Sunday with Samantha Bond: ‘Don’t talk to me before The Archers’ | Samantha Bond

Sunday with Samantha Bond: ‘Don’t talk to me before The Archers’ | Samantha Bond

Samey Sundays? I have two different Sundays. There’s slobbing-out-Sundays-with-husband. Or I might have invited eight people to lunch. Sunday start? My children, now in their 30s, have known since they were five that you don’t talk to Mum till after The Archers Omnibus. Then what? We swing over the river to our favourite restaurant, Adesso … Read more

Australia to announce Gaza aid as pro-Palestine and pro-Israel supporters rally | Australia news

Australia to announce Gaza aid as pro-Palestine and pro-Israel supporters rally | Australia news

Pro-Palestinian protesters have taken to the streets after more than 100 Palestinians were killed while trying to secure food as Australia flags more humanitarian aid. About 120 Palestinians were killed as they tried to access humanitarian resources from an aid convoy, the local Hamas health authority said, attributing the deaths to Israeli gunfire. Israel blamed … Read more

Busy ER doctors say these 8 sleep tips help them ‘wake up refreshed’ every day

Busy ER doctors say these 8 sleep tips help them ‘wake up refreshed’ every day

As emergency medicine doctors, we clock in and out at all hours, making it tough to get enough rest. Physicians also come from a culture where boasting about getting by on little or no sleep is common or even boasted about. But we want to push back on that idea. Sleep is fundamentally important to … Read more

Daughter of arrested suspect reacts to pregnant Amish woman murder case

Warning: Details in this story may be disturbing to some readers. Spartansburg, Pa. (WJET/WFXP) — Five days after a pregnant Amish woman was murdered in her Pennsylvania home, her alleged killer is behind bars. State police took 52-year-old Shawn C. Cranston, from Corry, Pa., into custody Friday night in connection to the death of 23-year-old Rebekah … Read more

China is one of world’s most expensive places to raise children, report finds

China is one of world’s most expensive places to raise children, report finds

China is one of the most expensive places in the world to raise a child in relative terms, a new report says, with the disproportionate impact on women driving the country’s precipitously low fertility rate as it grapples with a demographic crisis. The study, released by the China-based YuWa Population Research Institute, found the average … Read more

Train derails in Pennsylvania; no injuries or hazardous materials reported

Train derails in Pennsylvania; no injuries or hazardous materials reported

BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Authorities say three trains were involved in a collision and derailment in eastern Pennsylvania on Saturday morning that caused no reported injuries or evacuations but left some railroad cars scattered along a riverbank and at least one partially in the river. Officials in Northampton County said the derailment was reported at about … Read more

Donald Trump Wins Republican Polls In 3 US States, Edges Toward Nomination

Donald Trump Wins Republican Polls In 3 US States, Edges Toward Nomination

Trump has gained huge momentum in the race to capture the Republican nomination. Washington: Donald Trump on Saturday inched ahead in his quest to become the Republican Party’s presidential nominee, winning internal party elections in the states of Missouri, Michigan and Idaho, US media reported. The former president has now won every state nominating contest … Read more

Dan Tehan condemns ‘big Australia’ policy but won’t reveal Coalition’s immigration plan | Australian politics

Dan Tehan condemns ‘big Australia’ policy but won’t reveal Coalition’s immigration plan | Australian politics

The shadow immigration minister, Dan Tehan, has criticised a “big Australia” policy but refused to say what level of migration the Coalition would pursue in government, saying only that it wants “a better Australia”. In an interview with the ABC’s Insiders program on Sunday, Tehan was repeatedly challenged to spell out the Coalition’s view on … Read more