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Former Fremantle spearhead Matt Taberner has locked in his latest football role following his AFL retirement. See what it is here!

The logo of Japanese company SoftBank Group is seen outside the company’s headquarters in Tokyo on January 22, 2025. Kazuhiro Nogi | Afp | Getty ImagesSoftBank Group said Wednesday that it will acquire Ampere Computing, a startup that designed an Arm-based server chip, for $6.5 billion.The Japanese giant expects the deal to close in the second half of 2025, according to a statement.Carlyle Group and Oracle both have committed to selling their respective stakes in Ampere, which will operate as an independent subsidiary and will keep its headquarters in Santa Clara, California, according to SoftBank.”Ampere’s expertise in semiconductors and high-performance computing…

In Germany, a country with one of the world’s most extensive public transportation systems, traveling has gotten a whole lot simpler.That’s thanks to the Deutschland-Ticket, or Germany-Ticket, a new type of (almost) all-inclusive travel pass. Priced at just 58 euros, or about $63, for a month of travel, it lets you crisscross the country using Germany’s vast network of regional trains. You don’t even need to organize tickets for your journeys; you can just show up at the train station and board. (The faster, longer-distance trains, like the Intercity or InterCity Express, are not included in the pass).Once you’ve arrived…

A convicted criminal whose prison sentence was commuted by former President Joe Biden is back behind bars.Willie Frank Peterson, 52, was convicted of conspiracy to distribute cocaine in 2023, and was sentenced to six years and three months in jail. His sentence began on Sept. 13, 2023, according to court records obtained by Fox News Digital.Per a Jan. 17 executive grant of clemency, Biden commuted Peterson’s sentence to 20 months, allowing him to leave custody shortly after.But on Monday, Peterson was booked for multiple drug-related offensives in Dothan, Alabama. The Dothan Police Department charged Peterson with two counts of unlawful…

Danica Patrick reached great heights during her standout NASCAR and IndyCar career. Now, the retired driver is taking her talents to a new sport.The 42-year-old recently revealed she started taking tennis lessons. Patrick suggested her pivot to the new sport centered around the potential long-term health benefits.In 2018, Forbes cited a study from Denmark that determined that people who regularly play racket sports could extend their lives. Former IndyCar Series driver Danica Patrick during the 105th Indianapolis 500 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.  (Mark J. Rebilas/USA Today Sports)”All racket sports — along with active sports like basketball and soccer — are…

CHANGING PERSPECTIVES While people born in the 1970s and 80s experienced the housing boom, those born in the 1990s and 2000s had a much more mediocre experience, said Associate Professor Laura Wu from Nanyang Technological University’s School of Social Sciences. This has prompted “different investment decisions” from those of the previous generation, she said. Having witnessed the generations before them suffer steep losses in the current downturn, some young adults whom CNA spoke to are no longer as bent on owning a home compared with their parents. “Renting a place to live is actually a very good option now. I…

The US fell to its lowest-ever ranking in the 2025 edition of the World Happiness Report amid rising social isolation and political polarisation, while Finland and other Nordic countries remained at the top of the index. Published on Thursday by the Wellbeing Research Centre at the University of Oxford in partnership with Gallup and the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network, the report evaluates various factors, including health, wealth, freedom, generosity, and freedom from corruption, to measure overall happiness across societies based on self-reported assessments from 147 countries. Finland continued in the top spot this year, followed by Denmark, Iceland,…

Sen. John Fetterman, D-Penn., was gifted a silver-plated beeper during a visit with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after the lawmaker praised Israel’s covert operation in which it detonated pagers last year worn by Hezbollah terrorists in Lebanon. Fetterman repeatedly has voiced support for Israel while breaking with the Democratic Party, which has been critical of Israel’s military operations in Gaza, and has demanded that Hamas return all the hostages the terror group took on Oct. 7, 2023. He was visiting Netanyahu’s office in Jerusalem this week when he reiterated his support for the Jewish state. ISRAEL SHOOTS DOWN HOUTHI BALLISTIC MISSILE AFTER…

North Melbourne have to learn how to win again, says coach Alastair Clarkson.But he’s confident the young Kangaroos are well and truly on the path to doing so.The Kangaroos were left to rue a slow start against the Western Bulldogs, who kicked five of the first six goals in Saturday night’s round one clash, and withstood multiple North surges to win by 16 points.But Clarkson was heartened by how North, who recorded just six wins between 2023 and 2024, stayed in the contest, and confident the tide would turn.”We know we’re getting closer, but we just got to listen to…

Elon Musk has made the maximum allowable donation to Republican members of Congress who support impeaching federal judges who are impeding actions taken by President Trump, according to five people with knowledge of the matter.Mr. Musk has given what had been until recently the legal maximum hard-dollar donation — $6,600 — to the campaigns of seven Republicans who have either endorsed judicial impeachments or called for some form of “action” in response to recent rulings against the Trump administration, including a weekend decision by Judge James E. Boasberg of Federal District Court in Washington.On Saturday, Judge Boasberg ordered the administration…