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Jan 15, 2025 | 
abc.net.au | Aoife Hilton
A rare Sun-skirting comet will be visible from the southern hemisphere this week as it flies past Earth for the first time in around 100,000 years. Astronomer Jonti Horner says the comet, also known as C/2024 G3 is, is "putting on an absolute show" for NASA's space-based solar observatories. Here's how you too might catch sight of the comet over the next few days. LISTEN: ANU astrophysicist Brad Tucker shares his advice on catching a a rare glimpse of the C/2024 G3 comet.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
abc.net.au | Tessa Flemming |Maddy Morwood |Jesmine Cheong |Lewis Wiseman |Aoife Hilton |Phoebe Hosier | +1 more
At least 10 people have been killed as fires continue to burn around Los Angeles, with authorities confirming the disaster has destroyed or damaged more than 10,000 structures.
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Dec 11, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Aoife Hilton
The tomb of ousted Syrian president Bashar al-Assad's father Hafez has been torched by rebel fighters in his hometown of Qardaha, footage taken on Wednesday shows. Assad was ousted on Sunday after a major offensive by various Syrian rebel groups, which ended his family's five-decade grip on power. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitor told news agency AFP the rebels had set fire to the mausoleum, located in the Latakia heartland of Assad's Alawite community.
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Dec 11, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Aoife Hilton
Russia has seemingly begun pulling its forces from Syria following the fall of the Assad regime over the weekend, satellite imagery suggests. Syrian rebels seized the capital, Damascus, on Sunday after a lightning advance through the country that sent leader Bashar al-Assad fleeing to Russia, ending a 13-year civil war and 54 years of his family's autocratic rule. The rebel victory did not end the conflict in the region.
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Dec 7, 2024 | 
rnz.co.nz | Aoife Hilton
By Aoife Hilton, ABCRaygun: The Musical was set to debut in Sydney on Saturday evening at a venue on Oxford Street, in the city's inner east. But comedian Steph Broadbridge announced on Instagram she had to cancel the show after receiving letters from the Olympic breakdancer's lawyers. Broadbridge assured theatregoers the show would go on at a later date.
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Dec 7, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Aoife Hilton
Sydney comedian Steph Broadbridge says she had to cancel her Raygun-inspired musical after receiving letters from the Olympic breakdancer's lawyers. Raygun: The Musical was set to debut in Sydney on Saturday evening at a venue on Oxford Street, in the city's inner east. Broadbridge had billed the show as "the inspiring story of a groundbreaking breakdancer and new global sensation".
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Dec 7, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Aoife Hilton
The United Nations' cultural organisation, UNESCO, has wrapped up its latest meeting in Paraguay, where it recognised 63 more cultural products in need of heritage protection. Products and practices from Aleppo soap to Japanese sake have now made it onto the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage list, which grants protection to oral traditions, performing arts, social practices, rituals and festive events, and knowledge, practices and skills, according to the organisation's website.
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Dec 6, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Aoife Hilton
On Friday, Maggie Tabberer's family announced on social media that the Australian TV and fashion icon had died at the age of 87. Tabberer is most well known as the former fashion editor of the Australian Women's Weekly, having the job for 15 years. But her career included everything from modelling work to running a fashion label, hosting a TV show and gracing the front pages of magazines until her 80s, making her a household name. Here are five of her best moments.
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Nov 29, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Aoife Hilton
The bells of Notre Dame are chiming again, but scaffolding still clinging to the cathedral's exterior is puzzling some Parisians who question whether its grand post-blaze reopening is more symbolic than substantive. The French cathedral was ravaged by fire in 2019 during renovation works, destroying its spire and roof and threatening to collapse the whole structure.
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Nov 21, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Aoife Hilton
A volcano near Iceland's capital has erupted for the seventh time in a year, spewing fountains of lava and smoke. While the eruption poses no threat to air travel, authorities warned of gas emissions across parts of the peninsula including the nearby town of Grindavík. Experts have warned that the area is likely to experience repeated volcanic outbreaks for decades, possibly even centuries.
