Justin Lees

Jan 24, 2025 | news.com.au | Justin Lees

Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg is “genuinely scared” of being jailed by US President Donald Trump, according to a leading politics expert. The extraordinary claim, citing a contact of Zuckerberg, comes just days after the tec leader attended the returning president’s inauguration and after he controversially dropped Facebook and Instagram fact-checkers in what has been seen by many as an attempt to curry favour with the new White House.

Jan 22, 2025 | news.com.au | Justin Lees

One of the world’s most influential podcasters has taken a swing at Mark Zuckerberg, accusing him of following fellow tech titan Elon Musk up Donald Trump’s “backside”, then asking: “Who the f**k do these people think they are”? Fiery political legend Alastair Campbell also slammed the tec giants for claiming to champion free speech but being eager to silence and correct others – and ridiculed their appearance at Trump’s inauguration.

Oct 27, 2024 | cairnspost.com.au | Justin Lees

A key member of Van Halen has told how the rock giants got cancelled in Australia – and ended up with a hit single as a result. Drummer Alex Van Halen also tells how his brother Eddie’s famous collaboration with Michael Jackson caused a massive and lasting bust-up, leavng bandmates feeling “betrayed”. Writing in new book Brothers, Alex says the video for Van Halen’s 1982 cover of Pretty Woman “offended delicate sensibilities” Down Under and also in Japan.

Jun 2, 2024 | kidsnews.com.au | Justin Lees

READING LEVEL: ORANGE“I wish the Australians were with us” – these were the words of a British general as the Allied forces stood ready to launch the greatest seaborne invasion in history. This week marks the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings, when British, US and Canadian forces landed in Normandy, France in the first step towards freeing Western Europe from the Nazis in WWII.

Jun 2, 2024 | sciencedirect.com | Justin Lees |Gila Moalem-Taylor |Ping Wang |Yuanyuan Sun

Childhood nutritional deficiencies (CND) are defined as a condition in which the body experiences inadequate intake or absorption of essential nutrients, including but not limited to vitamins, minerals, proteins and other vital nutritional components.1,2 CND is associated with retarded growth, impaired cognitive development, reduced intelligence quotient, behavioural problems and elevated susceptibility to infectious diseases.3, 4, 5, 6 Undernutrition, which includes problems such as foetal...