Stonehaven school bus crash: one student dead and more children seriously injured after bus rolls over in regional Victoria

Nineteen students taken to hospital after ‘serious collision’ on Hamilton Highway involving members of Christian College Geelong

One student has died and 19 others have been taken to hospital, some with serious injuries, after a school bus rolled in regional Victoria.

The bus, carrying 28 students ranging from primary to secondary school age, was turning left onto the Hamilton Highway north-west of Geelong when the incident occurred, Victoria police said in a statement.

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‘Every week I look forward to it’: Belfast woman, 97, completes 250 parkruns

Grace Chambers, whose daughter dared her to join nine years ago, hopes to be first centenarian at her local event

When Grace Chambers ran her first parkrun, it was the result of a dare. Now, nine years later, and at 97 years old, she has reached the sought-after milestone of 250 runs.

Chambers first took part after her daughter Michele registered her for the free, weekly timed events that take place in parks and public spaces in several countries around the globe.

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How to Arm Ukraine for Negotiations: For a Durable Peace, Trump Must Get the Order of Talks Right – Foreign Affairs

  1. How to Arm Ukraine for Negotiations: For a Durable Peace, Trump Must Get the Order of Talks Right  Foreign Affairs
  2. The Russia-Ukraine war: Where it stands and where it might be going  CBC
  3. Ukraine Between Aggression and Diplomacy: A High-Stakes Test for the West  IndiaTomorrow
  4. What's next for Ukraine?  Nikkei Asia
  5. Faltering Talks to End the War in Ukraine Need a Reboot  World Politics Review
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Brittany Higgins ordered to pay almost $350,000 in defamation damages to Linda Reynolds

Former defence minister’s reputation was damaged by social media posts by her former staffer, judge rules

Linda Reynolds has won her defamation case against Brittany Higgins in the Western Australian supreme court, marking the end of a protracted legal battle with her former staffer.

The state supreme court judge Paul Tottle ruled on Wednesday that the former defence minister’s reputation was damaged by social media posts published by Higgins in July 2023.

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Protests erupt in Indonesia over privileges for parliament members and ‘corrupt elites’ – The Guardian

  1. Protests erupt in Indonesia over privileges for parliament members and ‘corrupt elites’  The Guardian
  2. Indonesian police clash with protesters against parliamentarians' salaries  Reuters
  3. Riot police clash with students protesting lawmakers’ allowances in Indonesia  AP News
  4. Protesters in Indonesia slam new US$3,000 monthly housing perk for MPs, who defend it as ‘carefully calculated’  CNA
  5. Indonesian police clash with students protesting lawmakers’ salaries  Al Jazeera
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European heavyweights come out in force to urge Moldovans to snub Putin – politico.eu

  1. European heavyweights come out in force to urge Moldovans to snub Putin  politico.eu
  2. Why tiny Moldova is so important to Russia and Europe  dw.com
  3. Macron, Merz and Tusk travel to Moldova to support Maia Sandu  Le Monde.fr
  4. French, German and Polish leaders head to Moldova to denounce Russian 'interference' ahead of vote  France 24
  5. Merz and Macron to Offer Moldova Support to Deter Moscow Threat  Bloomberg
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Bruce Willis’ dementia diagnosis: ‘language is going’, says actor’s wife

Emma Heming Willis recalls the actor’s ‘alarming and scary’ early symptoms and says his family has ‘learned to adapt’ as his brain ‘is failing’ amid ‘really great health overall’

Bruce Willis’s brain is “failing him” and his “language is going”, his wife, Emma Heming Willis, has revealed, more than two years since the actor was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia.

“Bruce is still very mobile. Bruce is in really great health overall, you know,” Heming Willis told Diane Sawyer in an ABC special on Tuesday. “It’s just his brain that is failing him. The language is going. We’ve learned to adapt and we have a way of communicating with him, which is just a different way.”

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Report: Hostage Deal Not Discussed at Netanyahu Security Cabinet Meeting – Haaretz

  1. Report: Hostage Deal Not Discussed at Netanyahu Security Cabinet Meeting  Haaretz
  2. Israeli Security Cabinet Meets Amid Growing Protests Over Gaza War  The New York Times
  3. Following Trump’s lead, Netanyahu shifts strategy on ceasefire even after Hamas accepts  CNN
  4. Israel must take hostage deal, its military chief reportedly says  BBC
  5. Report: 'Very senior Egyptian figures' fume at Israelis for failing to respond to latest ceasefire proposal  The Times of Israel
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