it seemed to happen almost immediately. At a roller-skating competition in Wuhan, China, the young skater fell right at the start, while the other children quickly raced ahead. She was suddenly at the back of the pack, with the finish line still … Read more
NEW YORK—Aryna Sabalenka came to the U.S. Open struggling and in danger of losing the No. 1 ranking. She heads to the third round looking every bit ready for a three-peat. The top-seeded Sabalenka overwhelmed Polina Iatcenko 6-1, 6-1 in 53 minutes on Wednesday night, putting on a power-hitting display that made it seem her … Read more
Amid the heartbreaking scenes coming out of flood-hit Nepal, one rescue has given people something to hold on to.A 45-day-old baby was rescued from a flood-affected area in Rasuwa district and taken safely to the Rasuwa Dhange relief camp, according to reports on September 1.The tiny infant was among those caught up in the flooding … Read more
Fresh flowers have an undeniable charm, but that charm comes with an expiry date, usually somewhere between five and seven days before petals start dropping and the whole bouquet ends up in the bin. Dried flowers solve that problem entirely, holding their shape, colour, and character for months, sometimes years, with zero watering and almost … Read more
At 17, Siddhartha Manaktala developed EyeSpy- the smartphone app can screen for 7 eye diseases For most teenagers, weekends mean catching up with friends, playing games or simply getting away from schoolwork. For Siddhartha Manaktala, they have increasingly meant something else: travelling to government schools, villages and factories, setting up eye-screening camps and trying to … Read more