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Melbourne United’s 113-93 victory over Adelaide 36ers was overshadowed by unsavoury scenes on Sunday evening after multiple brawls unfolded during the match.Adelaide United star Kendric Davis is also alleged to have been racially abused by a member of the crowd, according to reports.The first brawl erupted when former NBA star Montrezl Harrell clashed with United centre Rob Loe while on the court. The Adelaide tall found himself in a tangle with Loe a minute into the fourth quarter before the latter was seen falling to the floor.Players from both sides rushed into the melee of bodies, with Harrell, a former…
After humans first migrated out of Africa about 60,000 years ago, we started having sex with Neanderthals – a now extinct archaic but closely-related species. Now, scientists claim to have the most accurate estimate yet of when this breeding period took place – and it’s more recently than we thought. Two comprehensive studies, including analysis of skulls of ancient modern humans (Homo sapiens) in Europe and Asia, were performed to pinpoint the time period. Results show the two species started to breed with each other about 50,500 years ago and continued to do so for about 7,000 years, until Neanderthals began to die out. For comparison, previous…
Ezra Mam has accepted a nine-match ban and will be fined $120,000 by both the NRL and the Brisbane Broncos.The 21-year-old copped a $90,000 from the Broncos which came on top of the NRL’s sanction of $30,000.He had been handed a breach notice on Monday after the halfback had pleaded guilty to two charges of dangerous driving for an incident that took place in Bardon, Brisbane, on October 18. Mam pleaded guilty to one count of driving while a relevant drug is present in blood and a second offence of driving without a license. The halfback accepted both punishments and…
Arabella Del Busso has been flaunting her wealth on Instagram in recent weeks, after she was jailed for stealing $52,000 from her last employer as a receptionist.The disgraced footy WAG, 32, served only five months at Dillwynia Women’s Correctional Centre in Sydney’s west and walked free on July 12. Now, the reality TV contestant and ex-girlfriend of NRL star Josh Reynolds has been posing it up in designer heels at her ritzy skyscraper apartment. Arabella shared images to her socials recently which saw her sitting naked on a white throne as she flaunted a pair of Christian Louboutin heels worth $1,395. She kept her modesty…
Pension freedom reforms mean retirees can invest their savings how they like rather than buy a stingy and restrictive annuity.The problem is that while many people dislike the idea of an annuity, the alternative means keeping your pension invested in retirement and managing it yourself – a process that can be confusing and full of pitfalls.Arguably, that has become an even more daunting prospect in an uncertain world, with stock markets volatile following Brexit, the pandemic, the Ukraine war and a nasty bout of inflation. So, we present a 12-step plan to help you invest your pension wisely. Pension freedom: Retirees…
By MILO POPE Published: 20:46 EST, 28 December 2024 | Updated: 23:46 EST, 28 December 2024 Advertisement All but two people on board are presumed dead have after a plane carrying 181 people crashed off the runway and smashed into a wall at a South Korean airport.Haunting images taken from the scene shows a huge plume of smoke as firefighters try to tackle the blaze. The Jeju Air flight was returning from Bangkok when the horror unfolded at Muan International Airport in South Korea, the Yonhap news agency reported on Sunday.South Korea’s National Fire Authority says that all but two of…
Dominique Pelicot cried as he was sentenced to the maximum of 20 years in prison for raping and organising the mass rape of his wife – with all of his 50 co-defendants also receiving guilty verdicts for their part in France’s most notorious sex crimes trial. Dubbed the Monster of Avignon, Pelicot had already pleaded guilty to all the charges against him, including the aggravated rape of his then-wife Gisele and the attempted rape of the wife of one of his co-defendants.Judges have also found him guilty of recording and illegally broadcasting images of his wife and of recording images of three…
By Ted Thornhill, Mailonline Travel Editor Published: 06:15 EDT, 25 October 2024 | Updated: 06:15 EDT, 25 October 2024 Britain’s best railway station has been named as Maghull, after it emerged victorious in the national grand final of the World Cup of Stations 2024.The station, on the Merseyrail network, beat out finalists King’s Lynn and Dorridge to claim the top spot in the competition, organised by the Rail Delivery Group.It said Maghull’s success was driven by its vibrant green space, maintained by dedicated volunteers, and its thriving Coffee Carriage café.Founded by two local entrepreneurs, the café has become a community…
By JOHN-PAUL FORD ROJAS Updated: 22:01, 19 March 2025 Federal Reserve chief Jerome Powell last night warned of ‘turmoil’ created by Donald Trump as he forecast lower growth and higher inflation.America’s central bank now expects the economy to expand by 1.7 per cent this year, down from a previous forecast of 2.1 per cent. And it sees inflation for 2025 at 2.7 per cent, revised up from 2.5 per cent.It comes after Trump imposed swingeing trade tariffs on its major trading partners China, Mexico and Canada – slapping a tax on goods coming into the US from those countries.Of the rise…
By GERMANIA RODRIGUEZ POLEO, CHIEF U.S. REPORTER Published: 15:56, 6 March 2025 | Updated: 16:07, 6 March 2025 David Hasselhoff’s ex-wife Pamela Bach-Hasselhoff has died by suicide. TMZ reported that 62-year-old Bach-Hasselhoff, who worked as an actress, was found dead at her $2million Hollywood Hills home of a self-inflicted gunshot wound Wednesday night. The publication reported that there was no suicide note left at her home, which is a stone’s throw from Universal Studios.Bach-Hasselhoff was married to the Baywatch star between 1989 and 2006.The pair had a contentious divorce, with arguments about spousal support continuing into 2017. Bach-Hasselhoff’s debut movie role was Francis Ford…