Mystery US amnesia woman not an Australian
SHE called herself Sam, spoke with an odd accent and thought she could be from Australia, but a global social media search solved the US woman’s mystery.
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BBC rejects UK MPs’ push to call IS Daesh
BBC Director General Tony Hall says the broadcaster will not stop using the term IS after more than 120 MPs urged it to start using the word Daesh instead.
NZ reporters return after Gaza boarding
TWO New Zealand journalists, who were on a boat captured by Israeli authorities on its way to the Gaza Strip, have returned home.
Legal scholars urge NZ action on Nauru
A GROUP of legal scholars is asking the New Zealand government to take action as democratic functions continue to erode in Nauru.
Dolphin leaps onto US boat, injures woman
A DOLPHIN has crashed into a US woman on a boat, leaving her with two broken ankles.
Polygamous US trio seek wedding licence
A US man says his bid to apply for a marriage licence to legitimise his polygamous relationship is “about marriage equality”.
Heat ‘messing with sex of Aust lizards’
A STUDY of Australian Bearded Dragons has shown that hotter temperatures are making genetically male lizards hatch as females.
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Man bitten by shark in North Carolina
A MAN has been bitten by a shark in North Carolina, in the seventh attack in the US state in three weeks.
UK family of 12 feared to be in Syria
A FAMILY of 12 from Luton in England, including two grandparents with health problems, are feared to have travelled to Syria.
No Greek deal before referendum: Schaeuble
GERMANY’S finance minister has lashed Greece’s leaders for their mixed signals and insists no deal will be possible before the referendum on the bailout.
IS attacks kill at least 15 Egypt soldiers
IS jihadists have launched a wave of attacks against military checkpoints in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, killing at least 15 soldiers.
First lady hosts Girl Scout campout
MICHELLE Obama has hosted 50 Girl Scouts at a sleep-over on the manicured grass of the White House South Lawn.
Humans ‘can see polarised light’
POLARISED light can be ‘seen’ by humans, as well as bees and insects – although it is a skill which has been lost.
Endangered Mexican grey wolves born
TWO Mexican grey wolves born at a Chicago zoo will help conserve the endangered species.
UK bracing for heatwave
BRITAIN is preparing for temperatures to hit 34C with doctors urging employers to allow staff to travel outside rush hour in the hottest part of the day.
2.4 billion people lack basic sanitation
THE United Nations says more than two billion people around the world lack basic sanitation facilities such as clean drinking water and toilets.
Bush releases 33 years of tax returns
JEB Bush is worth between $US19 and $US22 million, which puts him among the wealthiest in the crowded 2016 race for the White House.
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Wimbledon player condemns terror attack
TUNISIAN tennis star Malek Jaziri is horrified by the second deadly terror attack in his homeland this year and hopes it doesn’t ruin its tourism industry.
Honorary doctorate for Susan Boyle
THE Royal Conservatoire of Scotland has awarded singer Susan Boyle an honorary doctorate for her “distinction in the field of music”.
Women’s lung cancer rates rising
BRITAIN is dealing with a soaring number of women with lung cancer – a legacy from the 1970s, when women in the UK were most likely to smoke.
Sleep ‘not best escape from trauma’
MAYBE having a good sleep after a traumatic event is not the way to avoid on-going stress disorders, scientists now say.
Metal spikes for White House fence
METAL spikes are being added to the White House fence after two security scares saw the perimeter to the President’s home breached.
Coin to mark Charlotte’s christening
PRINCESS Charlotte will be baptised on Sunday by the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby at St Mary Magdalene’s church at Sandringham.
Aust exposure to Greek crisis ‘minuscule’
RBA boss Glenn Stevens says Australia’s exposure to the Greek debt crisis and a potential default by Athens is “minuscule”.
Lufthansa offers $A36,000 payout for crash
LUFTHANSA is offering $A36,000 in compensation for each victim of Germanwings flight 4U 9525, which crashed in the French Alps in March.
Mexico’s Televisa latest to dump Trump
MEXICO’S Televisa, the world’s largest Spanish-language network, has joined NBC in severing ties with Donald Trump over his comments on Mexican migrants.
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