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Britpop legends Pulp have continued their triumphant return to Australia with a free concert for more than 10,000 people.Following the band’s Brisbane show, the concert in Adelaide’s Elder Park on Friday night marked the start of the city’s annual arts festival.The last time Pulp played in Adelaide was October 1998 – at the 2000-capacity Thebarton Theatre.”I’m looking out into the audience and you all look very young, so obviously none of you were there … was anybody there?” frontman Jarvis Cocker asked the crowd before launching into 1994’s Do You Remember the First Time?Memories might be hazy but Cocker showed…

Ukraine marked the fourth anniversary of Russia’s invasion with territorial gains in the south and improved air defences that kept the lights on in Kyiv, despite two barrages of drones and missiles during the past week.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Saturday told the AFP that Ukrainian forces had regained 300 square kilometres (115 square miles) of territory in southern Ukraine, without specifying the time period.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listHis commander in chief, Oleksandr Syrskii, two days later, said those southern gains were 400sq km (155 square miles), and had come since the end of January.[Al Jazeera]“You can’t…

The Trump administration on Friday formally designated Iran as a state sponsor of wrongful detention, escalating pressure on Tehran at a moment of mounting military tensions and sputtering diplomacy. The designation, announced by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, activates authorities created under an executive order signed in September that expanded the government’s ability to penalize countries accused of detaining Americans for political bargaining power. This is the first time a country has been formally labeled under that framework.”For decades, Iran has continued to cruelly detain innocent Americans, as well as citizens of other nations, to use as political leverage against other…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Team USA hero Jack Hughes received another standing ovation on Thursday, but this time it was from the away crowd.When the starting lineups were being announced prior to the Pittsburgh Penguins’ 4-1 win over the New Jersey Devils at PPG Paints Arena, Hughes received another standing ovation from the Pittsburgh faithful.It was the second such acknowledgment for Hughes in two days, as the Devils’ home crowd gave their superstar a lot of love after his performance in the Olympics. New Jersey Devils center Jack Hughes (86) waves to the crowd as Olympic…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! An illegal immigrant training to be a corrections officer in Pennsylvania was arrested on suspicion of rape and other sexual offenses, federal authorities said Friday. Ibrahim George Kallon, a citizen of Sierra Leone, obtained a visa that eventually expired in 2024, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) said. At the time of his Feb. 11 arrest by the Glenolden Police Department, Kallon was training to become a Delaware County Prison corrections officer, ICE said.  Ibrahim George Kallon, an illegal alien from Sierra Leone whose visitor visa expired in 2024, was arrested while training to…

A new study spurring international headlines appears to suggest that pre- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), also known as “forever chemicals,” may be speeding up aging for men in their 50s and early 60s. However, experts caution that proving cause and effect isn’t that simple.Karl Jobst, associate professor at Memorial University, also noted that “the authors explicitly acknowledge their study design limits causal inference,” saying “it’s not possible to definitively link cause and effect.”“Nevertheless, the observation of an association underscore the need to better understand the health effects associated with PFAS exposure,” he said in an emailed statement to Global News.Published…

Romantics may hear the word love and think ‘at first sight’ or ‘is blind’ or ‘conquers all’.But research economists will likely be inclined towards the less poetic “assortive mating”.The phrase describes the long-observed tendency to partner with others from similar educational and socio-economic backgrounds, often after meeting via school, university, work or overlapping social circles.For decades, that sorting has quietly shaped the make-up of Australian households.Analysis from the e61 Institute shows 38 per cent of working-age couples now both hold a university degree.Graduates are about 85 per cent more likely to partner with another graduate.But just as the trend seemed…

new video loaded: Green Party Defeats Labour in U.K. Special ElectiontranscriptBacktranscriptGreen Party Defeats Labour in U.K. Special ElectionHannah Spencer, a plumber by trade, won a British parliamentary seat in a district that had been represented by the Labour Party for generations. Her victory signaled frustration from left-leaning voters with Prime Minister Keir Starmer.“I didn’t grow up wanting to be a politician. I’m a plumber, and two weeks ago, during all this, I also qualified as a plasterer because even in chaos, even under pressure, I get things done. I am no different to every single person here in this constituency.…

Protesters gather at 45th and Lamar in Austin, Texas, on January 8, 2026, to rally against ICE following the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good. (Stephanie Tacy/NurPhoto via Getty Images) NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! ‘BIASED LESSON’: Minnesota middle school teaches eighth graders ICE ‘harassed’ migrants in geography class curriculumFAITH FURY: Pro-abortion Notre Dame professor withdraws from institute role after fierce criticism from bishops, cardinalsSPEECH PENALIZED: Canadian school trustee hit with $750K penalty after tribunal rules against his trans-policy postsSIGN UP TO GET THE CAMPUS RADICALS NEWSLETTER Iowa City residents gather Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, at the…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Kristen Stewart’s latest comments on the actions of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Los Angeles drew intense scrutiny online, as critics questioned the actress’ scattered thoughts about feeling like the city is being dismantled.”I can’t stand the idea that – the dismantling of the culture that did have a hand in, like, making me who I am, which is so meaningless in the face of people’s lives being, like, completely unearthed, uprooted, destroyed,” Stewart said while being interviewed by Architectural Digest.”This is, like, not who we are,” she added. “So, like,…