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Bowel cancer symptoms: ‘Fit and healthy’ Aussie shares the early warning signs that led to agonising diagnosis – 7NEWS
- Bowel cancer symptoms: ‘Fit and healthy’ Aussie shares the early warning signs that led to agonising diagnosis 7NEWS
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Most decorated living Aussie soldier murdered unarmed Afghan civilians, judge finds – The Times of Israel
- Most decorated living Aussie soldier murdered unarmed Afghan civilians, judge finds The Times of Israel
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Jenson Brooksby, Katie Volynets keep up U.S. run at Aussie Open
MELBOURNE, Australia — American players continued their early run of surprises in the Australian Open on Thursday, when Jenson Brooksby eliminated men’s No. 2 seed Casper Ruud, and Katie Volynets stunned No. 9-seeded Veronika Kudermetova on the women’s side.
Brooksby, 22, of Sacramento, scored a 6-3, 7-5, 6-7 (4), 6-2 upset of Rudd in their second-round match at Rod Laver Arena, meaning a pair of 20-something Californians have knocked out the top two players in the men’s bracket.
Brooksby’s surprise came in the same round and on the same court that 27-year-old Mackenzie McDonald defeated No. 1 seed and defending champion Rafael Nadal of Spain on Wednesday. That makes this the first Grand Slam tournament since the 2002 Australian Open that the Nos. 1-2 seeds lost before the end of the second round.
Volynets, a 21-year-old qualifier from Walnut Creek, California, held on for a 6-4, 2-6, 6-2 upset of Kudermetova of Russia.
With the victories of Brooksby and Volynets, there are 13 American men and women into the third round, the most at the Australian Open since 2004, according to ESPN Stats & Information research.
Brooksby is ranked 39th and making his Australian Open debut. He was supposed to enter a year ago but came down with COVID-19 the day before he was scheduled to fly to Australia.
“Hopefully, this is the first of many, many good years here to come,” Brooksby said.
Ruud was the runner-up at the French Open to Nadal in June and at the U.S. Open to Carlos Alcaraz in September.
Brooksby’s unusual playing style, including his two-handed backhand volleys, and ability to track down opponent’s shots were trouble for Ruud, who took a medical timeout after the second set.
The biggest problem for Brooksby was closing this one out. He held a trio of match points while trying to serve out the victory at 5-3 in the third set but could not cash in on any of them.
After he got broken there by missing a backhand, Brooksby sat down in his changeover seat and yelled at himself: “How?! How?! God!”
Ruud, a 24-year-old Norwegian player, raced through the end of that set, but Brooksby righted himself in the fourth, jumping out to a 3-0 lead.
Brooksby finished things off 1 hour, 15 minutes after his first chance.
“I was getting a little more frustrated out there that I didn’t close it out, and my mentality was changing a little bit,” he said. “Those are the situations you have to handle sometimes in matches, and you’re going to face. I think the biggest question is: How do you respond? I just told myself to reset.”
Brooksby’s performance continued the run of strong play by men from the United States during Week 1, a significant development given that none has won a Grand Slam title since Andy Roddick at the 2003 U.S. Open.
By reaching the third round, Brooksby joins countrymen Ben Shelton, Tommy Paul and J.J. Wolf, who also won Thursday, along with McDonald, No. 16 Frances Tiafoe and No. 29 Sebastian Korda, who all triumphed Wednesday.
Shelton beat qualifier Nicolas Jarry of Chile 7-6 (3), 7-6 (3), 7-5; Paul came back to edge No. 30 Alejandro Davidovich Fokina of Spain 6-2, 2-6, 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-4; and Wolf breezed past No. 23 Diego Schwartzman of Argentina 6-1, 6-4, 6-4.
“A lot of Americans doing really well right now, and we’re all pushing each other,” said Brooksby, who now will face Paul. “Just looking forward to the next one.”
Volynets reached the third round of a Grand Slam event for the first time with her upset of Kudermetova.
“I literally have the chills because the fans here are just incredible,” Volynets said. “I’ve never played in a stadium this packed and with that many people keeping the energy up for me. It was awesome.”
Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus, meanwhile, improved her winning streak to six as she beat American player Shelby Rogers 6-3, 6-1 to reach the third round.
The No. 5-seeded Sabalenka, who began the year by winning the title in Adelaide, trailed 3-1 early in the match but won five straight games to take the opening set, and she then eased through the second.
“I expected a great level from her today; that’s why I stayed focused from the beginning to the end,” Sabalenka said.
Sabalenka will play either Elise Mertens of Belgium, the No. 26-seeded player, or American player Lauren Davis in the third round.
No. 19 Ekaterina Alexandrova of Russia defeated American player Taylor Townsend 1-6, 6-2, 6-3.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Asian stocks slide with U.S. yields on Pelosi jitters; Aussie drops
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TOKYO, Aug 2 (Reuters) – Asia stocks tumbled on Tuesday as jitters about an escalation in Sino-U.S. tension with U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi set to begin a trip to Taiwan, adding to fears about the risk of global recession.
U.S. long-term Treasury yields dropped to a four-month low, pulling the U.S. dollar down, amid a bid for safer assets after China threatened repercussions in the event of the visit by Pelosi to the self-ruled island, which China claims as its territory. Crude oil also sank.
