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Oxygen on Missing Titanic Sub Projected to Deplete by Thursday Morning

The crew of five men aboard a missing submersible vessel on an expedition to explore the Titanic wreckage is projected to exhaust their oxygen supply by 7 a.m. EDT Thursday morning, according to U.S. Coast Guard projections. The vessel, named Titan and measuring 21 feet in length, vanished in the waters of Newfoundland on Sunday morning…


Oxygen on Missing Titanic Sub Projected to Deplete by 7 am

The crew of five men aboard a missing submersible vessel on an expedition to explore the Titanic wreckage is projected to exhaust their oxygen supply by 7 a.m. EDT Thursday morning, according to U.S. Coast Guard projections. The vessel, named Titan and measuring 21 feet in length, vanished in the waters of Newfoundland on Sunday morning…


The Victoria State Government Allocates $1 Million to mRNA Treatments to Help Cancer Patients

The Andrews Labor government will allocate $1 million (US$678,100) to the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre to develop new mRNA cancer treatments. During the visit, Minister for Industry and Innovation Ben Carroll told the staff at the centre that what they are doing is not only saving lives but also creating jobs. “Researchers at the Peter…


Left vs. Left: Labor PM Says Greens Stonewalling Housing Fund for Political Gain

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has lambasted the Australian Greens for taking a hardline stance on the Housing Affordability Future Fund (HAFF), which could result in a potential double dissolution showdown. “For the Greens political party, this isn’t about the Australian people. This is about them. They want the issue, not the outcome. They deal in…


Ford Set to Axe Hundreds of Aussie Jobs in Bid to ‘Improve Efficiency’

Vehicle manufacturing giant Ford has announced plans to cut 400 jobs from its Australian workforce as the company seeks to “improve efficiency.” This follows a global culling of approximately 3,000 jobs as the company moves towards electrification and comes as Ford announced in March plans to cut 250 jobs from its Geelong and Broadmeadows plants….


Treating the Common Cold With Telehealth, Brought to You by COVID-Era Madness

Commentary Have you ever experienced a persistent and severe common cold, only to be advised by your healthcare provider to schedule a telehealth appointment with your treating doctor? Nowadays, medical clinics discourage patients from visiting their doctors in person, presumably to avoid the risk of infection for their staff who are required to wear masks….


Australia’s Banks Caught up in Russian Cyber Attack

The recent Russian cyberattack on law firm EWL Ebsworth has claimed another set of victims—this time, Australia’s four major banks. This comes as over 40 Australian government agencies are feared to have been impacted by the database hacking of HWL Ebsworth by the Russian cybercriminal group AlphV. While the four banks—ANZ, the Commonwealth Bank of…


Resilient Purple Fairywrens Survive Record Flooding

Bird researchers are relieved to find that the majority of the endangered purple-crowned fairywrens (Malurus coronatus), a small, social bird found in dense Australian vegetation, survived one of the region’s worst flooding in January and were still breeding. Western Australia entered a state of emergency when ex-Tropical Cyclone Ellie inundated the Kimberley region with unprecedented flooding,…


Russia Says It Downed 3 Drones Outside Moscow, Suspects It Was Attack by Ukraine

Two drones were brought down outside Moscow as they approached the warehouses of a local military unit, Russian authorities said Wednesday, in what could be the latest attempt by Ukraine to strike targets inside Russia during the early stages of Kyiv’s most recent counteroffensive. At the same time, Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed that the…


Australians Remain Frosty Towards China as Wariness Over Taiwan Military Threat Grows

A new study has revealed that in the event of a military conflict between Beijing and Washington over Taiwan, just over half of Australians would be against physically entering the contest on Taiwanese soil. However, Australians were keen to still support Taiwan, with 80 percent saying they would accept Taiwanese refugees into Australia, 76 percent…