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Read full article at sourceThe AFL wants State of Origin to become a permanent fixture on the football calendar after the success of Saturday night’s game.
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Israel's cabinet on Sunday approved a process to register land in the West Bank, a move far-right Finance Minister ​Bezalel Smotrich hailed as "continuing the revolution of settlement". The Palestinian Authority condemned what it called "a ​de-facto annexation of occupied Palestinian territory" and several Arab countries criticised the measure as illegal under international law.
In China, death is traditionally seen as a taboo and often tied to bad luck. But in Heze, a city in eastern China’s Shandong province, this cultural barrier has given rise to a booming industry. According to Personage magazine, Lisa Liu, 29, from Heze was once a teacher. Exhausted and hoarse from the pressure of work, Liu switched careers in July 2023. After a chance interview, she went into coffin sales, focusing on the European market, particularly Italy. Her boss took her on a tour of the...
Thousands of Chinese retail investors spent the last day of the Year of the Snake on Monday filing complaints against UBS SDIC Fund Management for an overnight valuation change that caused steep losses for holders of its silver fund, even after the firm offered remedies. More than 200,000 people lodged complaints against the operator of the country’s only silver fund after the controversial change on February 2, according to Xiaofei Bao, an online Chinese consumer protection platform. The switch...
There’s much to be said for living near a bustling neighbourhood rather than in it.
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