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Coal miners to extend industrial action at Wollongong mine

Mineworkers at the South32 owned Dendrobium mine west of Wollongong are due to extend their industrial action when a week-long strike ends on Friday. After returning to work, limitations on production will be put in place. 200 workers walked off the ... >> view original

Salim Mehejar's wife Aysha is a former Wollongong beautician once known as ...

She is known as Aysha, the bride at the centre of one of the glitziest suburban weddings Australia has seen in years. But much has changed for the newlywed wife of controversial Auburn Council deputy mayor Salim Mehajer. Friends said before Ms Mehajer ... >> view original

Wollongong researchers use science to make safe sex feel much better

Researchers at the University of Wollongong are using a bit of space age technology to revolutionise one of the most vital, but increasingly underused, inventions in human history – the condom. The new condom – not yet named the 'Wollongongdom' (that's ... >> view original

Bangkok bombing: Thai junta says it may have suspects

Bangkok: Thai authorities say they may have identified suspects in the deadly bombing that rocked the heart of the Thai capital on Monday evening. Security forces believe CCTV footage may lead them to the suspects. Police investigate the scene at the ... >> view original

S.Sudan gov't refuses to sign peace deal

President Salva Kiir (left) and rebel chief Riek Machar (right) have failed to strike a full peace deal. (AFP). mail. img. newvision. mail; img. ADDIS ABABA - South Sudan's government refused to sign a peace deal with rebels Monday despite the threat ... >> view original

Social media blamed as Spanish bull-run deaths hit double figures

At least 10 people have been gored to death during bull runs in Spain this summer, with commentators blaming the "abnormal" number of fatalities on social media. Four more deaths were recorded over the past weekend, including an 18-year-old man and a ... >> view original

Ukraine crisis: Civilians among 10 killed in fierce clashes near Mariupol as ...

Ten people have reportedly been killed in eastern Ukraine in a flare-up in violence between government forces and pro-Russian rebels. Military and separatist sources said at least two Ukrainian soldiers and eight civilians were killed over the past day ... >> view original

Lanka polls: Mahinda Rajapaksa concedes defeat in parliamentary elections

Sri Lanka's former president Mahinda Rajapaksa on Tuesday accepted defeat in the parliamentary elections even before the announcement of the final results. Rajapaksa, 69, said his United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA) had lost after a close battle ... >> view original

Thunderstorms Complicate Recovery From Tianjin Port Blasts

TIANJIN, China — Thunderstorms Tuesday complicated recovery efforts from last week's massive explosions at a warehouse in China's Tianjin port that killed at least 114 people, left 57 missing and exposed dangerous chemicals — including some that ... >> view original

Indonesian plane completely destroyed in mountain crash, all 54 bodies of ...

Searchers have found the bodies of all 54 people on board an Indonesian plane that crashed in a mountainous region of Papua province two days ago. The Trigana Air ATR 42-300 was "completely destroyed" after crashing during bad weather on Sunday, ... >> view original