Taylor Swift’s new album shows one thing: She could use a break

The Taylor Swift machine has been in overdrive for the past five years. Since 2019, fans have hungrily received four new studio albums, another four “Taylor’s Version” re-recorded projects, and the enormous Eras World Tour that, once finished, will have played more than 150 shows across the globe. Listening to her newly released eleventh studio … Read more

Touching way killed Columbine teacher remembered

It was one of the first mass school shootings to shock the world. The Columbine killings 25 years ago tomorrow resulted in the deaths of 13 children aged 14 to 18 before the two killer pupils, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, took their own lives. Now the daughter of one of the heroes who saved … Read more

Defending champion Swiatek sails into Stuttgart quarterfinals

MONTE CARLO: Novak Djokovic avenged last year’s Monte Carlo Masters defeat by Lorenzo Musetti to reach the quarterfinals Thursday along with Jannik Sinner, while Daniil Medvedev launched into a furious tirade during his defeat. World No. 1 Djokovic made a poor start and endured a second-set wobble before coming through 7-5, 6-3 against the 24th-ranked … Read more

Somerville Rd in Sunshine West shut closed after massive arsenic spill

Emergency services have closed a major road in Melbourne after about a large volume of arsenic spilt from a truck. Dozens of firefighters, police and paramedics were called to Somerville Rd in Sunshine West about 11.15am on Friday. An estimated 100 litres of the highly toxic chemical spilt from a container on a truck and … Read more

AFL: Alastair Clarkson says Hawthorn preparation ‘unemotional’

Alastair Clarkson says “there’s been a lot of water flow under the bridge” as he prepares to lock horns with former club Hawthorn for the second time in his coaching career. North Melbourne will be bolstered by the return of Cam Zurhaar from a calf complaint as it looks to register its first win of … Read more

Floods: Chaos inside Dubai International Airport

One of the world’s busiest airports has been thrown into chaos as the United Arab Emirates recovers from a freak storm that dumped a year and half’s rain in just a few hours. At least 20 people have died in the intense weather event from earlier this week that also affected Oman. Streets were flooded … Read more

Travis exposes Kourtney with ‘nasty’ birthday post

Travis Barker celebrated wife Kourtney Kardashian’s 45th birthday by sharing a photo of her … sitting on a toilet. The picture was the grand finale of an Instagram carousel post uploaded by the Blink-182 rocker, 48, which was met with amused reactions from his 8.7 million followers. “That’s real love,” one individual wrote in a … Read more

Israeli missiles hit site in Iran in apparent retaliatory attack

DUBAI/WASHINGTON: Israeli missiles have hit a site in Iran, ABC News reported late on Thursday, citing a US official, while Iranian state media reported an explosion in the center of the country, days after Iran launched a retaliatory drone strike on Israel. Commercial flights began diverting their routes early Friday morning over western Iran without … Read more

F1 2024: Liam Lawson contract clause puts pressure on Daniel Ricciardo, vacant Red Bull seat, latest news ahead of Chinese Grand Prix

Pressure continues to build on Daniel Ricciardo, with Red Bull senior advisor Helmut Marko not ruling out the idea of swapping the Australian for Kiwi Liam Lawson in-season. In fact, Red Bull has an added incentive to do so after Marko revealed a clause in Lawson’s contract which makes the idea of getting him in … Read more