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Former Howard Government Minister Peter McGauran says it is appropriate for the Prime Minister to categorise Senator Lidia Thorpe and other protesters as “radicals” as nothing will satisfy them because they have a different agenda. “But there’s a lot of people who are mainstream, who are reasonable, who have a disposition to vote for the Voice because it is something that indigenous leaders want.” Mr Mcgauran told Sky News Australia. “So it’s too easy to say it’s just radical.” Source: Sky News

Cincinnati Mayor Aftab Pureval threw some shade at Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes in an official city proclamation Friday.Pureval proclaimed this Sunday “They Gotta Play Us Day” in honor of the city’s Bengals taking on the Chiefs in the AFC championship. In his proclamation, the mayor pointed to Mahomes’ 0-3 record against Joe Burrow, joking that officials have asked Burrow to take a paternity test to confirm whether he is Mahomes’ father.Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas caught wind of Pureval’s jabs and called them “weak as hell.”Mahomes’ wife, Brittany, agreed.”WEAK. & embarrassing,” she quote-tweeted.CINCINNATI MAYOR RIPS PATRICK MAHOMES IN…

This championship weekend is a family affair for the Kelces. Travis will play in his fifth straight AFC championship with the Kansas City Chiefs, while Jason will be looking to advance to his second Super Bowl with the Philadelphia Eagles.Their parents, Donna and Ed Kelce, have a dilemma. They can’t be at both their sons’ games. So, Donna and Ed have decided they’ll head to Philadelphia to watch Jason in person and will catch Travis on TV. The Kelce brothers could meet in the Super Bowl, just as they had a chance to meet in 2018. That year, Travis’ Chiefs were sent…

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The Rangers are heading into their second break from game action on a high note.  Behind first-period goals from Chris Kreider and Vincent Trocheck and a 34-save performance from goalie Jaroslav Halak, the Rangers defeated the Golden Knights 4-1 on Friday night at Madison Square Garden to take a 27-14-8 record into their eight-day hiatus for the All-Star break.  The last time the Rangers had a one-goal lead heading into the third period, Wednesday in Toronto, they gave up the game-tying goal with just over four minutes left in regulation and ultimately lost in overtime. This time around, leading the…

Peru has struggled with diplomatic isolation as left-wing governments criticise its crackdown on protesters calling for the president to resign.Peru has withdrawn its ambassador from Honduras, as Peru’s crackdown on protesters draws criticism from left-wing governments across Latin America. In a social media post on Thursday, Peru’s foreign ministry stated that it was pulling Ambassador Jorge Raffo out of Honduras due to the country’s “unacceptable interference” in Peru’s internal affairs. “As a consequence of the position adopted by Honduras, bilateral relations with said country will be maintained, indefinitely, at the level of charge d’affaires,” the foreign ministry said on Twitter.…

A new study finds that grapes may reduce the chances of sunburn for some people.The cause of sunburn—UV radiation from the sun—is implicated in the development of skin cancers.The study suggests that microbiome differences may explain why grapes reduce some peoples’ sensitivity to UV exposure and not others.Some people become less sensitive to the damaging effects of the sun’s ultraviolet (UV) rays after consuming grapes, according to a new study in humans.A third of the study’s participants became less prone to skin-reddening from UV rays after two weeks of eating three servings of grapes daily in powdered form.For some individuals,…

Real talk. Riverdale’s Camila Mendes opened up about recovering from her eating disorder — and how her body image issues were exacerbated when she landed a lead role on the hit CW series.  “I would watch every episode and be like, ‘Oh my God, my stomach there.’ I was like, so insecure, and it really fueled my eating disorder,’ Mendes, 28, said during the Thursday, January 26, episode of the “Going Mental With Eileen Kelly” podcast. “I had one at various points in my life. A little bit in high school toward the end of senior year and then it came back…

Ukraine’s Ambassador to Australia has slammed Novak Djokovic’s claims that his father was “misused” by supporters of Vladimir Putin.Srdjan Djokovic was filmed on Wednesday evening with a man who was dressed in a T-shirt displaying a “Z” – a pro-war symbol that shows support for President Putin’s invasion of Ukraine – and holding a Russian flag.The Serbian could also be heard telling the man “long live the Russians” in the footage, which has since received widespread criticism causing him to release a statement announcing he would not attend Djokovic’s semi-final against American Tommy Paul.Djokovic went on to win in straight…

Memphis Police have released footage from a Jan. 7 traffic stop that preceded the death of Tyre Nichols.Nichols spent three days in a hospital before his death after being beaten by five police officers.The Minnesota Timberwolves held a moment of silence before their game against the Memphis Grizzlies in Nichols’ honor, and LeBron James took to Twitter to offer his thoughts. An MSNBC analyst tweeted that police of all races “see the Black body as a problem,” and that “we’ve failed to fully understand race and it’s construction as a ‘systemic tool.’”James quote-tweeted it and replied “TOO FACTUALL!!”A little over…