Meanwhile, Australian stocks pared declines and the Aussie dollar weakened after the central bank raised the key rate by an as-expected 50 basis points, with markets interpreting changes to the accompanying policy statement as dovish. read more
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Japan’s Nikkei (.N225) slid 1.54%, while Taiwan’s stock index (.TWII) dropped 1.87%.
Chinese blue chips (.CSI300) tumbled 2.47% and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng (.HSI) lost 2.71%.
However, Australia’s equity benchmark (.AXJO) was just 0.23% lower, after an earlier decline of 0.7%
MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares (.MIAP00000PUS) retreated 1.33%.
U.S. e-mini stock futures pointed to a 0.44% lower restart for the S&P 500 (.SPX), which stumbled 0.28% overnight.
“We knew from the onset that (Pelosi’s trip) would be a driver of risk-off sentiment in the region,” said Carlos Casanova, the senior Asia economist at Union Bancaire Privee in Hong Kong.
“There’s going to be a lot of speculation and uncertainty about what the extent of China’s response will be in the short term.”
The week began with China, Europe and the United States reporting weakening factory activity, with that in the U.S. decelerating to its lowest level since August 2020. read more
That sank crude, with Brent futures edging down to $99.27 a barrel on Tuesday after losing almost $4 overnight. U.S. West Texas Intermediate futures also eased to $93.26, extending Monday’s almost $5 slide.
The benchmark 10-year U.S. Treasury yield fell as low as 2.53% in Tokyo trade, the lowest since April 5, amid wagers the slowdown could spur the U.S. Federal Reserve to ease off the policy-tightening pedal. The bonds also benefited from safety-seeking demand before Pelosi’s Taiwan visit.
That helped the U.S. dollar slide as low as 130.40 yen for the first time since June 6. The euro jumped as high as $1.0294, a level not seen since July 5.
The Taiwan dollar slipped to its lowest level in more than two years on the weaker side of 30 per U.S. dollar.
Meanwhile, the Aussie was 0.51% lower at $0.69910, extending a 0.14% retreat following the Reserve Bank of Australia’s policy decision.
It had hit the highest since June 17, at $0.7048, in the previous session but that was after bouncing off a 26-month trough at $0.66825 in the middle of last month.
“The Aussie has been underperforming other major currencies lately given global growth concerns so it really needed a hawkish surprise to reignite its recovery from 2-year lows,” said Sean Callow, a currency strategist at Westpac in Sydney.
“Instead, it got the RBA leaving the door wide open to slowing the pace of tightening at future meetings, sending AUD back below $0.70.”
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Aussie Reporter Who Missed Adele Album, Flubbed Interview Apologizes
The reporter who botched an interview with Adele for not listening to her new album just made a mea culpa over his own airwaves … and even described what we’ll never see.
Aussie journo Matt Doran, of Channel 7’s “Weekend Sunrise,” ended one of his segments this week with a full-blown apology to both Adele, her Australian fans and his viewers at large … over what he called a blown opportunity, all because he didn’t properly peruse his inbox.
“I am so sorry”@MattDoran22 apologises to @Adele and her Australian fans over his recent interview with the music superstar. pic.twitter.com/0DeJtUe3gW
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Doran reiterated what he’d already said this past week … namely, that the reason he hadn’t heard “30” prior to the sit-down is because he didn’t check out a link Sony had emailed him in the 11th hour, which ended up being a preview of the album in full.
While they were chatting in early November — well before it dropped — Doran says he admitted to Adele he hadn’t heard the full thing yet … but clarified what happened after.
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Unlike some reports that claim she abruptly left the interview upon hearing this — apparently insulted by his lack of knowledge — Doran insists the opposite happened … according to him, they finished the interview, which he says ran over time, and that Adele was delightful.
He also recapped what exactly they’d discussed — seeing how the interview will never see the light of the day, reportedly thanks to her label, which put the kibosh on it.
Sounds like they got into some heavy stuff, so it’s a shame we’ll never see it. Anyway … here’s hoping Adele can forgive him — like he asks for here — ’cause it seems MD has gotten well into the weeds of the album and then some since his blunder.
Dude’s got her lyrics down to the track number, bridge and chorus!
NASA called to investigate ‘meteorite’ discovered in Aussie school playground — RT World News
Social media was ablaze with wild speculation about a fallen meteorite which had allegedly landed in the playground of a school in Far North Queensland, with NASA reportedly called in to investigate. But all was not as it seemed.
A slew of anecdotes and theories emerged online, as people rushed to find out more information. It didn’t take long, however, for the amateur astronomers to be somewhat underwhelmed to discover the true, far more mundane origins of the ‘space rock’.
“We have had all sorts of inquiries from all around the world,” said Malanda State School principal Mark Allen, before breaking the real news that the viral meteorite strike in its playground was actually a school project.
Allen described the exercise as a “bit of fun” in which students at the school were asked to “report” on a meteorite landing as part of an assignment which tasked them with interviewing witnesses and emergency services at the scene, with someone reportedly deciding to take the initiative and bring the case all the way to NASA.
“The local police loved to get involved for the school and the kids to make it more realistic,” local resident Daniel Moss explained. “This is a small town, they didn’t expect it [the school project] to go viral.”
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