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England’s Alice Capsey celebrates with Heather Knight and teammates after taking the wicket of Sri Lanka’s Nilakshika Silva at R Premadasa International Cricket Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka on October 11, 2025. — Reuters COLOMBO:England stamped their authority on the Women’s World Cup with a commanding 89-run win over Sri Lanka in Colombo on Saturday, powered by a classy hundred from Nat Sciver-Brunt and a masterly spell of spin from Sophie Ecclestone.Put in to bat, England wobbled early but Sciver-Brunt soaked up the pressure well and anchored the innings with a chanceless century to steer her side to a strong 253-9. Sri…
Greetings from the cycling capital of Britain.The crowds of London seem as busy as ever in the first weeks of autumn, even as the weather turns chilly and the summer tourists depart. That means I’m not alone in searching for the best ways to get through the congestion – and I’m willing to be converted when I find a group of believers who say they have found the righteous path to a faster commute.Cyclists crossing London’s Westminster Bridge.Credit: BloombergNicolas Moura, for instance, tells me he can get through London faster than an Uber on a busy day. So I’m all…
Fitz: One thing I particularly disagree with you on is when you write in favour of keeping Australia Day on its current date, noting that “a poll found that 56 per cent of Australians under 25 wanted January 26 to be known as ‘Invasion Day’, even though it marked the planting of a colony, albeit a penal one”. My point to you is they’re not mutually exclusive. A colony actually almost always follows an invasion.LoadingTA: Well, it may have looked like an invasion to some, but that doesn’t mean that it was an invasion to all, and certainly not to…
The Blues were left in no man’s land.Stephen Crichton said all the right things when he was asked respectfully by Ten reporter Trent Simpson about going after Munster in game three. His view was that Munster was fair game, and that it would be a way of showing respect.Cameron Munster hugs his mother, Deborah, after the Origin decider.Credit: Getty ImagesThe words were well meant and well delivered, but they were not followed by actions.Their mindset was clouded by one of their rivals’ personal issues, and NSW failed to deliver. It’s not a criticism of the Blues, but an explanation.I spoke…
Bari Weiss knows the price of courage, as well as its value. In 2020 it cost her a job she loved, as opinion writer and editor at The New York Times. That job would’ve been worth about $US150,000 ($229,000) a year.Now we can calculate a return on investment on courage: after leaving the Times, Weiss started publishing her own writing – and that of some of the most interesting voices internationally – on Substack. The newsletter evolved into an online news site called The Free Press, which has an estimated $US15 million annual turnover from subscriptions. Last week, Paramount acquired…
Concern over the key elements has burst into public view in recent days after Trump reacted furiously to China’s move on Thursday to dramatically expand rare earths export controls, adding five elements to the restrictions.LoadingOn Saturday, AEST, Trump posted on Truth Social to say the US would impose a 100 per cent tariff on Chinese goods from November and place export controls on “any and all” critical software sold to China, wiping $4.4 trillion off the US sharemarket.Trump added that Xi’s move meant “there seems to be no reason” to meet the Chinese leader at scheduled talks at the APEC…
The recent departure of West Australian MP Andrew Hastie from the Liberal front bench (he resigned last Friday from his position as opposition home affairs spokesman) was only the most recent symptom of a more profound problem.As with the sacking (from the front bench) of controversial Liberal senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price, the ostensible differences were policy ones – like the fight over whether to stick with Australia’s net zero carbon emissions commitment, and differences of opinion over immigration rates.But the real divide is ideological. The Liberals’ right-wing flank seems to gaze longingly at the success of the anti-immigration, populist parties…
Millie Bobby Brown shares ‘adorable’ update after embracing motherhoodMillie Bobby Brown recently offered fans a glimpse of her adopted daughter in latest post.The 21-year-old actress, who tied the knot with Jake Bongiovi in 2024, took the internet by storm with a family snap. On Friday, October 11, the Stranger Things star shared a carousel of images on Instagram.The slide that caught everyone’s attention showcased Millie, her husband Bongiovi, and their daughter.In the image, the Enola Holmes actress is seen wearing a white t-shirt, accessorised with silver hoop earrings and matching sunglasses resting on her head, with her hair tied in a…
Normal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text sizeIn this series, we explore all you need to know about Australia’s first treaty, between Victoria and its Indigenous peoples.See all 9 stories.In harbourside Wellington, New Zealand’s capital, the nation’s library is just metres from its parliament, its court of appeal and the city’s biggest cathedral. Step inside the library and you’ll find a treasure box – or, at least, a room inspired by a traditional Maori one, its curved walls clad in native timber from fallen rimu trees, its lights dimmed. The treasures on show are documents, including what historians call the…
“One of the last games Joshua attended was my 300th at Belmore last year,” Papalii recalls. “That day a lot of my family and friends had come into the sheds, and Joshua barged in and started verbally stimming [repetitive movements of sounds] the whole time.Four-year-old Joshua Papalii loves the water.“We had lost and ‘Sticky’ [Stuart] was addressing the group, and he could see me trying to put my hand over Joshua’s mouth. He stopped and said, ‘Papa, let him go, he’s all right’. Joshua was walking around and throwing ice at everyone. But Sticky understood. That’s another reason I’ll always…