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Social media bans are an attempt to manage harm – but young people can flourish online

In the UK, Australia and many other countries around the world, debates around teenagers’ internet and social media use are ...
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A bestselling novel was pulled from a French literary prize after AI accusations – what next?

The French literary world has been rocked by an AI scandal, unfolding in waves. Haitian–Canadian author Thélyson Orélien had ...
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Why fuel prices may go higher still

In the U.S., 47 states experienced record-high diesel prices on Sept. 22, with the national average reaching $6.52 per gallon ...
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Roosters captain James Tedesco insists Daly Cherry-Evans has proved preseason nay-sayers wrong ahead of his swansong in the NRL Grand Final

The 37-year-old halfback heads to English club Hull FC next season, ending his NRL career as the competition's second most capped player. Tedesco's determined to send Cherry-Evans off in style after ...
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Defender Finn Surman has been ruled out of the All Whites' two international football friendlies in Japan

Striker Moses Dyer will now stay on for the matches in Japan after originally only being named for New Zealand's pair of tour-opening games in China. The All Whites play Panama on Thursday - before ...
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A child's in hospital with serious injuries, after a dog attack in Christchurch's Aranui, on Breezes Road

Police were called about midday, and remain on scene, with animal management notified.
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Christchurch Mayor Phil Mauger and his siblings are suing a law firm relating to more than a million dollars their late father gifted two employees

Warner Mauger transferred the money in 2018, after being advised to get a medical certificate confirming he had the mental capacity to make the gifts. His doctor certified he was of sound mind, ...
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Miranda Kerr went through "a little bit of" depression after splitting from Orlando Bloom

"After we separated, I went through a little bit of like, depression. "And it was so odd for me because I'm a naturally joyful person. And like my mother would call me Giggly Gertrude. Like that was ...
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Have the Springboks stretched the rules in their rugby test loss to the Wallabies in Perth?

A fit-again Scott Barrett is willing to have a second crack at leading the All Blacks in Ardie Savea's injured absence, if required, for the two Bledisloe Cup tests against the Wallabies 28 Sep: The ...
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Warriors hooker Wayde Egan is unlikely to be tapped on the shoulder to join the Kiwis' Rugby League World Cup squad

Egan could be viewed as a contender with Knights rake Phoenix Crossland's campaign in doubt as he fronts the NRL judiciary tonight for his hip-drop tackle on Nathan Cleary. It's understood he has ...
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Fashion retailer Hallenstein Glasson is reporting a nearly-50 percent rise in annual profit, pushed by sales growth both sides of the Tasman

They climbed 29-percent in Australia - benefiting from a strong Aussie dollar. In New Zealand - where a number of stores have been refurbished or upgraded - sales went up more than 11-percent. The ...
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Sienna Miller has joked she's going to send her teenage daughter Marlowe away "to a nunnery for the next four years"

The actress has revealed she regrets letting the 14 year old - who she shares with her ex-boyfriend Tom Sturridge - join her on the red carpet at the London premiere of War last week (16,09.26) ...