Tag: Named
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Joanne Farrell, advocate for women in construction, named ACT Australian of the Year | The Canberra Times
[ad_1] Jasper Lindell joined The Canberra Times in 2018. He is a Legislative Assembly reporter, covering ACT politics and government. He also writes about development, transport, heritage, local history, literature and the arts, as well as contributing to the Times’ Panorama magazine. He was previously a Sunday Canberra Times reporter. Jasper Lindell joined The Canberra…
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Father, two children and two others killed in toxic tanker crash in Illinois are named
[ad_1] Sign up to our Evening Headlines email for your daily guide to the latest news Sign up to our free US Evening Headlines email The five victims killed on Friday after a truck crash led to a toxic gas leak in rural Illinois included three members of a young local family, along with a…
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M53 school bus crash: Driver named as Stephen Shrimpton family say father suffered medical issue behind wheel
[ad_1] Schoolgirl and driver killed after school bus flips on motorway, police say Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email The bus driver who died in a horror car crash in Merseyside has been named as a father of two…
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AFL grand final: Why do the Lions sing their song to the tune of the French national anthem? Was Collingwood named after a pub?
[ad_1] There are plenty of things that footy fans take for granted that the vaguely interested find a little bit odd. Is it weird that we all gather around and sing natty little ditties together whenever our team wins? Probably. Is it odd that we fans feel a deep loyalty to suburbs and towns that many…
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An Ancient Leviathan Named for King Tut, But Moby-Dinky in Size
[ad_1] In 1842, a vast, nearly intact skeleton was unearthed on a plantation in Alabama; it was soon identified as a member of Basilosaurus, a recently named genus of prehistoric sea serpent. But when some of its enormous bones were shipped to England, Richard Owen, an anatomist, noted that its molars had two roots, not…
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Portraits of Fire Victims: Two Toddlers Named ‘Memory,’ and a Teacher About to Wed
[ad_1] As many as 600 people called the squalid five-story building at 80 Albert Street in downtown Johannesburg home. Nearly three weeks after a fire tore through the building, leaving at least 77 people dead, survivors recall those they lost and the workaday family lives they led inside a trash-strewn building that had no heat,…
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Alaska cat named Leo reunited with owners almost month after their home collapsed into flood-swollen river
[ad_1] A pair of Alaska teachers needed good news after they lost nearly all their possessions when their house collapsed into a river swollen by a glacial-outburst flood and their cat went missing. Elizabeth Wilkins was holding onto hope that if any animal would survive the house falling into the Mendenhall River on Aug. 5,…
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Former Tory MP threatens legal action after being named in slavery research
[ad_1] Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email A former Conservative MP has threatened to sue the University of Cambridge after a historian named her as a descendant of a merchant with links to the slave trade. Antoinette Sandbach, the…
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A new snake species named after Harrison Ford, and it’s not his first
[ad_1] A new snake species has been named after Harrison Ford, who is known for playing the title character and protagonist in the Indiana Jones franchise. While Indiana Jones appears scared of snakes in Raiders of the Lost Ark, Harrison Ford does not particularly hate snakes. In fact, the 81-year-old actor said that he…
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Five Indian youths named among 2023 International Young Eco-Hero award winners – Jammu Kashmir Latest News | Tourism
[ad_1] WASHINGTON, Aug 17:Five youths from India have been named among 17 teen environmental activists from across the globe to receive the 2023 International Young Eco-Hero Award who have taken initiatives to tackle the world’s most pressing environmental challenges. The young eco-warriors who were recognised for their efforts by the US-based non-profit organisation, “Action For…
