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Jurors Find Sandwich Hurler Not Guilty of Assault

Sean C Dunn is a free man. A 12-inch Subway sandwich is not a deadly weapon, jury finds.

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...

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Australian media swipe.
@australian
says a takeover bid for Nine's talkback radio stations - possibly including Gina Rinehart in the consortium - is now so well known that even "Nine's own Johnny-come-lately business tabloid", the Australian Financial Review, has heard about it.

“Australia! You have the best towels. I said it. You have the best towels.” Liam Gallagher, Oasis, Melbourne

Finally….the Mirror

Wolvaardt and Kapp power South Africa into the World Cup final Women's World Cup 2025/26, ENG Women vs SA Women Match Report: South Africa smashed England by 125 runs to qualify for their maiden ODI World Cup final

The brilliant Laura Wolvaardt www.espncricinfo.com/series/icc-w...

Google Has a Bedbug Infestation in Its New York Offices Employees at Google’s Chelsea office were told to stay home after exterminators found “credible evidence” of an infestation.

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Google has bed bugs

Puddle box Box in a puddle in a carpark

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Stuff and RNZ audiences rise in month of Marokopa tragedy MediaRoom column: The Herald just can't seem to close Stuff's big lead in online audiences; Plus Stuff-all on shares, and the free speech guy rewarded

Stuff's mastheads drop sharemarket tables; “This is not a decision we took lightly. Regrettably the sharemarket tables had become an expensive and outdated reproduction of commodity indices and price information.” newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/24/s...

Summer of cricket continues #edenpark

'Look at my big cow': Why buff livestock art became so popular An oil painting of an enormous bull is the star attraction at a regional Australian gallery. How did the genre of massive livestock art become so popular?

This is great. The history of Big Cow art www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Sunrise

Pentagon demands journalists pledge to not obtain unauthorized material Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is imposing strict new rules that would severely limit the ability of journalists to report on the Pentagon.

The policy says reporters cannot obtain any information the Defense Department does not explicitly authorize.

Prominent news outlets reject Pentagon rules before signing deadline The Washington Post and other major news outlets have refused to sign the Defense Department’s restrictive new press policy, citing First Amendment concerns.

Breaking news: The Washington Post joined the New York Times, CNN and the Atlantic in refusing to sign the Defense Department’s restrictive new press policy, citing First Amendment concerns.

Ratepayers rout mayors who imposed big rises Analysis: Newsroom projects that in 66 mayoral races, at least 31 communities have elected new mayors, with two more in the balance. Jonathan Milne reports.

Very good analysis by @newsroom.co.nz of the local
Body elections - why did so many mayors get dumped

newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/11/r...

Take Two: Why Big Companies Are Naming Co-C.E.O.s Comcast, Oracle and Spotify recently doubled up on top executives, a rare setup that some say could become more common.

Comcast, Oracle and Spotify recently doubled up on top executives, a rare setup that some say could become more common.

Snowstorm traps 1000 people on slopes of Mount Everest Rescue teams have been deployed to clear the snow on the world's tallest mountain, Chinese state media reports.

Sounds awful www.bbc.com/news/article...

The new Taylor Swift album is good. (Hardly the right generation, sure, but decided to listen to Life of a Showgirl at the gym to try to understand) Thought “Eldest Daughter” was a banger, album got better after openers.

Sarah Mullally: Choice of new Archbishop of Canterbury met "with sorrow" by conservative group Gafcon The group, Gafcon, says that its followers believe "the Bible requires a male-only episcopacy".

The Anglican church picks a woman as Archbishop of Canterbury for first time in its 1400 years. The (growing) conservative Anglican churches of Africa and Asia react to the news “with sorrow”. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Four years ago during Covid it was a “shovel-ready” project, all signed off, ready to get construction working again in the pandemic. Four years on, 360 Dominion Road is still largely abandoned

“Lame. Low. Banal... Like he’s casting a Hollywood movie where everyone has six-packs and chiselled jaws."

Pete Hegseth hauled in top army brass from across the globe… to deliver a crucial message: stop being fat.

@maitlis.bsky.social | @jonsopel1.bsky.social

Manchester Synagogue Terrorist Was Under Investigation for Rape The man who attacked people at the Heaton Park Congregation synagogue in northwestern England had been released on bail, a police official said.

Breaking News: The man who attacked a Manchester synagogue had been released on bail after being accused of rape, according to an official.

The Baltic states are starting to think the hitherto unthinkable. “For five minutes I’ll defend what’s dear to me.” Lithuania prepares for a Russian invasion www.theaustralian.com.au/world/for-fi...

Exclusive | Xi Is Chasing a Huge Concession From Trump: Opposing Taiwan Independence The Chinese leader views President Trump’s eagerness for a trade deal as an opportunity to press for his top goal.

Significant if true. Xi Jinping and Donald Trump could do a huge trade deal; the concession Xi wants though is that Trump would oppose Taiwan independence. www.wsj.com/world/china/...

France's last newspaper hawker gets Order of Merit after 50 years Ali Akbar has sold papers in Paris since 1973 and once counted President Macron among his customers.

“The soul has gone.” Macron to honour the last newspaper hawker in France, possibly Europe. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Mākereti Papakura receives posthumous degree at Oxford after nearly a century The first indigenous woman to study at Oxford has officially received her degree nearly 100 years after she started studying.

The first indigenous woman to study at Oxford has officially received her degree nearly 100 years after she started studying.

Rangitoto from North Head

“In significant areas of the world, journalism is effectively disappearing.” Agence France Presse’s Global News Director
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In Audition by Katie Kitamura (on the Booker short list) the husband Tomas talks about the sort of restaurant which has too many vowels in the name - and you know exactly the type. Now I can’t unsee Oofa, Andiamo, Advieh, Apero, Cassia…