By Marco Aquino LIMA, June 26 (Reuters) – Peru’s truckers and some farm groups will go on strike on Monday after failing to reach agreements with the government seeking measures to reduce the impact of steep global price rises of fuel and fertilizer, sector leaders said on Sunday. Union leaders met on Friday and […]
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A primary school aged child is in critical condition following a collision in Victoria's west this afternoon.
An Ambulance Victoria spokesperson said paramedics were called to the collision in Bunkers Hill, in Ballarat's west, just before 5pm.
An air ambulance has been dispatched.
The spokesperson said there were multiple patients who are in a stable condition.
More to come.
MEXICO CITY, June 24 (Reuters) – Hundreds of Mexican same-sex couples married on Friday, marking the first time that the annual mass ceremony in Mexico City ahead of its Pride parade has taken place after being cancelled for two years due to the pandemic. A live band played traditional songs like Mendelssohn’s “Wedding March” as […]
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The everyday Aussies who played a crucial role in Life Saving Victoria's "rescue of the year" have described how the emergency played out.
On January 13, four women were swept off the rocks at Bushrangers Bay in Victoria's Mornington Peninsula.
Emergency services were alerted to the incident, but as police, paramedics and life savers raced to the remote coastline, the rescue was in the hands of two ordinary Victorians.
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Off-duty lifesaver Chris Perrot grabbed anything he could before heading out to help.
"My surfboard, my flippers, and my radio as well. Just chucked under the arm and ran down there," he said.
Retired navy veteran Shane Hudson also leapt into the water when he heard the women's screams.
"I knew what I was doing, I was confident I'd be able to at least help and try make sure at least somebody else came out of the water with me," he said.
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While 45-year-old Aida Hamed died before anyone could reach her, Hudson, Perrott and first responders saved the lives of the three others.
After around half an hour floundering in the water, clinging to a surfboard, the trio were either winched into an air ambulance or helped onto a police boat.
Life Saving Victoria has named the mass recovery its "rescue of the year", and all 24 first responders involved will be officially recognised on Wednesday for saving the lives they did.
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But all are adamant about one thing: they're not to be called heroes.
"We just tell them, 'look it's what we're here for, it's what we're trained to do'," said Victoria Police's Jeremy Winfield.
"I don't wanna be seen as that [a hero]," said Hudson.
"I was just doing my part… if I had to do it again I'd do it tomorrow."
BBC- At least four people have been killed and more than 300 were injured after a stand collapsed during a bullfight in central Colombia. Footage showed the three-storey wooden stand filled with spectators falling at a stadium in El Espinal, Tolima department. A bull continued to roam the ring as people fled the wreckage. The […]
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Where’s The Next Generation of COVID-19 Shots- Omicron boosters might be around the corner By Rebecca Sohn The Verge Over a year after the US authorized its first vaccines, COVID cases continue to pile up, leaving many vaccinated people wondering: “Do I need a vaccine upgrade?” People who are fully vaccinated and boosted have been […]
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NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS — Residents not wanting to divulge their dates of birth has become an issue for the Department of Statistics and Economic Development in the Nevis Island Administration (NIA), as it conducts the 2021/22 Housing and Population Census. Mrs. Dorriel Tross-Phillip, Director of the Department of Statistics told the Department of Information on June 21, 2022 […]
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Police believe they have located the body of a 91-year-old man who had been reported missing. A police spokesperson said officers located a body near the shoreline in the Greenhithe, Auckland area earlier today. “While the formal…
A man has been shot by police in Melbourne's north this afternoon.
Police say the shooting happened on Newlands Road in Coburg North at 4.40pm.
Emergency services are currently on scene.
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The injured man is currently being treated by paramedics.
No one else has been injured.
Police say they are establishing the exact circumstances of the incident but say there is "absolutely nothing" to link this incident to the shooting in Fawkner on Saturday.
More to come.
By Kirsty Frame of RNZ A judicial review of the Government’s vaccine rollout for children aged 5-11 has begun today at the High Court in Wellington.A group of parents – all of whom have name suppression – are seeking a judicial…
