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Severe weather warnings remain in force for Southern New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania as a slow moving weather system brings heavy rain, flooding and damaging winds.Victoria has been told to prepare for a once in 50-year flooding event with parts of the state’s north recording over 100 millimetres of rain overnight. Source: Sky News

EDITOR’S NOTE: This article contains quotes of comments that readers might find disturbing. Reader discretion is advised. Canadian Jewish advocacy groups say the recent case of a taxpayer-funded consultant accused of antisemitism demonstrates the need for “focused” action by the federal government in laying out a plan to fight online hate.The urging comes amid a troubling rise in antisemitism in Canada and around the world, and days after Diversity and Inclusion Minister Ahmed Hussen told a parliamentary committee he knew about hateful comments posted by Laith Marouf roughly a month before cutting funding to the Community Media Advocacy Centre (CMAC),…

King Charles III, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. Victoria Jones/WPA Pool/Shutterstock; Facundo Arrizabalaga/EPA-EFE/ShutterstockA sentimental king! King Charles III is keeping his family close by during his new reign with a collection of photos in his office — including one from Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s wedding. Charles, 73 met with the U.K. Prime Minister, Liz Truss, on Thursday, October 13, at Buckingham Palace. Similar to the late Queen Elizabeth II and the other previous monarchs, the new king will hold private meetings regularly with Truss to discuss government matters. In a video shared on Twitter by ITV’s Lizzie Robinson, the…

The U.S. will see inflation cut in half within six months, according to Mark Zandi of Moody’s Analytics.His call, which comes on the cusp of another key inflation report, hinges on oil prices staying at current levels, supply chain problems continuing to ease and vehicle prices starting to roll over.Everything else, Zandi believes, can stay the same.”CPI, the consumer price inflation, will go from something that’s now about a low of over 8% year-over-year to something close to half that of 4%,” the firm’s chief economist told CNBC’s “Fast Money” on Wednesday.The Bureau of Labor Statistics releases its September consumer…

As fears rise that both Covid and flu could seriously affect the population this winter, from today around 12 million people aged between 50 and 64 can book their booster jabs All over-50s can now book their Covid boosters and flu jabs amid fears of a growing “twindemic”. From today, online and phone bookings will open to about 12 million 50 to 64-year-olds in England to get their autumn Covid boosters. Jabs will be administered during the same appointment if stocks of both vaccines are available locally. It is feared low levels of immunity against flu and resurgent Covid strains…

Multnomah County, Oregon, which contains the city of Portland and is responsible for prosecuting criminal activity in the city, is looking to remove gender-related language from its charter.Voters in the county are set to vote on a local ballot measure that would remove language in the 1966 charter that includes “gender binary pronouns,” such as “he, she, his and her,” and instead use gender-neutral terms.Measure 26-230, also known as the Gender Neutral Charter Amendment, if approved, would adopt terms like “the sheriff” to refer to a particular position within the county, rather than one that associates the office with a…

Household energy bills in the US are expected to surge this winter because of higher fuel prices and a season that is expected to be colder than in 2021.The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) estimates households that heat their homes with natural gas to pay $931 in the October-March period, up 28 per cent from last winter. Nearly half of all US households heat their homes with natural gas, the EIA said in its winter fuels outlook on Wednesday. The EIA forecasts average natural gas consumption per household in the north-east, midwest and western regions of the US to increase…

Rio Ferdinand praised Mo Salah’s hat-trick performance for Liverpool in the Champions League against Rangers, saying the way he slowed the game was “the top level”.The Egyptian scored three goals in six minutes as the game ran away from Rangers as they lost 7-1 at Ibrox having taken the lead on 17 minutes.The win relieved the pressure on Liverpool after an indifferent start to the season, and leaves them with an excellent chance of reaching the Champions League knockout stages.Champions League’Outstanding’ – Klopp delighted with Salah’s hat-trick against RangersAN HOUR AGOSpeaking on BT Sport after the win, Ally McCoist, Michael…

Remco Evenepoel says his “ultimate dream” is to win the Tour de France, but says he may not ride the event in 2023.Evenepoel, of Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl, won his first Grand Tour at the Vuelta a Espana in September and followed that up by taking the men’s road race title at the World Championships just weeks later.The Belgian has therefore well and truly arrived in cycling’s elite, but an appearance in the sport’s blue riband event may have to wait, given Evenepoel’s noises towards riding in May’s Giro d’Italia instead.Cycling’We have a plan’ – Evenepoel coy on racing at 2023…

When Giants head coach Brian Daboll on Wednesday said, “I’ve been on him, pretty early on,’’ there was no contradiction coming from rookie tight end Daniel Bellinger. “I just think he’s hard on all young players, not just myself, all the rookies,’’ Bellinger told The Post on Wednesday after practice. “I just know he has been on me to keep pushing and keep getting better. He’s been on us a lot.’’ Whatever Daboll and tight ends coach Andy Bischoff and anyone else involved with the position are doing, it is working. The Giants are 4-1, and Bellinger through five games…