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Australian State Tasmania Remains Top Economy In The Country | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star

HOBART, Australia — Tasmanian Premier Peter Gutwein has something to shout about when his state heads to the polls this weekend. For the fifth quarter in a row, the island state has topped the Commonwealth Securities‘ state of states report as the best-performing economy in Australia, and again followed by the Australian Capital Territory. “Tasmania and the Australian Capital Territory solidly […]

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Blair “The Flair” Cobbs serenades audiences with pro wrestling great Ric “Nature Boy” Flair’s “Wooooo!” every chance he gets. For as much as he can talk with the best of them, his fists work just as well inside the ring. Boasting a 14-0-1 record, the welterweight is again ready for action after

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Australia Day Betting Referred To Police | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star

CANBERRA, Australia — Claims of suspicious betting placed on the 2021 Australian of the Year awards have been referred to the Australian Federal Police (AFP). The National Australia Day Council initially referred betting on the awards to the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission on

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Scientists Develop Possible New Gene Therapy for Deafness | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star

TEL AVIV, Israel - Delivering healthy genetic material into the inner ear cells of mice with a hereditary mutation for deafness enables the cells to function normally, according to a new study. The study, led by Professor Karen Avraham of Tel Aviv University's Department of Human Molecular Genetics

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School Fees Pain As Uganda Goes Into 6-Week Covid-19 Lockdown

KAMPALA, Uganda — When Ugandan President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni ordered the closure of schools and prohibition of non-essential travel between districts on June 6 to halt the recent spike in Covid-19 cases, James Tusubira was upset. “I am concerned about what will happen next term when my children

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India On Alert After Portuguese Ship Spills Oil In Arabian Sea | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star

KOLKATA, India — Indian Coast Guard is on alert as an oil spill from the India-bound Portuguese flag container ship was about 450 kilometers (280 miles) southeast of the southern Indian city, Chennai, the Ministry of Defence said on June 18. The Indian Coast guard was alerted by Maritime Rescue

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Jonathan Bender's Jump From High School To The NBA | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star

In a 2000 release, recording artist Nelly rapped: “I’m draftin’ ’em outta high school straight into the pros.” That was a reference to a then-growing trend among prep basketball stars: Bypassing college and entering the pro ranks as teenagers. Just a year prior to

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Warnock and Ossoff Wins Georgia Senate

The racial awakening in the United States last year after the police killings of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd may have propelled a sweep for Democrats in the January 5, 2021 Georgia Senate runoffs, paving the way for President-elect Joe Biden to push his legislative agenda without fear of

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Emmy Winner Michael Constantine Passes Away At 94

WASHINGTON — Emmy-winning veteran actor Michael Constantine has passed away at the age of 94 at his Reading, Massachusetts, United States home. The late actor’s agent, Julia Buchwald, confirmed to a news organization that he died on Aug. 31, 2021, at his home from natural causes. Taking to her

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New Zealand Based Kiwi Pop Star Lorde Hints At New Music | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — New Zealand’s biggest pop star Lorde is on the cusp of releasing her first music in four years. The Kiwi musician updated her website with a new record cover, on June 8 titled Solar Power, with a tagline “Arriving in 2021 … patience is a virtue”. Along with this, there was

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Art Stopper: Painting Cut To Pieces By Its Creator Who Hated It Sells For $180k

A painting that was almost destroyed by the artist has been sold for a record $180,000 at an auction in Austria, well beyond an initial estimate of $42,000. The work by Ukrainian-French painter Marie Bashkirtseff (1860-1884), which she once slashed with a knife, was sold at the Dorotheum auction

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Crude Oil Update: Ignore Federal Energy Data, All Eyes On OPEC+

U.S. data that shows a considerable build up in commercial crude oil inventories is a non-factor for prices given the lingering impact of the deep freeze in Texas. All eyes instead are on the oil cartel OPEC, analysts told Zenger News. The U.S. Energy Information Administration, part of the Energy

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En periodo de pandemia, China invierte en América del Sur | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star

PORTO ALEGRE, Brasil — En medio de la pandemia de coronavirus, China ha acelerado sus inversiones, ubicándose como uno de los países que más beneficios ha obtenido en medio de la crisis sanitaria por la que pasa el mundo, principalmente en países de América del Sur. En Bogotá, Colombia, más de

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War Drums Get Louder In Nigeria

LAGOS, Nigeria — Attackers shot dead Ahmed Ali Gulak, a close ally of Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, in Owerri, the capital of Imo State, in the country’s restive southeast region, on the morning of May 29. His killing precipitated a series of reactions that led to Buhari being suspended from

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Doggies Bagged: Grisly Slaughter Of 300 Stray Dogs

WEST GODAVARI, India — Almost 300 stray dogs were killed and buried in the West Godavari district of the south-eastern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh on July 24. “Lingapalem village panchayat staff killed almost 300 stray dogs in the village,” Dharmajigudem (a village in West Godavari) Sub

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Herbert Sigüenza Lets Viewers Spend ‘A Weekend With Pablo Picasso’

The prolific Herbert Sigüenza has written scores of plays that he has performed thousands of times during his 37 years as a founding member of the renowned Chicanx comedy troupe, Culture Clash. And for the last decade, the playwright/performer/graphic artist has brilliantly brought to life the

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Trade Association Projects India's 2021-22 GDP Growth At 9.5% | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star

KOLKATA, India — India’s gross domestic product (GDP) is expected to grow at 9.5 percent in the 2021-2022 fiscal year, according to the Confederation of Indian Industry, a non-governmental trade association and advocacy group. The group said this would take the GDP to a slightly higher level than

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Kim Kowdashian! Meet The Rescued Cow Who Got A Reality Star's Name | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star

NEW DELHI — A rescued mother cow, described as “drop-dead gorgeous” with “striking eyes” and “long, dark eyelashes”, has been named Kim Kowdashian, after reality TV star Kim Kardashian. The ode to the “Keeping Up With The Kardashians” star is to do with her turning vegan, animal rights organization

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VIDEO: High Supplier: Drone Makes World's First Unmanned Aerial Refuel With US Fighter Jet | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star

The world’s first aerial refueling between an unmanned tanker jet and a receiver aircraft is in the books. The unprecedented exercise, involving an unmanned Boeing MQ-25 Stingray and an F/A-18 Super Hornet jet, was carried out June 4 by the U.S. Navy in the skies over the MidAmerica St. Louis

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Australian State’s Big Battery Fire Clouds Planned Start

MELBOURNE, Australia — The southeastern Australian state’s—Victoria—energy minister said it is too early to say if a fire at the state’s AU$84 million ($62.19 million) Big Battery will delay the project’s scheduled start date. One of the Tesla megapack batteries at the site in Moorabool, near