Video shows what happened when a Canadian dog owner went on a road trip with his two crooning Huskies and unimpressed Golden Retriever Zoey. Christopher Boudens from British Columbia posted the video on his Instagram, where it amassed nearly 400,000 views. Husky siblings Nico and Jackson love to “sing” together, much to the displeasure of Zoey, apparently. Boudens often shares videos of the Huskies in song, while Zoey sits nearby, seemingly unimpressed with their musical antics. In one video, Nico and Jackson are heard wailing along to the radio as Zoey sits in the middle, appearing to ignore them. Another…
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ALICE SPRINGS, Australia — Central Australian Christian groups say they support the Covid-19 vaccination rollout after some religious leaders allegedly discouraged Indigenous communities from receiving the jab. Aboriginal health group, the Central Australian Aboriginal Congress says it has received reports some Indigenous people in the Alice Springs area have been told vaccination “shows a lack of faith in God”. A clinic run by the congress has also received phone calls accusing staff of killing Indigenous people after successfully rolling out the vaccine to a remote community, an official says. “It’s potentially motivated by religious background,” chief executive Donna Ah Chee said.…
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Thousands of Kiwis stranded in the southeastern Australian state of New South Wales due to the latest Covid-19 outbreak will not be able to come home as planned. On July 9, just hours before the mercy flights were due to begin, the New Zealand government canned them, citing a heightened risk of transmission across the Tasman Sea. New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian announced 44 new cases on July 9, and a doubling of close contacts to 14,000. Kiwi Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins said non-compliance with lockdown rules, as noted by Berejiklian. “We’ve been following the…
CANBERRA, Australia — Landmark cases alleging Apple and Google have misused their market power, costing millions of Australians, will be heard on Australian soil. The Full Court of the Federal Court on July 9 overturned orders that halted a game developer’s market-power misuse case being heard in Australia. Apple, pointing to its contract with Epic Games dictating disputes must first be filed in California, was granted the temporary stay requiring the game developer to file the case in the United States. Epic, which makes the popular battle royale game Fortnite, had argued the decision could have a “chilling effect” on competition…
SYDNEY — Australian Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg will front an international meeting on a global corporate tax overhaul after carving out favorable conditions for Australian miners and banks. Reserve Bank Governor Phillip Lowe will join the treasurer to represent Australia virtually on the night of July 9 at the Group of 20 (G20) session in Venice, which aims to lock in a bigger corporate tax haul for governments. The meeting will be the first hybrid virtual and face-to-face gathering of G20 finance ministers and central bank governors since the onset of the pandemic. It will also be secretary-general Mathias Cormann’s first…
DARWIN, Australia — The Australian state of Northern Territory is set to relax Covid-19 health restrictions after an outbreak linked to a central Australian mine was brought under control. From 1 pm on June 9 people in Greater Darwin and Alice Springs will not be required to wear face masks in public and social distance. Chief Minister Michael Gunner thanked Territorians, saying the restrictions had worked and the virus was trapped. Michael Patrick Francis Gunner is an Australian politician and the current Chief Minister of the Northern Territory. “You masked when you had to, you kept your distance, you checked in…
ADELAIDE, Australia — A jump in road deaths in South Australia, with the toll running at a nearly 10-year high, has prompted calls for motorists to take more care on the state’s roads. In the first six months of 2021, 53 people have died, seven more than at the same time last year. It’s the second-worst start to the year in the past decade and equal to the 53 people killed in the first half of 2013. If the situation continues South Australia would record more than 100 deaths over the full year. Royal Automobile Association Senior Safety Manager Charles Mountain said…
CANBERRA, Australia — Julie-Ann Finney has fought long and hard for a royal commission into veteran suicides and now that it’s real, she’s a little frightened. Finney expects the inquiry to show exactly what went wrong before her son, David, took his own life in 2019. “I’m frightened of seeing what my son went through, I’m frightened of seeing what help he didn’t get when he was so obviously outspoken about mental health issues and posttraumatic stress disorder,” she said to the reporters. “I’m frightened of finding out why he died when he didn’t have to.” Prime Minister Scott Morrison on…
NEWCASTLE, Australia — One of the distraught victims of a popular New South Wales lead singer who preyed on young Australian women he met at gigs has told how he stole her innocence. The woman told the Newcastle District Court on July 9 Daniel Hanson, former lead singer in popular Newcastle bands We Built Atlantis and Falling for Beloved, had sexually abused her from the age of 14. She said Hanson had “manipulated, exploited and coerced her into an abusive relationship” which was kept behind closed doors. The woman, who cannot be named, said Hanson had destroyed her life after grooming…
Adults with ADHD are at an increased risk of a wide range of physical conditions, including nervous system, respiratory, musculoskeletal, and metabolic diseases, according to a large register-based study from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden. The findings of the study were published in the journal The Lancet Psychiatry. “Identifying co-occurring physical diseases may have important implications for treating adults with ADHD and for benefiting the long-term health and quality of life of patients,” said lead author Ebba Du Rietz, and postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet. ADHD is a common neuropsychiatric disorder characterized by inattention,…