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Talk about a DASH-hund! More than 100 sausage dogs take part in annual race
More than 100 sausage dogs took part in the fourth Munich Dachshund Race in Germany over the weekend, battling out to see who was fastest.
Pregnancy discrimination remains widespread in Australian workplaces
Many Australian women are still being penalised at work for pregnancy.
Critica tables monster $2.7B valuation for WA rare earths play
Critica Limited’s WA rare earths scoping study has delivered a huge $2.7 billion pre-tax valuation, 56% IRR and $556 million in upfront capital earmarked for a 14-year operation.
Eleven people still missing after boat capsized off coast of Mexico now feared to have been eaten by sharks
The US Coast Guard has suspended its search for 11 people missing after a boat capsized off Baja California, with survivors reportedly suffering severe injuries consistent with shark bites
I'll fight for assisted dying from beyond the grave, Esther Rantzen said in final note
The family of the philanthropist and broadcaster shared her emotional message in an announcement of her being laid to rest in an 'incredibly beautiful' funeral.
Humans have to befriend bots 'or we're toast' and I 'fear for' my children, says genius Brit AI inventor
Professor Geoffrey Hinton, a British-Canadian computer scientist known for his work on artificial neural networks, issued the stark warning at a festival in Tenerife.
Residents fight for anti-camping zone at 6th Street Bridge park
Residents on both sides of the L.A. River have raised concerns for months about the possibility of homeless encampments forming once the 6th Street Bridge park opens.
QUENTIN LETTS: The veterans, some superbly whiskered, stiffened their spines as Kipling was quoted
Mr Francois, a man of emphatic patriotism, cited Rudyard Kipling's Tommy poem - the one in which Kipling notes the propensity of our elite to exploit stoical infantrymen.
Labour ministers are accused of betrayal over the Northern Ireland Troubles Bill
Critics said the Bill - replacing the Tories' Legacy Act, which gave soldiers immunity against vexatious prosecutions - cannot be properly scrutinised after it returned to Parliament on Monday.
Labour will hike taxes at the Budget, two thirds of Brits predict in new poll ahead of 'critical test' for Chancellor
Some 58 per cent of people think the country is heading in the 'wrong direction', compared to just 18 per cent who believe things are looking up, the research by Ipsos found.
