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An aviation security expert says he is dumbfounded at revelations an unattended suitcase was left at a check-in area at Perth Airport for more than four hours on Wednesday.The West Australian was alerted to the suitcase at the Qantas domestic check-in area about 10am that had been tagged with a label noting it had been reported as “unattended” at 5.48am.Passengers checking in noticed the bag and heard Qantas staff contacting others via phone about it being unattended since 5.48am, and reminding them something should be done about it.Perth Airport confirmed it was aware of the bag, saying it was left…

A Florida death row inmate convicted of raping and killing an eight-year-old girl and murdering her grandmother is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to halt his execution.Edward James, 63, was convicted in the 1993 rape and murder of Toni Neuner, 8, and the murder of Betty Dick, 58, in Seminole County. He pleaded guilty to the murders and charges of child abuse and kidnapping, and pleaded no contest to other charges he said he could not remember.James’ execution by lethal injection is scheduled for Thursday at 6 p.m. at the Florida State Prison in the city of Starke. Republican Gov.…

Fittingly, the last men’s college basketball we saw before the NCAA Tournament bracket graced the screen Sunday was the end of Michigan’s win over Wisconsin in the Big Ten tournament final — the needless, grinding, painful end.Out of bounds call, review. Out of bounds call, review. Out of bounds call, review. One of them was such an obvious call that it didn’t need to be reviewed, but that’s what college hoops officials do now, they review everything. By the way, that’s their guidance, not their preference. The result is damage to a product that doesn’t need it. It took 15…

Debate at the  Nova Scotia legislature Tuesday afternoon took a turn when interim Liberal Leader Derek Mombourquette brought up a cabinet minister’s recent trip south of the border. ‘The minister spent time at the Donald Trump inauguration and he spent $3,000 of taxpayers’ dollars to do it,” he said.Scott Armstrong, Minister of Opportunities and Social Development, defended his January trip — saying he was advocating for Nova Scotian jobs amid tariff threats from the United States at the time.“I was proud to do that,” responded Armstrong.“I was working on behalf of Nova Scotia and I’m convinced that we need to…

“WE ARE GOING TO STARVE” There are 379 households – more than 1,800 people – living in the Waingmaw Lisu Baptist Association camp, which has been supported by WFP since July, according to Le Tarr, a community organiser among its residents. “After we heard the WFP announcement, all the people in the camp are depressed and are having trouble sleeping,” he said. “Without food and supplies, we are going to starve. After we heard this announcement, we felt hopeless.” Trump has presented the cuts as part of his campaign to undo bloated government spending. But USAID accounted for only between…

Russia has said it would agree to a limited cease-fire that would stop attacks on energy infrastructure, a proposal Kyiv has signaled it is open to but has yet to officially approve. An agreement would be the first significant step toward de-escalation since the start of the full-scale war more than three years ago.On Wednesday, Ukraine and Russia traded accusations of attacks against each others’ energy infrastructure, a day after the proposed agreement was reported, highlighting the lack of trust between the two countries and how tenuous any deal would be.Strikes against energy facilities have been a key part of…

The Associated Press, not exactly a White House favorite, has shot itself in the foot.The following retraction is nothing short of humiliating:”The Associated Press has withdrawn its story about U.S. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard saying President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin ‘are very good friends.’ Gabbard was talking about Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The AP will publish a corrected version of the story.”TRUMP ACCUSES BIG MEDIA OF ‘ILLEGAL’ REPORTING, VIRTUALLY ABOLISHES VOICE OF AMERICAWhoa! How do you run that piece in the first place without having it nailed down?The wire service, you may recall,…

Two teenage boys, one 13 and the other 15, have been charged with murder after the younger boy intentionally drove a stolen vehicle into a man as he was riding his bike to work last year, killing him, the police in Albuquerque said on Monday.An 11-year-old who was also in the vehicle will be charged in connection with the crime, the police said in a statement, though he is too young to be charged with murder and his name was not disclosed.The driver, Johnathan Overbay, was identified through a cellphone video that the boys posted on social media, the police…

Welcome to Best of Late Night, a rundown of the previous night’s highlights that lets you sleep — and lets us get paid to watch comedy. Here are the 50 best movies on Netflix right now.To and From Russia With LovePresident Trump and Vladimir Putin had a nearly three-hour phone conversation on Tuesday, during which Putin said he’d agree to a partial cease-fire in Russia’s war against Ukraine.On “The Tonight Show,” Jimmy Fallon said that Trump spent most of the call “trying to sell Putin a Cybertruck.””[imitating Trump] Think of it as a mini-tank with a mind of its own.” —…

We’re officially getting an Auntie Roger. On Tuesday (Mar 18), Malaysian YouTuber Uncle Roger’s fiancee, Sabrina, took to her Instagram to share that they’re tying the knot. In her post, Sabrina shared a series of engagement photos they’d taken in Taipei. She donned a white dress and a wedding veil while the 34-year-old comedian, whose real name is Nigel Ng, looked dapper in a black blazer for the shoot. The couple also posed in front of various shops in the Taipei night markets, and the most eye-catching one has got to be them standing right in front of a sex toy shop. Netizens…